The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-12-14

replies in the negative. Is he . learned man-a
scholar The answer in the affirmative is unanimous
IT, then, lac should stand up before thousands and Ut
T. taisehCod OF the grosses kind which he had de-
beratey written In the solitude of has study 10 what
must We attribute 1t? To what department Of the
mind, or what chamber Of the heart must We trace
the unslghty monsteri But has the distinguished
statesman been guilty Of such offence against the
honor OF Others well as his own, Yes and we
will stick i on his forehead like show BILL so that
the Catholic who reads II may hereafter know whe-
Their The performance OF the actor is worthy Of his
Observation-Disclosures twenty fye cents is not large
a SUN for such a contemplate entertainment Had
the attack been made by one of those petly de-
chalmers
"Whose gall coins sanders like mint"
we would let it pass with its authors TO that oblivion
to which they sink like lead but il is sanctioned
by name full Of authority for many, We are com
Peiied TO notice IFS spiteiul meanness-its impoient
maligny. The following extract is taken from the
grafton
Calico was one Of the lights Of his age Like
many other beneiactors Of his race, he found the
hoDors Of maryrdom He was denounced by the
lnquiston for maintaining the motion of the earth
and stability Of the The matter was referred
to the Pope, WHO PRONOUNCED HIS OPT.
MONS FALSE IN SCIENCE, AND A MOST
DAMNABLE HERESY!" In 1852 he pub
lished his work. :" the System Of the World" and
was again summoned before the inquisition--by
which he was condemned To abjure and curse the
hcreses into which he had iailen--TO BE CON.
FINED TO THE PRISON OF THE INQUISl.
TlON, and 10 sing Oneea rsek for three years he
penitenhai pSiams."
"THE FOUNDER OF THE HOUSTON
WAS lGNATluS YOYOLA man not inferior TO
Calico in all the qualities Of greatness Moving
under the Influence of Fanaticism, and exciting the
imagination he created desposm"
$40 which shall we yield To the champion Of
truth we say God speed"
! To hear the renowned John Quincy Adams utter
ing this jargon with as much gravity as if he
telling truth, indeed passing strange and sad com
mentary on the astounding ignorance which prevails
amongst Protesants, on all subjects connected with
the Catholic Religion. The Misrepresentation is
garng, that it may be treated with indignation
the broadest ridcule. His index learning or his
study of Gazeteers published by some needy Prin.
ter 10 whose soul pennies were dearer than Truth,
may have misead him respecting Calico, but to
sert that lgnatius Loyoa the founder OF the ln
QUESTION, exceeds our special wonder!! MIR. Adams
Is great man he Is not to be confined to the ord-
nary limits Of common mortals his soul is too
vast to be crippled by ehronology-he deter
mined TO prove that lgnatius the founder Of the
lnquson, he wished to give the Jesuits blow, and
with scathlng sweep Of his magic pen he bots some
three hundred years from the course OF time, thus
proving the facility with which a mighty genius like
this rush to its conclusions. What superlalive
historian what erudtc Yankee But neyer,he-
less, his audience III raptufes-the grave and
erend sgniors who formed his body-guard could
scarcely restrain their laughter within the bounds of
.decorum-there was shouting and capping OF hands,
whilst the venerable Orator looked sraciously on the
Astronomical Society, who should say
+" What folly commit dictate TO you"
! Oh it was rich scene, for broader farce
never acted in Shire's Garden Theatre.
! Let il be hereafter known, on the authority of JOHN
Quincy Adams, that lgnatius Loyola established tbs
nqusItion out three hundred years before III said *
aatus born - Mr. Adams is decidedly great
man, though it must now be acknowledged by dis
passionate critics, that he is inferior 10 the Jesuit
great thrust
upon them" but the Ex-Presdent has not only thrust
but heaped IT, TO the great admiration Of his hearers
on the head aud shoulders Of Loyola
/ When a man OF ordinary character for know ledge
undertakes 10 instruct his fellow -ctizens his blum
ders scarcely noticed because they do not disap
point the expectations of his hearers; but when a
man whose reputation has extended 10 the remotest
districts OF s country is guilty Of a monsirous ana
chfonsm, not IN the hurry Of extemporaneous speak
! lug, but in the deliberate of his pen and when
the additional bunder Is pcrpretrated of making one
man responsible Tor an act which another devised
aud executed we may well refuse 10 yield implicitly
| TO his judgment questions purely historical. Was
the astronomical hypothesis of CopeInicus taught by
Calico condemned by the lnqui.ilon or by the Pope
and Cardinals, as ga damnable heresy" No, never.
The astronomer was not inerfered with so long as
he confined himself 10 the legitimate pursuits Of his
science he would not have been troubled il he had
not attacked the Scriptures was he dazzled by the
magniicence of his discoveries and his pride assailed
the correctness Of Revelation; SIR David brewster
(see has Ency clopsdia Art Astronomy who had nre
'iously stated that Calico had been imprisoned for
year, nobly siiirms that he had been mislead by
many distinguished writers As a pamphlet viii
be published IN a few days In which the whole sC
the subject will be treated at length we will decline
the further discussion Of the subject save to assert
that Mr Adams deductions absolutely positively,
and deliberately untrue. We do not charge him with
the asehood, but we charge him with ultering hat
he ought 10 be aware must have insuted Roman
Catholics, without taking the trouble TO investigate
the subject
Mr. Adams delivered a speech TO his commitments
on The 2ith OF October, and the following sentiment
appears in the printed report Of his address.
81 say ths.n said he, "to draw the distinction and
to show that the force OF moral princip which Is adj
med by all, is, and must be tansgrtsed by the con-
yeniional rules OF human society" To this easy
morality we probably, indebted for his attack on
the Pope, Cardinals, and Catholic Church,
Well aware OF the respect which was so generally
evinced for Mr.. Adams, and not unacquainted with
the designs with which 1t is reported that his vi,it
was connected never felt more UNIV willingness TO
rebuke public man, though the defence Of our
church demanded, 50 emphatcay, n reply 20 his as
seruons. This is not the first, nor the second nor
the third tpe which he has misrepi csentrd Cath,
lie history and Catholic doctrine and f report NAV
be credited his intolerance obliged a certain Attor-
ney General OF the United States TO treat him with
contempt II in connection with his speeches and
writings IN America, should be forced TO aude 10
his letters from Europe, We will place Mr. Adams ig
position the most unenyiabo that his friends could
desire. lie has alta ked US, and have defended
religion; he has msrepresented our history, and
we have exposed his Ignorance he has excited
laughter against US and we have turned the Joke 10
his own confusion" and az long he or any other
man pursues the same unworthy course SO long will
Roman Catholics exert the power hitch Truth has
placed IN their hands, TO vindicate their honor
Prom The Sai,p' C.nass. advertiser md Argus
THE MESSAGE.
The third annual Message of President Tv,rp u,s