Bishop Nulty, the Bishop of Meath, has declared that, since
'` God gave the earth to the children of men," "any settlement of the land of this or any other country that would exclude the humblest man in this or that country from his share of the common inheritance would be an injustice and a wrong to that man, and would, moreover, be an impious resistance to the benevolent intentions of his Creator." Apply that doctrine logically, and it follows that all acquisitions by individuals of even personal property which have resulted from the unequal distribution of the land, are the consequences of injustice and impiety, and, therefore, we suppose, not binding on the con- science. Is not that full-blown Socialism,—Socialism so fall- blown as to explode effectually the Commandment against stealing, at all events from persons who have acquired more than they ought by a land monopoly P And is not the whole
doctrine rank heresy, in the minds of Roman Catholic theolo- gians,—at least, if they accept the Syllabus P
