National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-07-11
LETTERS FRoM TING PEOPLE.


sought to he conveved In my reply TO uSubscri-
-, you. ".ue =. me .u m. 1.,,.,
Wolu OF reply 70 tue nrtmentioncu NrNs,,
which must be considered nnai, even though ne
DC 'u gSa s Win me latter ,.. "a n. ,ro
."o MS .mpte.pn s"e"psoe.W ~
uucen ~ mysen and othera, - ssserteu, ~
with Jealousy and mistrusl; that she svowed
nerseI the antagonist o. tue heliocen.I,c uoc-
tfine; and thatif u had depended upon her msn-
volv,ns on It's axis.
The second Impression souEn! 70 % Pc.
duoed Ia, that Calico was the nrst 70 announce
/ And ,Ss tS as I: thu. the oopernIc.n system
hnA been proved.
IN proof that the impress,ons conveysu ~ , me
Copefnican sysiem are Incorrect he assert. thai,
ni.y.seven Years before Ssso w. "a. nss, an Nv VI
priest Copericns, published ms worn ps hsv.
penses; the bishop Of Cuin superintended the
publication OF II, and the author dedicated u 70
Paul Ill. with the Poper knowiedge Oh tne
In reply, again refer 10 the formal condemna.
ton OF the Copernican system by the HOY
Once, whose decree Of 1915 cited IN my l,st
basis Of this dccrce q later Pope directed Car.
dual Bellarmin TO admonish oaIec 70 aoancon
the doctrine. % tue one hand, We have pnesi
| and Pope, In their piivate capacitt, favcrinE
| the Copefncan system. On the other, We have
the Pope, In his ofiicial oapscity, sanctonng
once, and onicisiiy adopting measures 20 pre-
vent Gallieos pr?mulgatlon o. " Ins oec,er,
and the action Of the Pope taken IN consequence
" " can only 0e ucnleu ~ one WY " ,say ~ 70
y In CONFLICT Win nus wmnes. inns Ivtmsl eon IN,
demnAtion OF the CopeInlcan Us.em NY so.s
o. appause that prevailed over pI,aS op,I'9 IN
Holy once. THAT many priest and o'sn ,, ~.
eepted The doctrine psiya,ely, and even publicly
suvocateu ~ y not w ous ~ p,.as e
Of the oii,cial attitude o. tne Churcn. Lhere u
| no class o! mcn more skihen =. ho.v sIynagy
tempted 70 preach one sninS ~" uers
70 be the custodlans o. me Dsine w s,., anu
mercy. Many priest anu ,nonn nv a n,s.os
wnle " tne oauIcn, hsyc 80 ~ ~ ,scs M. :
priest discovered, and priest = plsnop, e s
unai sna rEps s'1 sx,Icnrs mai Ins CSu;rb
,em - eoncssSc s,'n ,s.a,.y. IA, ina Shateh
accepted the principal heres,es o. me he,S,m u,
| uon, III o. Whch were ons,uu 'I ssep s, ~
pres.s, otnQps ana mv ~ s.c,srs ,h.t Tia IN.
perniean system was formally condemned ~ Tho
| noy V'nee, anu .a' ,ne sanr,nns sss.x nsnJ,I
" w, nv cnpt 80 hn.s1Is ~ ssr .ysiem
anil reails Iesired 10 supptefs III No sophisii.
IA r P,cs s, n,a. no ,sh,,s ~ N alleged
.as se rs,, " 9nss ,,sneo wsa tbs aSst 10
snnonnss the ,heory. How I can be sup.
posed deslrous q dissem'nstins any suon no,ce
ING g, osu sev Sa ~ sss.ns ia sxSss,n az
Conern,cns, system sssumed 10 have been
M ~, ,na,s, $1,000 a. Mo- asfan,lsd
~ ~, ~ sn,,s,s n,sio~nss Sis,,ieo simnly made
y ,nn ~" w,.i..v rDnwn tssn II WouIi hsyg other.
Wan i,esn ~ xeaiouslr Sropsuatins n And thus
sv gn ny n.rH az %s,,sr Tho .ttribnted To
Mn M ,rts,n.i cnrcsnt,"n az the Iheory. lis
assana,s, nsncIp,c II prIersllv Known 10 have
Seen ia even by Pythseorss'
ov III ~, ,Tnp..si,n -sirh am said In aid In
,,,'., a' 4, hi ina cn,,srnic.n sSstem ma
psonus a..hn,,acs'is ts1oo sirsts,i. AMI am ex.
~, VI nj, ~ .t.r,,ea Nv ma acknowledgements
n s, t q, SUI" ,,nves hesn AZ aemonstIsteIs A.
csnnat nav what INV ooponent understands a
euo a, nns csn sens M asssrtioa. II he
holds mai Inc Copernionn syntem n not "scicu-
tlncal,y Jemonstrnted" in me sense in which
men o. ss'ence ~ Pso, slmn,1 p,alcpoas II he
oan vi. ,n., i, ~ nv, estah,.5ed win the clenr.
nass nj nrecis,on of n nroposition in puro
mstheriatlcs, hts assertion Is TOO much u a
oo.n W snn,t I csn oniy admire the rubllmiiy
OF his ut as long as It Ia In his power
70 play fast aud loose with these several signin-
cations OF what CONSTITUTES ssienuno de,no mon
a ~ nos All and viii nv ~ mai.
poue nv s,naEement until the oracle has ccased
10 be ambiguous. but It cannot bo denied that
his ambiguity Affords ensrmins exoase ior inc
cnurcn 70 Appear 70 aouDt IN 1919 "hAt Ahe iofm-
any oonuemneu e., N iS,o ..,,, c..,.,n,v No,
NOW, Whht un Hsnieo r.u.nu . ~ y no'l
my opponent thinks, 'se,enunc doctrlne o.
which tne ROPE va pa.ron. "ss p,eSne Ky
thaii . scithtnc uoctnne wncn' hougn hot
scien,incaily uemoas ~, " w. spIassea ~
rsal ~, soou. iess, ~ W. P.ss'o a ar
OF when Tue c1nuo,nn ~ ~ .ssytsvsG VII
clally ~ Paul ", w lsle. lretc!ats tnat eaiioo
Ionnny Iecsn.ea ,nv ~. ~ w. ~ -.
essentlals' saylns, Win osnel ta.nxE, noluIu,
curse anu uetest we sAlu st.Sn nau .oses.ui
Mnat tne esn" moses ,.. 'se In Ss. 49, nv,
IsMehI tnst Ior uno iu.u'oL wa neve. ~ ", "
assctt anytuns, re.un,g y. ~ as.9s, .m,em
may give rise 70 similar uspicion aksinst ~.
he may N DIS poiemieal alAlogues hAvo ssset.s.,
the agreement OF tne C9peInlcan uocsnnes ~
Scrlpturc, aud IN hls ApJaiAuon Nc may nAusoo
MED such an accordance; out ne uiu not, ineN-
fore, fal 10 recant the doctrines themselves.
That the Church put MIN on thai IN her lnquisi.
ton Tor maintaining the accord OF scripture Anu
the theory Is nonsense, ana not Iact' Ihe
pernicious heresy lay 10 the doctrines them
selves, which Cardinal BellArmin, ~ order Of
Pope Paul ", admonnhed MIN, 10 ls'A 70 aoan.
! don, and the Holy once, under the sanction OF
! Urban VIII, In 1858, forced MIN 10 ablure. Thir
was the sort OF oficial applause !. n,ch the 20
pernican system received IL sne Natican and In
! the chambers OF the lnquuiton.
My opponent Is OF the opinion that hut very
few years OF lie remain 10 the htory OF Gallet
as hitherto accepted, and ne assures your real
, ers that the philosophers woes Will cease tt
tickle the palate OF the rising generatton, and
never to rise again. 10
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