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sral: good sized shocks etc. Mr. 81
d. Masaraye hed replie e Prove by
history that my statement IS no sabill
solutely true Excuse me, q an:
swered, 81 As your place, not mine, to
support w proofs an eusation. start
ed by You and which 4 declare to Sbe
|libelous and without foundation
I. Mt. ;Mnsgrate does not seem TO
quite understand the force OF my ar
gument and IN his .rejoinder Of SJanp.
nry5l 1885, he comes back to his IA.
yorlte p7sltlon: Eve feel confident"
he says, s4taat the statement cannot
Be refuted by the sripest scholar" No
ripe scholar Is necessary here, his
accusation falls. shamefully to the
ground. II he does mot consent to prove
st. Any American who hiss the least
acquaintance with our Courts. will ad-
nit: the full force Of my argument
.EaYou are q THEFT say to John
Brown, III q moment Of ill.gllarded hui
NOR. ~ am not" says John Blown.
.'Well, then prove that you are not,%tI
reply. why says j? B, ut is your
place not mine To bring forward the
proofs. II you fail, be man enough to
apologize and to acknowledge that you
have wranged me" The case Of Mr..
MusgraYa is perfectly similar to the
above. am the John Brown Of the
apologize nnd I have a right to wait
for Mr.. ;Musgraves proofs, or apology.
Mr.. Nusgraye, however, seeing to
begin to realize that in good logic and
Justice. the onus probandi. the burden
| Oh the proof. is on him not on me He
now declares that ito any one &C
quainted even slightly witt history.
any proof (of his statement) Is en-.
tirely unnecessar as well as tresome
and unpleasant" Such an answer
would barely satisfy the John Brown
| Of my apologize. It does not satisfy
mo either, although l modestly claim
kthat am slightly acquainted with his
tory. Does the answer satisfy any one
! else besides Mr.. Musgraye?
Let us return to our apologize: Aft
er having called John Brown thief
and failed TO prove my assertion.
would It improve my position TO call
him a murderer and an adulterer also?
Jno. Brown would certainly reply:
Later on We will come to that; but
do you still persist to call me- thief?"
Later on also an willing to take up
the grievances OF Mr.. Musgraye
against Gregory XVI; will take up
the case Of poor astronomer Calico;
4 I will return, II necessary, to the In
iqulsitIon which Mr.. Musgrave has
rather suddenly dropped. If he SO
chooses, ! am even willing to discuss
1.-THE case 81 Washington against George
LII. "thc Defender OF the Faith.r al
| though I cannot see what in the world
this case has to do with our present
controversy. will do oil tina. and
more, even tackle with Purgatory and
i the Infal!lbility OF the Pope II 1t does
not tire you or the readers Of the
forum But, so far. It Is plain that
Mr.. Musgrave mas failed to produce
the proofs. which still persist TO
think, | have a right to demand. When
no brings out proofs, let him rcmem-
Der that no one will be satisfied with
mere stcrcotyped assertions.
am willing 10 concede to Mr. Mus.
grave all the rights he claims for MS
personal views on human destiny"
and everything else. He MAJ conceal
or publish them, rs he thinks proper.
+ am not an lnquisitor and II was I
would not concern myself vita them.
But In the arena Where his attacks
have led me. I Thought that my oppo-
nent would not object to lit up his
visor as high as mine. I take 1t for
granted that he exactly knows the
views Of q Catholic priest on these and
similar subjects. In defenSe OF Car
d!nal GIBBONS and Of "the institution
ne Is connected with" made another
argument. which Mr., MusgnYe Ilnplic-
lily admits as having a force which he
desires :, escape. He would rather
choose 10 be neither pot" nor "ket.
tie" Yet how can we measure the
size of The shock he ever experienced
when, IN his historical studies, he
came across those, to be deplored per-
secutions Of olden days? When a man
has a skeleton in his own family clos
ct, ne should certainly refrnin to al.
lude to other peoples misfortune. Mr..
Musgravc would rather keep US ut n
distance from his family closet. That's
his privilege; his home is his castle.
Let tie visor remain down to that
extent. We have seen enough. how.
ever, to know that Mr.. Musgrave Is q
nuifo roodv andnrvor NJ ypItnira and