The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-09
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TnE Ca,holic Messenger, Of Parkersburg,
deyo,es more than column Of lis space
to enlightening us on the subject Of big.
o,ry, intolerance, &c., and TO reprimand'
inc us for some recent reference to the
way the Church does up things in Spain
We do not remember 10 have read ol late
anything quite so scattering as this atl.
Gle Of the Messenger. We have nothins
to say on the subject OF loyalty 10 Tue
United States Government on the Pa''
Of the Church. That point is not UP -,
consideration. II it was We Shou'u
frankly express the opinion that we 40
not want our liberties entrusted 10 Tue
guardianship of the Pope OF Rome ana
by mi, we do not mean to impugn the
pa,riotism Of American Catholics as a
class. Nearly everybody born on
American soil, and thousands who
come to our shores, are attached
to our form Of government. Why should
they not be2 Our point Is that while in
this country there isliberty for everybody
Jew or Gentle, Catholic or Protestant,
il is not SO in Spain, where Catholicism Is
so overwhelmingly dominant 'hat tue
Nuncio Of the Pope takes on himself to
ignore the civil government ot the corn'
try by addressing the Bishops direct. lhe
liberty Of conscience that the world enjoys
il does not owe TO the Pope OF Rome. II
the essential spirit Of the Pope's ideas was
conducive 10 liberty Of conscience he
would not, through his emissaries, be
meddling, as he does, with the new Con-
stitution oi Spain. He has made no con-
cealment Of his opposition to the clause
in the new constitution permitting liberty
Of worship. II he feels this way about
liberty OF worship in SPAN lie ieelS lhe
same way about it in other countries lie
is all the time deploring. .hereSy through
out the world. His allocutions and
encyclicals are so many jeremiads over
the departure Of the nations from the
faith OF Rome. His idea is that the
Catholic religion is the one chief good
that everybody needs, and without wiich
society is in chaotic condition. 10 all
ol this we have no objections whatever.
Tor.;, ,pno,rs varv r;diculous bu. that
10 Us !" "pi''"'' '' ~ w. III
ot course, rs our misfortune we wo"''
be opposed TO anybody laying their hands
ON the venerable Pontifl's mouth. We
I..,,. L.,;o.o :, ,L,, v,v of corvsrt;np
uo" pe,'e'e :" "% W." ,g " -
the world. Ihis IL the uillerehcc oe'"ee'
US and the Pope. He believes in the lay
ing on of hands ON herctics, and he would
IoS,hom m Tho Leret;cs in spain through
10y '"e"' , y" '"s MI. :. ,rI,,, no lo no,
the government rms Is wny We uo .'0'
get along better with his kind oi religion
tban we do.
D.uI. ,,,o af.,,,r,-r ,v,,I attach morr
iefh"P' 'n' ts'' - .'. ~ =.
Importance 10 these views o' ourS u We
cite it to the letter Of the Spanish Bishops
in which under the inspiration Of Rome
,hon mnIsr,ooL 10 make , raid IN the lib
'"ey u"u.t'o'A " man" I ,,,. "" e.a,;., M
craI candidates ior election 70 Tue 0pa''Si
Cortes. The exact text Of this letter is Us
t,Ilows.
Nv p, :. ln., T., ,,,l,or;ro
Dear brelhfe" ~ C"IMrn" % =, a ss'" aon'oa,s ~
p;oh ato ,'n' o"s ] ro aI,ds"s.Sd IN ns in reier.
which yIa nave auafessea H. fososd II hv re nj
e"cIas;,s,;cs I IL S IN t%o npnroachinv elections
'' ef nonn,;es and of the DELEGATES who ARE
~ nnp;nnlc tho Senator'S we believe IL IL
Ss o"r dntv IN nnswer Won briefly an,
~o;utadIv w os follows: That liberty O
worship il condemned in the 77th, 7stl
and 10Th proposition OF the syllabus o
the reigning Pontili. the immortal pin .!
M Una. No I Sasn",ie .a%d vap hs o, H. ' yo,s M y
the Cortes those who are determined /,
establish such liberty Of worship in Spain
That we are bound IN duty to employ ev
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