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md would come very near hating the man

me- sn tell vou the truth. have no iesu,e ,a,.
o.,tor mon any formal discussion Oh 1ns \. n sn
o ,ar and IN fact. no disposition 10 uO o.
s Th,. a anc,sa,ton Itself reminds one unpase
aan,,v Of similar accusations human y ~;
:a,n,;cS brought against the pI.l ua ~
t, as VIE find them IN the pages 49,, 81
Tnn;tns and o,her Pagan enemies OF Sni,s ,,.,
n,,,tn and when q person tells me tna. ny
an ;.y;o,,, centres me TO be disloyat 10 NY
.ems the old Adam comes up IN me- hnu
T : "aaI .,ore disposed to pull his nose tuah
Ice. sa, hin, nolitely. This accusation, II -
sr,,a l. a very old one. 1t was, as you VIII
. 1870 urged against our divine Lofo =,
,',..,sa,r that he was "no friend TO easar,
a nrIiI tho same charge has often been repeaeeo
ssainst his followers. ~, .,,,,o
AGAINST Mr.. GladStone's declaration Is tnat II
~ E'Ise-a shameful calumny and Woulo
anncsl with perfect confidence asto the truth
~ INV assertion to the conscience OF every
C.tholic over 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 thought even that
if wouId have any such bearing am Ger.
tain never entered into the mind OF any
member of the Council. The Vatican ca.
NON did not change in one iota the relations
of Catholics to the civil power any more
than it changed those Of Protestants. IL
left that important matter, as connected with
the order of civil society. where the New
Testament leaves it; where our blessed
Lord left it when He told us to " Render to
Caesar the things that are Casar's, ana TO
God the things that are Gods; where
the apostles left it when they commanded
us to be obedent TO our civil rulers, "for
conscience sake"; and the only limitation
ever nut upon this obedience Wis put upon
| il by the apostles themselves, acting as In
terpreters and teachers of Gods holy law,
when, having been ordered by the Jewish
rulers not to preach any more in the name
of Jesus, they asked them whether sit was
right to obey man rather than God," and
| declared that they could not (non poSsrnuS)
aud consequently would not stop preaching
| in His holy name. Aud this teaching of our
religion and this authoritative interpreta-
tion of 1t is bindins on all Christians, whe.
ther Catholics or Protestants; it is as bind
ing on Mr.. Gladstone as on the Archbishop
| of Westminster.
Itwould not require the help Of one OF
"the eleven wise men of Greece TO hnd
out the particular form Of moDomana which
| Sir. Gladstone is aboring under. Ever since
he committed q political hari kari on himcelt
| by diSsolyng Parliament be has been q
soured and disappointed man, blown up
and very much damaged by his own petard ;
and there is no being on the earth more mis-.
chicyous and dangerous than an old politi.
clan, as the common saying has 1t, >" turned
| no to grass" Il, who was once as great as
Cesar, am now reduced TO Nebuchadnez-
Ear" Everything be has done, aud
| said, and written, since, shows that
he is Us anxious to get back into his
cage as Polar bear is anxious to get
out of his. And so he has taken to what an
| old English divine used to call "bis Cheshire
cheese "-the "No Popery" cry, which
| little johnny" and many others have tried
before him, and is endeaYoring to raise the
whirlwind in the hope that it may blow him
back Onto the Treasury benches. 1t will be
| more likely to blow him out to sea. 1t is il.
deed sad 10 see distinguished statesman
like Sir. Gladstone, who has always enjoyed
the reputation of being hightoned and
honorable man, putting on "Ihe cap and
bells" and attempting to play the part OF
Lord George Gordon.
| Bv this publication he has paid but poor
compliment to the good sense and intelli-
gence of the English people, and have my
doubts whether they will dance to bis music
| If he was situated like Bismarck, and could
put soldier alongside of every honest citi.
zen TO make him dance "wlll he Mill he,'
| then there would be some sense in the thing
When / can find time will write to you
more at length, and recommend to you GER
tain works to read, which will show you
more fully how little our theologians or poll
| teal writer's, like De Maistre, or De Bonald
| or Balmez, have entertained any Of the non
sense which Mr.. Gladstone falsely attributes
| to us. Iremain, ETC.,
J. ROOSEVELT BAYLEY,
Archbishop of Baltimore.