The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-11-17

nently before tho Church, and now the Church Ia
and energetic pastor, generously and lovingly sup
ported by the good peop'e OF Monticello will do a
wonderful work In the county II the Church in this
aud neighborIng doceses comes forward in time
with the money and help necessary. agree with
the writer In the Ch,rlh Journal that God never
asks in vain for help from His faithful children and
therefore may look Tor brighter things in Sulli-
van county by next Spring. When 1t Is known that
Dakota, with its five churches and six priests,
among a population Of twenty Thousand, pleads
for as many more churches and priests IL certainly
wi be no surprise to any one that Sullivan county,
with one church and one priest among thirty-hve
thousand Inhabitants asks for trining help. G..
Catholicism VS.. Protest ntism.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
As the religious correspondents of the HERALD
for the past few months have been engaged in
crusade against Professionalism in general and the
Bible In particular, perhaps may be allowed the
same privilege OF a place in your columns to reply
to some of the arguments brought forward by our
opponents In support OF their theories And, pass
ing over the HERALD army OF woud-be theoogians,
would direct my attention to one or two
points advanced by that eloquent Dominican orator
and priest, Father Burke, in o recent lecture de-
iivered by HIM In Boston, and published In full In
one OF the Irish weeklies, entitled "Cathollcity Not
the Danger but the Safety OF the Great American
Republic" After speaking in glowing terms Of
America and Americans, OF It's material and intel
lectua greatness, he proceeds to say, "You but
nation OF yesterday, but you have outstripped
the oldest races and nations upon the earth in the
march of civilization and In the cultivation OF the
sciences and the arts" and the secret of all this
greatness and prosperity he attributes to the
religion OF the people, when he says, speak.
prnc,pe o ne souree es the the neo vea
Life; there lies the secret of their strength, OF
their energy there lies the secret of that spiritual
hA in N Ain hnfnr thnu la-
come truly great" NOW, fully agree with the
reverend ather IN all this, but, unfortunately for
greatness ana prosperity Of ' our country try
6y the religion e, ,i Of our people (and Which
perity, will not be found in the fact that they are
Roman Catholics, hut assuredly in the TACT that
they are Protestants for while the entire Catholic
population OF the country does exceed $500 900
all told the Protestant population amounts to over
26,5ooooo. Here, then, we have it clearly demon
strated and on Father Burke's own principles that
the prosperity and greatness OF America consists
in the TACT that her people are Professionals and,
carving out this principle, that her future safety
depends only upon thulr remaining so. In this
case at least the logic of the reverend lecturer tells
only against himself.
nattcrng terms to the Protestant religion which
lie den0unces substituting Ior the authority OF
God an appeal made to the private Judgment ana
personal intelligence oil every man," and that only
in the Catholic (koman) Church Is the authority,
THUS saith the Lord" to be found And so absurd
is this statement that can very easily prove that
Professionals alone acknowledge the authority OF
Jehovah, while Romanists reject Him as being OF
no authority whatey pr Both rotestants and
OF God. There we arc agreed. In the Douay Bible
Cod says, There is but one mediator between God
leve that God cannot lie, and therefore believe and
accept this as true; but the Church of Rome says,
con, mol this is not so; Tor we believe and teacn
that there are many mediatOrS." The Blessed
Saviour said "Search the Scrptures;' but the
Church OF Rome says, "By no means, Tor, II gen.
orally read, it is productive OF more evil than
GOOQ.N Christ 81 The bright and the
Morning starr but Father Burke, in recent
lecture, SAYS the Virgin Mary is the 'Morning
STAR Who substitutes here the teachings of men
for the commandments OF God2 Certainly not the
Protcstants. But these are only few out OF
authority OF God. Passing over the remainder
OF the reverend gentlemans lecture, l
wll proceed to- show from a standpoint
different from that taken by the lecturer, that
Romanism Is and must be the enemy of our Repub-
lie. And this may be done in two ways. First, in
that the constitution OF the United States recog-
nizes the right of every Individual to worship God
according to the dictates OF his own conscience;
and second, because the Church OF Rome Is opposed
to tree religious liberty. The first proposition is so
well known and perfectly understood that Will
pass on to the second.
To prove beyond q doubt that the Church OF
Rome is opposed to religious liberty will quote
from one oil their Popes. His Holiness Pope Plus
w. In a letter to the cardinals dated February s.
1S0S, thus spoke in reference 10 BOnaparte's pro-
p0sai to grant freedom of conscience 1t is pro-
posed that all religious persuasions should be free,
and their worship publicly excrcised but we re-
ect it as contrary to the canons and councils, to
the Catholic religion and the welfare OF the State,
on account OF the deplorable consequences which
ensue from it.n Here is clear admission
that Romanism is opposed to freedom of con-
science, and consequently in antagonism to
the constitution OF the United States and the
enemy OF our free republican institutions Hear
what the Shepherd or the valley newspaper (Roman
Catholicl said some years ago:-"lf Catholics ever
gain an immense numerical majority religious free
dom will be at an end" And all history attests its
truth. Witness, for example, the massacre OF st.
Bartholomew. In that horrible butchery thirty
thousand Professionals, according to Romis writers,
and from fifty thousand to one hundred thousand
according to Protestant historians, were murdered
in cold blood, and for no other reason than that
they were Protestants. Christ taught men to love
their enemies, but the Church OF Rome cried XIII,
heard the awful tidings how lie would have
mourned and wept over the shocking cruelties,
and denounced, In the thunder tones OF heaven the
murderers, mitred or crowned, who urged IL on.
But His wear upon earth, so far from deporinR and
deprecatng the monstrous crimes, despatched
in the butchery, celebrated a Jubilee and struck
medal to commemorate 1t. And Romanism Is the
same to-day in. spirit as 1t was then: I've
''i little .' Incident : that ' occurred in New New;
York city during the present year. may
and patriotic citizens. A few weeks previous to
WashingtOn's birthday 1t was announced, through
the public prints, that number OF societies were
to march In procession in honor OF the birthday
OF the Father OF his Country In all that vast pro-
cession OF patriotic Americans not single Catholic
organization was represented-not one. They
were all Protestant; and venture to affirm that
few If any all, individual Catholics took part in
the celebration. But mark what follows. on the
18th OF March all the Catholic organizations and
societies OF the city paraded the Streets with flying
banners and bands OF music in honor of one Of Ire
lands mythical saints Truly deep is their love for
ST. Patrick and strong is their desire to properly
honor his memory upon q foreign shore; but their
zeal to respect and celebrate the birthday Of the
glorious Washington ol where was IL Apollo
giving for so long letter, will conclude in the
language OF greater than Father Burke, the i'm
mortal Lafayette "If ever the liberties OF the
United States are destroyed it will be by Romish
priests.n SO say A PROTESTANT.
Ministerial Move ents.
METHODIST
The thirteen bishops OF the Methodist Episcopal