Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-27
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLTGENC

Georgetown, was crowded last night to listen
to the lecture of Rev. Mr.. Brooke, Of the M f.
Church, in reply to Rev Bernard Mcguire, on
The Temporal Power of the Pope "a Father
Mcguire was one Of the audience. The lee
tursr commenced by saying he had no. volun-
teersd' neither had he been pressed into ser
vice, but on invitation had freely accer ted IN
order that he might do some service To the
truth, his God, and his country. Applause
he passed in review the points presented by
Rather Mcguire, commencing with the state
ment that the do trine had never beea tauoht
In the kouish Church "that the Pope had
temporal power, or that the tenates of the
Cnarch ever had given it to him; - and he
CITED passages from their most eminent au,
tho to prove directly the contrary.
. ~ to the election Of the earlier Popes by
the people he agreed with Father Mcguire !;
but as to Gregory the Great, whom he 30 much
eulogised, MIR. Brooke thought him far from
spode.s, and instead of our owing to him the
salvation Of civilization. We owe to him the
destruction Of many works of art. =
In answer to the quotations from the infide
Gibbon-who would have delighted in throw
ing ridicule on the true religion by exaltinp
the fslse-Mr b read passages from that au
thor dramatically opposite in character TO
those cited by the reverend father, and stated
that false impression had been created by
He dwelt briefly on the power Of arbitra.
ton, given in one case, from which a preoe.
dent was established for the papacy 10 inter.
fere in State matters From that he went IN
the power Of exconmunication, speaking of
the character of that power, ard showing from
the Language Of the bulls themselves, that the
power 10 dethrone monarchs and absolye sub
Jects was considered inherent in the Pore
Inc examples OF Gregory VII. and VI so
often adverted to by Mr.. Mcguire, and Hon
MI. Chandler, in his late speech in Conpress
were reviewed. He said the gross immoTalitv
OF this Pope was so great that he could hardly
ADVERT TO II In the presence of women Henry
was e1communicate came to Rome, and in
the midst Of winter stood for three DAYS bare.
footed at the door Of the palace, knocking in
vain, IN which Gregory vas closeted with tn
Countess Matilda. These Popes W ere all too
holy to have wives, but they all liked their
Matthias. Laughter and applause
But, it is said, although the Countess lef,
her husband to join her lover, that il was
spiritual love she entertained towards him
SO they tell rs the Pope's power is spiritual,
not temporal.
On the fourth day, Henry was absoIyed and
his crown returned to him, with the ipscrip
ton on II OF verse Of the import that il had
been taken away and then restored by the
power Of the reigning pontiff Does this not
assail the truth of the holy fathers statemen,
respecting The temporal power Of the Pope
being confined to Italy?
He now met the assertion that thu {. Romi. al
Church was glorious unit, " by stating cases
wnere there had at one time been several
Claimants Tor the pspal chair; cases of one
Pope being slaiD, and his murderer taking the
CHAIR; OF Engagements of their yariou. conn
CHS. OF contradictory dogmas being issued in
various ages, and the disagreement of tbo
In tn d. r
Ia.e dogma OF the Immaculate Conception
Win the teachings OF the early fathers
DE met the disayowals of the atemporal
power. as shown in various letter, from
6lshoPs TO the Pope, and the Pope TO the
ChuIen, by reading similar documents de
e,arng the opposite, and arrogating to the
rope supreme temporal authority whenever
he could get it,
Then he declared the true object Of the bolv
fathers lecture to be to throw dust in tie srts
o. the people, to cover the cat with meal so
as 70 hide her claws, while he (Mr Is should
~ W stIip the cat OF that covering that her
claws might he seen. Tremendous appIause
He then stated thattrue Catholics are bonnd
to believe ony doctrine the Church nav SCI
forth; that allegiance to Rome disoualifes a
person from holding allegiance 10 any other
country; that II case Of disagreement between
our Country and Catholic country. Romisb
followers would side with the latter, az did ST.
Patrick's regiment in the Mexican war
lie then read the osihs OF the cardinals
osnops, priests, and Jesuits-all of which
made IL obligatory On the swearsr 70 do his
utmost to pat down all hereticaI powers and
to prosecute he:etics, and then ID the most
lmI ressive manner deniet the possibility of
loyalty Of Catholic to any other than Romisb
authority.
He now spoke ef tie much quoted Unive-si-
" OF Salamanca ana stated that the authori-
uhis university noariy stopped Colum bus
IA pursuing his enterprise; he read from
'neo the writers Of the day eondemninz his
PROJECT as foolish and visionary In the ex.
treme
he said that be did net know Sam ,,
out ne thought he knew his history. SAN
vas born In The garden OF Eden: when the
world was deluged, he rode out the flood with
Noah IN the ark; he was present at the build.
ing OF the tower of Babel; he wandered Win
the children Of Israel in the wilderness: he
vas with Miriam in the inspi. ed song and
dance nc blew the loudest ram -hOrn-t rum-
Pet when the walls of Jericho fell: he clothed
John the Baptist, and was with bin on the
banks OF the river; he held up the chains of
raul when ne reasoned of righteousness and
Jud gment TO come before Agrippa
ne had hard time with the Popes and the
inqulsition, out 1t was he who pointed the
young Luther to the dust-covered Bible on TN.
neglected shelves Of the old monastery. he
brought that Bible with him across the ocean
IN the MAY flower he laid the corner stone Of
TIE hrst Protestant church in the colonies
and II was he who so stirred up the old and
the young, the rich and poor, hi h and low. in
the oppressed colonies, that even the noun
tain boys knew that 'Sam was about -
Tremendous and long continued applause
He introduced Patrick Henry to the nation in
the Virginia House of Burgesses, when he,
with his soul oysIfowing with the purest pat
rlotism, and his voice clothed with the power
OF thunder, gave uttersnce to those immortal
words, still echoing in our ears" G,vs ~.
Lt6srty or gee me Death ?"
The orator took his seat in the midst of a
tremendous storm Of applause. Rev. French
3 Evans was loudly called on, and at last said:
Fellow ci;izens-I thank you for this kind
greeting, and take it as . sign of your regard
for the cause in which am laboring. The
eloquent speaker has said he il not pefsonaIIv
acquainted with "Ssm " l advise him IN
make bis acquaintance on the first opportu-
nifty.
IHB WOoDaULLA AND SELDEs CAsEs-Thase
cases have attracted considers able attention