New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-19

| the Holy See the tone of his recent puDiica'
ton has caused his friends some chagrin
| The dispIeasure which we spoke oil
as likely to be excited by his sharp
references to tho "wild words and
overbearing deeds" of some OF those
of his own faith, who stretched principles till
"they were close upon swapping" and, as IL
in Defiance fOurished the claims of the Pope
in the faces of the English people, has already
betrayed itself. 1t finds expression in the
kindly remonstrance of The London TABLET,
and is still moro frankly avowed in serious
and temperate review by The Catholic World
which laments Dr. Newman's tendency towards
minimizing" in theology, and wishes " that
"instead of being apparently 80 solicitous 10
"assure weak brethren and timid converts
"that they need not believe so much as they
care afraid of being made to-" he had chosen
TO "speak out with more clear, ringing,
"and full note of his own peculiar. I'M
"equaled melody, to persuade and encourage
them to believe and conide in the Church
"of God and in their prelates, joyously, fear
lessly, enthusiastically, with the noble spirit
worthy of the children Of God" No COM
plant of this kind can be made of Archbishop
Manning's contribution to the controversy
There Is nothing apologize In its tone. 1t is
the utierance of one in thorough sympathy
with the policy as we'll as the principles OF
the Roman Curia, and it will be accepted
therefore as a more authentic exposition OF
the Catholic side Of the debate than the re-
markable and interesting Letter which pre-
coded it,.
DIR. Mannng's argument is very simple. HIS
points are that the Vatican Council has made
no change in the obligation or conditions OF
civil allegiance the Pope has no more author
ity now over the relations of his subjects to
the civil power than he had before; the attl-
tude of the spiritual towards the civil power
has been fixed from time immemorial; and III
the present age Of the world it is impossible
| that the Church should attempt to resume
| those powers which the consent OF nations, In
early times, recognized in the Roman oec'
| With regard to the demand Of Dir. Gladstone
that Catholics and all other citizens should
Weld a solid and undivided allegiance" to
the State, he declares plumply that Catholics
will not and cannot do it. No Christian, he
saws. whether Catholic or Protestant can law
fully give that, for we oil owe an obedience
first TO conscience and the law Of God Gun
| " less VIC claim lnidlilDllny III Iho Ot"o'' i''
" acts must be liable to revision and to resist
" ance by natural conscience"
| DR.. Manning devotes remarkable chapter
| TO what he styles "a systematic conspiracy
against the Holy See" on the part OF the
| Civil Powers, and he declares that by their
treatment of the Church the governments of
Europe are destroying their own stability.
| He does not touch upon the Syllabus, and of
course lie does not allude to DIR. Newman.
His pamphlet does not cover the whole
ground of debate it is confined to those
points which he regards as the keys of the
position and in their defense he Is bold
and even aggressive. Certainly he presents a
striking contrast to the sensitive scholar who
from the seclusion of the BromptOn Oratory
has recently sent out the Letter to the Duke
of Norfolk Father Newman spoke in the
voice of remonstrance and complaint. Arch
bishop Manning answers in spirit OF uncOm-
promising assurance No one can doubt that
| it is at Westminster and not at BromptOn
| that We shall find the true sentiment of
Rome.