The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-27

wife but 1t was not long before he
ordered her head to be cut off on
Tower Hill, and very soon after mar
ried his sixth and last wife, Catharine
Parr, who had the good luck to outlive
him, though her death warrant had
been made out by the kings order.
This noble king, Henry the VIII,
murdered three queens, one cardinal,
twelve peers, eighteen mobiles, thirte en-
abbots and friars, seventy-seven monks
and cf others vast numbers, burned at
the stake, beheaded, hanged, persisted
in prison, or killed in battle. Seventy
two thousand persons were hanged du-
ring the reign of this British Nero,
chiefly as direct result of the relig-
ious changes which he introduced. and
which were forced upon the people by
acts of the most cruel despotism. Du-
ring the reign of Elizabeth, "the good
Queen Bess," the persecution of catho-
lies in England aud ireland was more
general and more terrible than at any
other period.
Please Mr.. Lusk read Will. Cobbett's
History Of Reformation, and you shall
see what dreadful picture he paints
on the blood-shed under Elizabeth.
Dr. Bridgewater gives the names Of
1000 persons who suffered in various
ways before 1888. From 1917 until
the end of Elizabeth, 2S5 priests and
catholics were martyred in England
and 120 suffered or died In prison, the
names of whom are given by DIR.
Challoner. Catholics were put to rack
until all their joints were drawn
asunder, or bound in the ScaveDger's
Daughter until the blood burst from
them, or confined in the prison called
"Little Ease" until they prayed for
death. Now, Mr.. Lusk, how do you
like these bright days as you style
them. But we pray to the Almighty
that he may graciously preserve US for
all future from such bright days, and
if you would perhaps alude to the
great inquisition and ST. Bartholomew
which were entire political institutions,
and wherewith the Catholic church nor
faith has anything to do, reply only
this, that Henry VIII and the good
virginia. Queen Bess have shed more
blood than by five hundred Spanish
inqulsitions and St. Bartholomew. II
seems very much, Mr.. Lusk, that you
yearn back for these bright days, and
if these few specimens do not cast light
enough upon your bright days, or
Wicliff the morning star, can afford
to you yet much more, just as you
like.
Further do you say, dear sir, that I
am throwing up dust by Boosting of
certain perverts from the Anglican to
The Catholic church, and why not !?
because this dust dazzles your eyes
that for envy and malice you can't see
any more the truth, since we take your
cream and you get our garbage. Please
show me, if you can, a single list, OF
only one person of learning and re-
spectability or rank, who for greater
piety's sake and for leading a more
moral, virtuous and christian life,
turned from the Catholic to the Angli-
can Episcopaiian church. L never
heard hat an honest, pious, moral or
learned Catholic turned over to you,
but the contrary occurs annually by
the hundreds, both in England and
America Dean Swift said that when
the Pope weeds his garden he throws
the garbage over the walls" Isn't this
so, Mr. Lusk, or do you reckon these
converts, the names of whose | bring
in my church items, to be garbage?
you don't see clear enough because you
didn't look long enough at your morn
ing star" Therefore, Rev. Mr.. Lusk,
| defy you to bring forward even enc
honest and virtuous, wel-instructed
and practical Catholic who has lett our
ranks, urged by the want of better
belief and such as have edited new
scctares with an exemplary life.
There is scarcely Catholic Priest,
however limited the sphere of his act
ion may be, who has not been called to
receive into our church a dying Pro-
testant, while there is no record what
ever of sincere Catholic who has
wished to become a Protestant at the
moment he was summoned to appear
herore the tribunal of God. That's
what is called in the philosophical
language an argumeatam I'D hominem.
You don't like them, because you care
SO much for your morning STAR" and
awaiting for brighter days" How
limited your intelligence is shows
your false assertion, that there is now
a reformation in Austria, Italy, Spain,
ETC., and everybody knows that there is
but rebellion or revolution.
| need not, Rev. Mr.. Lusk, to bark
at your heels, because [ am no dog;
nor do get afraid, | bcseech you earn
estly, at my bad English, grammar and
nonsense. 1t renders me G erman,
for the short time | have been here in
the country more honor to enter into
the publicity in foreign language,
although unpublished and uneloquent in
fourishing expressions, than your dis