The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-06-15


,,,sosl,, ministers at Chicago.
cucAeo, june lt-At the meeting
,,,he Methodist ministers this morning
.ss Rev. John Lee, chairman OF the
s -. on religious liberty Tor PROT
ss,ap,s in south America, submitted a
IMPORT.
,,ted Il the "preelseinformaiion" given
Nr the apostolic delegate FOR the repub-
~. u peru, Bolivia and Ecuador to the
.,,al secretary OF state was correct.
~ h!shup replied by enelosinga state
mi AZ the Rev. DR.. Thomas i. Wood,
" S,llao who was said ITO know all
,ut| the situation In that republic.
~ Thomas took the letter Of Cardinal
p,,apoila 70 Archbishop Gibbons, based
~ Incarnation furnished him by the
,'paI delegate. and answered II thus;
.protestants are tar from being re-
stneted IN the free exercise % their
garship.' The constitution torblds US
npbiciiy FOR our worship. The clerical
organs applaud unlawful outraSes COM
n,tted on US. and preachers enthuse
tbclr audiences with the cry, Deah 70
Pru,estants.' These facts should nave
-,obised tho statement Of the papal
ssisg,te 10 Rampalla, so that the latter
,'ot,d moi hive reported that We are
.f,r from bcing restricted In the Tree
exercise OF our worship
aprotestRnts are rather accorded
l,-ecr degree os federation than Is com
,atitla With a strict construction OF
- "a, t.eii constitution Of these coun-
,rl.; -hs present constitution dates
frn,n lss0 End found Protestant worship
,5Jsrafha IL. me land. took for granted
~ existence and restricted It's publicity
witho1il dehninE the limits OF the re-
st-ictinn. The constitution 7ays NO
a. cau be compelled TO do what Is not
gs1ulTvd by law, nor hindcred from do
ins what IS not prohibited by law II
Il fslse 10 say that We use more liberty
thap strict construction allows
n Is doubly false 10 set forth az the
two foregoing quotations do, that we
are acting In defiance o. law under toi-
Grant ienieucy from the Roman cain
dc church. The truth IS. We are care
fully aad eonsclentiously acting Withln
Inc limits OF the law as interpreted ny
lawful authority. and all our diineulty
grows out OF the unlawful lhtoleIsnte
n H.. Roman Catholic clergy. The
uaas delcgate in Lima must have
laowt this. ard ought - have SO re-
n -.sa 70 his superior In Rome. Ram
IL. 41.s not report Macchts words.
n We 81. DOT tell which OF them is 10
blanr for the attempt 10 throw the
blame u our distreEses on the polIti-
Cans Of Peru and give credit to the
clergy for the liberation We enjoy,
dThe constitution OF Peru recognizes
no other fnrtnof marriage as valid than
that prescribed by the council OF Trent
False False. The constitution says
nothing about marriage. and makes no
reNprcnce whatever 10 the COUNCIL OF
Trent Here the blame rests on Mac
eal as Rarnpolla states that The dele
gate Informs him to that effect. inc
DELEGATE must have known better.
since. the comlngof the delegate 10
Peru we have been falling under : ser
ies OF new restrictions. beginning N
December. 1895, with a local DECISION
excluding our marriages from eiSll res
isierS IN CaIino. and ending IN NoNe IN
Der. 1899. With a supreme eHecuuEe W
crey outlawins them sweepingly. ana
declaring TINT their previous legal rec
orn,,ior had been cUntrary TO the con-
siltutinn. Without stating IN WHAT r.
srsrt The decision OF 1893 specially
ralnad the Methodist Episcopal ShuICn
A. hayin, lis marriages excluded from
civil registry with no need OF such sPS-
enc mention, as the decision was maze
10 cover all marriages not solehhlLsl
By Roman Catholic priest.
amer / had started our work IN Lima
the archbishop wrote officially 10 tn'
executive asking that my operations pt
stJpped. His ground was not ehaIEe
that I was violating any law out lue
evening pretens!on that my proPa-
Randa was from the nature OF II huS-
40 10 the state and religion ana theit-
gr-a hostile 10 the state. The executiVy
Yasrcd the case down 10 the pretect ol
Lima. he to the sub-preiect, ne 70 w
police. who watched US without oui
kno,gIedrc. observed how people went
Ia ana out Of our chapel, noted what
We did. entered and observed within as
ven al witnout tlll the sub-prefect was
F,tisG9d and drew up a report TO the
effect that We we're not violating any
law or regulation within the compass
OF ihs police. The project endorsed u
Pc his report 10 the supreme eNecu.lN I;
me record remains In the ministry oil
worship and Justice. ,,r
Nfr lee said that the crusade lnauS-
urated by the Methodist ministers more
than three years ago TO secure thesaiI y.
religious liberty for PTOtestants IN
Peru. RoIivia and Ecuador, that Roman
Catholics enjoy in thsUnited states. had
been regarded. mot simply hs phtue
5or Professionalism, but battle ior nu-
f1anlty They knew. he added, that
victory would come finally and until
q iIi come their motto must continue
70 be no surrender.