The New York herald., 1875-09-20
NEW JERSEYS CONSTITUTION.

AN INTERVIEW WITH BISHOP CoRRIGANS ''ALTEB
EGo'-sENAToR TAYLOR ON THE TWELFTH
AUGMENTATION POLITICIANS ARE AFFECTED.
II is now nearly two weeks since the special election
held in New Jersey touching the constitutional
aIpendments but the maelstrom which swept them
through into the body Of the fundamental law of tho
State has not yet entirely subsidized. There is still
blowing quite breeze the whole subject,
ing from unwse action, bad management and bigotry
and ignorance the part of the religoniss of the
State Bishop Corrgans circular to his clergy
counselling them to advise their respective
congregations to "make doubly sure"
and prevent Church property from being
taxed by 'strikng out the whole ballot" is
still the theme of general discussion in the State but
public opinion not appreciaby changed since election
There is, however, much more general expression on
the part of the intelligent Catholics that it would havo
been infinitely better if the Bishop had kept his hands
clean of the whole affair." better for the Church and
better for Catholics as individual citizens However
that may be- the evidence is overwhelming that but
for the Bishops letter. the amendments would probably
have gone by default That letter acted in the face OF
Jersey Proestants AIRED rag does Haunted the face
of Spanish bull
With view TO obtaining authentic information touch
ing the origin of the Bishops action HERALD repre-
had interview with the right gen
teman's "second self,' the Very Rev. G. II. Doane
Vicar General and Chancellor of the diocese The Vca
General insisted that the Catholic Union which tooh
the initiative in the opposition acting not the
offensive had been widely charged, but on the de-
fensive, Protestant circular having first been issued
and published calling upon Proestants to support the
amendments against Catholics He asks whether
the latter had equal right with the former ia
issue circulars, and why it that found 50
much fault WITH but none whatever with the otherf
With regard to the Bishops circular the Vicar General
said that many influential Protcstants had asked
whether Catholics could be advised against the
twelfth paragraph amendment, the doing away
with the Five Counties or Mortgage act. Nothing,
however, done, it thought as the sequel
good, and raise
NToLERANT HUE AND CRY,
instead OF securing fair consideration of the merits OF
the case Subsequently it discovered that the bal
lots sent all the State by the Catholic Union
tanned the twelfth paragraph vt was thought con-
tnued the very reverend father 'that that paragraph
might have wider sweep than the mere doing away
with the Five Counties act and might result in taxing
churches, colleges, schools, orphan asyumns, hos
pitas, &c, and that II Catholics used the ballot
provided them by the union they might be voting for
such a II was then and then only that the
Bishops circular out the object of which
TO prevent being made OF the ballot which every
since shows that what feared will be the result
of the carrying this amendment | have been informed
by Senator Taylor, President OF the New Jersey
Senate that the property referred TO will not under
the twelfth paragraph, be subject to taxation Senator
Taylor member OF the commission which pro-
ing of religious preudices is that large number OF
prominent Catholics affiliated with politics and dis
posed to for office nave quietly withdrawn. But
the political end of this subject is not yet"