Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-02-19

itself into The affairs If n nation. When
our constitution was formed secrtarian
feelings, ran high. The spirit of il came
IL our shores from lands across the seas
an inheritance from our fathers. \
cruel inheritance. blood stained. crime
stained. r~cInlcnt ~ the faeeoi. sugge>
tive Of prison harS-of murder Ion" ny
man on mar In the name If the highest.
In the latter part ~ the eighteenth cen
turb in this country the contention Of sect
against sect was violent and vIrnlcnt. IL
WAS not limited 10 a contest bciween
Catholic and protestant. but was a war
in which protestant contcnded with pro
tcStant. with circumstances 81 bitterness
.nd intolerance almost inconceivablc IN
our day.
The trainers If our constitution were
called Ia take these conditions into ar-
count and We can never le too thankful
for the manner in which they dealt with
The situation. They utterly divorced The
government from any denominatI"nal
control. and placed al religious bedies
on ~ equal footing ~ absolute liberty
before the aw. We see the beauty ~ il
today in the fact that the President Of
the United States has y Catholic for hH
private secretary while he himself u n
Presbyterian. thus representing ia his
official family the oldest of the puritan
bodies and that catholicism which >toUd
M The other extreme Of the religious
world IN the seventeenth century.
A.sllAAr =. f.xr na.LN -.anls hANs1
latcy been concerned lest the Presidents
secretary. n Catholic. might not be- dis
posed "a. PLAY fair with prote~tants. Ac-
corIing the editor II Il Protestant maya
zine has written To- the President to the
effect that h. had heard that much mail
addressed t. The President from protest
ant sources was Intercepted by Secretary
Tumulty. All who have watched the
career II the President ma, easily he
licvc that a thing Of hat sort j. prac-
tically impossible. President Wilson is
not quite the sort of maj IN turn over
the work Of his great office to any man
and any man near the President would
he extremely wary about PLAYING any
iri Ks with the Presidents mail. This
j. not saving that no opc could fool Mr..
Wilson in any matter: Yet for nearly =
wear Mr.. Wilson has been President. The
white light that beats upon a throne.
j. ~ clora1cd moonlight 10 the white
light which beats upon a President oi
the United Statcs. With his record le
fore ~ ~ j. hard 10 believe that he j.
mistaken ia hi> estimate If Tumulty.
Ills OWN sentiments should have son,
weight in the matter. Read what he
saws:
My Dear Sir beg leave 10 aS-
sure YOU that the impression that
any part of my correspondence is
Withheld from me i'm any circum-
stances by my secretary on account
Of religious predictions on his part
Is ahSurdly aud utterly false.
venture 10 say that no President
ever had more FRANK and satisfactory
re- atiuns with his secretary than |
have with mine. The whole of my
correspondence H. constantly open
- me Mr. Tumulty u more prompt
perhaps Ia MI NV attention Ia mat
tiers in which his prejudice is sup
posed 10 be- engaged than 10 other
matter If relative Indifference. OF
course. | need hardly To say | am
moi speaking from an impression
hut from knowledge ~ just how my
correspondence j. handled. Sin.
crel, Yours. Woodrow WILSON,
IL l. perhaps unfortunate that the
President should he ANNOYED at this
time in this way; hut in the absence oi
proof Ia the contrary W. are disposed Il
put mere trust in the calm Judgment oi
the President than the anxious sns
~ ions of religions partisan 81 any kind
On the whole. the Judgment of the coun
Try. ~ the ease If Secretary Tumulty,
seems 10 ,oincidr with that of President
Wilson.