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opinions to be controlled by a score of the monks of St. Philip Neri, who 

 out- Jesuit the Jesuits ? A new party must be made up of Whigs and 

 Tories who can honestly submit questions for discussion without the 

 interference of the congregation of the Oratory, acting obediently to their 

 priests. Liberty requires that the Government of this country should be 

 freed from such coercion by the abolition of the Oratory. 



My relative, under this notion of Christian obedience, was not in any 

 way the master of either his capital, his income, or any of his actions. 



As an important fact, Faber got my relative's money. Faber got 

 Wells's money ; and Faber, again, has left his money to another priest. 



Dr. Dalgairns says that we (N.B. Who ?) are justly fond of liberty. 

 Then abolish the Oratory, which prevents liberty ; abolish all wills where 

 liberty of action is prevented under religious terror. It is for the sake of 

 insuring liberty of conscience and action that monastic houses should be 

 abolished. In future give persons the liberty to make wills for themselves, 

 not for their priests ; and I know that I am carrying out the will and 

 wish of my relative's un-Fabered mind when I expose Faber's iniquitous 

 control. 



It is time that I do not exactly know what my relative's fortune was ; 



I believe it was upwards of , and that I understated it before, to be 



within the truth. 



I understand that the executors propose to swear the personalty under 



, but how are they going to deal with his share of the Oratory estate ? 



It is of no use to attempt to suppress this question ; sooner or later it 

 must be answered, as it is contrary to the policy of the State to allow the 

 fortunes of families to be absorbed by confraternities : if the acquisitions 

 of the Oratory continue at the same rate, they will soon reach an 

 enormous amount. 



The statement made of the excellence of my brother-in-law I am too 

 happy to confirm. He was one of the most truly good men I ever knew. 

 From conscience, and conscience alone, he became a Roman Catholic. 

 From a conscientious belief in the necessity of implicit obedience, he gave 

 up his family, to whom he was intensely attached. From an anxious 

 attempt to do good he sacrificed his life by devotion, and a continual 

 conflict, which was manifestly going on between Christian obedience and 

 family affection. Whilst he was so good, Dr. Dalgairns, why did your 

 community have everlasting punishment as the effect of non-obedience to 

 the cruel order to separate himself ? 



Dr. Dalgairns rejoices over my disappointment at not getting my 

 relative's money. Disappointment! Dr. Dalgairns. Do you give me 

 credit for such imbecility as not to have known that the moment my 

 relative met Faber he would be denuded of every farthing ? I wrote to 

 him, when Faber denied me access to him at Birmingham, to that effect ; 

 and I have told him in his lifetime that when they had run through 

 his money I would receive him at my house ; for he was so high-minded 

 and truthful that we fully believed that some day he would leave Faber 

 in disgust. 



Religious influence is slow and subtle, but sure; for what will a 

 religious man not do to save his soul ? 



It is true he was writing a book up to the day of his death. For the 

 sake of the honour of the human mind in this century, it should be known 



