New-York tribune., 1871-01-13

OF OHM ,e branches aud thus OF violating the equal rights
OF citizens in the ana Psy Moreover
the painful experience o, other countries te eSi 10
exaPeTattgSas tSs Win NOW tbe caoc and now tho
protestant branch of the Church, had conylneeu v
ionnders that tho dangers OF leaving religious ns' t
ons 70 the voluntary support Of commnlltieS or NJ
worst their local laws, were groaty Tess or
asaiished religion. Experience has proved tnht re-
gon thriyes best, at oas. IN our sou, %nen md free
sense Of It's inherent worth and importahi,,S,
felt by the people acting IN t thef p1vn pn ontri.
buttons rendered by the free will and tie unfoIceu no
ay Of the people toward the support OF LsiSo & i@ Il
Sc ts upon public worsip and moral and trtnai tbe m
struction as America H9Teyer or %v Ss Ss and hearts
mud in our land, have not as Anellenhs 1'c ten
doubt that under an5 ~ and eiey void be
vastly less efficiently supported
RELIGION NOT POLITICALLY RECOGNIZED IN AsEfioA
With o population composed OF the chhareu VI |
Oldest and the newest faths-Jewlsh Cathohc fro'esv
ant Orthodox Heterodox Christian and Pagan-ith Ia Vi
cour,e 10 the Last degree important that political In
stitutons should appeal to something in which we IA
agree or at least to nothing in which We conscentous
disagree We cannot touch The question lon o, not
cal capacity without necssssa1dy ~ snu .tihr@ing
erly. stirring mp hornets nest Hst Of roft ura
fIe BODY polite to prick and poison II 10 death Io
onv safety political union aud the cyil hDIC
enjoy is not 70 eInbToi our poi!uss Win @
and dOsmatc faith and poty As Americans We We % loerp
ip tTir
m the ,J@ment OF some accrue 10 onr several religious
oi.sanizations from Government recognltlon and sup
otGoc nor Profestant believer nor dsbeliever, jew
nor CHRISTIAN 1t has ecclesiastical or the0 gcai
preferences, and fayOrs to bestOw on on! eAultu
I've ore willing nav we are compelled to take tie rsks,
n any there be- OF this entre dsJonnecton bet"Geh ING
Church and the state II is the American policy and
the fundamental law of the Union. 80. - - -
80 wen satisfied with It has experience taugh rs as
Deople 10 he that look with the prOfoundest synP
Thy and interest upon every attempt prudenty mao IN
other countries to dsconect the Church and tho state
thoroughly unfaycrable TO political equality, pcpMar
rights and civil freedom, not to speak OF religious nd
erty And il is Rite duty and 0ur privilege 10 gNe
our moral encouragement 10 all peoples nasinB ly ~
vances in the direction VI permanent divorce between
Church and State.
PROTESTANT AND CATHOLIC STATE oHURcHSs E9UALLi
OBJECTIONABLE.
when the English Ministry lately discstabhShed the
Church of England IN Ireland favorable as was TO e
Roman Catholics Of that country did We WITHHOLD nom
any want Of sympathy with that Church. oUr echRrnua-
ons1 Should we next year fall to express ourpToiound
satisfaction il the Protestant Church OF England were
discstabshed in Great Britain, or the hIk III scoiia1 @
We have business 60 needle With th'r Gdtsi ou u
is our duty and privilege 70 cong mem w,
they noyo in direction Which not Oliy accods Win
our convictions Of political justice and pIooreas bnI
i'm ike manner when united Italy takes repossesson
of its territorial and anccstIal capa, ana says uV
ecclesiastical and religious convictions sna not block the
y OF defeat the ain at civil and pOitcal seEoYCID-
ment and national unity, We send itay our heartIet su
profound congTat ulauons No DO hyt slop 70 Ihl4io
what ecclesiastical organization religious creed - dis
egtant il may be Catholic; il Hieht De uctcIO1oX, "
may be ortholoy. 1t is the iOg What NC simply
has Tor generations lsdo it impossible for tie Italian
pcople 10 Occupy the capital Thich IS ti2 natqti sH
traditional ceItCr AID 81 mbol Of s n1tionAity-th
heart of its unitv and ito true political head An ece 70
slso has reigGed there as Politician EeiS on mas
Get itself up pol,cs, aud UocOHe tsei the politics
OF a government within government. THIS a. AlleEI-
cans We g1y IA fatdi 70 TIC eyl anu loSous freedom
OF Italy; aud le II POpo Patriarch, Protestant Arch
are SlOP equally ny"p and i',' uiirly oppo1d to it in
..,frt al
interfere with n otherwise than by sympathy ward the
Italian people sclfnovtd and sustained In their asura-
lions 20 freedom This tho whole question for 20
i4t a. we can set or kGtG,I o. SSo nIo p%c %
are for the world at large, and specially Tor The Chris
tiIn world, two sides 70 the question. Buto American
citizens there is but one side.
THE RIGHTS or CATHOLICS II AMERICA
We have no right American citizens to consider tho
question Roman Catholics or rs Protestauts Roman
Catholicism has the rights Ia America Protest
antisrn as Judaisn-no less and more. The Roman
S4QS Gee Pa and aT Sd e ns B AsF alnGst oa osandsgY
pulpit ard tle peas to but itself up in lis country.
they extended 10 al other Churches. II she can
persuade the people to adopt Der creed aud policy eia
her opinion Professionalism ard 70 exhibit its weakness
and per,i and sInf uos- 70 call II uchsiian aAd I'M
Protestant may do the same by her. If che thinks IL
wise, aHd IL her convictions incline anu coppoI her TO
this course Either may properly ufe Whatever moral
power possesses 10 diminish te importance and lhu-
siiize National or STATE funds in favor OF their
sectsrian ana Theological or eccesiastica support the
National aud our state Constitutions. When de
vout ana excellent class OF Protetant citizcls lately
proposed the dogma OF Christs Deity, widely
credited and by American Christians, made a
dangerous and anr-nascnal attempt ON the rights Of
conscience o tae Jew and OF some Protestant CnIsan
sects and IL deserved tho coiisure and opposition
Of the American people Tthngt reslrd 10
self When the Catholics used their political
power IN this State the make weight of parties to
for the support Of Roman Catholic schools and charics
tney violate the same principle and hay tbs seeds OF fu
ProJestsnts insist that tue Bhe shan be read in the
public schools, they b1ndly encourage the
supportcd at tho public expense from our system Of
common schools. They force religion into politics
unwttngy justify Catholics Ia demanding their share
In the public moneys devoted 10 education. As PrJtes-
moneys. 1t IL only American citizens thai We can
claim or properly receive them.
DANGEROUS CATHOLIC DOCTRINES
Its not 70 be assumed that American Catholics have
a right believe In the union OF Church State
but as American citizens they have right TO demand
any national political attention To their belief Their
bishops and arclbisIops may teach this union from
their ecclesiastical chars American citizens but
hold the opinion a. peTOus anu 10 be met with
est argument,eyen while confines itself TO sermons and
eeryces to persuasion and logic but when it cmbodies
itself Ia political acts and legislation, " j. uncOnstitu-
tona and teasonabe, and 10 be met with iorcble resist
Acted out, u is deatn-blov struck at civil
1t is important make all candid and fair allowances
for the feelings and what sonetnes seems the designs
OF Roman Catholics in gard To the institutions and
giOus liberties of this country Thy represent "a sys
TEN which. in the Old World, has never conceded the
possible separation OF Church and State; a system
which teaches the ngItful supremacy OF the Church
tho State; system which for centuries has pre-
vailed IN vast Kingdoms, and hundreds
OF millions OF peopo-not without the CON
currence Of great and noble mon, emperOrs, sages
statesmen, and political philosophers. Key n not
to he assumed at In all stages OF civilizations and
here, this union has been "A calamity and s.mirAke.
The Church has sometimes been Intelligent free
and democratic than the State. Pontins and Bishops
have been wiser and better than Empcrors and Kings.
1hepriesthooa has been friendly to truth and lib