Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-06

MONDAY morning by the English pres
Tor it was subsequently to Monda
9 morning that most Of the sixteen thou
s sand firebTands were scattered owe
: the kingdom. Nor can it b
f; said that the Tablet throw
cold water on the fame" The 7a6l,
] charges that "Mr. Gladstone suffers froI
D cerebral excitement and a pertinaeity {
: self-will," and says from this that othe
8 reasons for his publication of thepamph
: LET are plentiful, among them enumel
2 sting that ''he has never forgiven th
t Irish vote on the university bill; he wa
r angered because the Catholics, at tn
: last election, voted for Tories rather tina
for men pledged to dissolve the christian
education of the country. He is in th
} minority, and wants to improve hi
T position by recruiting a party from tn
. in6delity as well as from the religion
fansticism to be found in the country
! Disraen having rallied round himsel
the Protestant church OF England, Glad
stone seeks to win them back and rail-
them round himself. Twenty-Five,
years ago he nearly became Catholic
but having since turned his back on th,
light, he wss vexed to see his friends
and relatives going over. This feeling
ranked and sprOuted until st last, upor
the conversion Of Lord Ripon, be
has fairly lost sl self-cOntrol.n
In France, the organ Of the radical re.
publicsns halls Mr.. GladstOne's pam
pile: as the courageous Utterance of q
philosOphic statesman, which elsewhere
than ia England ought to teach the
clerical iFreconcilsbles to put a limit to
their arrogant pretensiOns. n. Veuillot,
in the UnjUers-Whieh may be called
the leading UItramontane organ Of Eu-
rope-TemaTks, with rather more than
his usual mildness, that "the insults
which Mr.. Gladstone has offered the
pope, and which do not deserve to be
discussed, merely prove the sectarian
hate with which he regards the head OF
the Roman church; but at the same
time Mr.. Gladstone exhibits either his
own ineonceivable ignorance Of Catho-
lie doctrine, or else his signally bad
| faith" A little further on II. Veuillot
appears 70 seguit Mr.. Gladstone Of ignO-
rance by accusing him of "Wilfully mis-
representing" the principles he contends
against. The action OF Lord Acton in
the premises has elected from the Dub
lin EUsniRg Post the remark that sun
der the guise Of opposition to Mr.. Glad
stone, Lord Acton comes forth with his
torieal eslumnies in support Of The late
prime minister-calumnies that far
transcend in mslignity the expostuls-
ton which they sustain, i" and calls upon
Lord Acton for his authorities. 1t is
thought Lord Acton viii pay little heed
to the demands OF a writer Who charges
him with treschery and baseness. The
Saturday. ReUiel0 describes Lord Acton
as 8 man who "knOws too much snd
thinks too independently to enjoy the
favor Of the Vatican or the confidence
of the B0mish hierarchy in England"
and sgain, IS "a scholar Of ample learn
ing, great candoT, and comprehensive
ness OF thought" His high character
does not prevent the Dublin papers from
making charges against his honor and
good faith so libelous that the London
journals think it prudent not to reprint
them. The same paper, pushing Arch
bishop Msnning's hint a little further,
has discovered that a conspiracy was
entered into between Mr.. Gladstone,
Lord Acton, and DR.. Dollinger; but the
Daily Telegraph published card tend
ing TO controvert hIssIaTemeng,i in that it
states from authority that =. DollingeT
had no share or completely whatever
in either Mr.. Gladstone's recent article
on ritualism or his pamphlet on the
Vatican DEGREES, nor was he aware Of
Mr.. Glsdstone's intention to publish
either the one or the other, nor had he
any communication with him on the
subject. The fate Of Lord Acton has not
deferred another liberal Catholic from
speaking out even more plainly. Lord |
CamOys sends to the Times letter ad. |
dressed by him to Mr.. Gladstone, con-
curing in Mr.. Glsdstone's view that
oyalty TO his country and acceptance
If the new dOgmas Of Rome are ire
and be replies thus to Arch
bishop Manning:
In noticing your ''expostulation" the
Of Westminster, IN his pub
shed letter, said that there is no change
a the obligations OF the Roman Cathos
cs TO the civil power in consequence Of :
ne publication Of the Vatican DEGREES.
low, is this go? 1t is not likely the I
resent viii adopt against Queen Veto I
a the course pursued by the then pope /
gainst Queen Elizabeth, but there is no !
sling what edict might be issued by J
he au.hOr of the syllabus. Assuming +
q edict were now Issued tending to !
esken or destroy allegiance, what a :
fferent position a Roman Catholic .
ould be in now from what he would
ave been in then! Infallibility was
Ot then matter OF compulsory belief
I'd be would have been at liberty to re- q
se compliance with such an ediet; but .,
hat would be the effect Of his belief in :
.e personal iufsllibility? He must u
Their withhold his allegiance on the q
le hand, or risk his salvation on the 81
her; and is not this new obligation? nj
be compelled to believe under severe | =
nalties now what we were at liberty =
disOelieye then with impunity IS 81
rely a new obligation. AS an indie 70
ndent English Roman CathOlie,I con- n
Ter 1t my duty TO make this response !
your appeal. Much may be said of ~
e serious difficulties that many men, u
rs Of the Roman Catholic church Il
roughOut the world will be placed in n
being compelled to believe in the :
zticsn DEGREES. For myself, l will say =
at history, common sense, and my Il
rly instruction forbid me TO accept the &c
and novel novel, at least, in -
cir present promulgadon) doctrine Of
e personal infallibility Of the pope, Vi
Ough limited, as asserted, to the large To
msin Of faith and morals. oil
Lord Camoy's peerage dates back to be
IS, and his position is such as to give or
,ight to his declaration, A few more be
nilar letters would go far to prove that oil
r. Gladstone had good reason for his til
Pc that his Catholic fellOw-country- Sc
N would respond to his appeal by as bu
ting in all their civil relations thei, OF
nplete independence Of foreign die az
ion. Whatever others may be, It is as
tain that Lord Acton and Lord ed
moys are Englishmen first aG eli
tholics afterWard. Al
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A NUISANCE REsURRECTED. 20
irs. Harriet Beeeher Stowe is about tic
turn up again. We imagine, If she tn
re buried under the White mountains. inl
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