Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-01-30
Putnam No, cred

Pntnau Not Answered. | l desire m the intores uf faiI l play to correct soma of the misap
 prshensionS in tho mind of lh,
 author of communication ia last
 evenings JOURNAL MINER. | Ia the first place l have no ha-na
 and therefore was not obli.cs l
 draw them in. The horus a.o al
 on the o,heF side
 in the second place Afr. O'Suili
 San did not answer lae. ll3 simp.}
 made a supplementary spaeth. H.
 simply said some things which 1 did not say. He showed that somg
 Catholics were good meu aud palri
 otic citizens Iais, have never
 denied. So far az Mr O'Sulliyan is concerned there .s really no issu
 between us.
 The positions maintained in re- gard to the Church cf Rome were
 these
 lst. That the Church cT Rome is an oligarthy; that all authority ia that church iS in the college of Car, dlnais together with the Pope. All the illustrious Catholics mentioned by Mr. O'Sullivan had not and have not one voice or vote iu shaping be- policy of the Church of Rome. The authority that controls Is above them all.
 2nd. That the Church of Rome has always claimed and exercised political power sni do he same to-day. It k not simply a religious institution but a political lnstitu- ton.
 3rd. That the Pope is tho infall;ble head of the eharch and tu be obeyed on all matters ol failh' and fl he decided that "polities' s' are "m1tters of faith, then he beeom ss an iniali- ble power in politics.
 4th. That the church as an in stitUtion Is opposed to the common school Says the Baltimore convcu- tion. "As m the state schools no provision k made for the teaching of religion, we must continue Co support own schools. The very fact that the church maintains parochial schools Is proof, positive, that 1t is opposed to common schools. IT a man builds a hotel or railroad m opposition tu my hotel or railroad; then he would ike Co see 1t abolished.
 MT. O'Sullivan did not meet ole of these positions. which | main tained bv documents of he church itself. He simply gave tle acts aud opinions of individuals; but not single authoritative declaration Cf the church as church anl 1 chal lenge hun to do this
 O'Sulivau therefore di [ not an ,wer me. He simply male state heats of what Ca )iic as persons had said and done; but not wh1t the church as an institution has declared; to which latter l confined myself in my argument.
 l did not say that the Pope was seeking to destroy this government; but by the absolute mastery of great masses of voters he wBs seeking to use the power Of this gove -nment in the interests of the church of Iome.
 I did not say that Catho les would murder non Catholis at the com mand of the Pope; although as matter of history theCatholics have done this, as witness the massacre of St. Bartholomew, in watch 6D,001 ProtestAnts were killed by the Catholics.
 l simply quoted Cardinal Beller- mine, one of the greatest theoio- gians in the Catholic Church as af- irming this doctrine.
 l did not say that Catholics per secuted Catholics in this coun- try; but I do affirm that iu he his troy of the world the Church ol Rome has been the most bloody and power that has eyoi existed. It has slain millions of the human race. This l am prepared to prove.
 never referred ia any away to the bogus encycIicals ascribed to the 1 Pope only used authentic encycli- calls. I did not use or quote a single ] thiag from the journals of the 4. l r. X. did not justify at all the l burning of Catholic Churches in l this country.
 MT. O'Sullivan did not prove that | any one of my extracts was false. i The only extract that he attempted l to disprove was that from Lafayette. | He did not prove this tD be false. | He only placed his assertion against | mine; that was all. It has not been proved that in single instance | made false statomeut;i am waiting | for that proof. Mir. O'Sulivdn is ia | favor of equal rights. On that wo l agree. We differ m opinion aboat facts; but he has not shown teat 1 misstate the facts.
 Ioppose the Church, that despoiic which at the time when Ireland was starving and ourcountry sent $G00,000 to its relief At that same time this Church of Rome drew out of Ireland for its support in foreign countries S230,000. IL is against that Church 1 contend; aud ! not against the millions of laymeo who have no voice in the law or policy or doctrine of the Church If Mir. O'Sullivan or any other champion of the Church wishes to meet me in public debate ! am now ready for the issue or any other. Don't wait until l am a thousand miles distant. : r. PUrNAM
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