The Portland daily press., 1874-11-23

New York, Nov. % The Herald publishes
a letter from Archbishop Bayley of Baltimore
in reference to the Manning Gladstone contro-
versy
The Archbishop says:-"The only thing
have to say at this time against Mr. Gladstones
declaration is that it is false, shameful.
calumny, and would appeal with perfect con-
fiderce as to the truth OF the assertion to the
conscience of every Catholic on the face of the
earth. 1t has no foundation, either in The
words of the decree or in any possible logical
deduction from those words. The thoughti.even
that it would have any such bearing, am GER
tain never entered into the mind of any men,
Der of the Council The Vatican canon did
not change, in one iota, the relations of Catho-
lies to the ilpower, any more than it changed
those of Protestants. 1t left that Important
matter as connected with the order of civil
society, where the New Testament leaves it -
to render to Caesar the things that are Caesars,
and to God the things that are God's'-wbere
the apostles left it when they commanded us
to be obedient to oar civil rulers, for conscience
sake The only Limitation ever put upon this
obedience was put upon it by the apostles
themselves, acting as interpreters and teachers
of Gods holy law, when having been ordered
by the Jewish rulers mot to preach any more
in the name of Jesus they asked them whether
III was right to obey any other than God,' and
declared that they could not, (non possimus),
and consequently would not stop preaching in
His holy name; and this teaching of our re.
ligion and this Interpretation of it is binding on
all Christians, whether Catholics or Protest.
ants. 1t is as binding on Mr.. Gladstone as on
the Archbishop of Westminster.s-af II
1t would not require the help of one of the
seven wise men Of Greece to find
out the particular form of monomania
which Gladstone is laboring under. Ever
since he committed a political bari
kari on himself by dissovng parliament
he has been soured and 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 pollti-
clan, as the common saying has it, turned out
of grass. II, who was once as great as Caesar,
am now reduced to Nebuchadnezzar.'
Everything he has done, and said and writ
ten since shows that he is anxious to get back
into his cage as polar bear is to get out of HIS
and so he has taken to what an old English
divine used to call "his Cheshire cheese" The
''no popery'' cry which sLlttle Johnny and
many others have tried before him, is endeav--
oring to raise the whirlwind in hopes it may
blow him back on to the treasury benches, 1t
will be more likely to blow him out to sea.
1t is indeed sad to see distinguished states
men like Gladstone who has always enjoyed
the reputation of being high toned and hon
orable man putting on 1.-THE cap and BELLS and
attempting to play the part Of Lord George
Gordon. -
| By his publication, he has paid put a poor
compliment to the good sense and intelligence
of the English people, and have my donbts
whether they will dance to his music. If he
was situated like Bismarck and could put
soldier alongside of every honest citizen to
make him dance "Will he, will he'-then there
would be some sense in the thing. vi