The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-11-29
FATHER LOUIS A. DUrTO.
lie Respectfully Declines y Hand Over
the 5000 to DR.. Graves.

BRooKHAvEN, Miss, Nov. 2S, 1877.
Editor Brookharen Ledger;
In a private correspondence with J. b.
Chrislnan published in the Comet without
our consent and copied by the Memphis
BdptiSt), we wrote: II offer a reward of
5000 to Mr.. Graves or any body else. if he
will prove that there has been in the Uni.
ted States, during tn, last six years, a Ro-
man Catholic Priest, holding any Office or
exercising any ministry ia said Church, or
acknowledged az such bv the Catholic
Church, Of such a'name" (Leon De Che
mum. See the Comet and Baptist.
Mr.. Graves, in an article in the Baptist,
claims to have earned the two hundred
dollars by proving with the testimony of
one DR.. VIM. Howard, that II priest existed
at the time of his pretended discussion,
called Leon De Chemin. Assuming there
fore (not granting) that Towards testimo-
ny is truthful, We submit the following
facts to the consideration of the public:
Towards letter saws that LeonDe Chu-
min was a priest in regular orders. Grant
ed.
lst. But that he denied the dogma of the
infallibility OF the Pope, together with
that of the immaculacy of the Virgin
Mary. From the moment y Roman Cath
Ollie denies either of these dogmas, he is
ipso fac;o excommun;cated and cut off
! from the Church and ceases to be a Catho-
lie. Leon De Chemin was therefore a
priest but not a Roman Catholic Priest.
"a. Towards letters says that his senti-
ments more nearly conceded with those
held bv what are known a. Old Catholics
than any other body. Leon De Chemin
was therefore an Old Catholic Priest but
not a Roman Catholic Priest.
Sd. 1t appears also from DR.. Howard's
testimony that Leon DE Chemin was not
holding any office or exercising any min
istrv in the Catholic church.
4th. That his name was Leon De Che
min and not Leon De Chumun "A publish
Ell hy Chrism2n in the COMET, and by
Graves who ought TO have known his real
nsme) in the Baptist.
5th. hat he was not acknowledged by
the Church as a Roman Catholic Priest.
Not having therefore proved that there
has been in the United States during the
last six years Il Roman Catholic Prirst,
holding anv office or exercising any min
istrv 10 sand Church, or ackn"w edged hy
the Catholic Church, Of such a name" Mr..
Graves has not the shadow OF a right to
claim the 500. His publication VIA only
intended to I~talliate the accusations brought
against him.
The citizens of Brookhaven who attend
ed his lectures ut The Baptist Church, will
remember that the sum oi one of his >to-
les was that he had IL very earn' ST Contro-
versy with Chemun On the subject OF tho
! Pupe's infallibilitv-he denying it and
Chetnun affirming II,
Gon know from DR.. Towards letter thtt
Lion De Chemin was as stannch Ii denirr
of the infallibility OF the Pope as Graves
il. You know also, that an eaIne-t contro-
verSy between two persons on a subject on
which both agree is utterly impossible.
Gentle reader draw the consequence.
We take occasion To politely invite the
editor of the Comet to point out 10 the pub
lie where in our correspondence with Mr..
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