Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-07
ROME AND DUBLIN.
An Irishman Replies to Various
Recent Communications.
The Church and State Must be
Kept Separate.
To the Editor OF The BEE: SIR


verOy now raging Ia The Republican.
SO far as l can Judge, the one object
of that print is to ridicule and revile
the religion most Irishmen profess.
The children of tho Roman church
have wei held and hold nov the first
rank In science and In art. The church
herself has ever cherished sndfohtered
learril &. What has heresy produced
even to the present day equal to the
Pieta or Last Judgment of Michael
Angelo, the immaculate cor ception of
Muriilo or the glorious landscapes of
Claude Lorraine. Who transcribed
the classics? Who preserved them for
us2 To whom are we indebted for the
orstions Of DsmoSthenes Cicero and the
rest2 Above all, to whom do we owe
the scripture? To the church and the
much despised monks. Yet she Is the
home Of "lgnorance;" more aud still
worse, Of "superstision." II to have
taught the doctrineu of her fathers, to
have condemned mercllessly AMI IN
sparingly every innovation, TO have
kept the depoait of faith u~ntarnished
be superstition, then the Catholic
church Is supsrstitious.
Yet the God Of truth permits her to
ralgn and rule. Countless men and
countless doctrines have iost them
selves since her commencements.
There she Is with her old principles
and youthful aspect, leaning on the
rock of ages, p~ropogatipg her dec.
trines, alone defytng time and change
two pitlless and all but universal
laws. A word 10 between Mr.. Rush
and mis- opponents on the pspal circu.
lar. If Independence" consists Ia
treating his readers to q r~oliicking
mixture of blsspbemy and infdelity,
then truly the independent Irishman
deserves his name. In fact if / col.
lscted the sweet amenities scattered
through his letter, their united flavor
would torture the sense. Is 1t because
Leo is a bad politician that he cannot
be a good theologian. Is 1t because
sycophsnts and tiuukeYs have mIsin-
formed him, that 1rishmen arc to alb.
jure his spiritual rule. Even to hint
such q thing betrays the writer's Ina.
billy to uerve ireland just now. The
pope does not understand Engllsh,
and has bis information second hand;
an independent freshman should
have known this. l will give
him the advice DR.. Lsnigan once gave
Bishop Miner: "Before you pre-.
sumo to treat of the pope's relations
with Ireland read a little more. I am
done with the Irishman, and shall now
wash and perfume my hands." Iagree
just al little with Mr.. McKenns. His
ID the old exploded doctrine of "indi.
rect authority" This was the ire
mendous and all powerful weapon of
tho pope In days gone by. This they
used most effectively against every
foe, Through 1t they stirred up civil
war in almost every land. Witness
France under Philip Augustus, Eug.
land under John, Germany under
Freeeric Barbarosss; worse still In the
latter country under Henry. Then
the civil war only closed when the
papal puppeS was killed in single COM.
bat by Godfrey, of Bouillon, leader of
the first crusade. Even in purely
Catholic terms 1t was a most danger
GUS doctrine, and f~iercely resisted. To
FURNISH and brandish such a weapon
now Ia constructive treason against
the peoples rights. After all, what
has Parnell done to evoke Leo's
anger. How will the Pope or Mr..
Mckenna make him response.
BILE for the misdeeds of others.
II the stories told by the informers be
true, Forster's life was in constant
danger. His liveried and sslaried
menials never once suspected it. Yet
Parnell must know everything said
and everything done by everybody
from No. l to skin the goat.
Far be 1t from me to condemn the In.
vinclbles. No man aver deserved his
fate more richly than Burke. Never
did man deserve the death sentence
less than Brady. Whilst a true Irish
man breathes, so long respect for his
spotless character and dauntless cour.
age shall endure. We kaow the pope
will not approve any vigorous attempt
to free Ireland. He Is not diff
from his predecessors In theologic
views. Plus TX rlsked his life and
had his prime minister removed rather
than conoede a moiety of liberty to
his subjects. A motion In the hous.
OF commons, a division, and let the
matter rest another year. This suits
the atmosphere of Dablin and Rome.
1t does not suit the leader of the Irish
people. Tell US, said The London
Times, what you want. Butt did 80.
What was the answer We don't
understand you - elaborate your
scheme; give us details. Parnell
has done so. In his plan every detail
is sharp and crisp-evsry tenet vivid,
eVsry word plain. His strength
Is tho voice Of the Irish
races, scattered though they be.
Against him and them the pope cannot,
shall not prevail. The money destined
tor Peters pence this year should be
added to the Parnell fund. This
you'd reach the pope's advisors eau.
tion. In any event, the question here
Is not n of the papal iufallibil.ty,
but Ct Guthority-s very different
thing. lnfallibility deals With ''crs-
dends," not with 'isclsnda;" In other
wofdS, with our ballet, not u acts,
"a the whole l agree with Mr.. Rush,
L'Ee him l hope TO see an irish par.
iiament In College Green, with Ire
land t.sAlf l. ~ .- 1tls