The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-08-04
Rev NJ a Femme Replies TO Capt
O'Farren
81 MtEg.- JWE.H.
GaEANsraWS M iu.y -. ussl. )

N1EE.~ tuy sen.
GuEA>sraWS. Nh. July 80. lasl.
Eia,as Hyaagaaa tfasca's lin the Advocate II
July tIth lberr appeared a reprint oJ q speech oi
captain p.Farrel sharply Aru.guiHg che AImiui>-
Iratiou, and !ncsi,ntali, making au u am willing
20 sIpTu>e unprcmeiItatei aitcs upon our church
f,- tb- part She has taken by her acting u rnnIuur-
,eu alth She President is his efforts 20 adjust the
Ii,suEbsI o.alition OF ae4I5s and solve tHy veNei
prpbism ui church property .m3sr stu,tly. lbe
property pG the Fr.ars in the Philippine
hold uo brief iar the President aud leave the
pureIy political aspect of tHr speech 90 the discus
sau OF the political iseaCrcs Of both Iartic, Bus
cannot ali3H some 81 the VIII statements ai.i
-asAiAE blows ,he fiery son oi Mars deliver, upon
,He arGor nf the church This own church hy -rr
ihs way. as He is al SONS pains 60 Inform 60 Iss
auehSIeus,1 A soldier may D., la1Iouci many
au uu.uaoieI worI IN ,br heat auJ stuty pi gBe
pre-su. political fray NOR IS the military mau "ri
usriJy aa uusruyrous ioe. Aud fancy the arfaiu
souG NOT b. lne last 10 exhibit the ,oljicrly trait
uf admiuiu. o mistake aut apouciziug iprau erg.r
when brought home to him. still tho alycUutfaus
lmp1gIlnce given 70 the speech 90 has ecn, "e are
tld incorporated ia the tonEressllnt. Eccuril aud
tsr rash utter.uce, concerning Tie church ma..' Ia
&C. Justify thc protest Wish 20 eulyr against some
uf iIs ba,cr,s allegations ami munsJrou> iisiuua
uous.
Now 20 tAc pyiuL The t5piaia says "Achin-
Iey Is trying Jo WORK the CuuICn-ths Catholic
Church" I aIn mos Ia the Residents couujeuee
aud cannot yolch for his ultrrior designs. ltWOud
not indeed be the first time politician tiled 30
pi,y that game But 1 resent the mpuutiou that
the church B. or would he a partner 10 o. Possibly
the Captain has recently been suffering from au at
tack IL Fultuuisu the disease known by the phrase
separation If Churrh aud state shbbVicth huuiici
about sull by the higot and the ignorant hut NO
longer to be- met with among The thinkers ol the
world Suihce IL 10 7, fer to the words oi ibe Rev.
ur Edw. Ey Hale.a Unitarian minister and cultured
.cuolar who, in The independent of July 9TH, Itse
lSY reminds the reader 20 remember that il is no;
true Ia America that the Church and state are III
vided from each other It was the fashion 10 say
so once and very ignorant people say 50 now No
amount of dcci nation from the rostruHs of P'ti-
cal or other drmagogy can do away with the stern
fct that The church and state must cooperate with
each other each in its own sphere, ia promoting
The welfare OF the man and the citizen. IL would
be a sad commentary ON the advance Of political
life if the words of senator Ingalls, true geucr
ally. tersely expressed by him rs in his mind pa
thetic fact that the decllogue has nothing 10 do
with politics But the Church's legitimate iniu-
ence the political no less than the religious and
social life Of nation Is very different thing from
her abject acquiescence in and acceptance of the
role of political tool, or drawer OF political
chestnuts Even in the eyes of "A good Democrat
the President may sometimes rise to the plane of
the statesman.
Nor can see any reason for the attack on Mr..
Mckinley because of his fTeudliness towards Cath
ulic> tas at Plattsburgh ON the one hand and Meth
odists tat Asbury Park the other lie is presi-
dent for members of both and all denominations
The undignfed attitude of the President going
on his knees to the Pope is simply piece of shall
low rhetoric, striking instance of saying the thing
that is not. Ii he employs Archbishop Chnppelie
in the solution of a problem beset with legal and
moral difficulties he hut shows the possession of
some stateSmauship. For craftsmanship it is to
settle amicaby and with due regard to the rights
ofaIl concerned that kuotty and vcXed question
not easy of solution it may appear in the eyes
of fiery soldier. who, AeN0uder-like, may be cN-
cused for his readiness in uutaugling the GUrlian
knot by cutting it. That question calls for cooler
delibeHtIou ami more uuprejudiced investigation
than the good Captains impatiencc would allow.
Ii is not so much question of confirming" but
rather of recognizing rights, more ancient than
any enjoyed by the property holders of our own
glorious Union. enjoyed before that Union was born.
The title of the Frars is good to say the least in
the eyes of men sufficiently intimate with the his
tory of the Philippine Islands that OF any church