This editorial withdrawal and expression of regret unfor- tunately leaves
several questions to be answered. The poor printer receives the blame. No one else is required to share it with him. The grievances of printers who all the world over are continually being made to bear the odium which belongs to other people would make an engaging volume if such a book could be written. Printers are the scapegoats of the literary world. In this case it is obvious that the editors accepted Mr. O'Rahilly's disgraceful article, and that all they are able to say now is that through a mistake it was never seen by the Censor and that the Archbishop's imprimltur was there- fore affixed to the October number through a misunderstanding. Our satisfaction must then be qualified so seriously that it almost disappears. It would require a Pascal in new Provincial Letters to do justice to the conditions under which the Irish Theological Quarterly is produced. Murder is condoned with pious arguments which are distributed far and wide apparently with Hierarchical approval ; and the editors, who-for all we know may have caused murder by inspiring hesitating men to make up their minds to commit a foul crime in the belief that God will bless them for it, say that the printer is to blame!
