The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-11-29
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VIEWS OF ARCHBISHOP RAYLEr.
Another Letter From Archsi.hop Manning.
IN. z. Herald Nov. AL
ARCHBIsHoP's HOUSE,

ARcHBIsHop's HOUSE,
BALTIMORE, Nov. II, 1874.
My Dear Sir have this moment re-
ceived your letter of yesterday, asking me
to tell you what think Of the statement
made by Mr.. Gladstone in his late pam
phlet, that since the Vatican Council de-
fined the dogma of the infallibility of the
Pope "every Catholic is called upon to re-
nounce his mental and moral freedom and
place his civil loyalty and duty at the
mercy eff another"
If honest, cant-hating old DR.. johnson
were still living, and you were to ask him
the same question, he would probably ex-
plain the matter by saying ''the dog is
whig," and would 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 fact, no disposition to do
40. The accusation itself reminds one un-
pleasantly of similar accusations (hun,ani
genera ininsici) brought against the print
tive Christians, as we find them in the
pages Of Tacitus and other Pagan enemies
of Christianity, and when q 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 politely. This
accusation, it is true, is a very old one. 1t
our divine Lord himself that he was 'no
friend to Cesar" and the same charge has
often been repeated against his followers.
The only thing I have to say, at this
time, against Mr.. Gladstone's declaration
is, that it is falee-a shameful calumny-
and would appeal, with perfect confidence
as to the truth of my assertion, to the con-
science of every Catholic over 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 it would have any such
hot
the mind 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 it changed those of
| Protestants. 1t 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 Cesar the things that are
Caesars and to God the things that are
Gods"-where the Apostles left it, when
they commanded us to be obedient to our
| civil rulers, "tor conscience sake" and
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 "lt was right to
| obey man rather than God" and declared
| that they could not (non possanaus] and
consequently would not stop preaching in
His holy name. And this teaching of our
| religion and this authoritative interpreta-
whether Catholics or Professionals; it is as
binding on Mr.. Gladstone as on the Arch
bishop of Westminster.
It would not require the help of one of
| ''the eleven wise men of Greece"t to find
| ont the particular form Of monomania which
Mr.. Gladstone is laboring under. Ever
since he committed political hari-kari on
himself by disselving Parliament he has
been a soured and disappointed man, blown
| up and very much damaged by his own
| petard and there is no being of this earth
more mischievous and dangerous than an
old politician, as the common saying has
it, "turned out to grass" 81, wEo was
once as great as Cesar, and now reduced
| to Nebucbadnezzer." Every thing he 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 out
of his. And so he has taken to what an
old English divine used to call "his Cues
hire cheese"-the "No Popery" cry, which
''little Johnny" and many others have
tried before him, and is endeavoriDg to
raise the whirlwipd in the hope that 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 a
distinguished statesman like Mr.. Gladstone,
| who has always enjoyed the reputation of
being a high toned and honorable man,
'Cue cap anu OellS' BD0
ing to play the part of Lord George Cor
| don.
By this publication he has paid but a
poor compliment to the good sense and in
telligence of the English people, and have
my doubts 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, evil
he, Mill be; '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 Won
more fully how little our theologians OF
political writer's like De Maistre or De
Bonald OF Balmez have entertained any of
the nonsense which Mr.. Gladstone falsely
attributes to us. 1 remain, etc.,
j. ROOSEVELT BAYLET,
Archbishop of Baltimore.
MR.. GLADSTONE AND THE VATICAN DEGREES