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oRASar. N. j.. Jan. 8. 1898.
Toh, Rcs rhona' Mclaughlin. Deri. Pss oF,rnn. r. L.
John 4. Sheppard. Dem W1iisn ueivsf,s. aad osa,r.
have this day received a communication
signed by you and others inviting me to Join
you In performing an act Of reparation to the
most Rev. Francesca Satolll. delegate apostolic.
for insults supposed to have been offered him
by Catholic editor OF Now York in tho course
OF public review OF his Cirncos officni acts. In
proof OF these supposed insults you have sent
me extracts from the Catholic Herald and q
Now York secular newspaper I feel that I
am bound In courtesy TO acknowledge the re-
ception OF these articles. AMI not " deeming it
proper to unlte" with you In this self-impo posed
and unnecessary but otherwise beautiful act
OF fealty, / desire to acquaint you with my
reasons for SO thinking. For the sake OF
brevity and clearness will state my obiec-
tions under three principal heads.
First, l object to part OF tho personnel OF
which you have thought advisable to COM
poso your committee. Some OF thom know
we'll by repute and others by personal knowl-
edge to have always been members OF that
class known "a chronic kickers" against &C.
clesiastical authority. l recognize certain
names in the circular which you have so kind
ly sent me to be those Of men who suffered dis
abilities and Justly in the past for disloynTty
to authority. Some have been prominently
identified with an ecclesiastical scandal. the
stencil OF which still reeks foul In tho nostris
OF every good Catholic In the archdiocese OF
New York. Others by promoting strife and
discorl In the Church have hoistei themselves
into temporary and fnct.tious prominence.
More would have committed themselves more
old adags that discretion is the better. part
Of yaior." One at least still exercises his f,inc
that am am justified in feinsins e idsntifiy my.
past. records preclude tho possibility OF their
teaching me loyalty to Homo or setting me an
sniier me NJ to to add a corollary to this objec.
tlon, | arraign tho extreme bad taste and
want 81 &C comm9n decency which conspired and
an open rupture. | protest against such
asse ana q good pS tasie s9 say ssss eh tSis
dyidnal should never have figured In the list
eternal ,atness should haSe impelTed him to
SUCH an element upon the judsmens seat
nottoTiousIy hostile & t" & the accused @ , vitates M
Sn the sure that sond
Purge SSs y your commIttse and then w Rs proeoed
But then even them iind place oi.n Tor my sec
old objection. fear that your sense oi Grit.
discover in the accused editors critiaue aught
save that which sayors strongly Of respect to
whom he has been chosen to represent I
have read Il carefully. and It gives no evidence
sd,o ans Sih
sound and ,yus and aYsys IN ase0sd with
scandal to bis weaker brethren. As for his re-
view or criticism. call Y what you like. be-
tho distinguished and erudite delegate would
not and docs not resent such a criticism of his
spect due to his exalted official character, Be-
we'll able himself to take the measures which
may ;y seem to hin proper % to the instances.
sesS o Ss sspy to s me at
once premature md indecent
Ny third objection is that there is no room
by. Why did you not resolve. yourselves into
protesting committee when the Anti; Ii Poverty
ieersd and snoored at the venerable head OF
the Church. OF whose dignity you now assume
then? why dc you now strain ut q anat after
swallowing such dose OF camelp As to your
e Il Il
wholly impertinent and Inconsistent coming
dcSs from certain
ieeiiustitledin being grossly impudent in crit.
on q greater criminal than Editor Walsh. Yet
they are constantly. protesting their loyalty
! picion in the future. by all honest men. and q
| mans actions will become tho guarantee OF
| his good faith In preference to his words. As
hs hHs Ave 1ns to sa
| man who has not had II parish school in years
mark another whose school mover rose be-
yond tho elementary standard. 1must decline
hs tci by such men the Of ME
| Faribault-Stilwater system. with its tearing
| down OF sacred symbols. it's shrouding or en-.
| tire destruction OF distinctly Catholic charac-
a. The m modol OF Christian education. iostered
| BY tho Church. encouraged BY the Council Of
Baltimore. and approved by Pope Leo Kill 1
accept Mgr. Satollrs document Just 80 far as
| It. and not one inch further. A western bliz.
zard stghs as gently as a southern zephyr whom
| 1t reaches Now Jersey.
In G s e wS ss g.
| your invitation to- give my reasons for decln-
heart sick over the specta Gle which has sprung
prominence prom which nature. In the % distriSntion =
| OF her gifts. denied them. That spirit blame
| bitterly for the various episodes which. In tho
last three months have done more to expose
malirnancy than ali Tie combined efforts of
heresy and materialism.
iprotest my Willingness to unite with you In
| n direction which cannot but lead to the hap
Tor the harm done many OF our people By scan
dal: protest against unwarranted Interference
with and Misrepresentation OF tho school
question: DECLARE against the further airing Of
lic have no concern; through the columns Of
all OF these movements. J. ". MCDOWELL.
Pastor OF st. Johns Catholic Church. Orange.