The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-29

and hecomo Roman Catholics" Even
n nom Romnniat citizens Ia these re-
uEll,ll mplagnE marriage cAll
IN thu Rcrvitua OF a Protestant minlHtrr
TO perform the ceremony which they
tuuy Do. such marriage has no faH9ll$
In the eyes OF the law.
Righop Ecagr "EnOWg for ccrtnin'
that the condition of the laws referred
to DOES not obtain tn all Roman Cath-
Ollie Countriea. II is not such IN France,
or In Italy. or IN Austria, or In Bel
GUM, and / must repeat l do not be-
ttcvc Il Is such IN uny country IN Sogth
America" on the other hand Mr..
Gladstone, who is quite rs wei INFORM
cd. asserts that the Tridcntlne decrces
nrC in force IN ITALY. France Ger
many, Austria. Poland and Hungary"
Only go recently as In Its Issue of
March 2, 1896. the Malta Standard
states the general opinion OF Maltese
lawyers concerning marriages duly
celebrated by Protestant ministers Is
that they arr invalid by reason or
their not having been celebrated In tic
presence of a Roman Catholic ccclesl-
astlc." And the London Tablet, the
organ OF English Roman Catholicism,
In It's issue Of Mnrnh 2S, 1896, states
that II YVES decided by the present pope
on. January Il, 1890, that marriages
between Catholics. or mixed marriages
where either party is non-Cathohc'
shall only be valid II performed accord
ing to the council of Trent
In Italy the church Of Rome and the
state are at variance concerning mar
riage Pope Plus IN, In letter to King
Victor Emanuel, said that for Roman
Catholics "a law OF civil marriage con-.
stitutes concublnage In the Euisee OF a
=. t.E,fr 1fnRn
Gladstone comments: so that In
truth, In all countries within the scope
Of these denominations. the parties to
n civil marriage are dcj Jared to be liv-
ing In an Illicit connection, which they
nra called upon to renouncs. The latest
intelligence confirms what Mr.. Glad
stone has said Rev DIR. William Burt,
OF Rome, Italy, lin Il letter dated May
u. 1896. says: "'The law In Italy recog-
nizes civil marriage as the only legal
marriage. After the civil marriage the
parties may go to the priest or minister
fer the religious service, or to neither
iuR, az they please. The only act recog-
nlzed by the state is that performed by
The clvlI authority. Nevertheless, the
priests claim the right 10 marty, and
in many caRhs they perform the reliE-
ious ceremony without any regard to
the required civil act. In this way
thousands upon thousands IN Italy are
living before the law In a state OF cin-
cubInage, and their Offspring are IL
IcCImnte with no rights OF Inheritance
IN this way, rs In many others me
priests defy the laws OF tho land. anu
OF, course, asserts the supremacy OF the
TrIdentinc decree.
That Correspondence.
.. Bishop Keane affirms that IN
many Protestant countries laws have
existed, and as far as l know stIll ex-
list, requiring the marriages OF Catho-
lies, in order that they may be legal,
to take place before Protestant minis
ters." Bishop Eeane Is careful not TO
specify the Protestant countries IN
which this state Of affairs obtains. II
can easily be demonstrated. So far al
least. as the principal Protestant coun-
tries are concerned, that Bishop keahe
statement is not true.
2. In the statement, ut required
correspondence of fifteen months 20 get
n Communication from the vatican
there Is no mistake. The committee
was appointed April 9. 1894. on that
day n letter was addressed TO Archblsh-
on ireland, asking him 10 forward the
request" Of the Chicago Methodist
ministers ito Monsignor SatOll!; In or
der that he may in the most eHectINe
manner bring Il to the notice OF the
head of the Roman Catholic Church"
To this there was no reply. a second
communication received the same treat
ment 4 letter was, on June y, Tor
warded TO Cardinal Satdhi, still no re-
pIy. July u, 1894. a second letter was
Forwarded to Cardinal Satolli, which
elected the following reply:
WASHINGTON, d. c., july 81. 1894,
Mr.. John Lee, NJ. A., y. D.,
81 Washington Street, Chicago,
DEAR SIR:-Your letter OF June I'D
and document dated July Il, came duly
to hand. The enclosed copy OF the en-
cvclical letter OF our holy father, is,
think, the most fitting reply can make.
Yours very sincerely in Christ,
FRANCIS ARCHB. SArOLLl,
Delegate Apostolic
How the above reply written In
washington, published and commented
upon by the American press, could
have escaped Bishop Keane's notice, Is
10 say the least, more than strange.
Cardinal Satorrs communication being
considered evasivc, letter was ad-
dressed to the pope. to which there was
no reply. -Four months later, second
lcttear was addressed 10 the Pope; SUI!
no reply. After another four months
n hitter was addressed TO Cardinal Glib
hons. In Baltimore. No reply, Then the
letter nf May 20, 1895 was sent TO Car
d!nal GlbbOrsp in Rome, and in less
than one month" Cardinal Gibbons
sent "the reply OF the cardinal score
tary Of state" but the whole thing
was done. not in one month, but IN
ffleCn months Before May q. RS'. N
less than seven weeks after this Nc IN
odIst request was made. two editorials
on this subject appeared In the New
York Tndap7n,tuut. one tn the Baltimore
Catholic Mirror. and two n the New
York Catholic Review. All uf these ed
torlals, as Mcll as Cardinal SAtnlli's lot
ter. must haze escaped tIstOp NcTuC's
notice. Sls1op E"aur. after Ohs"lriuS
"Thus, instead OF fifteen months the
whole thing was done In less than one
month" says: your statement seems
To be a serious injustice put upon both
Cardinal Gibbons and the vatican" Il
statement which. in the light OF the
facts given. may be estimated by every
candid reader for himself. Bishop
Coke, Of the Protestant Episcopal
church. in q letter TO the committee last
August, speaks OF Cardinal Gibbons,
ION the spot, and In close communiea-
ton with the pontitf himself. with no
apelogy FOR Efteep months neglect. and
declares that wide circulation should
be given TO facts whIdh show that the
Americanlsm" OF Archbishop Ireland
and Cardinal Gibbons does not amount
10 the courtesy OF acknowledging an
Important communication from so large
a Christian body as the Methodist
4. Bishop Kcanc says: THE state