Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-12-26

heard the faith Of the Roman Church
denounced-ifh he has never heard Pro-
testant Clergymen abuse the Popes,
Bishops, Priests and Monks Of the Ro-
man Church, il must be because his
Protestant Reason has blinded his CON-
prehcnsion to serious extent. Our as.
sertions ore not unqualified or ground
less, because these things are often
heard in the Chorchss Of this town we
once heard a clergyman in the pulpit in
Newport offer up very zealo prayer
for the speedy conversion OF Jews, Cath
ol;cs, lnfdels and Here,ics,--t say the
least of it, this was placing Catholics in
very questionable company. Our CO..
respondent says that he has heard Pro-
testnnt Clergymen appeal to their focks
TO initiate the faith of the Catholic Laity;
so have we, and we always considered
il sensible and wholesome advice, and
we thought, at the same time, that it
would be well lor these same clergymen
to initiate the devotion and charity ol
the Priests of the Roman Church, at the
present day .st ,ast.
What we said about the re-establish--
ment Of the Catholis power in England,
is what appears probable time will de-
velope the results, and should Eng
land become subservient TO Rome, she
uiA hare returned TO her first love TO
the faith she once proiesscd, as past
history shows. And in saying that
Rome had taken a broad stride in re-
establishing her ecclesiastical authority
in England, we meant what we said,
THIS power and authority was rooted
out by the Reformation and ieariuIly
exilel By Cromwell. The Reiormers
put hing Charles to death, without Il
uial. in the name of the people. as they
styled tit was nothing b .tIhc triumph
ofa mob, and Charles Stuart, King OF
England, was murdered by mob, at
the head Of which was Oliver Cromwell
who was impatienty waiting for thu
Kings Pllrc, which he Immediately
GYed in every sense Of the word, under
the name OF Lord Protector, ,-Cromwel
himself being one OF the pretended
Court constituted expressly for the
Kings murder. Every candid mind
must brand the execution Of Charles
Stuart as one OF the foulest acts which
ever diagraced a civilized age it was a
blow at human rights, about which
those very Relormcrs were so camorous
and it was the only step which could
secure power 10 them, and give TO the
f1nalical and impcrious Cromwell that
absolute power of Lord Protector which
he so much coveted. Oliver Cromwell
was the third to sign the death warrant !
Of Charles, and when he had affixed his |
name to the instrument. he could not re-
sist his bulfoonery, even at such mo-
ment but turned around and drew his
pen across the face of Marten, one of |
the Court, besmsaring it with ink and
Martin returned the joke. This was
the way in which the "high court OF JUS
ticen amused themselves while signing
the death-warrant of the King, and thus
taking the power Of the realm into their
own hands. SO much for CromwelPs
C,lvanistic faith, and his part in the
Reformation. What did England gain
bv the Protec,ora;e She gained blood
and confusion; at the death of Cromwell,
in 1860, Charles IL, son Of Charles !.
ascended the throne, and the House Of
Siuarts continued to reign until l7ll,
when George !, of the House Of ofGuelphs
asccnded the throne, and they have ru'-
ed in England to the present time, keep
ing the ecclesiastical and civil power i'll
dlssoIubIy united in the throne.
1t is true that large portion of our
readers are Protcstants, yet we have
very many highly intelligent Catholics,
who daily read our paper.
il is an easy matter TO talk about
groaning under the maternal oppres-
sions of the Mother Church of Rome
il is an easy matter TO talk about the
monstrosites of the Catholics, and to
draw on the Imagination for gorgeous
pictures Of wrongs,-but when we go
back to history-when we take facts as
they exist when we look atboth sides
OF the picture when we consider that
the Roman Church has been establish
ed more than eighteen hundred years,
and the Protestant Church only about
four hundred years, and that after la
ter period of the worlds existence, we
shall find, in balancing the account, that
there is vastly more to admire in the
Church Of Rome than in the acts Of the
Reformers and, in proportion of time,
we shall fad more blood and more
wrong chargeable to the account ofthe
Reformation than 10 the Roman Church.
Gustavus alone was the cause OF the
sncrIti &C OF l2 millions Of human lives,
and he carried on an offensive warfare
bo toG his nuyn douninione and Nye M