The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-02
Fronde's Late Article Oh Cathoilulsln

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Editor intelligence.
Your correspondent, ]. ]. L., in one .
last weeks Issues, takes up the cudgel yer
vallantly to combat the article OF the biz
torian Frouds published In the N. A. Re
view, and commences, as great many re
lIsiOus controverSaliSts do, by slanderini
where they cannot retute.
Your correspondent says that from thu
bearing oftthe Irish Catholits through al
the wars Of the United States, including
that Of the Rebellion, to this day, and
their attitude toward the Constitution and
the Laws In all the past, he might infer
what 1t will most likely be IN all the
future, and thus, bAslng his deductions on
lasts, he might show the untenableness Of
Mr.. Froudes position; but as he has no
desire 10 do the former, he has not the
easure TO do the latter. This seems TO me
to be Just what he sets out to do. What q
pity he has not the leisure 10 showt the un.
teuableness OF Mr.. Froude's position. He
goes on to say: (l) that Froude says that
the Roman Catholic religion Is at open
war with the principles OF the American
Constitution, and replies that all Catholics
solemnly swear to support the COnstitu.
ton OF the United States whenever called
upon to do 20 by the law, and the church
enjOlns them TODD 30, under pain Of vtolat-
ing the law Of God.
Does he not know that the letters OF the
Popeto the Church, including the Cele.
brated Syllabus OF Plus IN, prove lposi.
lively that as a Church they claim that
the State IL subordinate to the Church, not
only In their country but all others, and
when the laws OF the State conflict the
rules Of the Church as issued from the
vatican are 70 be the supreme rule Of &C.
ton. The good Catholic has no choice
but TO obey the Church.
| have no doubt there are numbers OF
Catholics who are loyal at heart to the
Republic, but nevertheless, where Church
leads they dare not do otherwise than fol.
low. And we all know that freedom Of
individual opinion Is not tolerated by the
Church, and that 1t uses every means Ia
its power to crush 1t out. Look at the I'm.
taltering war oil the Church on our public
schools.
Talk about patriotism! Pray tell us
what could have induced Pope Plus to
acknowledge JEFF Davis as President Of the |
Confederate States OF America save the
desire to see the Constitution Of the
United States shattered to fragments, he
being the only potentate on earth who
ever acknowledged the rebel chief.
Your correspondent says he Is willing |
to abide by the consequences OF so IN.
equal contest as that Of 5000, 900 Catho.
lies against 80, 900 900 Of non. Catholics, and
further says that II the principles Of the
Constitution cannot maintain themselves
under such circumstances he, for one, is
willing to let the Constitution perish,
which / have no doubt is true, as that
is just what be Is working for.
1t is time that the conflict between such
looks unequal, but when we re.
member that the position changes when
we take into consideration that 5000, 900
religious devotees organized as the Catho.
lie Church, is organized, with the aid OF
thirteen States Of the Union that hate tho
Union, and all the demagogues in the
North to work with them, who would sac.
ritice their country to serve their own sci.
fish ends, the conflict does not look so I'm.
equal, 'and the warning of Mr.. Froule Is
very appropriate at the present time. 1t
will not do to let them get their grip on
the throat Of the Nation before the people
are aroused to the danger.
j. ]. l.. tries to answer feeling OF anger
because Mr.. Froude has the justice to al
low that the Irish are not given to sexual
vice, and tries to raise feelingof animos.
lily by declaring that Mr.. Fropde, by doing
this, implied that Americans were guilty
Of said vice. Ho must have a very poor
opinion Of the intelligence OF the Ameri.
cans II hesupposes they can be led Of from
the main question by such stuff as this.
OBSERVER.