Evening star., 1927-04-18

unfortunate wards, the preservation
of freedom of speech and opinion
against the attack of war time hys
terra and the complete reorganization
of the structure of the government OF
the State.
Interest of All.
Il did not struggle for these things
for any single element, but in the in,
terests of all of the eleven million peo.
pie who make up the State. In ali
this work / had the support of
churches of all denominations. l prob
ably know as many ecclesiastics of my
church as any other layman. During
my long and active career l have never
received from any of them anything
except encouragement in the full and
complete discharge of my duty to the
State. Moreover, I am unable to un.
derstand how anything that I was
taught to believe as a Catholic could
possibly be in conflict with what is
good citizenship. The essence of my
faith is built upon the commandments
of God. There can be no conflict be.
tween them
Instead of quarreling among our
selves over dogmatic principles. ii
would be infinitely better if we joined
together in inculcating these com
mandments in the hearts and minds
of the youth of the country as the
surest and best road to happiness on
this earth and to peace in the world
to come. This is the common ideal
of all religions. What we need is
more religion for our young people,
not less; and the way to get more
religion is to stop pickering among
our sects, which can only have for its
effect the creation of doubt in the
minds of our youth as to whether or
not 1t is necessary to pay attention to
religion at all.
Recalls Loyal Service.
Then know your imputations are
false when ! recall the long list of
other public servants of my faith who
have Loyalty served the state. You
as lawyer will probably agree that
the office of Chief Justice of the
United States is second not even to
that of the President in it's influence
on the national development and
policy. During one.fourth of its
history 1t has been presided over bv
TWO Catholics, Roger Brooke Taney
ana Edward Douglass White. No one
mas suggested that the official con.
ed by any unwarranted religious in.
Iluence or that religion played with
tnem any part other than it should
play In the life of every God-fearing
man.
And know your imputations are
false Wf&n / recall the tens of thou.
sands of young Catholics who have
rlsked and sacrificed their lives in the
oelense OF our country. These fun.
dalnentals of life could not be true
unless your imputations were false "
But, wishing to meet you on your
own ground, / address myself to your
uennlte questions, against which ]
nave mus far made only general state.
Iheil1s. must first call attention
20 the fact that you often divorce
sentences from their context in sne:,
a way as to give them sonne+bino o
specify. "ili
Letter of Leo XIII.
on refer to the apostolic letter n
rope Leo XIII as declaring to III,
world that the orders of the Ch,,rcl
oI England were void, her priests no
priests ana so forth. You say that this
was strang fruit of the federation
u England TO the Catholics. Yo,
llip5y that the Pope gratuitously is
@aps ,2ueu an aHront to the Anglican
,-.aei cil' IN 1act, this apostolic letter
was an answer to a request msde a,
the instance of the priests of III,
Anglican Church for recognition h,
the Roman Catholic Church of m.
paAdlty OF their priestly orders.
the apostolic letter. was not III
rected against England or the citizen,
Of that empire. N-'lN0ii'
again, you quote from the Catholi,
eHcyclopaedia that my church re.
gards dogmatic intolerance. not alone
as her 1ncontestable right, but as he,
sacred duty And you say that thes.
words show that Catholics are tauph
10 be politically, socially, and intellec
1oaiiy lntolerant of all other people
II you had read the whole of tha
article YOU would know that the rea
meaning of these words is that fol
CdIhoilcs alone can the church recop
IlI1e no deviation from complete ac
ceptance of its dogma. These word
are are used IN a chapter dealing will
that subject only. The yerv sam,
article in another chapter dealing wifi
liberation toward non-Catholics CON
talns these words: The intolera n
man is avoided as much as nossihl
by every high-minded person.
the man who is tolerant in ever,
emergency is alone lovable.'
The phrase "dogmatic intolerance
does not mean that Catholics are t,
| be dogmatically intolerant of othe,
| people, but merely that inside The
catholic Church they are to be intol.
Grant OF any variance from the
dogma of the church.
Challenges Right.
Similar criticism can be made O
many OF your quotations, but, beyon,
thls' hy what right do you ask me t.
assume responsibility for every state
ment that can be made in any encycli
cal letter?"
"As you will find in the CathoIi
Encyclopaedia (vol. 5, p. 41D, thes
| encyclicals are not articles of ou
faith. The Syllabus of Pope Piu
TX, which you quote on the possibI
conflict between church and state,
i. declared by Cardinal Newman to hav
no dogmatic force
! Not of Essence of Faith.
''You seem to think that Catholic
must be all alike in mind and il
heart, as though they had been poure,
into and taken out of the same mold
You have no more right to ask me t.
defend as part of my faith ever,
statement coming from a prelate thai
l should have to ask you to accep
as an article of our religious faitl
every statement of an Episcopa
bishop, or of your political faith ever,
statement of President of the Unite
States. So little are these matter
of the essence of my faith that I.
devout Catholic since childhood, neve
heard of them until I read your letter
Nor can you quote from the canon
of our faith syllable that woul
make us less good citizens than nor
Catholics. In fact and in truth,
have been taught the spirit of toler
ance. and when you, Mr.. Marshall, a
a Protestant Episcopalian, join wit
me in saying the lords Prayer, w
| both pray, not to MY Father bu