Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-12-11
roR ira TIMrs.

FOR Trs TIMus.
In ort'r that the public miy judge of the
canaor of your coucs ponleut in your p, perof
26th ult. you wilt please insert the en 10, At
copy from the Catholic II ral,i) OF the report
ofOCpnncl's speech at the meeting ol tn
Repeal Association at Cancellation Hi, on
the ult. 1t is By such garbed and pervrr-
ted staten 'nts a. those of your correspond
ent in that plp,r that the pp2ls AT
noran;e in regard 10 the Cltholic portion Of
IL. Irish nation, AMI b. m'ins ot the same
n ,farious character th ir RELIGIOUS prci ,dices
are kcp, in action aul the spread OF universal
charity prevented. \ comparison OF the two
reports OF o'Conn;l's speech will sustain the
position taken above.
1T might b. well ior your cjrrcs poui,nt of
{ Z ~ Ilt 10 en- ire whether il niy not b.
possible ;hathis historical knowledge has been
derived from source polluted by religious
bi,otry anl Intolerance, .anl ,h,r,lora iuls
III fact. ut least so far as relates To- the history
OF Elgland's conn ,xion with an / treatment of
Ireland. AMI the true characters of ths persons
ALLUDED to by o'Connci in the speech inqucs-
ton Nj.
STATUES FOR PARLIAMENT PALACE.
At Ia meeting If the R,psal Association
Cancellation HILL, OF Mon liy the b inst.
Mr.. OConnell made the following remarks on
the erection OF statues ~ certain individuals,
whose memory h, considered should b. con-
signed TO oblivion, rather thnn h. elevated to-
such distinction as was contemplated by the
project now in progress.
Ii is monstrois, IL sail. that ,la~e to b,
erected to the legal Cons tuition of Great
Britain should be dchled by the statue of any
person who did not deserve it, by the CON
slant performance of virtue through his litc
(ilear. hear.) 1t is great reward tn have
man s statue pcrpctually in that legislative
palace, and il should not be bestowed on any
person whose conduct did not justify the be-
stowal. (Cheers.) Pope has ALREADY immor-
talizcl two OF these
If parts allure thee. think how Bacon shin
cd
The wisest, brightest. mrancst OF mankind.
Or, rovished with the wills ling OF anamc,
See Cromwell dnmned to everlasting fame"
(Chccrs.) These statues will give us per-
pctual subject ofdscussjon There are three
more that they have dir, cted statues Tori lie
religious class. The first OF th,sc is Wick
lille, the second is John Knox, tn third is
Wesley. As to Wickliiie, he was the first
man who introluced.into England the doc.
trinc OF the real presence being FALSE and the
presence being only figurative. He introduce
ell that doctrine, and also the doctrine that all
jurisdiction is founded upon grace, and that
n al -;
his authority bc--let him b. king or mem
Der oil parliam rnt-loses his authority when
he commits mortal sin. That would b.
very mconvenient doctrine for mod ,rn lcgis-
lators. (Laughter.) Bat the moment that
he was deprived of his parish; aud when he
was about To be communicated, he rccant-
cd all his doctrines, and the first enemy of
the real presence died saying Mass Just as he
had come to the elevation? (IIear. hcar.)-
Here is Wickli.fc introducing--l will say no.
thing OF the real presence--op that We differ
with Protestants, and 1 wish TO speak with
respect OF the opinions of other Christians,
while maintain my oNn-but here is the
doctrine pat forward by him ofjurisdicti,n
being founded upon grace. What should they
say to that2 But, above all, he was man
who had no tirmncss, and who did not stand
by his opinions. He said he considered those
| things essential to his Christianity, but tho
moment he was threatened with persecution
| and recommendation he recanted, and went
back to his parish, and died acting i'm that pa
IRISH. This is the man who is TO have stat
ue in England. They talk much of the man
illness and dignityof the English character,
aud there is the nanliness and dignity in the
English character, but is there mlnliness or
dignity IN giving a statue TO wretch of that
kind, who was false TO his country il he did
not believe what he alledged, and who was
false to his Col il he believed what he ssert-
ed. (Cheers) Then there is statue TO be-
erected to John Knox He is the man that
Johnson called the rufiian of the Reformation
and greater ruffian, perhaps, never under
took ans public character | don't know
whether they will show il TO the Queen for
her appreciation, Tor the most important pub
| iication OF John Knox was a protest against
the monstrous government of women (H,ar
hear.) His principle publication denounced,
as most hcinous thing, queen governing
any country. He meant the unhappy Mary,
OF course, but it applies TO any other queen,
Tor he meant 1t upon principle, and they ought
TO represent him with a roll in his han COZ
tanning his protest against "thc monstrous go
verancc (as he terms it) of women" Look
| 10 "Tytie History of Scotland" and YOU
will see that John Knox was concerned in
two horrible assassinations. Til. first OF
these assassinations was that OF Cardinal B "a
teau-thc clerk or assistant of Wislart, who
was pat 20 death, but ought not to have been
put to death on acs cunt Of his religion III.
was one OF the assissin5 OF Cardinal Il mioul
the most base assassination that ever wa
committed, for twas committed Tor money.
In the State Paper Office there were discover.
Ell eight oft Of tea letters that passed batwceu
them and Henry VIII, which siipulat,.l the
snl9.oi money paid to them Tor a-sIssiaetina
Cardinal BeaWoun. They had not the leasi
objection TO coaffiit the murder, bat thew did
not like to be badly paid for il. According
ly, during eight fstteTs, the corresponding,
goes ON, bu; the two last have been taken a.
way-what a pity we don't know Che prcci,.
lterms-but those two letters could not h,,e
got into the State Paper 0liiCc, or they would