The New York herald., 1875-02-07


tius." These issues on the Continent lie deeper,
however, than his mere play upon words, deeper
than mere local nicknames, as the outgrowth OF
limited though intense partisanship. He should
know tbat the term "ultramontane" has lost It's
local. though not its extreme import, by the
amazing, yet Oft recurring historic marvel, by
which the minor absorbs the major, and part
gives tone, color, and even substance and form 10
| the whole.
, Revolution is the result OF something deeper
| and more occult than the surface actors or ex-
presslons OF the struggle. Revolutions, whether
| political or religious, whether the outgrowth OF
ancient or modern thought, are suoject to In
| evitaDle law. Terms are thus intensified. and.
while they may retain some OF their local signld-
canoe, the transition intepsnes and enlarges their
meaning
| Here, in an emlneat degree, is the trouble OF
| "frudentlus" In his curious and learned attempt
10 denne "ultramontane." He says-"rhe word
| puzzles me; 1t Is quite new to me-" "You," ne
iurther says, designate them as q mischievous
sect-an impractical faction.n Who these ultra
montansts are IN Europe and America 1t puzzles
him 10 know distinctly, unless 1t be very small
| traction OF the great Catholic body, whose temper
| pulsion from Rome OF Victor Emmanuel or to
push legitimate Catholic principles ana doctrines
the transition OF the term mas been historic, and
has developed iull-oroed Roman Catholicism,
|
The term 'uitramontane,n locally representing
beyond the mountains but literally and dogmatl-
| caly represents the extreme factions ana ex-
trenle doctrines to the Holy See and papal d.g-
nifty and prerogatves. Though always ready by
crusades to push 1.-THE legitimate views OF Belar-
| min to extreme and unwarranted c0ncluSlons,
they have ceased forever to be extremes either IN
word or TACT, Tor the sufficient reason mat the
whole Church has assumed, formally. officially ana
doHmaticaly, precisely the ground which both ex
treme and faction once occupied; ana by tne mex
oracle logic of events and by the ormal dehni.
tons OF nfalllbillty itself ~, utram0ntane, instead
OF being limited and local In It's sad imp rI is
sadder sirnlncatlon. The fearful claims with which
an extreme faction harmlessy invested the
Pope are now found out be The legitimate
investure OF ponthcal dignity. Just ss this great
Republic, Or human good and in obedience to the
demands of human progress, now occupies the po
sltion Of the extreme abolition school OF humani-
tarlanlsm and their extreme and once lncendary
doctrines by revolution have not only received the
sanction OF organized law, but become the highest
and most lrrevocable expression OF American
nationa ality, so has Catholicism. by revolution as
yet with only evil in Its issues, become utramon.
tanist in substance and In fact and beyond all
controversy. The revolution IN each case is ir-
revocacly permanent-the one with issues which
| only LOOK TO human veal, the other, lear to re-
IL is unparalIeed and world wide and danger
| ous revolution. that Prince Won Bismarck mas mad
the brains TO comprehend and the courage 70
| meet its issues. To claim that he has not erred
in minor matters, or in his personal issues With
| Won Arnim, or in the collateral results OF his
home policy, would be TO invest him with the
infalliblity which alone belongs to the Pope, al
| ways legitimately his, but only dlvlnely and uni
versally known according 10 ultramontanlsts
| since the last Ecumenical Council. But the policy
| OF the great German statesman, Won Bismarck,
| indicates that he comprehends the situation and
understands the issues which as the lrrepressible
cOu fiict to co lmand the attention OF the Con-
tinent the HERALD and manklna. 11pp piG vow prrrpx
NEWMARKET. Va, Jan. II. 1875.
'PBUpENrIUs' ON GLADSTONE AND NEWMAN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
The American public have now in print DR.. New
mans reply to Ma Glatstone's "ExpOstulation,"
and this reply Tor the great majority OF Protestant
readers, will be likely to be the only argument
heard with any degree OF interest or OF patience
by those who have prejudged the case as against
Rome.
II Is remarkable document, not unworthy
OF the world wide lame OF its venerable author or
OF being his last utterance in defence OF that creed
for which he has sacrificed so much OF this worlds
honor and happiness. English PrOtestants aud
English Catholics have been awaiting with equal
anxiety the appearance OF the 'Letter TO the Duke
OF Norfolk" What Its effect has been IN England
we have yet to learn. But on reading the copious
extracts published from the advanced sheets q
week ago by one OF your contemporaries confess
to feeling OF disappointment and pain. letter
| which had written under the nrst impulse OF this
feeling 1 withheld. however, till l could read DR..
| Newman's pamphlet in full and carefully. Having
| suffered M self SO keeny from hasty judgments
| formed on hearsay or most imperfect Information,
II would have been crime in me to Judge hastily
| one for whose genius and virtues have enter
tanned lifelong admiration.
| DR.. Newman's pamphlet is now before me, and,
| after most attentive perusal OF 1t, am impeled
TO bless him for this supreme service done 10 the
cause OF Christian truth and Christian civilization.
| The Impressions conceived from q perusal oil the
| aytr hnf N no nd 7iJp
are enaced by careful study OF the context. This
! once more proves how unsafe 1t Is, in q mo-
mentous doctrinal discussion TO judge OF a writer's
sense even by heightened extract, and without
examining ~ anew in Its place in the context
Any one portion or book isolated from what goes
| before and follows after It may bear construc-
ton quite foreign to the authors true meaning
| and purpose. TO know OF a certainty what he
means and what he Is aiming at, enc mast IN CON-
mon fairness allow what precedes and follows 70
shed It's hight on the passage singled out Tor crit
| cism or examination. ! would, therefore,
caution all OF your readers who have
been startled like myself, by Or, Newman's
severe anlmadversons on English Catholic writer's
"who for years past have 30 conduoeed themselves
as II no Responsibility attached 70 wild woros and
overbearing Deeds" neither TO exult too much
over the castigatiou administered to such as are
won't to stretch principles til they are close upon
snapping,r nor to be doWncast, as II the grea:
apologist meant to strengthen the HANDS OF Mr..
Gladstone or throw blame on the Pope andshis ofi-
cial counsellors Some ''of1lcious advisers" come
in Tor q castigation that many viii deem merited I;
but not one line or word In the pamphlet rom be-
ginning to end warrants the conclusion drawn oy
some that Dr. Newman meant thus publicly to CEN
sure the utramontanes properly socalled, or the
great religious order whose members have been
foremost In uphodng the doctrine OF Papal infal-
Dbility. The "offlcious advisers" the men OF
.'wid words and overbearing Deeds" who
stretched principles till they were near snap
/ ping" are well known to be few journalists in
! Europe and elsewhere, who, more Roman than
! ultraInontan Rome itse, have been ever eggIng
on The Roman congregations and the Holy Father
himself to the most wise and untlme y measures.
lnus the present editor Of the Paris Jntuers,
backed on the one hand By such untrustworthy