The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-01-20

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ture was decided success. II was attended
by . large and approaching audience, com.
posed OF all classes OF our community, who
listened with unabated interest TO the speak.
or throughout the entire lecture, which oc-
cupied an hour aud half in its delivery.
Mr. Markoe is q Catholic, who msnifestly
enjoys 1t, and gories in its efficacy aud
power with enthusiastic satisfaction. His
lectures are ia defence OF Catholicism, aud
apparently brought out by the lecture OF
the Rt. Rev. DR.. Patterson before the
Young Mems Library Association, upon
the subject Of the Edct Of Nantes lie
denies that the Catholic religion is obrox.
loas to the charge Of persecution, asserting
that cardinal feature OF their church pro.
hiblts the shedding OF blood or taking any
part IN that direction To the crime Of in.
tolerance, OF which they are accused, he
answers that oil created intelligence and
sects-aIl animals--al vegetables all ami
mate and inaDimate creation, are in,olerant
Of those views and movements with which
they conflict. In short, that human nature
and the animal and vegetable kingdoms
are alike all over the world in their intoler.
ance OF notions and operations which con
ilict with their own IDEAS, functions or Or
bits The difficulties we encounter IN our
examinations of the claims Of the Catholic
Church, he alleges TO be, first, the partisan
and scctarlan character of the History
handed down TO US and secondly, the great
trouble in inducing people to think upon
tho subject. That the world is disposed to
take the unfair representations OF sectarian
historians a. iinality. without tfoub-
ling themselves to reason upon them
or to observe their manifest absurdlties He
asserts that the IDEAS OF the Catholic religion
aud the history OF the Church, conveyed by
the Protestant historians, are about
as reliable as history the Demo-
cratic party would be one hundred
years hence, il compiled exclusively from the
Republican journals Of the present day.
Ia regard to the penalties inflicted upon
hereti,s the idea OF which is 20 repugnant to
the views Of the American people, be asks
us TO bear 10 mind tina; those countries
where such penalties were provided, were
Catholic countries that the governments
were Catholic founded upon that religion
sa6jsct to civil and ecclcsiastc codes,--tbat
almost the entire people were enthusiastic
IN that worship, and that the prevailing
sentiment Of the people of those countries
was repugnat to the growth OF anti Catholic
doctrines, sincerely believing them to be
destructive OF the dearest interests Of the
community, both moral and political, but
those hereses were denounced not 50 much
because they violated the doctrinal touets Of
the church as that they were immoral in
their tendencies, and subversive OF the peace
and happiness Of communities and therefore
at war with the government itself.
In this matter Of criminal codes. he de-
pictcd the radical difference between the
degrees Of crimes in those times, aud the
crimes which are mos, hcin0uS in the view
Of our Legislators. Then. the exhibition OF
dlsrcpect towards the Deity, the guilt Of
blasphemy, aud open. shameless violation Of
every obligation OF the creature to his Great
sr, were visited with the scvcrest punish.
ment, notr they are Of 10 account in our
administration Of justice, and the growing
inattention to such wckednsss, lead the
student of Government to fear that an aw.
full doom awaits this country in the near
future, when its valleys aud plains from
ocean to ocean shall be demsely peoped.
The Lecturer was educated in all the pre-
julices common among Protestants 10
the Catholic religion. tie has arrived At
his present faith by careful examination OF
the Records, and sincere desire to know
the will Of God aud he desires that all may
do likewise. He exhibits decided ability as
ec,uter, and we bespoak for hun an III
creased audience, at his second lecture, mex,
Friday evening.