The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-01-23
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by request. we publish the following
from Il late number of the Sonrrvillc Dai-
ly Ledger.
1t is with a feeling somewhat akin
to degradation, Il feeling that the
fact is an imputation upon the intel
ligcnce and the manliness of our
cuuntrymcn, that we warn them
there is no reason to believe that Il
deliberate and concerted effort is
making TO raise this disyraceful cry
in this free country, in the belief
that it will subsrrvc the interests of
a political party. We directed at
tention in these columns some days
since to the fact that every Radical
paper that had noticed the Glad
stone pamphlet had made it the &C.
casiOn for Il more or less covert at
tack upon the Catholic Church and
the loyalty of our Catholic fellow
citizens; and these attacks have al
ready become so marked aud so
open that it is almost impossible to
mistake their meaning.
The Chica 70 Tribune, which has
certainly redeemed its promise of
being under Mr.. Mcdill's manage
mcnt a thoroughly Radical PAPER,
and which may properly be desig
mated the organ of the party in the
Northwest, leads off in this matter,
and sounds no uncertain note. Its
zeal indeed is so great as to make
it forgettul of its manners. 1t has
allowed itself to speak in most dis
respectful terms of the venerable
Archbishop of Baltimore, in com
mcnuing upon letter written by
that prclatc in reply to one from Il
member of his Church, asking his
opinion of Mr.. Glad>tonc's state
ment that every Catholic is called
upon to rcnouncc his mental and
moral freedom and place his civil
loyalty and duty AT the mercy of
another" The ArchbishOp's letter
was not written for publication, and
is dashed off in that delightful racy,
unrcscrvcd AMI ingenious manner
which is ono of the chief charms Of
Il confidential letter, and that
would convince any but the most
unfricndly critic of lis perfect hon
esty and sincerity. That which
par. icularly excited the ire and in
dgnation of the Tribune, against
the Archbishop's letter, was the dc
duration in it, " when - 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" Now this
disposition may be Il little nnbecom-
ing in an Archbishop, but it is most
natural to. a Maryland gentleman,
and we acknowledge to n hearty
sympathy with it, and recognize it
as a most convincing proof of Arch
bishop Baylcy's pa riotism and 10y
atty. Indeed, we are by no means
sure that nosc-puliing isn't altogeth
or the propcrcst answer TO such II
charge, and the tiitcst argument Ia
address to is supporters. 1t really
seems like waste of reason to prot
fer it TO n newspaper that, like the
Chicago Tribune, believes, or affects
to believe, that Archbishop Mann
ing has summoned II congress to
meet in London to demand the sur
render of the temporal power OF
Great Britain to the Pope.
We ask attention to the extract
from an editorial of the Chicago
Tribune, which we print in another
column. 1t is Il graiuitous and I'M
provoked insult to every Catholic
in the United States 1T is, to
speak of it as it deserves to be Spo-
ken of, a piece of in>olcncc that
makes one long for some nosc-puil-
ing layman that will administer the
rcbuI>c it deserve. And painting nj
: hc.hccl> of lis bigger brother comes
the Cincinnati G. .z..t', yclping lis
feeble note in the same strain, and
/ whining over the thread bare theme
of " Jesuiiical reservation. In
/ reading the article from the Chi"a-
! 20 Tribune, one may almost imagine
/ thai it is inspired by icaIously %
any claim tor i f,lIihiiity in any
quarter except that Of " thr govern
mcnt" it adorcs. 1.-The govern
mcnt is harped upon I'D nduscaA,,
+ and will he found referred To by
/ name no less than tour times in the
short extract We have quoted /; and
the right to carcchizc Catholics in
( the impcrt;nrnt style which the
Tribune has abnrtc is claimed for
:" every true subject ot the Govern
mcnt. "a phrase which will soon
cease To he Ridiculous If the spirit