The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-24

Ten tiTies over in different words you "profess
yourselves to be contendng for liberty" But it is
a vain. empty profession; unless you mean by that
threadbare word liberty from obeying your right
full sovereign and from keeping the fundamental
laws OF the country And this undoubtedly it is
which the confederated colonies contending
for.
do not think it necessary to refer Dr. Case
to the patriotic poetry" of Charles Wesley,
published lately in our papers, nor to the fact
that John fell on his knees before George III
and asked permission to raise a regiment to
lead against the rebels" or that Lecky is au-
thority for the statement that his influence
was always against q settlement and was the
most powerful factor which made for war.
No, ii DR.. Case knows anything at all about
the history OF the sect, he knows these things,
and he will tread more lightly in future when
he treats of TIE War of Independence.
The next quo tation given by DR.. Case is the
old and tried Shepherd OF the Valley
The Shepherd Of the Valley, published at ST.
Louis, No. some years ago, said: "The church is
and where she must; but she hates it, and directs
all her energies TO its destruction. If Catholics
ever gain an immense numerical majority religious
freedom In this country is at an end. SO our
enemies say. So we believe"
DR.. Case has improved on the quotation. 1t
used to begin at .if Catholics" and finish at
sis at an end" find it now with headpiece
and tailpiece, which DR.. Case has fitted into
1t. Now, Mr.. Editor, do not wish to detain
you longer than can help, so will state right
mere that the quotation given is rank forgery.
published in st. Louis from 1852 to 1854 It's
editor is now Judge Blackwell, and when this
forgery was brought to his notice some years
ago he wrote an open letter concerning it
from which take the following extracts:
The extracts which you showed me are the re-
vfval Of very old "gag." About lS53-b4-ar the
time of the Know nothing agitation-many papers
out the United States published the follow
ing as an extract from the Shepherd of the Val
ley, and then attributed the language to the ven
cradle prelate the Archbishop OF St. Louis.
rd q np cd ~ -fpp.
Master Key to Popery or Maria Monks Revela-
tions, some such delectable storehouse Of anti
Catholic les had this story about the views of the
Archbishop OF ST. Louis on the incompatibily of
the spread of the Catholic religion in America
with the continued existence of religious liberty It.,
together with the extract as above. which was
given as his published language, was put into the
appendix and thus mbalmed for preservation, to
be used as occasion might serve in the anti
Catholic controversy. The extract, until the war,
was regularly trotted out at intervals; but since
then has, 1 believe, until lately been forgotten.
] am sure that never said and never thought
that Governments are justified in forcing an out
ward conformity against conscience to dominant
religion. No such sentiments ever appeared in
any paper with which / was connected except to
be reprobated
thing whatever on the subject of religious liberty
in any paper in st. Lot is to my knowledge, and
the atrocous sentiments attributed to the editor Of
the Shepherd of the Valley never appeared In that
paper except 10 controvert them.
There is class OF ccntroversialists who are
very interruptions. 1t is quite useless, think to
reply TO these. Time flies, and things pass. /
suppose few people now remember the beginning
OF the Tractarian movement, and the doughty DR..
Hook, some time vicar of Leeds. He was a IA
nous 'churchman" in his day, and wrote books
which no one thinks of reading now. He under
took 10 defend the Tractarians, and sermon of his
made great noise when was boy. / burned it
up with other precious tracts which once de-
lighted in reading, most Of which, confess now
look upon TO adopt from Coieridge the ''super-
faction" of folly. had this sermon in my hands
this morning. and it was the following note to il
which put me in mind OF writing to you. Altering
word or two, 1t may be applied the class of
controversialists who circulate the old persecution
story The race, 1t seems, is not extinct of those
who think that the end justifies the means.
Perhaps there never vas devised, by men who
profess to call themselves Christians, system OF
attack more wicked than that which is adopted by
many who assail these tracts OF the persons who
are supposed 10 write them lies the most ridiculous
are invented, industriously circulated and will
ingly believed. And where attempt is made to
refute the tracts themselves false extracts are
made, and they are represented as asserting the
very errors which they, in express words, repro
bate. This is actually done by men who call them
selves Christians, but profess be Of the straight
est sect of our religion The inference is obvious;
lies would not be told unless it impossible to
substantiate accusation by telling the TRUTH
Yours truly, X. A. BAKEwELL.
Now follows quotation from Brownson's
Quarterly Review for October, 1852. have
searched Brownson through and through and
even with the help of copious index have
not Deen able to find anything like the alleged
quotation. l would not be justified in saying