The Irish standard., 1890-08-09

asylum to the victims Of religious bigotry
from the other colonies, and earned the.
proud distinction OF having their colony
Mary land designated "the land OF
sanctuary Y He voucbsafes what he
terms information about New York, and
says, among other vagsries: q know
about New York city where, during the
good Catholic Tweed regime, the Roman
church stood with one arm thrust up to
the shoulder into the public treasury and
pulled out 1000, 600 for the support ct
its sectarian institutions" How much
the learned doctor knows about New
York city may be inferred from the fact
that s'the good Catholic Tweed" was q
very bad Protestant-a Presby terian!
But 1 have never heard of Catholic SO
lost to common sense and fairness as to
charge the Presbyterian church with
being responsible for the moral turpi-
tude Of that lamented statesman
The doctor asks the question, "Why
should men like Grant, and Garfield and
Lafayette express a fear OF only one
church in its relation to our institutions? 2"
The answer is at hand. General Grant
had the misfortune OF listening to d.
vines who were the prototypes of Dr..
Burre1l. General Garfield was minister
of a Protes ant sect. And General La
fayette, in refuting such fear, incorpo'
rated it in his refutatlon, and then some
Jealous and veracious controversiallst
extracted the parenthetical clause and
labelled it "Lafayette's warning" to be
used for all time by the ultra-patriotic
defenders of our country during pro-
found peace; but in case of actual war,
to be.carefullv pigeon-holed till HOSTILE
ties cease. Now, for the benefit of DIR.
Burrell and others, here reproduce
what General Lafayette, in writing to
General Washington, did say 81 cannot
but admire your noble sentiments OF de-
votion and attachment to your country
and it's institutions. But permit me- to
assure you that the fears which in your
patriotic zeal you seem to entertain
that if ever the liberty of the United
States is destroyed it will be by Romish
priests-ara certainly without any
shadow Of founda' ion whatever" wide
"Memoires and Correspondence Of Gen.
Lafayette.'O Will Dr.. Burrell relieve the
memory of General Lafayette of the
calumny with which he charges him, by
publicly acknowledging his error in at
tributing to him the clause above
quoted !?
DR.. Burrell seems TO think that every
| man who endeavors to change law Or
alter the constitution, or who opposes
an American institution, is an enemy to
freedom. Does not the doc or know that
| the slave trade was legal and implicitly
pro. ected by the constitution Tor speci-
J fed period Of time? Does he not know
! that chattel slavery was an American IN
stitution? But was it less infamous on
that aecountf He may say, as many do,
that II vas repugnant to the mass OF tee
! Northerners. This is but another way
of saying that it was repugnant to the
sentiments Of mankind when 1lninflu-
enced by pecuniary gain. 1t was not
difficult to sYmpathise with the colored
people at the enchanting distance of a
thousand niles. Slavery was found to
be improbable on the snow capped hills
of New England and al oag the shores OF
the frozen Canadian lakes The doctor
will agree With me that il is easy to be
virtuous when there is no occasion or
temptation to sin. He finds much fault
| with Pope Plus TX for receiving emiss-
aries from the Confederacy. He fails to
recognize the fact that the Pope was a
spiritual as we'll as civil ruler, and in
his capacity he was bound to receive
people from every cline. Whether he
erred, as statesman, in 80 doing, is be-
side the question, for revelation was not
given to teach men science, but 10 make
them wise unto salvation. But here the
captious might inquire the origin and
meaning of the Methodist church, north,
and the Methodist church, south. The
public school question can never be set
tied by sneers. It calls for statesman
ship, not demagogism. DR.. Burrell
saws: PUT only Americans on guard,
and cites General Washington as au-
J thority Washington put Lafayette-a
foreigner and Catholic-''on guard" and
tbs American people commend him for
having done 40; and wherever liberty
may find resting place the il]ustrious
names of Washington and LAFAYETTE will
be in unison revered.
DR.. Burrell says this is the land OF free
thought, but Ia the same breath he de-
nounces as traitors those who would ex-
ercise that right. He speaks OF the con-
stitution as if it were designed to remain
forever intact. The very opposite Is true,
as witness the means therein provided
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