, 1870-05-22
LONDON.
The Periodical No-Popery Panic
inspection Of Converts in1Eng.
land.
The Pail fanil Gazette.
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LoSpoS. Maya
While Franco saeIna On tho brink OF aEa
war, and ireland ia hrooding oTer her gf7eF
ances, English societv hAs been fustefed anu
worried by the comparatively minor quesaon
Of tho inspection OF conFents. iho o'o teua
between the Evangelical Protestanta ind tho
Catholics has burst out again, to the small bon
eft. l fear. Of true progress. Ever hnce
can remember, an active section OF the Ch11sch
Of England, and Of the Dissenting bodies, has
l,cen trying to get Al inquiry into tho growth |
Of conventual institutions, and to establish |
some sort Of government inspection in
u their management. The theory il,
that number OF poor girls arc
inmured bet 3een close walls, and retained As
p1aseaers-theiz fortune being used for the
general purposes Of the Church. The average
Fuelish Evangelical ponders over this until he
is warmed into fur;. He cannot understand
the motives or feelings which lead men and
women to withdraw from tho world. He
wouldn't! WHY, therefore, ehoula anybody
else: They must bo the prey OF arsful in
triggers. Consequently eaeh session witnesses
the introduction Of the sublec into Parliament,
and few weeks ago Mr. Sewdegate, tho sol
emn aud weigh,y leader Of the ul1a-set,
enatched victory, and in the teeth Of the
government carried = motion in favor Of up
eHsuent has thrown every obstacle it conld de-
wise in tie way, and last night there WAS
grand row and = compromise. I an "a fns
frcm Romnnis1n az rcrhspa any one Of your
readers & can b.; but regret the The
lave y pursued. Mr. Nevdesate md his friends
swallow any story aEAinst ''Popey. Allow
tAcn to institute inquiries into the inner life
OF converts, and they viii listen greeiily to
repca,. They bciiero III hat is bad and make
great fuss about it, Then disproof will fol-
low, and, disguised With the e1aggezstien.
weak nint's viii So over t. The ranks !4. Of tho
vcl!ols thai the cMIaten Of Ao u1ny Of the
extreme Cslvinistic, no-Papery leaders should
join tile Catholic Eanke but it Is mainIy &c
coanted for by the rebound which takos place
wAel they ente1 public lie and find that half
that was told them VAS false, It ia not by
these zen, or by such Weapons, the Roman
Ea,lolc Church is to be net Had the oriGi-
tsal motion 1aen carried, great deal OF SYN
paths would have been excited for the ladies'
Sho i,i,;;sa 1s,sSsd 70 give evidence so.sot .aa
uuuiJ have had al1 tho character OF persecu-
,ior. II is by the eaucauon Of women, by
reason, hy literature. by scientific discovery,
i,y 1ulitical freedom, that the Church Of Rome
and h.r various institutions are, in q Profess
tart county, to be encountered. the inter
ventsup OF the State only gives her freah pres.
tige. Tho scope Of the inquiry nov Stands
nudifed go Al to limit The subject referred te
the committee to the properly OF Religious
houses and The mode Of its tenure. The bea
$pcech Of the night was By young Dissentin;
nl.1nher, named WiMcslotham. 10 f1ee th
uiud, lie said:
You mus: teach truth. not prosecute error
lie could not conceive how = sebeE-mlnded snan
1ra'ilrE thu stsps "f the tmes. could tlllnl tia
Roman Catholicism Vas maktng way In tn!s couu
try. The wl1o!c thought Of the country vas IN Il
other dircctivns; tradition and the history Of til
the whole outlook Of the na1ious future IVES l.
tsher Husress- How maas dosso!s, aw.e.:
of ~ iwccnllng Roman Catholics: The convert
were women, parsons, and priests loud laugh
ter an ehsenE conanns IN % T.; soe ,s
'lut growing In power es In 1&nueuce; thcr
sas nothing atout the c1rrsJ OF the peel
Il which tbc county need be afraid a {
be crnye,ts who were made among the wo1ncr
lox vas 1t proposed to meet that state q
.:incE: The House hsd no right to complain o
ht4 head until they g2Te to women higher anG
II w,.uli adj, a more manly sphe5c-uutl the
r.nr'i 10 women higher careers of usefulness an
s ssn se even lfe IL ths e. pasa woE
'ries If '|Oh !: Oh! Till tits ras done, th
.uu=r would hare no right to he surprised tbs
ruc ~t1pen-ann those rot the least noble {
heir se4-prrferred tho devotion and even tn
us!enties Of convent to the fr1Yolttes OF The ou
M aay S Is Me Mss y e5s "ose mi t
ltaas VI lnsuK and n3uEstcc offered 70 these vt
let 10 wage W1th Lltramontanlsm; let them cut
Ito that Eork With clean hands, aod fight It vi
.eapons Of which they need not @ he ashams .n
roach cast by Sidney Smith, who charged 4
tsstt,crs with a greedy, growing, grumbn
IL Iionsc Would ias themselves open II By II
lcs u sectartan antmoslty they suffered thel
:lyes 10 he led into an nnnecessary-and, -
w,,lyhr, tcost unjustlnahlc- unjust iafI1n
lent Of Inc great principles Of religious hbeff
-ousi cheers
ENGLISH cn171cs-AS oSs1.AEanT.
You know who the critics ares' e1clalE
ne of the characters in 11E- Dtstneli's nj
vcl,- 'tthe men who have failcd in htn1
Ire and ART" The crities arc certainly ha.il
hard time Of it. In one quarter no ara tc
lat the art OF criticism is going out Of fat
'n--tltat it has sunk into banaying OF =
1al compliments. an interchange Of mutt
,owE. the recrininations and reprisals o
rofe-slou from which the general reader {
ariyc no S11iaancc, nor 1hc young writer t
a4t instruction So~,nd-Bo Las friend
.e EtatT, therefore his book is reviewed
nGtl, with the most favorable comment.
ick IL 70 universal. FAY. the insurgents, t
;en periodical writer's who condemn it, !
,ensclrcs drawn into the pa1nicious ha
II you can say anything good
do SAYS Inc GQlI2E
volver, ii not, leave it out, for -.
~ good fellow, and don't want to vex Iii
nother, who declares he Will tel the vi
nth, insists that Of all Offices connec
l,h tie literature Of the day, that Of CRITIC
the one for which there is generally con
ed 10 be the lesst amount OF literary
CLINICAL preparation necessary. "Tho
IT Journalist" adds this rude person,
tte1l AZ ill-nformea and unedncated c
re as it i possible 10 meet with. Bot
L find that even he Eab some little acqua
zee with one or two subjec4a thst arc !
,seat constitute biz specialize. No Cd
,uld think Of deputing tho task Of writi
1dins article on the relations Of Eng
ii Ame1ic. during the late var, or on
eswis-Nolstein difficulty, to Gne Who =
thing Of International Law. Yet the 6
i,or would not hare the slightest hesit'
ent..sting to the lcast practiced and ,
n1eetly gifted Of hin contributors the vol
,ch rlaould prove the gTeatcst ta1 upo'
l,7ucnt and attaiuments ct the reEleWe
:. the generally received opinion that IN.
I..lt editors get unfairly blamed, With
III To i,e honest and fair. the copductn:
= tical organ viii, and must often, find
possibility. II is beyond the limits @
wer. TO place a sufficient check upor
eeruy,ulous predieposltion Of biz cont
:. r. He cannot help trusting to their tor
1 in certain sense being other than At
.rry, With the best wishes and tho he
a,iollr. the elitor OF London paper
Is teo often make lis joar..sl an instr
gratifying the grudges, at expressi1
rtita,sllp Of some Ct the writer's WIN
- to Etl his columns A cEnicA edite
let day, dccl ared his belief that On tho
would be the better plan 20 send Doc
=. jew to the authors ttennaelvcs, and q,
,uublc would not bo in any Apprecia
=. &c Iotcrs By such policy
:. x1. p1sRAElIs NEW NOVEL
7eou]e found it difficult to believe,
A ,ppn,,nra went Of ~ 10thAjr." th3
,ew book There was something 80
the spectacle Of the leader OF grt
:. calpaHy amusing himself. gres
.ns s7erc being discussed and his par
their vita end rs 20 how to conycI
nority into uAjoritS,--1ith writing
,ary three volume novel, So it Is, ne
:. .Iothair~ is no juvenile pro
w first brought 10 light It is . n
t,ay--icaIing with living folks ant
Of passing events. After ' Coni
ep:,'itl.cd, some one brought ont I
J'lyins the resi- personages,
i'd enc do With Lothaiz.
% il copy o. the
r1us OF Butte, who was hunted {
1ainsls. Bishops, and priests, until
the Catholic Church lsotslaif csc
r,iue sentible gil, but SAVE in t
sion hia case is. not nnlike tia
altl,y young Peer Bishop Nlberfo
nniI,E. the late Cardinal Wisern1
ianin Smith, Gs11ba1di, are eAsll
ed. The< dorz recalls the tatc J
:: Her, though the incidents Of her liz
those Of Madam Wlite-3fario, th
s}ssh Eirl who married one 81 J