New-York tribune., 1874-12-02
MR., GLADSTONE'S PAMPHLET.
EFFECTS THROUGHOUT EUROPE.

orr, rp,vcr-rNvrCTIyEs OF A CATHOLIC JOURNAL
IN GREAT BRITAIN.
frRoM THE REGULAR coRREsPoNDESToF OF THE h"noN.,
LONDON, Now IA Mr.. Murray has printeu anu soi'
no less than Sixteen Thousand copies OF hir' "i"u
.,ono, namnblet on the Vatican DEGREES. AS 1t was
not pnbshed till Monday. this gives an average Oh
moro than three thousand copies o day. for an
ordinary pamphlet sale of 500 would he Thought
considerable. 1t was published at half a crown, say
three-ouarters of what is called dollar in these
days in the Uuted States. These facts may be OF
interest to persons who have been doubling Wueluot
the question discussed by Mr.. Gladstone has
any practical" concern for Englishmen in
general 1t may be safely said OF English
men in general that they do not buy 16oOo
copies IN five days Of q pamphlet on matter IN
which they have no concern. 1t is idle to deny that
the interest taken in it is very great and very WHO
spread. 1t goes far beyond England. 1t leaohes "V
least TO Berlin i'll the East aud TO Rome IN Tue
South from both which cities special dispatches 10
the London papers began to pour In early III INC
week. The Roman correspondent OF me Dd''y -.e'Os
telegraphed on Tuesday night that the fope nau
been making little speech to "several Enghsh
Catholics" aboutit. he told them that MT. 0iad-
stone had been made drunk e. intoxicated oy
Prince Bismarck and lbeDed him to viper assai-
ing the bark of St. Peter. How viper would pro-
ceed asSaling the bark of st. Peter His Holiness
did not explain and eoujectures based on MI clad
stones pamphlet must necessarily be vague. Fer
haps the Popes infallibiity does not extend TO
rhetoric. or perhaps it entities him to freer use
Of mixed metaphors that fallible persons permit
themselves. II is clear, OF any rate, that mfal!i
bility enables Pope to pronounce on books he had
not read. He had not read Mr.. Gladstones, he ad-
mits but he understands" that " the Minister
whom they call Liberal atters the Catholics Of that
nation, and leads them to believe that wish those
subjects to become disOyal to their sovereign and
the laws Of their country" 1t may be guessed that
the Pope had been given to understand" some
thing also about Lord ActOns letter. for he remarks
that "those who viii walk sstray are not Catholics
They are worse than infdels ard Protcstants, be-
cause calling themselves Catholics, they daily rebel
against God and the laws O! the Church" Winch d.
D0llinger might also take to himself, were he so
minded. On the other hand the Berlin correspondent
of The Times teleGraphs that Mr.. GladStones essay
on the Civil Allegiance of Roman Catholics elcits
bursts of applause from the whole German press the
Ultramontane organs alone excepted. eopious ex-
tracts being given in the leading Journals. The
French papers comment on 1t according to their
sympathies The organ of the radical Republicans
halls il as the courageous utterance Of pmlosophlc
statesman which elsewhere than In England
ought to teach the clerical Ireconcilables to put
a limit to their arrogant pretensons. NJ. Ven
illot in the Unirers-which may be called the lead
ing Ultramontane organ of Europe-remarks with
rather more than his usual mldness that 1.-THE IN
suits which Mr.. Gladstone has offered the Pope,
and which do not deserve to be discussed, merely
prove the sectarian hate with which lie regards The
Head of the Roman Church; but at the same time
Mr. Gladstone exhibits either his own iucOucvivaoe
ignorance Of Catholic doctrine else his sisnally
bad faith" little further NJ. Veull0t ap9eArs
70 acquit Mr. Gladstone of ignorance BY accusl1c :
him of "wilfuly disappearing the principles
be contends against.
English Ultramontanes take different view, in
one respect. from their French confederate. The
Tablet which speaks for them with authority, gives
up great portion OF its space this week to Mr. Glad
stOne-about seventeen columns. This is only by
way of prelude to what is coming "To give COM
plete answer to all of 3ir. GladstOnes will require
saws The Tablet, "a little time than single
week" 1t is pleasure to agree for once with an
Iltramontane. 1t would be most unreasonable tC
expect a complete reply in single week. The post
from London 10 Romo takes at least week, and
SelegraphiDg is expensive. Oddly enough. The IG6-
k does not avail itself of the enterprise Of its
ae:ly cotemporaries II does not copy The Daily
Necss dispatch, summary of which gave above
Fut with time, all reasonable expectations viii be
satisfied The seventeen columns this week are only
Introductory and ncidental;" though they include
three columns of editorial notes and three leading
articles averaging two columns apiece. have reaC
them all through partly because doubt whether
Ishal have courage strength read those of The
next and succeeding weeks to which these are intro
ductory and incidental.
regret to have to point ont what seems to me
want Of respect the part of The Tablet toward the
Pope His Holiness lkened Mr.. Gladstone to a vipel
assailing the bark of ST. Peter but The Tablet depc
him as casting firebrand into the country. Now
am willing to believe the Pope even when | do moi
understand what he means but am unable to con
ceive the viper simultaneously assalng the bark o
st. Peter-which must be kent at Rome-and cast
ing firebrand into England, from which Rome il
remote by three days journey. Nor can agree Will
The Tablet that the urid flame of the fTebrand was
extinguished on Monday morning by the Englisl
press for il was subsequently, to Monday morning
that most of the 1900 fresh frebrands scat
tered over the kingdom Nor can it be said thai
The Tablet throws cold water on the flame. Lons
experience has taught to look for moderation anG
courtesy on the part of theological controversalsts
But The Tablet shows signs of heat At the
millions of British Catholics, it exclaims
between whom and Dir. Gladstone mutual
services had passed." che has struck in an
hour of peace insulting blow, and followed it uI
with charge upon charge. seethng in burning vitu-
peration and passionate appeals to declining pub
lie prejudice and q dormant fanaticism." lie has
poured out his soul in raging pamphlet at which,
according to The Tablet both friends aud opponents
stand amazed as an exhibition Of political folly
aud insanity" Mr. Gladstone will discover with
modification that he has taken nothing by his civil
protestations of faith in the individual loyalty of
English Catholics; these are "himsy wrappings
the gliding on tho pill. the jam intended to carry
down the drastic powder" The Tablet knows the
causes of the publication. "Mr Gladstone suffers
from cerebral excitement and pertinacity of self
xxillr-fhpnca fran led tack the Eafh