The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-13
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
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.s.,,.e. the POPE, and rabiso OMcs.
o.. 90, Ep,ron OF TIE suN-Sir: II 10 dir.
.l.,, % understand tho position or the reason
neu st ,our correspondent. who gives the nams
NV callahan. In your Issue OF last Sunday.
o.. s;ther not a Catholic at all (which from
~! .. ..nor Of his oom munication Is more than
wtshls, or else he has been very poorly In
.y.,,c,sd There Il not one Catholic In ten
..s,r.snd. from tho highest TO tho lowest who
w., mt repudiate his statements and conclu.
.,.,. At sight. The illiterate Catholic will toll
w.. NAV are wrong because he fools they arc
~, ~ Instructed Catholic will give you the
,.s,ons why. just IS am about to do.
~, r. II shall 20 call him for brcvlty) sup
-. a preposterous. morally impossible oass
spsS,hsn argues that because he. II such case
ssr An cd obscure citizen but earnest
.hn,cbman" that be asserts himself to be
.hs, tho Pope; any Catholic. up to = Catholic
prs.dsp,. would do likewise. The supposition
adj conclusion are alike absurd. Sup.
80 says he. Catholic President
=, ,hs United states WAS called upon to ap.
noint srbitrators in . dispute between q
c,,holIc and q Protestant nation. and then
.urposs tho Pope to request such President
IA srpoint arbitrators who shall favor tho
catholic nation. how could the President re-
tuaa2 MI, y, Says tuH no Ilu60tl COulo nut Auu
,hus stamps himself non Catholic or . Cath.
olic Ignorant OF his religion. He ought to know
that no power on earth can bind his conscience
n /. moral wrong, and. more than that
,h.t God himself l say II with reverence. could
not do no. wore 1t possible for Him to give Q
,,ons mandate Determine matter OF right
An grounds OF fsvorl To what microscopic
dimension had Mr.. C.'s Cotholiclty shrunk.
~hther had his sense OF shame retired. whom
IN light. airy. of. hsni. matter of.course way
IA supposed the Sovereign Ponti1 to
rsouest one Of his flock to rave the way for
wrong By naming biased Judgesl No Pore
would nuke suoh q demand; and, II he did.
What then? Mr.. c. tells youihe would consider
.neh request to com init injustice to be with
Ia tho pale OF good morals ana religion" aud
v,uld acknowledge tho wish. the authority
oi tuo Pope to be above any and ali considers.
TONS"
But VIA: would any ordinary Catholic
say not 10 speak Of q Catholic who by his
merits hal risen to tho dignity OF Chief
Magistrate OF the republic7 Simply this:
First, this Is outside OF the Pope's
province and his wish. or request. or
slioxsd authority In no wise binds me second
o. matter of p PERSONAL honor andof natural
30 morally wrong under tue divine revelation.
anu NJ power can lind mo t. . moral wrong"
That Is very plain; any catholic WHO knows
SPOUT i6s subject that Mr. &. III hsr knows it aud
M 81 or 1Sss no, r..
lRion b. PROCESSES to profess: or. what 10 most
prons lie. i. not = Catholic at all, and.
ivr bis ignorance. deserves seyerest cenaure
Tor writing concerning what he dOes not know.
md especially for writing a. II he knew 1t
els not a Catholic in view OF tho numerous in
stances 10 which soi.disant Catholics have pub
lshsd utterances that every Catholic knew.
Nyyisw q Mi: ~ Catholioity is borne out
G,i.ics breathsssiy rushins IN INTO ot arIns
IL defend themselves against what Is not as
ssrtsd OF ,hom. II y, any time. anywhere on
patisntly or paid less attention to abuse and
MISREPRESENTATION concerning themselves and
!heir religion than have the Catholics Of the
i Ware ali that is said against us resented
Hit should be. It would keep US everl astinRly
busy. II t. nott e! that atholics have A.
lime and closer acquaintcnce IT our Protest.
ant brethren with Us and tho tenets Of our
sSe a tn onI .n
g does not marvel how he could IL bis youth
neult will It 30 for MI. C.. "churchman (that
word even has. . suspicious twsnYl though be
b, to persuade any .well-informed American
that 1t 10 . part Of the cardinal creed. doe
trins. method. or polic," OF the Catholic Church
70 :oS 81 and %ss ai Of
euse the man who SO refuses. OF bel, q u
"boekhsad or bisot." as Mr.. {. seems to think
must DO who does not aeree with him
When Catholic becomes President he will
20 what Lord Baltimore was when he estnb-
lishsd religious liberty IN Maryland: what
Charles Carroll OF Carrollton was when no
signed the Declaration Of Independence. W hat
bis brother. Bishop Carroll. the Jesuit. wa.
whom no went to Can ada to endeavor to bring
har into the Continental Federation: what
fancy was during long career as Oh. Of jus
toe Of tho Uniteu States: what Shields. Sheri.
dan Rosccranz, Meade. and countless other
leaders wore during tn. war for the Union. to-
9ethar with the hosts Of Catholic soldiers I'M.
Ger their command and the Catholic cbaplains
and sistelG Of Charity and Sisters # Mercy
on the battlefield: what Archbishop Hughes
vas when he cross.d tho sea ind stayed
We hostile hand OF France: what an Eugene
holly Coudert. a LumDis. an O'Brien. q
mosher and others have been and are In tho
Board OF Education what the numerous Cath
ollc school Trustees have been and nre
throughout tho city-he will. II q true Cath
ollo. DO u patr OF. good citizen. 4 good Presi-
deat; as becomes the child OF a Church which
tsaehSt that In every mans heart bis country
soouIo % next 10 his God. CHAPMAN.