The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-31

R seii!ow st 1t Should also ander.tsnd It the
letter that carnS Gibbons sent f. Mss
the Cardinal .rsported for the Information Of
vember previous: ''It was tho desire OF all the
has bcsn sS 'Se rssf ss
by the Archbishop OF St.Paul. and, at my re-
quest Mgr Ireland gave them With simple,
and his noble character lio wentcyen SO far
nsto say that he was hnnpy 70 submit his action
lo was ready to retrace his footsteps. IL it was
deemed that he had missed the limit. OF right
or OF prudence" Hero tho Cardinal intcrIected
n risnni Of tho Farihault compromise. which
rcsumc ] am compelled: ns u lawyer. to shy
Mas not In accord YIN thu Hes Ssrs stated thy by
s gro sS00 it's s Einen naa next Wrote
tho exrosd made by, Mgr. ireland. and tn.
ono Oh the Archblshops who protered a word
oI Gam several yGe ysry eHsa. x
great. did not hesitate to say that he felici-
!nted his colleague on tho results obtained.
OF his diocese submitted to tho same regime.
ana az he hGpSd :" succeed in SO putting
His Eminence added. And. IN fact. taking
things as they are. the inconvenicnces OF this
ARRANGEMENT ar are null. and the advantages are
mas aroused cannot he explained without at,
tfiDuting 1t other to malice or to ignorance.
tnrdinal ,,lbhoms that tho division of labor.
between himself md or ireland. was not SO
Paul would hnyc mo b-lievc. see the Card-
M, personals interested IN tho practical. tho
political side OF tho case, ana so interested
tht he chnrEoS those who do not gree with
c9do that. even il Mgr Ircland Outlined nii him him
not so restrained In his ambitions Suect-
!ativo questions. and. as well. practical po-
iiticnl questions. he assumed to manage and
:, Alrondy, we know what, followed on the pub
Hr"nbshqs Of Ito ""d SsH Without st Gs
lay signed II letter sent it to the Congre-
CATION of the Propaganda. In their letter thcy
approved the system Of Faribnut and still
water as a LAWYER. were examining tho
him this question: DO understand you to de-
clare that YOU esteem these. your seven equals
IL the American Catholic hierarchy TO be ma
answer wora. not. direct. would pursue the
matter until had direct answer. or an apo-
Every man, high and low. should be held re-
sibie for his words.
Nut proceed again with the main question
Mgr ireland says in his extraordinary Mono
mcmori4l,' that Your most, reverend Emil
time and in the most violent manner by the
Protestant preachers nnd fanatics OF my state.
pS While The ali ths
bishops On page, % it is that the great
Archbishop uses this language. As a law
The Cardinal says OF, the Archbishops: Not
one proi1ered,a wore, o.! blame, and several
ireland wrote enjoy tho APPROVAL Of ali he
Archbishops" The testimony is conflicting.
eter an3 rea his So Sdss
ing that, 1T was the desire Of all the Arch
bishops" at the St. Louis Congress TO have
hanlt and saltwater by the Archbishop o. ST.
Paul. Is, and TINT at the Cardinals request Mgr
In a pamphlet published at Rome. several
drcii >taf Unite "a Dec,s'one della Propaganda.
conflicts with the Cardinals version. Though
the writer has gone into details neither the
yeracity: and from seyera! good sources l
ienrn that his version Of this PARTICULAR mat
81 ana s wr Mss
not brought forward ut the St Louis Congress
otArchbishops. At each Congress tho alters to
The question OF Mgr. Ircland's compromise
was not on the programme; The business Of
dinal asks the noble Archbishop for explana-
tions about what had been done. Mgr. Ire |
o Yos 0rm
gives no judgment. Every lawyer. will know
that it could not give judgment. The case be-
This stateement is confirmed by convincing
~. Louis 'onsTeSS. DIS duty WIS 10 QraW up |
tho official acts Of the. Congress. and he did
so. In the official acts he made no mention Of
bled ,Archbishops. As a lawyer, l now ask
myself. by what authority did the eminent
Cardinal Gibbons assume to write to Pope
Leo NH. that several Archbishops explicitly
approved Of Mgr. Irelands action. and TINT
not one Of them spoke a word of blame? Seven
OF them repudiated his statement. Their act.
rs well as tho official acts. show that both he
Ind the great Archbishop OF st. Paul made
representations at Rome that they could not
and cannot support
have studied the constitution OF my Church,
and thought l knew something OF it. Now
question my knowledge. With Mgr. Satolli.
4sk myself whether we have one. Pope at
three fin de siscie Popes. NY letter is written
principally in the interest OF the truth | do
not believe that Rome has heard the truth
about Mgr. Ireland's doings: nor do believe
that in this country We know the whole truth.
DEC. ~. JUDEX.