The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-18
MARSHALL WRITES REPLY
TO SMITHS OPEN LETTER

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New York, April 18-LP)-Another
chapter was added today tc
the documentary debate between
Governor Alfred e. Smith and Charles
c. Marshall, New York attorney and
| Episcopalian, when the latter made
public a reply to Governor Smith.
Marshalrs letter, written in answer
to Governor Smiths reply to his
| open letter in the Atlantic Monthly.
challenged the governors statement
that the religious convictions imputed
are not held by Roman Catholics, as
| far as the governor knows.
Supporting his contentious with
quotations from the Manual of Chris
| ton Doctrine published by John
Joseph McVey philadelphia 1926
under the imprimatur of Archbishop
not Cardinal Daugherty, Marshall
cOntended that some Of the teachings
of the Roman Catholic Church are
irrcconcilable with American consti-
tutional principles. This, Marshall
| asserted, was matter Of policy and
| not religious controversy. His
article, Marshall asserted, was in
the nature of an inquiry into church
policy and not an attack on the
Roman Catholic faith.
Excerpts Quoted
Marshall quoted the following ex-
cerpts from Cardinal McVey's book:
In what order or respect is the
state subordinate to the Roman
Catholic church? Answer: In the
spiritual order and in all things re-
ferring to that order.
What right has the pope in
virtue Of this supremacy? Answer:
The right to annul those laws or
acts of government that would in
jure the salvation of souls or attack
the natural rights Of citizens.
What more should the state do
than respect the rights. and liberty
of the (Roman Catholic) church?
Answer: The state should also aid,
protect and defend the church.
What then is the principle of
heads of states? Answer: Their
principal obligation is to practice
the Catholic religion and, as they are
in power, to protect and defend it..
Has the state the right and the
duty to prescribe schism or heresy =?
Answer: Yes, it has the right and
duty to do so, both for the good
Of the nation and for that of the
faithful themselves; for religious
unity is the principal foundation of
social unity"
Used in Schools
This book, which he said had run
through 48 editions, Marshall assert
ed was being used in high schools,
and was one of the books from which
the children of 100000 citizens
were being taught.
Quoting McVey, Marshall cited the
following extracts, as showing the
position the Roman Catholic church
took in the matter of dissenting
faiths:
when may the state tolerate
dissenting worships? Answer: When
these worships have acquired sort
of legal existence consecrated by
time and accorded by treaties and
covenants.
May the state separate itself
from the (Roman Catholic) church?
Answer: No, for it may not with
draw from the supreme law of Christ.
What weight is given to the doc
trine that the state has either the
(Roman Catholic) church? Answer:
This is Liberalism, it is founded
principally on the fact that modern,
society rests on liberty of conscience
and of worship and on liberty of
speech and the press.
why is liberalism to be con-
demned? Answer: Because it denies
all subordination of the state to the
(Roman Catholic) church.
Asks Why Taught Here
IF you will insist that this teach
ing applies only to the ideal Roman
Catholic state" Marshall asked the
governor, "may ask why it is taught
in the United States?"
Marshall said he accepted Gov
ernor Smiths disclaimer, but ! sub
NIT that you are wholly wrong in
your statement that these convictions
are not held by other American
Catholics"
Marshall denied that he had made
an imputation Of disloyalty on the
part of Governor Simth, but denied
the governors right to brand this
inquiry as religious controversy"
II do not charge" he said, "that
the teaching of Cardinal McVcy's
manual is disloyal in the sense in
which you use that word, but do
say it is dangerous and pernicious
and one against which citizens other
than Roman Catholics have q right