The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-08
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To THE EDIrOR or tn. Sun SIR: Mr.,
Goodwin Smiths what We Want letter wac
the subject Of a little conference Of several
readers Of THE SUN whom l know. and the
general opinion was hat the celebrated tai
lOrs Of TOOley street had "a much right TO
address a petition TO the English sovereign
beaded I'VE. the people Of England" as the
group Of priests who want freedom TO EN-
brace the truth" have to speak for any but
their Owl very limited and select cOterie.
II they are crying for truth they have an
easy way Of getting iC in all It's varieties. FOR
l have SEEM and the Toronto OctOgenaTian
too. q very large number Of final truths an
nOunced. each and all infallible but by no
means unanimous. Meanwhile the darling
object Of Dr. Smiths wrath. the Papacy. con-
tiDues business at the same old stand and
refuses 20 take his advice. inRalllble AZ his tone
In. l have vet to hear Of Its taking any notiCS
whatever Of his weighty words.
The best and most authentic views IA to
the IQuefactiOn OF ~. JanuaTius's blood and
the other matters OF opinion which almost
always form the burden Of the Toronto Nes-
tors advice TO VA can be seen in the volumes.
now being published. Of the Catholic En-
~cyOlOpsndia: they are old and piOus beliefs,
and no one IL Obliged to receive them. And
az for the unqualified laudatiOn In u roman
Catholic journal of the Albigsnsian crusade.
pfTlapH ~ uAy Ut OtutT we Alhll 0lu n very
general acceptance Of the view that the cru
sadie was justinable. since the picture that
comes TO ones mind on hearing Of the Abb
genaians. that they were simple souls era wing
the pure milk OF the Gospel and were pre-
vented therefrom by bloody Papists. IL az far
from the truth as can be imagined. Their
tenets can be found In any encyclopaedia. and
II would he worth any ones while to read
dictine monk. Dom Gasauet. has in prepare
tiOn a book on the AlbiRensians that ahOnld
lead TO a better understandings Of these anti
The civil war in Germany "kindled for Pa pa
ends was kindl1d TO prevent the Emperor
Frederick H.. a secret MOhammedan. from de-
taching Germany from ChristendOm, which
Was q good epd.
Tit NOrman invasion Of Ireland was an
order from the Pope to the sovereign nearest
ireland TO go there. as his ancestors had gone
TO England, and put an end TO the anarchy
which had been brought on the island by the
Danes. as those ancestors had ended a sim
liar anarchy in England.
The cancelling Of Magma Charta was n mere
Formally. since the baTOns who had eNtOrted
n from John had done so without any TecOg-
milton OF the Papal OvPrlOrdship. and had no
relation to the, actual merits Of the case. nor
was II Intended 10 strengthen Johns tyranny.
nor did a..
Alvs's career Of butchery in the Neither
lands had its exact counterpart eighty wears
later in ireland. where Cromwell. actusted
bY political and religious motives exactly like
Allva's. and no freer from Papal control than
AIva. was guilty OF eKCesseS Of the same ma
ture as he. and 1t IL mere assertion to say that
the 81. Bartholomew massacre was spplaUded
at Rome. rapturOuslv or otherwise. The
d~raROnnades were shocking, and were caused
by the moon as much rs by the Pope. the
latter might "a well he charged with The CEN
fury long draGOnnadPs in ireland which in
their beginning were contemporary with the
French one. DIR. Smith tells whnt would be
on the fall OF the PapBcy--why not tell us
what would happen N some other impossible
event came TO pass. the revival 81 the ROman
Empire or that OF the mound builders?
In all the historical illusions that DR.. smith
has made to burnings and inouisit ions and the
like he very deity evades any reference to
such dOings by any but Catholics. Yet a
single burning by a Protestant for consCien-
ttOue reasons is a greater scandal than n hOlO-
caust OF a hundred by the Catholic. who could
perhaps believe that It was for the good of
the victims souls. Repeatedly have I had to
look a. his articles referring to the burning
Trinity, and never have ! seen a single word
from him in regard to the burning OF two
Unttarians In London by order OF James I. in
1923. Yet the offence In each case was iden-
eicnl. and ] have seen the case Of the English
sufferers. IeGGatt and Wightman, referred "a
In several authentic histories. Why such
logged silPnceP
IN some later article will DR.. Smith satisfy
a craving and tell us something more about
Jesuitism and ita dark plOttings? The mere
buEaboo or a word only prOvOkes me 10 learn
Il all, and who so 1T TO give the details Of
these plots, which are always too general ia
be clear. as p professor OF history
DR.. Smith should cease TO speculate on what
would happen on the fall of the Papacy. II
that institution has lasted since Peters time.
or even from Hildcbrand's. il is a very respect
ably old aTair and will probably last another
millennium or two. kOBERT r. GREEN.
NEW YORK. November ..