The Washington herald., 1909-02-08

fEtber Of TIE idea Of separation q church and state
in Auerica and q personal liberty 20 is fullest
extent. bot neither Roger Williams uoE tie 5eszit
priest established religious hheTty in AnenG-the
RsTOlgti7n d that. and the Coustituto0 EuzrAutees
i b. Eorce q government b representation. Ehica
had is origin ID 1913 Il jamestown Colony.
Whereupon Mr.. Wallace exelains,
why stop az jamestown? Why not say
when Saxon first set foot in Britain; OF.
10 avoid contradiction. with Adam and
Eve" And. answering his OWE question,
he says that Adam and Eve. mot being
AnglO-Saxon. Mr. Green could not afford
10 give them credit" il is refreshing 20
see that Air. Wallace knows the old Bible
story OF Adam and Ewes race. but can
he say with proof that the AnglO-Saxons
we're not OF blood more ancient in descent
from Gains wifes father and mother and
their people?
Or. Meaney wrote piece IN which he
said among other things. that the Magma
Charta was ''an instrument whose very
origin and PRONUNCIATION belong 20 the
then Catholic Archbishop Of Canterbury.
Stephen LanEton. and Pope BOniface III
And because I admitted that Langten did
help 70 extOrt the charter from tyTant
John. and said wisely. though not vel.
that the Pope promptly issued bull de
ClaTinE the Magma Charta null and void.
and suspended Lsngton from his Office
and drove him into exile for the part he
TOOK in English patriotic effort 10 obtain
the charter. Dr. Neaney writes again
/ ignores the question raised, and person
lies himself in personal abuse and mis-
representation IN vain attempt 70 cover
the real point fl question with cunning
akin 10 that Of q quail huttering in
frenzy from her brood in misleading e.
fort
Then Dr.. Meaney. taking his own medi-
cine. indulges n poisonous doses Of mis-
representation. and. soaring in spleenic
fights OF fancy. says:
Nr. Green Is would be critic Who does not hssi-
tate % uisquote siter. and diso-1 TIE parase1oST
b dssconnsc-inE : few words fron coupiste SCI
tencs, rstsrious p-ectice sonetimes adopted D.
! type or class q people who from her enTlr1ui
! know Httls good rst Cub snd uttsss' n giTiug
o.t a psr- q ne truth. a TaTt q = fax u7c1
Ehich % bae their false premises % s1t the-
balsful ru-ToseS
The charge IS untrue. Readers. refer
ring 70 DR.. Mesney's letter. printed il
/ The washington Herald January 4 1903
viii find that il comprises only four para
/ graphs. And then, referring 10 my an
swar, printed In The Washington Herald
January L, 1919, they VIII find I quoted
word for word. EXCEPT Reverend Sirs,
three whole paragraphs OF the four con
st!tuting Dr.. Meaney's said letter L is
( true, / did "6isconnect a few words from
/ a complete sentence" but only once, ans
/ then IN saying this:
Dr. Afezney credits the origin and p-Onulsztioo
/ of Nsena Cha-sa % and asserts -
ave liberty 70 The peopls. Z democracy that Ia
/ endured 70 this DAY.
I But before using such words had jasf
/ quoted the whole paragraph from which
/ they we're taken. and In such use oi
them I vas not unfair 10 any one, and
by Il no reader could be misled-
! Dr.. Meaney complains that Il was ex
/ ceedingiy unfortunate that I did not II
/ cIude his only other paragraph. ''th'
/ first paragraph" as he thinks il sounded
h the keynote OF his letter; and then ht
reprints Il in full, the gist OF which
] seeming to be. the charging OF certain
/ clerzvmen with intolerance and exhOrt
I Ing them unto "genuineness of Christian
/ ftv as exemplifed in the hymns, Lead
kindly Light. by Cardinal Newman, anc
/ Nearer. My God. 10 Thee. By SaraF
/ Flower Adams. and the religion OF Presf
| dent Adams. "a pulling out the mote II
| his brothers eye without seeing the bean
{ IN his own eye.
/ The fact is. I quoted DR.. Meaney''
/ first paragraph and cut Il out. for brew
\ tvs sake. and with it my criticism. q.
( follows: 'Tf the church fathers hat
meekly followed IN the steps Of the lowll
/ Saviour and practicsd the genuineness q!
/ exemplified IN the hymns and religion O
/ President Adams, Of Sarah Flovei
| Adams. Cardinal Newman, there wouls
have been no Reformation; also while
picking out individuals as Rev. Dr. Mar
tin at whom 10 throw charges OF intoi
/ erance. it might not be wrong TO motto:
I the act OF a Roman Catholic priest Of {
] large church IN Baltimore the other dal
| condemning Nearer. Ny God, 20 Thee
| as not 1T 20 be suHz In his choir ant
ordering its disuse in the future
ANDREW JORDAN GREEN.
/ Jan 81 Taa