The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-12-15

oil thcir public demonstrations, Dul no such thdieo
could be alleged against them on the occasion 10
which we allude. They went forth in mass to meet
him. they looked on his venerable head win respect
they went to hear his Grafton and JailA hey gol
their REGARD
Little did the Catholic volunteer imagine, as he
shouldered his shining musket, uDolded his banner
and marched to the sound of martial music through the
ram and mud that he took such pains TO honor man
bosom beat with feeling responsive to the sci
ders yeneration; little did the Catholic marshal, de-
coraled with the silks and badges Of his brief author
ty, suppose whilst riding through the ptess storm,
that he rsked his health against the weather, to de-
monsrae his regard for man who was only waiting
The appointing hour to Willy his church; nor did the
Catholic fireman who aided to form the blazing ave-
nue. on Thursday night imagine, as he raised has
torch high TO light the sold man eloquent through
the muddy streets, that the mind oil him whom ne SO
freely honored was teemng with the mlsrepresehta-
lions with which he to bespatter his religion on
! the morrow.
Is John Quincy Adams ignorant man? Every
one replies in the negative. Is he learned mana
scholar? The in the affirmative is unanimous.
If then, he should stand up before thousands ana Ut
tr tatehcod of the grossest kind, which ne had de
beraely written in the solitude Of his study to what
must attribute il? To what department OF the
mind or what chamber Of the heart must we trace
the unsghtly monsteri But has the distinguished
statesman been guilty OF such an offence against me
honor of others as well his own' Yes, and we
will stick his forehead like show bill, SO that
the Catholic who reads it may hereafter know whe-
Their the performance of the actor Is worthy OF his
attention-whether twenty-five cents is not too large
a sum for such contemplate entertainment Had
the attack been made by of those petty de-
chalmers
! "Whose gall coins sanders like mint,
to which they sink like lead but it is sanctioned
by name full Of authority for many, we are com
PEELED to notice its spiteful meanness-its impoten
malignity. The following extract is taken from the
grafton:
"GaIileo was one of the lights of his age Like
many other bencfactors Of his race, he found the
Lonors of martyrdom. He denounced by the
lnquiston for maintaining the motion OF the earth
and stability of the SUM- The matter was referred
to the Pope, WHO PRONOUNCED HIS OPT
MONS FALSE IN SCIENCE, AND A MOST
" DAMNABLE HERESYi" In 1862 he pub
lished his work, I" the System of the World" and
was again summoned before the lnquiston-by
which he was condemned to abjurc and curse the
heresies into which he had fallen-TO BE CON
FINED TO THE PRISON OF THE lNQUISI.
TON and 10 sing ceek for three years, The screen
pehitential pslans"
"THE FOUNDER OF THE INQUISITION
WAS IGNATIUS YOYOLA, a not inferior to
Calico in all the qualities of greatness Moving
under the influence of Fanacism, and exciting the
imagination, he created despotism'
'''ro 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 much gravity as if he were
telling truth, is indeed passing strange and sad COM
mentary on the astounding ignorance which prevails
amongst Protestants, on all subjects connected with
the Catholic Religion The misrepresentation is SO
glazing, that it may be treated with indignation or
the broadest rdicue. His index learning his
study of Gazetteers published by needy Prin.
ter to whose soul pennies were dearer than Truth,
may have mislead him respecting Calico, but to
sert that lgnaus Loyola was the founder OF the In
QUESTION, exceeds our special wonder! Mr.. Adams
Is n M he IS
nary limits OF common mortas; his soul is too
vast TO be crippled by chronoIogy-he was deter
mined 10 prove that lgnatius was tie founder OF the
lnquiston, he wished to give the Jesults blow and
with scathmg sweep Of his magic pen he bots
three hundred years from the course of time, thus
proving the facility with which mighty genius like
this rush TO lis conclusions. What superlaye
historian, what erudItc lankec! But neverthc-
less his audience in raptues-the grave and rev.
erend signiors who formed his body-guard could
scarcely restrain their laughter within the bounds Of
decorum-there was shouting and clappmg OF hands,
whilst the venerable Orator looked yraciousy on the
Astronomical Society, as who should say
az What folly commit dictate to you."
Oh! it was a rich scene, Cor broader farce was
never acted in Shire's Garden Theatre.
Let it be hereafter known, the authority of John
Quincy Adams, that Ignatius Loyola established the
nquisition aout three hundred years before the said I
naittS born ?! Mr. Adams is decidedly great
man, though il must now be acknowledged by dis
passionate critics, that he is inferior TO the Jesuit
Some men, says the poet, have greatness thrust
upon Them but the Ex-Presdent has not only thrust
but heaped it, TO the great admiration Of his hearers
on the head and shoulders of Loyola
When man Of ordinary character for knowledge,
undertakes TO instruct his fellow citizens his blum
ders scarcely noticed, because they do not dsap
point the expectations of his hearers but when a
man whose reputation has extended TO the remotcst
districts Of his country, guilty of a monstrous ana
chionsm, not in the hurry of eXtemporancous speak
ing but in the deliberate use Of his pen, and when
the additional b!under Is perpretrated of making
man responsible for an act which another devised
and executed we may we'll refuse 10 yield implicitly
to his judgment questions purely historical Was
the astronomical hypothesis of Copernicus taught by
Calico condemned by the lnquison, or by the Pope
and CT rdinas as ga damnable heresy ~ No, never.
The astronomer not interiered with so long
he confined himself to the legitimate pursuits of his
science he would not have been troubled if he had
not attacked the Scriptures; was he dazzled by the
magnifcence Of his discoveries and his pride sssaied
the correctness Of Revelation? SIR David Brewster,
(see his EncycoE ela Art, Astronomy who had pre-
yiousy stated that Calico had been imprisoned for
a year, nobly afirms that lac had been mislead by
" many distinguished writers" As pamphlet will
be published in a few days, in which the whole Of
the subject will be treated at length, will decline
the further discussion Of the subject to assert
that Mr. Adams deductions absolutely, positively,
and deliberately untrue We do not charge him with
the fasehood, but charge him with ucrng what
he ought to be aware must have insulted Roman
Catholics, without taking the trouble to investigate
the subject
Mr. Adams delivered a speech to his constituents
on the oath OF October and the following sentiment
appears in the printed report OF his address
81 say this y said he "to draw the distinction and
to show that the force Of moral principle which is adj
mitted by ALL is, and must be iraHgresSed by the
ventional rules Of human society" To this easy
morality are, probably indebted for his attack
the Pope, Cardinals, and Catholic Church
Well aware Of the respect which generally
evinccd for Mr.. Adams, and not unacquainted with
the designs with which it is reported that his visit
was connected, never felt more unwillingness to
rebuke public man, though the defence Of our
church demanded, so cmphatIcally, reply TO his
sertions This is not the first, the second,
the third time which he has msrep presented Catho-
lie history and Catholic doctrine, and if report may