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Editor Of the West Svlrginian:
Dear sIr:-Ia his Tuesday letter
Mr.. Musgraye5 does not even pretend
to reply to my! last argument. derived
from the horrors OF the French Revo.
tuition, which L hays proved to be the
work Of the followers OF Voltaire. n
He has found. however, not a new
/ fact, but a new text from another an.
tl.Cathollc writer and he soltmnly
dishes 1t out to us. It relates to the
st. Bartholomew massacre. | am
willing to elucidate the subject but |
decline to do 1t with a debater who
processes no regard whatever for the
first rules Of logic or historical crlti.
cIsm. It must not be forgotten that
Mr.. Musgrave has candidly asked me
''to prove by history that his J, aser-
tions are not absolutely trlie." As he
is very reluctant to submit to any
piece Of mental surgery, | shall not
even attempt to take from his mind
the incrusted notion that It Is the
part OF the defense to make the proof
OF non.guilt. Mr.. Musgrave. who told
us that he Is not "enamored with his.
torical criticism" will continue to be-
lieve in all good faith and simplicity
Of heart that q quotation from we'll
known antl.Catholic sources Is a per-
feet proof OF his own anti.Catholic as.
sertions. I think that I am quite JUS
titled not to waste any more Of my
lime with such q debater.
Long ago I would have given him
up, knowing full well that the only
thing he wanted was the Inst worl in
the present controversy, For him to
have the last word Is victory, whether
or not he has presented the least ar.
g,lment. For the sake Of your lntelli.
g:nt readers, however, deemed It
my duty to take up one OF the nllmer.
Gus questions raised by my opponent.
Noticing that the Spanish lnqnisition
was his great war.horse. I selected
that particular subject to show the
position Of Catholics on the question.
Historical proofs In hand, have
shown IN my three previous papers:
list. That the Church Of Rome Is in
no manner to be held responsible for
the rigors and iniustlces Of that roy.
al Institution. End. That the figures
given by most antl.Catholfc writer's
are false in their very face. Ord. that
were the Catholic church responsible
for those horrors. the admirers and
disciples Of Voltaire should be the
last to throw that stone at Catholics.
I know that my triple argument has
convinced an impartial public. As no
counter argument has been offered by
Mr.. Mlsgraye, have merely to thank
him for having given me the emporium.
ity to present In your hospitable For
I'M the subject Of the Spanish lnquisl.
ton. al
incidentally, I have proved by non.
Catholic authorities, DeMnsset. aiac.
aulay, Carlyle. that the French Rev.
olution is Voltaire's work; have prov
ell by voltalre's own words that Robe
sphere. &C.. merely carried out Vol.
taire's programme to crush rInfame;
| nave quoted Voltaire 10 show how he
looked upon the common people; for
them 4 goad. yoke and some hay
but by all means nv education! Yet,
to Mr.. Musgraye, Voltaire will ever
remain a semlgod, the great benefac.
tor Of mankind. In fact Voltaire's
"hideous sneer" may be without bias.
phemy associated with the tears OF
Christ as the releemlng elements Of
the world.
I have shown, proofs in ham that
J. W. Draper had blindly, II not ma
liclously. drawn his historical facts(?)
from poisoned sources. Yet Draper.
to Mr.. Mnsgrave. still remains In his.
tory (?) a star Of the first magnitude!
From the lofty watch.tower. where
he stands on the dividing line Of Ma.
rion and Monongaiia counties, Mr..
M,sgraye Is tllA sel!.constItuted guar
dian OF an orthodoxy OF his own. the
"Mumbo.jnmb and the Holy Trinity
Of Robespierre: Liberty! Equality!
Faternity!' Woe to any "Pope's
agent" who appears on his horizon,
whether It be in Fatrmont or Morgan.
town! AS long as Mr.. Musgrave has
breath and n paper Is left open to his
prose or poetry, his pointed para.
graphs will continue to fly thick and
fast. Cardinal Gibbons, OF Baltimore,
himself had better watch his utter.
ances; II he fails to do so, he may
hear the dreadful war.crIes: Bruno!
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