The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-01-26

venture the following. Let him drop sec.
tional politics. There are a number os
Catholics In the South, and, 90 far as We
know, they do not agree with Mr.. Brown.
son in his views Of the Confederate CUES.
tion. He says at one place: "I love NV
country, and in her hour of trial, I and
my sons, Catholics like myself, did our beat
to preserve her integrity and save her con-
stitution." We ofsthe South are as firmly
convinced that We were right in the con.
test referred to, as Mr.. Brownson can be
that his side was right, and events as thew
crowd upon MS, but convince us the more
that our cause was righteous and rational.
We have not, indeed, the slightsst fault to
And with Mr.. Brownson for holding his
views and maintaining them most stoutly
in the right place, but We object to finding
them even referred to in a work which
ought to DO made agreeable to all Catholics
sympathies Of any.
| The first number Of the Review contains
variety of most interesting matter.
Probably the most original, and perhaps
the most useful, considering its originality
ia that in which several popular Catholic
novels are reviewed, especially "The
House Of York" recently published in the
Catholic World, 'sHornehurst Rectoryn and
"Mrs. Gerald's Niece" Mr.. Brownson
handles these in an iconoclastic manner.
He knocks to pieces that respect with
which they were invested in our minds
partly by the high sanction of their
publication, and partly by the mere fact
that they contained a quantity Of Catholic
truth.
! He shows that in one Of these works, a
very interesting and well written one, by
tho way, the leading idea of falling in love
t a. there e1enpliAed is totally anti-Catholic
! and anti-Christian that it is of the
, world, vorldly, and ie of piece with
that theory of emotional guidance which
y results divorce. He shows very beauti-
, fully what is the Catholic idea Of love
a and marriage, how the sense of duty
a and conscience presides over all their
{ course and how the irregular impulses Of
Q passion are subjected to reason and right
b A study of the sketch there presented
8 would be of great service to such writers o.
!. Catholic fiction as may be somewhat def
l. eient in their knowledge of moral philoso
Ia ply as perfected by Christianity.
If But the most valuable part of the articl
is, in our opinion, that where the write
10 rejects the whole Fundamental idea of mos
\, persons as to what lie Catholic novel. Il
s, shows that there must not be, and canno
% artistically be, any blending of love an
,e dogmatic theology, of romance and contro
II versy. Your student of controversy vi
Of skip the love part as an impertinence an
On your true novel reader will inevitively tuE
p over the theological pages with marveot
Id rapidly. Besides which there ia an incol
q. gruity of ideas in this effort, like that
%, blending the studies Of music and arltl
g. metic in one volume, ar d indeed, it seer
On to be something of profancsion OF no
O. themes to discuss them in such q place.
10 Mr.. Brownsons idea is that the only WI
be in which q novel can be Catholic is, not
its teaching Catholic dogma, but by
an illustrating Catholic morals. Lett give
in captivating picture of love and goodn'
by as framed on the Catholic stsndared; let
,se do homage 70 true worth, and place
The their proper light those adventitious q
es of glory and riches and station which
bly, world worships.
We hope that all intelligent Cation
who have the means to spare, will do the
selves and their intelligence the justice
A.. procure the RerieaD and keep, with IT, on
n. foreground of tho great questions Oh
ora day. q,
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