The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-24
LOCAL AFFAIR s.

0hGAer 0avazsi On the Freedsn eTspseeh.
RsAes 0svaai, Wednesday evening, dsnvsrsd . lecture on
ssbsvs u'jsct, at Metropolitan Hall, before . ~tolerably
Largo sudisaos. Al tbs hour appointed the Father, gown
In AanA, nads his appearances, and Was greeted with
lead applause, which lasted several seconds.
La sst hsrs, said hs, to defsad the lecturer Of Non
Esh cd Quebss, but | am here to naintain the prin-
sPis Il freedom Of speech for every person in America.
few words IN Italian to commence with, and after wards,
IL I Rave nothing new to ssy-f l should repeat
ssaethinx hat l have said before-I shall be glad If what
nsy say produces . good effect, such IS TO prevent the
davsy Of thu American people, and to maintain, in their
integrity, al American liberties. cloud applause
The lecturer then proceeded TO make q few remarks in
Italian, which were warmly applauded, at the c0nci aston
4 which he said:-Befors commissioning, l beg to inform
you that l have been Informed that my lectures were
Va. bat they are without my authority and / 10 sot Re.
oogAise them. Any person is free TO publish my lectures,
but | An also free rot to acknowledge them. The object
4 tais meeting Il to show the world that tho Americans
win support freedom Of speech wherever they can.
loud applause Freedom OF speech consists in speak
lnpsdinsnt. some people thought il would have been
better fog me not to speak in New York on my return
from Canada but is that freedom OF speech The ques-
ton is not between me and my audience, but between
Protestant and Catholic. When both Roman Catholics
and Protestants are precluded from speaking-when they
think ht-I will be silent; but | believe then. that l am
not spec king in America. out Rome; aud while | live in
. free country, and do not reside under Roman and Aus
ui81 uespCtlsm, L n" eLJOy II O America.
Qsud ApplAuse) All my dear friends, that applause
is better than the stones Of Quebec. (Laughter) The
Roman Catholics call me q. %spo.tats. but am in
Christ is an spostAte, for he was . Jew. II the Roman
Catholics try to prevent an apos'ate lecturing, then Bish.
ep Ives, Dr.. Brownson and Father Newman are apostates.
The majority in Canada ara Roman Co tholic, and it is i'm
prudent to speak there, but we have = good example in
Glasgew, the sreAter portion of whom are Protestauts,
where Dr. CAhin is makirg converts. Nv mission is for
the Pretestants, and If. in Q country. | fnd only three men
protesting that faith. ! have the right and liberty to go and
nrearb In thATu tho Word of Cal. tboraforaI had ~abt
to go TO Canada to preach to the minority. Applause }
| may DO called violent. but you remember that l am an
s0lent, l say it is a lie, for l endeayor to prove the errors
Of the Roman Catholics from their own books. In Italy
we have not , single private school, but here you have,
can the Rs1anist teach freedomr No, the blind cannot
lead the blind: and the consequences must insvit.
bly, be, that If the Roman Catholic school teach
freedom, in . few years their pupils will become
Prots.ta.ts- What is the effect of the Roman
Catholic Schools in Cxnadas Stones, riots and sticks:
and in your country it viii be 50 il not carefully
watched. The Bishop Of Toronto has stated that in Rome
we have primary schools, but that is not so for the schol.
AIRS have TO pay their teschers. Remember, you are
Americans, and If Irish, French, German, Italians, come
70 America and ask to be naturalzed, they are Americans.
and should Do educated in American schools. Allow Ro-
nanists to have their private schools, bat do not, l en-
treat ysu, allow any man TO occupy any public position
in yoUr country without having received his education in
yo1 national schools. The lecturer then proceeded to
enter with some prolixity into the late riots in Cana
n I . se:SA falls. iss s soe nss t he, So not sS . lsgusrs me- sf Sv siSus..
sticks, guns, and other compliments: but answer me with
arguments. and not ike beasts, ana brutes and savages.
Qaughter) When Pspists try to prove their religion in
such . manner, all sensible people will not believe them.
The Roman Catholics came into the church, and the rocks
thrown ct me were those upon which the church is
built. They came in and pelted me with st Peter,
Oaughter)-for that is the rock upon which they
claim to have their church built. (Applause) ne.
ver hctureA In . town without . particular invita-.
ton, and ~ the Canadians invited me they are re-
sposible, and when they do 80 again l viii go there.
l tbank God that he preserved me 30 miracalously in
Canada. know that . Puseite newspaper ia this city
accused me az . bad preacher, and that ! do not speak
the truth, for if did l should have died in support of the
every ore. daughter Because | was not murdered |
~displeased the Puseites, and If l had been murdered
should have been called a coward; and therefore, l con
suited only myself on that Gees sion, and for the sake OF
NY dear Italy, which would have had some regret If one
OF hr sons haa been murdered. / preserve my life with
the best Of my ability against murderer and assasrins.
| bless God If | can die in support Of the truth. IT f.l
into the hands OF the Roman hierarchy-if / should be
1ied by the iDquisition in Rome, ! will uphold the truth
to the death, ~ | have done in England and America. and
shall be called . martyr; but if you are killed by assas-
ID and therefore tried to defend myself. Since my arri-
al from Canada the Romanists OF your country have en-
Favored TO obtain from your Legislature q Law, by which
he Roman Catholic bishops will be entitled to vest in
Themselves and to transait to their successors the exclu-
i've control Of the church property belonging to the Ro-
uan Catholics. / have only one observation to m Axe to
hose who may be ignorant Of the matter. They cay that
he Roman Catholics are difsreat in this point from Pro.
tsstsnts, that they must have n public law passed be.
cause Romanists are ruled by . hierarchy, and therefore
it ia necessary that the four degrees Of this hierarchy NAV
R0mish church. Now. l answer, if the Senate OF your
State passes such . Law, in order to recognize the rights Of
the Roman Catholics. they will have to recognize many
other rights of the homanists, such 10 to establish an ec-
c~lesiastical tribunal. ecclesiastical university, and to
allow the Roman Catholic priest to be tried only before
ecclesiastical judges.
The padre concluded amid great applause, by calling
upon al the PTotestants to unite against the enactment