New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-09
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

issue Of THE TRIBUNE contained special cable
dispatch referring to Count Henrico Campello,
Canon OF st. Peters, Rome, who, 1t was an
nOunced, had abjured Catholicism and had en-
tered the little Methodist church in the Piazza:
Owing to the high social and ecclesiastical
position of the Canon, this announcement pro-
duced sensation in Catholic circles The fol-
lowing is a translation of his letter to Cardinal
DorrOmeo, in which he states his determination
| and the reasons for it: " Most Reverend Emil
nence,-During the last years of Plus the
Ninth's p0ntiticate | was several times on the
point of addressing your Emlnence letter TO
manifest what set forth in the present. but
was always deferred by fear of causing regret
to a man so advanced in years to whom l was
bound by ties of gratitude. Igr. Pecci having
succeeded him in the POntlhcate, promised
myself, like so many other men OF good faith. a
better future for the Church and for our coun-
try. But now that hope is altogether vanished,
and nothing remains for me but to tulhl With
out hesitation the lmperous duty arising from
my convictions as a Christian and an Italian
:tizen. These convictions will not allow me
any longer to form part of an institution which,
in the secular contests vanquished by progress
and liberty, wishes its ministers to be placed
like an Indian caste in tue midst OF modern
society. | looked, as say to the new Pontlu
| for q truce, al least, to the evils which have
| long afflicted U.S. but the condemnation hurried
| against the recent publication OF Father Curcl,
confirming to the full the precedent OF Canon
| Audisio, tears away the veil, and shows that
| that such COMBINATIONS were inflicted IN the
past on the most illustrious men OF this ana
every other nation, and that to-day priests ven.
cradle for learning and blameless ilVes, ana OF
more than orthodox creed, are liable to them.
Such cOndemnations, | repeat, have always
turned out to the honor of the condemned ana
to the discredit and worse OF their judges, out
vet all this is manifest evidence OF the worst
tyranny, which, not content WIN imposing
silence, longs TO Cypress and stite the voices OF
the oppressed, as formerly the last walls OF the
victims. What more convincing proof ana
certain consequence can be drawn from THESE
! condemnatiOns No other, Emlnence, but that
| the secular breach can never be healed, that we
! shall never sec the reconciliation OF Cnlrch
and State cherished by every good Christian
| and citizen. Hence if the breach is lITeconcll-
| able, owing to the necessary presidency OF tIe
| ruler OF Catholicism necessary owing 10 the
| constitution of the system INTO which the work
| of Christ was moulded and is nowadays main
| tanned by the boundless cnpidty of men, If the
| vanquished of the falling power want TO con-
| tinue the fight, armed, for want OF wise coun-
| sells. with obstinacy, needless not only OF I'M
pending social breaches, but careless even OF
| the defeat, were it possible, of the Christian
| idea do not hesitate to declare that THIS I'M
| heard-Of blindness finds its counterpart only IN
| that of Judaism. How true this is, apart from
| every other reason is clearly proved by the last
| Allocution-a disngenuOus medley of untrue
| or exaggerated facts-with which 1t was at
tempted to involve with the Papacy the ruin OF
| Italy Such evidence OF facts causes all the
| scales of prejudice to fall from my eyes, ana
| looses me from every tie. quit the ranks OF
| the Roman clergy to initiate III those OF 1he
| pure Gospel Of Christ, thus remaining true 10
| my vocation and convinced OF hndlng peace Tor
! my soul, since strong IN the doctrines OF tne
| Divine Master, not adulterated or counterfeit,
| il will be given me &c profess myself Chrls-
| tian without hypocrisy, and an Italian cltlZen
| without a faint of being traitor to my Coun-
| try. No one least of all your Eminence, will
| suspect that | am led to this step by hard
| treatment or unsatisied ambition. On the
contrary, | affirm that | was well received
everywhere. ! felt specially honored by the
goodwill of my colleagues, oil whom snail
| retain the most dear and imperlShable remem,
! brance Moreover, the dignity OF a canon OF
! tbc first Church in the world was held by me
! in such esteem that no other object OF ambition
| conld have seduced me. | am spurred on by
! the above reasons, and If my whole mlnd Is 10
| be manifested, am moved likewise by disgust
| of n life spent almost wholly III uninterrupted
| religious exercises, of five or six hours daily,
| which all sensible persons must regard as
stupid fctichism aud most degrading idleness
hut above all else what decides my course Is
the study of the faith in the unqueStionablo
| pages of Christian antiquity, and IN the modern
! ones of the immortal ROsmini. Gioberti, Ven
| turo. and of the excellent Roman priest and
| curote De Sanctis. | therefore beg your Emil
nence to notify to the POnth my spontaneous
abjuration of the Catholic faith
BISHOP WmPPLE on THE NATIONAL. CAL
AMIrY AT the Cathedral of Our Mercltul Sac
yiour on September 23, Bishop Whlpple, OF
! Minnesota. delivered mem vial address on the
death of President Garfield from which the fol-
lowing extract is taken who of us that re-
member that fatcful day in july do not also
remember the smothcred maiedlcuonS OF party
| hate and the harsh judgments upon NM VINO
| might bc called to the succession VINO does
NOT recall the forebodings of strife and anarchy
which might follow the death OF the Presi-
dent9 The summer has been clouded 10y the
shadow of one great sorrow. Inc Natlon mas
kent vigil hy one sick bed Every CLEAN OF
| hone has brought 10Y to the Nations heart, and
| tho things of evil have brought sadness to all
faces. 4 common sorrow drew allenated hearts
| toOether There was only Que party the
nortv nf the whole people. We wondered at
| Tho lender humanities which dwelt III the hearts
of men with whom we differed. Harsh luug-
mcnt gave place 20 loving admiration. we
we're MI better and truer men for the lessons Oh
That sick room. There was a new glory to wo-
manhood IN the example of that brave wife VINO
| kent watch and ward beside his SICK bed.
Were not our prayers answered L1d not our
! Father hear His children's cry For what were
these strong cryings and tears nj surely I IoI
| prccious as it to his country we prayer
! God 10 avert the calamities which we reared
would come by his death. We prayed Tor MN
because we believed that GOD would through
| him save II country which lie had placed III
the forefront of the nations. we saw III ms
brief rule the hope of a reunited nation and
redeemed Civil Service. Our prayers have been
answered. If our President had lived he could
NOT have done what this sad bereavement mas
done to heal the unseemy wounds OF cIv nv: war, ,i
If The Nation can forget the lesson of this foul
crime me and turn again to walow in the slime Ct
corruption no voice of men or God can reach
Them them. God has heard his peoples cry
The Nation can say to-day with thank
fnl sorrow. with great price purchased
Ms freedom 1t is not for man to fathom the
w yn,S in which God works through human wills III
ond oyerrules the acts of sinful men for HIS
chiidren's good and for His glory. Some les
sons are so plain that he who runs may read"