St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-24

Roger Vail Discusses 1.-THE Roman
Catholic Church VS.. American
Public Schools" II.
To the Editor of the Globe. 81
Ihave just read in pamphlet form the
famous address of DR.. Burrell, entitled
1.-THE Roman Catholic Church VS.. The
American Public School," of which
correct abstract appeared in the GLOBE
of July IA, in which the following words
occurred: '.Tell the truth without
prejudice and without fear or favor; tell
it everywhere until the truth is fully
known" No reasonable person can OBJ
iect 70 the truth being told and fully
known, and it is right that it should be.
have no doubt that Rev. Br. Burre1
thought he was telling the truth at the
time he delivered his address; but it is
evident he has since discovered that he
did not tell 1.-THE truth. the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth" In the alb
stract published in the GLOBE we find
the following expressions: "As George
Washin gton said, Put none but Amer
leans on guard;'" "It was this consider
alton that moved Lafayette to say. If
the liberties of the American people are
ever destroyed they will fail by the
hands of the Catholic clergy" In the
pamphlet we find the express
sions whitfield down to these: Put
none but Americans on guard" "Why
was it that Lafayette dreaded the in
fluence of the Catholic prelacy on re-
publican institutions" To tell the
truth without prejudice, Dr.. Burrell
ought to have omitted the whole matter
from his pamphlet. Since the appear
ance of my letter in the GLOBE offering
S1O0 to DR.. Strong and 800 to DR.. Bur
rell for the verifcation Of the words
they had attributed to Washington and
Lafayette | have not heard from either
of them: but am glad to observe that
nv challenge to DR.. Burrell had the ef-
feet of compelling him to make some
change in his erroneous quotations.
From the fact that Dr.. Burre!l has left
this matter in its present form, to be
freely circulated throughout the coun-
try, | am forced to the conclusion that
he does not desire the truth to be fully
known" l shall say nothing about his
fallacious and ad captandum arguments,
or the false quotations that abound III
his pamphlet, but will draw the atten-
ton of your readers to one paragraph
on page 16, for which | call upon him
for his authority in the interest of his
| toric truth. This is the passage referred
to: 1--WE can think of no claim, unless
| it arise from the fact that, in the
DAYS of the Rebellion his holiness
was the only pOtentate on earth who
recognized the independence of the
Confederate states. Our republic was
gasping for life, with the hand of reDel-
| lion at her throat. and the emisSarieS OF
| the Confederacy went up and down the
earth seeking in vain for g0dspeed
until they reached the papal see. OF all
kings and rulers, municipalities and
| powers, good, bad and indifferent, his
| holiness alone was found willing to
bless the Stranger" pronounce this
| false history, and call upon DR.. BurreH
| for his authority for that statement. No
| obscure anti Catholic bigot or ex-prlest
| will answer for an authority. Let US
have reputable historian, or none at
all. Ii the pope recognized the Confed-
! eracy it should be found i'll the pages OF
| history. In McPherson's "HiSIory of
| the Rebellion there is found letter
| from Cardinal Antonelli to the rebel
peace commissioners at Paris acknowl-
| edging the receipt of a manifesto which
! was addressed to all the governments
| of Europe, but it does not contain a
| word of sympathy for the South, or any
| recognition of the Confederacy. If DR..
Burrell has anything else besides this
| letter, let him produce it OF strike out
| this error. from the next edition OF
| his pamphlet. .'Tell the truth without
perjudice: tell it everywhere until the
| truth is fully KNOWN l fear that
! Shakespeare had such men as DR.. Bur,
| rell in mind when he said, sit is good
| divine who follows his own instrue-
tions."
AS an honest man, as an ambassador
| of Christ, which DR.. Burreil claims to
be, he has no Justification for issuing a
| pamphlet containing errors of this sort,
even though they reiateto the pope,
whom he looks upon as anti-Christ,. !!
! he believes in accordance With the