The New York herald., 1874-11-22
ARCHBISHOP BAYIEY's VIEWS.
he Says Gladstone Has Taken to
ellis Cheshire Cheese"
Raising Whirlwind That VIII Blow
Gladstone Out To Sea and Not
Back to Power.
Remarkable Letter from the Pri-
mate of Maryland.

Hate OF Maryland-
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 1874.
The enterprise OF the HERALD IN presenting the
important points Of the Manning. Gladstone con-
troversy in its full cable kilograms has been fully
appreciated in this city and Balimore-tne me-
tropols OF the oldest Catholic diocese in the United
States, named In honor OF the founder OF the
Maryland colony. where liberty OF conscience in
religious belief was made the corner stone OF her
enduring fame. Aside from the natural interest,
therefore, which Catholics OF this country feel in
she controversy, it comes home personally to
them. as MI. Gladstone has said that "the Papal
net sweeps multitude OF facts, including whole
systems OF government in all parts OF the world,
including the United States where the sever
ance OF Church and State was supposed to be
compete.n ANY OF the archbishops or
bishops in the United States could authori.
tatively answer this assertion Of Mr..
Gladstone; but from none, probably, could Q de-
nial come with more free and general acceptance
than from J. Roosevelt Bayiey, the Archbishop Of
Baltimore A prominent gentleman Of this city,
who is a Catholic and identified with public al.
laars, wrote 70 Archbishop Bayley q few days ago,
enclosing copies OF the HERALD containing the
letter OF Archbishop Manning and the points of
Gladstones attack AS It contains nothing OF
private character the Archbishop's permission to
publish 1t is presumed, and the letter was to-day
handed your correspondent, that It may have it's
nnI0n in nft tho
Of that Of the Archbishops distinguished CON-
temporary.
ARCHBISHOP BAYLBY's LETTER.
AEcHBIsHoP's House,
BALTIMORE, Nov. II, 1874
Ny DEAR SR,-I nave this moment received
Jour letter OF yesterday, asking me to tell you
what l think Of the statement made by MIR. Glad.
stone In his late pamphlet that since the Vatican
Council defined the dogma OF the tnfallibility of
the Pope "every Catholic Is called upon to re-
Oounce his mental and moral freedom and place
hts civil loyalty and duty ct the mercy OF another"
I II honest cant-hating old Dr.. Johnson were saM
living, and you were to ask him the same ques-
tion, he would probably explain the matter by
saying 'the dog Is o whig." and would come very
near hitting the nail on the head.
TO tell y0u the truth, have no leisure to enter
apon any formal discussion OF the MISTER, and. In
fact, no disposition to do so. The accusation
atself reminds one unpleasanrly OF similar accusa-
sions fumans 0e'ers t,aanstc) brought against the
primitive Christians as we find them In the pages
Of Tacitus and other Pagan enemies OF Christian
ny, and when person tells me tnat my religion
requires me to be dsloyal to my country the old
Adam comes up IN me, and feel more disposed
TO pull his nose than to answer him politely.
This accusation, 1t is true. is very old one. 1t
was, az you viii remember, urged against our
divine Lord himself that he was "no friend to
Csesar,n and the same charge has often been re.
peated against his followers.
The only thing have to say. at this time against
M Gladstone's declaration is, that 1t is false-a
shameful calumny-and would appeal with per-
feet confidence as to the truth of my assertion to
the conscience Of every Catholic over the face OF
the earth. 1t mas no foundation either in the
words OF the decree nor in any possible logical de-
duction from those words. The thought even that
It would have any such bearing am certain never
entered into the mind OF any member OF the Coun-
Ctl Tha Vatican canon did not change In one iota
che relations OF Catholics to the civil power, any
more than 1t changed those Of Protestants. 1t left
that important matter, as connected with the
order Of civil society, where the New Testament
leaves i-wnere our blessed Lord left 1t, when
ne told NJ to 'Render to Caesar the
RI lod
things that are God's"-wnere the Apostles
LEFT it, when they commanded us to be obedient
% our civil rulers "for conscience saken and the
only Limitation ever put upon this obedience was
put upon 1t by the Apostles themselves, acting as
interpreters and teachers OF Gods holy law, when,
preach any more in the name Of Jesus" they
asked them whether 'it was right to obey man
rather than God," and declared that they could
not tnon posSu1nus) and consequently would not
stop preaching in His holy name. And this teach
tng ofour religion and this authoritative interpre-
taton OF It Is binding on all Christians, whether
Catholics or Protestants; 1T is as binding on Mr..
Gladstone as on the Archbishop OF Westminster.
1t would not require the help OF one Of 1.-THE
eleven wise men OF Greece" to find out the par
ticular form Of monomania which Mr.. Gladstone
10 laboring under. Ever since he committed
political nar-kari on himself by dissoving Par
liament he has been a soured ana disappointed
man, blown up and very much damaged
by his own petard; and there Is no being
on this earth more mischievous and dangerous
Than an old politician, as the common saying has
h-Turned ont to grass" ~, who was once as great
a. Cesar, amnow rednced to Nebuchadnezzern
Everything he has done and said and written since
shows that he is as anxious to get back into his
cage az o polar bear Is anxious to get out OF his