National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-11-24
PAPAL INEALLLBILITY.
ARCHBISHOP BAYLEY'SC CONTRIBUTION
TO The GLADSTONE-MANNlN CON-
TROVERSY

ARCHBISHOP BAYLEY'SCo NTRIBUTIoN |
TO The GLADSTONE-MANNlN CON- !
TROVERSY.
The following letter has been written oy ar a,
bishop Bayley to gentleman in this city, n the
subject Of the Gladstone pamphlet;
BALTIMORE, Nov IL fs7I
NY DEAR SIR: have this U.oment received
what think Of the stateyIer.c made by Mr.. Glad.
stone in his late pamphlet, that since the Vatican
council defined the dc gina of the infallIbIlitY of
the Pope, every Cat-holic is called upon to re-
nOunce his mental e1d moral freedom and place
his civil loyalty and duty at the mercy OF an
II honest, oznt-hating old DR.. johnson were
sui living, Gnd you were to ask him the same
question, ne would probably explain the matter
by saying. ~The dog is q Wing, !" and weuld come
very near hitting the nail on the head.
To tell you the truth, have no leisure to enter
upon any formal discussion Of the matter, and, in
minds enc unpleasantly Of similar accusations
(hUmGni geneTfS iBiBsScD brought against the
pages Of Tacit1s and other pagan enemies Of
Christianity, and when person tells me that my
religion requires me to be disloyal to my country
the old Adam comes up In me, and feel more
disposed to pull his nose than to answer him po-
litely. This accusation, 1t is true, is very old
our Divine Lord himself that he was ''no friend
to Caesar, and the same charge has often been
repeated against bis followers.
The only thing have to say, at this time
against Mr.. Gladstone's declaration is, that IL is
false-a shameful calumny-and would appeal,
with perfect confidence as to the truth Of my as
the face Of the earth. It has no foundation either
in the words Of the decree nor in any possible
logical deduction from those words. The thought
even that IL would have any such bearing am
certain never entered the minds of any member
of the Council. The Vatican canon did not
change in one iota the relations of Catholics to
the civil power, any more than IL changed those
Of Professionals. 1t left that important matter, as
connected with the order Of civil society, where
the New Testament leaves it-Where our blessed
Lord left 10, when he told us to "render to Caesar
The things that ae Cs5S i and to SSd the
il, when they commanded us to be obedIent to our
civil rulers, 'fOr conscieuce's sake" aud the only
upon 1t by the Apostles themselves, acting as in
teTpreteTS 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 lit was right to obey man
rather thun GOO, - and declared that they could
not (HOR pOSSHmds) and consequently would not
stop preaching in His holy name And this teach
ing OF our religion and this authoritative inter-
probation Of 1t binding all Christians, whether
Catholics or Professionals; 1t is as binding on Mr..
Gladstone as on the Archbishop Of Westminster.
1tWOuld not require the help Of one Of "the
eleven wise men Of Greece to find out the par
ticular form Of monomania which Mr.. Gladstone
is laboring under. Ever since he committed q
political hRri-kari on himself by dissOlving Par
lament he has been soured and disappointed
man, blown up and very much damaged by hts
own petard; and there is no being on this earth
more mischievOus and dangerous than an old
out to grass ~, who was once as great Caesar,
am now reduced to ACKNOWLEDGMENT" Every
thing be has done and said and written since
shows that he is as anxious to get back into his
cage as polar bear is anxious TO get cut Of his.
And so he has taken to what an old English
divine used to call "his Cheshire cheese"-the
mo POpery" cry, which "little Johnny" and
many others have tried before him. and is en-
deaYOriDg TO raise the whirlwind in the hope that
It may blow him back to the treasury benches.
1t will be more likely to blow him out 10 sea. 1t
is indeed sad to see distinguished statesman like
Nj Gladstone, who has always enjoyed the repu-
tatiOn Of being heightened and honorable man,
putting on "the cap and bells" and attempting
10 play the part of Lord George Gordon.
By this publication he has paid but poor COM
plimeDt tV the good sense and intelligence Of the
English people, and have my doubts whether
they will dance to his music. II he was situated
like Bismarck. and could put soldier along side
Of every honest citizen TO make him dance, twill
he, mill he," then there would be some sense in
the thing.
When can find time will write to you more
at leEgth, and recommend to you certain works
to read which will show you more fully how little
our theologians or political writer's like De NJ ais
ire or De Bonald or BalmeZ have entertained any
Of the nonsense which Mr.. Gladstone falsely at
tributes to US.
Iremain, &c, J. ROOSEVELT BAYLEY,