The record-union., 1892-12-31

says that 1.-THE course of events, the gem
esls OF the American people, and the in
1atuation of what is called 'Cahenslyism,
IS forcing upon the Roman Catholics of
this country consideration of the Papal
supremacy. So long as a Pope had sense
enough, and his advisers would allow
MN to maintain his supremacy as a VEN
cradle tradition, and leave the actual gov
eminent of the American Church to
American prelates, who really under
stand the people among whom they live,
his supremacy might have renamed I'M
challenged, like some of the royal pre-
negatives of the Queen of England. But
when he attempts to make it working
reality, to supersede the authority and
upset the policy of such prelates as Arch
bishop Ireland and Cardinal Gibbons, his
American adherents are absolutely GER
tain to demand, with ever-increasng Pc
remptoriness, to know the reason why.
Nor will they long be content to be ST.
fenced by a mythology about st. Peter,
or the opinions of later fathers, or princi-
pies derived from the Forged Decretals.
Ihey will want to know what is the use
OF the ecclesiastical Capitalization and
spiritual despotism, so absolutely contra
dlctory Of their most cherished principles
OF civil government"
San Francisco Western Witness (R. C.):
The press narrating the marriage of the
Hon. Mr.. Arthur Herbert of the English
En- bassy at Washington with Miss Helen
Camel at Newport, r. l., on Wednesday
last, says that inasmuch as the lady is an
Eplscopalian and refused to make any
promises concerning her future religion,
a special dlSpensation of an unusually
broad character was obtained through
the personal influence of the Archbishop
OF Westminster DR.. Vaughan, cousin of
the bridegroom. Our separated brethren
should know that Rome grants not dis
penSatlon on account OF couSinship or re-
fusal 10 make promises.
The church has always shown vehe-
ment repugnance to mixed marriages.
And as the Holy See in its instruction 10
all the archbishops and bishops of the
church in the year 1858 explicitly states:
The more recent constitutions of the SOW
ereign pontiffs relax the severity OF the
canonS in some degree so that mixed
marriages may occasionally be allowed;
this is only done for the gravest reasons,
very reluctantly, and not without the eX-
press condition of requiring beforehand
those proper and indispensable pledges
which have their foundation in the natu-
raj and divine law To grant such dis
pensations is no part of the ordinary
jurisdiction of bishop or archbishop;
it belongs solely to the Vicar of Christ,
the visible head Of the church. 1t is by
special UelegatlOn anu out Tor q limited
time, and with strict compliance with the
imposed conditions, that bishops and
archbishops are allowed to grant dispensa-
tons for mixed marriages. The follow
ing are the pledges which have to be
given, the bishops in England demand
ing them in writing:
u. The non-Catholic party must allow
the Catholic party full, free exercise ofthe
Catholic religion.
50. If the marriage be blessed afterward
with children, they, one and all, shall be
brought up Catholics.
-. The religious ceremony, in a word,
the sacrament eff matrimony, can be per-
formed solely by priest of the Catholic
Church. Where the non-Catholic party
has not been baptized there can be no
marriage. The secular press may rest
assured that the dispensation of unusu-
ally broad character was hedged in by
the above pledges before Miss Camel
could be taken to wife in the Church of
st. Mary's by Arthur Herbert. Though
of noble family, and cousin of distin-
guished Archbishop. he in this matter
could have no more privilege than the
low lest born in Holy Mother Church"