New-York tribune., 1875-03-06

OF Divine Faitn before the Council OF the vatican was
that therefore, the Vatican DEGREES havc changed
the obligations and conditions Of civil allegiance
q Tha. the claim OF the Papa Church against ooeu-
enoe 10 the civil ower In certain not only goes
beyond but Ia essentially different from that made by
other religious communons or ty their members IA
ENGLAND. ,.
Aud that therefore the civil aesonce Of those who
admit claim and carry IT TO Its logical
is not for the purposes of the State the same with that
OF other Christians. but is differently limited.
In his able and heightened work. Archbishop Manning
has fonnd space Tor dissertation the great German
quarrel but has not Included in his PROOF OF the pce
history Of the Church over which he presides or the sis
ter Church In Iieland. This very grave denclehey
shall eDdeavor TO make good, by enlarghg anu Tnt
petng the statement briefly given IN my tract. inat
statement that the English and Irsn penal laws
against Roman Catholics were repealed on tho Iasn o
assurances which have not been fulfilled 80
Had ali antagonists been content to reply with the
simple in ngenuousness of Dr. Ns|man. It might nave
unnecessary to this portion OF tue suDlct
l make no complaint of the Archbishop; for such o
reply would have destroyed his case. Dr. newman,
struggling hard with the difficulties OF his task, hnds
that the statement Of Dr. Doyle requires "some pous
Interpretation " that In 1896 the clergy both OF Engand
and Ireland trained In Gallican Oplnols' anu ma,
modes OF thinking foreign altogether 10 the minds OF
the encourage OF the Holy Zee that the Brisn mlI
listers ought TO applied 10 Rome 10 learn tne cV
duties OF British SUBJECTS and that no pledge IRON
Catholics was OF any value 10 wnioh h'lne was NV
Thn declaration involves all, and more thap ALL that
had ventured relucantlyto impue statesmen o, ono
future recolect the words. aud recoect from "noio
they came: from the man who by his geuius piety anu
learning towers above all tho emlnonces oI tno hus @
Sps neen the mnd and tongue shape and tho
English Catholic position IN ths any hnHU rensed
from his repose on occasion only by the most ervd
appeals HIM the man that couiu pest teacn ne
reonsts now ana ns5ses were given although their
validity was firmly and even passlonatey assertcu'
although the subject-matter was ORG Oh c N
no pledge from Catholics was OF any vauc to wnch
Rome wasDot party" ,,xo,
la all seriousness ask whether there is not involved
In these words of DR.. Newman an Omlnous appr0&lma
ton to my allegation that tho seccdcr TO tne Koan
Church places his loyalty and civil duty at the mercy
But as Archbishop Manning has asserted that tho DO
Of Inc Vatican have ~ no lot or tte a'el9d 1d
the InfalhDity of the Pope was doctrine OF DIVINE
Faith and he IS the official head OF the Anglo Roman
body must test his assertions by one OF those appeals
to history which he has sometimes SAID are treason 10
the Church. as indJod they are In his sense OF the
Church ana IN his OF treason IL Is only Justce
TO the Archbishop add that he does rot sand alone
Bishop UllathOrne says the Popo always weideu tns
nfalliDlty and all men knew TINS TO Dc the iact we
shall presently lind men, whose history the BishOp
should have been familiar WITH who did NOT know TINS
the fact. but very soemny assured us they knew
This is not an affair." Dr. Newman seems to think, Of
a particular generation Of clergy who had been edu-
Gated IN Gaican opinions IL all times from the reign
OF Elizabeth to that Of Victoria the lay Roman Catho-
lies OF England AS ooiy, have been eminenty and
noted their thorough estrangement from Utramon
tame opinions and their clergy down to the period or
the Emancipation act, iet Win them; thOugh SCHOOL
addicted to curalism and Jcsuisip thrust among them
Popes at the commencement OF the period, nrst
brought upon them gevOus sufcrngs, then succeeded
in attaching stigma TO their name, ana now threatens
Gradually accomplish a TRANSPORTATION OF Their
opinions, with eventual change in their spirit, OF
which it is difficult to fOresee the bounds Not that the
men who now hold the ancestral view WILL as rue
exchange it for the view of the Vaican but that as in
the course they depart VAtlcanlsts Will grow
The first official head of tho Anglo Roman body In En-
gland the wise ana loyal Arcnprio;t blackwell He
was depOspd by the Pope 60S CHIEFLY 1t ssuppOsod
for his advocacy of the Oath Of Aegance, which had
been devised by King James, in order that he might con
fer peace and security upon loyal Roman Catholics Bel
srnn denounced heretca its denial OF the power OF
the POpo 10 depose the King aud reielse his subjects
from their eance. Pope Paul " condemned the oatn
by brief In October 1876 Tae unfortunate members OF
his communion could believe this brief 10 be autnen-
to so a second brief sent IN September. l60 TO
confirm and enforce the first Blackwell CIllanty al
vised flock to take the oath III defiance OF the bref
Priests confined in Newgate petilOlcd the Pope TO have
olpp,sson on them. Forty-eiglt doctors vi the
bonnie against six declared that might be taken with
good conscience. And taken 1t was 10y MANY but taken
IN despite Of tue tyranncal njunctOns OF PAU v,
happily confirmed by Urban VIII. and by Innocent Y.
When il was proposed III IG48 10 DuIsl Roman CathO-
lies on account OF The depOsing power their
and renOunced the doctrine. T1ls remuneration was
condemned at Rome as heretical but Jhe attitude OF
France these questions at tho time prevented the
publication OF the decree
When the loyal rem0nstraDce of 1861 had been signed
by certain BlsAops and others Of Ireland, II
demned Rome III July 1902, by The Congregation dc
proDa0and6 and in the Same Jnth the Papa Nuncio
at Brussels, superntended the cOncerus OF irish
Roman Catholics AZ tho ume. denounced IL a5 already
condemned by the constitutions OF Paul " and Innocent
X and specially censured the ecGesiastCs who, by
signug it. mad mislod the laty.
Nell may Butler say The claim Of the Popes to tenn
poral power by divine right boen OF the
calamtOus events III tho history OF the Church Isef
fects since the RefOrLation on the English and Irish
Catholics nave been dreadful" Aud again: How often
did ancestors experlcnce that ultrCathocism Is
one Of the worst enemies OF catholloit- !"
now pass to the period which followed the RevOlu
tOn OF $685. especially with reieronco 20 the bold
ton tnat before 1870 the Popes infaDiliiy doc
trne Of divine taltb.
The Revolution brought abont by invasons OF the
law ana the constitution, with which the Church of
Rome disaStIouSy associated necessarily paltoDk
OF somewhat vlhdictWe character as toward the
Anglo Roman body. Our penal provisions were o mti
gated out also debaSed copy oI the PIpdl euacmeHts
aga.ns, heresy. IL not until 1857, GA the appoint
ment OF the Duke Of Bedford 70 the LortLeutenancy
ireland, that he first sign OF life was given. Indeed,
1t was only In 1756 hat new penal law had Deen pro
posed Ireland Bat in the next year tho Irish Roman
Catholic Committee published Declaration whlcn dis
avowed the depoSng and absolvins p0wtI with other
odiOus opinions Hero 1t was ayorrod that tho Pops
inGrecIiy within this realm And it was also avcfred
that not article OF tho Catholic :aitb, neither
Pope is infaiDle IN dIametrcl contradiction to the
declaration OF Archbishop Manning that persons OF his
religion bound to tDis belief before the Council o
II anything had been wanting In this Declaration 1t
would been abnudantly supplied 0y thc PrOtesta
tiou of the Roman Catholics Of England IN 1859 In
this very Important document which brought ABOUT the
passing OF the great English Relief act of 19l besides
repetition OF the assurances generally wich had Deen
heretofore conveyed there are contained statements OF
the greatest Significance. .
l. That the suDTctOeTs 10 IL ACKNOWLEDGE no lhlaIl
bility In the Pope"
Indirectly iDiure PrOesants al do is to
fuse them her sacraments, whlch Ihry 90 not want.
g. That ccclcslasiicai power Whatever can " d.
rectly or indirectly aft ct interfere Win tbe ndepcn
dence sovereignty laws, constitution o. government
Of the realm.
This ProtestatiOn In the srictest sense. repre-
sentative aud ug document 1t signed by al
priests including all the Wears Apostolic all the
clergy aud aity England Of nOtr and IN 1882
general meeting OF the English Catholics in London it
was subscribed by every person present.
The Act 1901 for England was followed by that OF
1923 for Ireland The oath inserted in this act IL founded
upon the declaration Of 1851 aud embodies largo por
tfon OF IL, including the words:
81" is Of the Catholic faith neither thereby
ouired to believe profess that the Pope IA Inislnbe"
refer to this H. not because L attach an especial
value 20 that class or security, but because
come to synodical declaration Of the Irish Bishops
which constitutes perhaps the most salient point Of the
whole Of TINS singular history.
On the 26th OF February 1870 those Bishops declared