The New York herald., 1874-12-08

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press 10 serve the best interests OF society and or
the iamines and individuals who compose II, IN
Obedience U established law anu IN cohlorml'y
with the eternal principles which are the basis oi
our legislation ana the guarantee oi our every
dearest right. whatis Il mat IS prescribed = ana
stone not oniy unwaTrantaoly divides into three
distinct ones but tue meaning ald purpose OF
which ne twl.fuily or nnwltiingiyl iaishes Here
! II itis:-"From this completely false conception OF
social government they co not hesitate to main
tain an opinion most perniclons alike 10 tne Cath
ole Church ana TO the salvation OF souls. and
stigmatlzed as mad dream by our pre-.
decessor, Gregory XVI. lin the encyclica
Anari rosl l-namely, that freedom OF conscience
| and OF religious worship is right belonging
\ 10 every human being. which ought 10 be pro-
claimed oy law and asserted IN every properly
constituted society; and that all citizens possess
shackled by any ecclesiastical or civil authority,
or expressing their every thought by word OF
mouth or iu print. or In any other way they please
| TO make II KNOWN, or declare II IN public or In
on rnis have two remarks to make:-First, it
Is against every rule OF ialr judicial nterpretat
20 detacn from a sentence single clause and
make II bear meaning which ITS author never in-
tended and winch can only be put upon IL by sew.
ering IT violently from the context and stripping
II OF the qualifications and limitations 1t bears
therein; second, would put IL TO any twelve IN
tehgent American jurymen before a iull bench
III the supreme Court OF the Union, or OF
or state laws accord the absolute and un-
restricted liberty oi worship, press and speech SO
explicitly and formally claimed as an unques-
IloEsDie right in the proposition here enuncialed.
There Is not lawyer, Judge or Jurist of any
/
II lhis proposition were submitted TO him as 1t
stands and sounds. would not declare that the
unlimited liberty ol speech here claimed as
inherent right meant absolute license to utter
and circulate SANDER blasphemy ana every OBJ
sssa ar a ss ns me q w9rsp
OF ldolatry, demon worship, polygamy, commun-
ism and promiscuity oftne worst KIND in the name
oil conscience, or as an attestati0n OF The absence
OF all conscience Aud, wnen such monstrous
utterance, deliberately formulated and sent
abroad, is submitted TO the supreme Judge or
law and morality IN the Churcn, you, Mr.. Glad
stone. stone. lawyer, q & Statesman. scholar and a
tence which proscrbes these pregnant
errors y . condemnation OF true and
say that you garbied, mlstranslateI or INITIATED
wlliuLy but none the less certainly have you mis-.
represented and mlsstated the facts on which you
base your fearful accusation against u venerable
authority. and the passionate "eXpostulatton"
you address 70 the entire Christian world. All,
your soul Is nred with Indignation at the violations
oi true liberty. Pray think not OF US here IN
America, but look across st. Georges Channel at
the dolngs Of your model and master, Bismarck,
and OF your allies IN switzerland and Italy.
There IS, dear Mr.. Gladstone, one other PROPOSE
recall to you in good seasdn-the eleventh on your
list. II touches the great question OF Tree edu.
demns al who maintain tnat any method OF in
struction OF youth, solely secular, may be ap-
groSyeSd TINS s proposition iortyeigIt In the
text given By Mr. Gladstone :-"Catholics can
approve that manner OF educating youth which IS
Independent OF Catholic latin and Of the power OF
the Church, and which has Tor It's sole or primary
object the knowledge OF mere natural things and
the attainment or the ends OF social lie on EARTH"
There IS, perhaps not one journal of pub.
nc opinion IN the Protestant world which
has not presented to It's readers some state
menC gong 10 say that by the above cenSure
Plus TX. absolutely condemned all but Catholic
schools, and made 1t q Sin To erect or to conduct
any school save on Catholic principles Is this the
obvious meaning elected rom the proposition
Itself and It's contradictory? The Ponilf does not
say one WORD about the manner In which con-
scenrous Protestants, Jews, or even Pagans for
tnat matter, couduct educational establishments.
a r nnt hIq dlnf a IN has
nothing to say about them. But writer proclalns
to the world "that Catholics can approve, aud
therefore use system OF education which sets
ASIDE Catholic laith teaching and direction, and
which aims solely or primarily al imparting mere
scientific knowledge, and limiting young souls
aspirations and exertions to lies purposes -
then the Pontln, called upon to pronounce on such
system, condemns it as submitted to him IN
these terms.
And SO do you, SIT; SO does every Christian man
rian or Methodist; so do the Jews Tor whom
nave profound respect; so did every we'll
ordered pagan community that ever existed.
They did not want and could not in conscience
approve goddess system OF training for YOUTH"
education not based on the immutable and uni
versal principles OF natural religion and morality,
as distinct IRON the mere motives of utiLitdrfdn-
| ism plainly av0wed in the condemned proposition.
] have trespassed already lar too much on your
! space and must not be tempted to demonstrate
the monstrous and nagrant misrepresentation OF
Proposition 4. This must leave to another time,
or leave to the intelligence OF your learned
readers. This only shall venture to say In con-
cusion: that In all the propositions OF the much
/ which has not been wrongly interpreted and
! which would not willingly undertake to explain
aud submit to the candor and independence oil any
audience OF American ireemen. PRUDENrIUA