The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-06-01

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= position to, the laws of the land and zfh
same attempt, writes Blackstone, has been in
oe.asagaoly p nrsued by the politics of thu
s~ss .'g hnt nome t;nasoagh long succession o
neal power was SO deeply laid, and although il
Vas pohshed and improved by the united en-
esa Ieas,i 81 body Of men who engrossed all
IL 1ailed-it vanished into nothing, when the
eyes or the people were little Enlightened,
ana !. they set themselves with right to oppose
I've IN society without acknowledging the OBJ
legations which it lays us under, and'to effect
an h;e entire Independence of that civil State
us every other iberty-that only excepted Of
despising the laws Of the community The
th tner Judges were of different mind, and al
th he1ga n fhsy spoke before the Chief Justieo
aid and oBrien held that Father o' Tessi,
s 0ohsFacs With his Church 10 not contrary to
-tnas II Is covenant which the courts may
recognise, and that even if under &c Father
hi A en mas suffered wrong, being party to
course, they do not at all inquire-as IL il not
necessary to inquire-whether he did suffer
tMr9ng. All three were emphatic in expressing
the public good by preventing scandal. and
they showed that such o contract was Nv no
means pecnliar'to the Catholic Church Judge.
nd dey ana pEitzgerald, however, did not follow
oncge oBrien in holding that the Papal re- |
s 81 defence also was valid. On this point |
gney were or the same opinion as whiteside |
!, 5 1n TO my mind their reasons for. holding to
thear views on this point, while they are more
forcible than Whiteside's, are less so than
Judge OBrien's for holding to HIS. Judge
vbrlen considers that the statute of Eliza beth
nss been virtually and implicitly repealed by
the modern acts for the relief of the Catholics
inus-to give one of his many illustrations-t
under the charitable Bequests and Donstio ns
a'ct' money or land, or other property left to
6oay OF commissioners in trust for q Catholic
bishop may be, and every year is, paid over by
the commissioners to snoh bishop, whose right
hat he has been appointed by Papai bull or &
'escr1pt. have seen no answer to this. and /
Jan conceive none Hayself: In this case, Papal i
hes; why should they not be recognized in
ucn matter as the suspension Of priest for q
N ecclesiastical offence. But what fs the re- o
nit, uit OF ANT Simply this-thst the case win :
'oto jury on the defences held valid by the @
a9aylority Of the court that thus Father n
rkeefe Is beaten. The case will come on | q
aonday next before Chief Justice Whiteside Q
judges Barry, Fitzgerald and OBrien are y
Ignt, verdict must be given for Cardinal RI
!; The contract spoken of viii be proved;
ne Judge must direct g verdict for the Cacdi- a
al. hear that high ecclesiastics from Rene Al
re z on their way to give evidence in support d
18th any other matter, and don't think I 81
eed apologize for dwelling SO long on this nm Al
latters and questions of the highest conse- +,
uence to all Irish Catholics. Unjust. how Il
Ver, mention that this week no less than ten h,
slests OF the Deanery of Castlebar {Archdio- In
,se of Tuam) and nine priests oS the dioeese a.
Achonry have Joined the Home Rule Xssoci =.
non, and in declaring their adhesion to the "
anifestoes, which are likely to draw forth or
milar ones Immediately from other Catholic es
ergymen. g