Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-04

among other people. Let us examine bfien
this Interesting procedure. In his June sci
sense Of Matt, xvi!is, and 10 90 doing b
called up q number Of Witnesses to give thei
testimony upon the case. After drawing ther
GIs 70 h' Sw. ss,s,f;,S'ion he S.@S
He naturally came 10 this very fine Romls
conclusion, which give In his own words
MANY other testimonies might be adduced Il
the same effect, but those Will suiiiee to ahov
In what sense the representative men OF III
ancient Church understood the language o
our Saviour TO simon Peter. The earl
that Christ designated Simon Peter a. th
rock on which he was TO buih his Church.
that he was 10 be the solid foundation whiel
he SU sSd n ,Ims'6 And this sppssTed 10 g !
plausible deduution from the testimony Al
then presented. But afterwards, when thu
witneisea were recalled, and upon their eros,
Doctor had on his part 80 conducted the cas-,
as 70 lssJs more hdA half ne truth tppprsffsd
sd when - sRpeared upon = fuller sfStemepl
Of tho passage must be given up, or somethinS
done TO iestore the evidence which had beer
90 sreetuhlly impaired, we nod him, 80 Il
and tsvs his sinking cause. Aud after Ia effeoI
feiterhtinE the high protenaion that Peter wal
the rock, "the solid foundatlonn ofths Church
bis hrat position II that We virtually conc edo
that he 10 on his high horse and has ( right 10
be. His language IL rs follows " MY oppo.
nonts admit the pAtrIatlo authorized clted,
md 10 order 70 defeat my argument they un.
dortaks 70 explain thom sway
And what does he mean by aauthoriticst',
IL he intends the fathers .thembelyes, how do
wetry ito explain away" batch OF old gen
tSs t ThS n a iohg e., sipos disappsaIsd from
Msnii OF the fathers, then we do not seek ITO
explain them away" but only 10 rseoaeiis fhsgi
va each Other. How, then, does he proceed
with the easel We presently nnd him beVin-
ming 70 lower tho crest q little. He now Sus.
gests that Peter was appointed the fouuuation
OF the Church Tin = seoondary Ahd yieArial
now he II only "a tecondarv I'd uicarioES foun-
dation." This, then, by the Doctors own
showing IL the htlt modification OF 1.-THE
ng M a sense" o. the text In question Tit.
high horse he had mounted at the beginning
Let ps now sec what 10 the next. He comes 70
say that Peter was built upon Christ"
Though " IL dlhioelt to see how by this pro-
cess he would obtain "a supremacy Of jurisdie.
tion" above the other apostles, all Of whom
ySre built as he was upon the sane founda.
must be conttftfsd IsSooTdlSSlyrs
soldering only y distinction Of honor, not OF
ofnelAl rank or authority. Thus you psreeive
the reverend Doctor 10 reluctantly hut surely
SominE down, ~, no longer now the Church
And what now, again, IL tho next step In the
DESCENT Abiding TO the testimony OF Orlgen,
he proceeds to say "if his wordh avail any.
IL
equally oouclualYe against ali mIniaters Of the
0ogpel.n And to this We agree, only we de-
duos from II very different result from that
sG r. X oT,s,o The
xVliis. a. shown by Ofigen, has no
reference Whatever to the ministerial o nee or
to the eselssiastieAl supremacy OF one man
soul OF every believer,which IL derived hrourh
Christ a. tho divine Messiah and the only
'roekn on which tho Church IL built. II Is
Indeed singular that In the fentenes above
quoted, the reverend Doctor should 60 com.
pletely give up the last remnant or Hthe Rom
lsh sense" Of the text In question, get down
On from his high horse entirely, and Stand on
Inc nd along with other peopiS' while he
ret pretends to Insist upon my fetraetIng the
testimony OF Origen for fear II NAV initiate
against myself What a presence Of mind IL
lure, but his aolloltude for me remains, The
lliding scale has brought him down from the
loftiest summit Of human arrogance to the
HEAuTIFuL soMHRaAULT.
B Bat We shall never be done with the sur
prissa he occasions. In the very midst OF his
sssafS he ,stt &. IsS stfiSao
position to the effect, Sthat The pTImssy Of
emit OF All sefipturs or pstristie WritinSh. And
might 1uil ertat m M ai,oh IVritinS n "a syas
Sn5sared ~ IIthis ia ~ 1bst IN Sbs nsnn ~
common sense Induced hin 10 hunt up All
these Ola mu1tV NuthorG. and 10 nnt ncbnie 10
an the tFoqbie OF going amer them md gror,.
ins abont IN tbs DAD 1snSns1r, ~ A. \ III,
what they said and what thew t6oughIi And
whv 10 use ono OF hIG oVvn eiassIc tsrms does
M yhnSs 40 SoSabbIe,J aver m. ~, ~ MI.
NAL WIN dnss ~ moi cio.s tba hnsias..
Flint hsrei what further need h tbsrc ~ nv,
iaG to restore AZ witnes.sS, or Of making 90
4 ifirm1. q me pTITeacV a Peter and The Ponss
Il 4 fadt - And nis ~ recorniIed Nv me Vyest
majority Of the Christian world, - how does he
propone 10 forIlfy The case by Sadlss thGouSh
ponderonS toiacs Of reSk I. attn. and other An.
I'M -, and nv " Snde TIng ahout in ma yvtldeT.
meas on oounoilS along the iine Of Centuries 10
Sf,er hsyin9 n tsSiy 'sriiiaS,
raiieved die nsssage IN Matthsw Eviiis ofWihs
Romish sense'D Or else fstly oontisdIeted
thsnselyes-t6en, IN tasir conduct went atm
ioi He does moi pretend 10 asag Snv N me ii.
tations We have m ade from There Fsthers' He
ESoTS the attempi m9st he idie. and the
iabor nrove In VAN. "a he roiIa himseif mn
INTO a ban a1tef ths manner On = @vmnasf.
sivcs one .n,Ins snd Soas hsei. AZ hssd
away bsyond the iImitS Of nj hiStorIe eyi.
aasnss' lAt S, the Wild rsgioR O. i%:gnHsson
We muG femember, IL the grand privilege OF
the faithful, while u 10 purely a oondescen-
.,Hn to hoid any debate With those who are
. 49,. al. THE IssuR STATED.
with such q condensation we are, however,
favored. The reverend Doctor undertakes at
last to leave his aerial realm aud come to the
Important question Of fact, whether his own
Witnesses are for or Ggaind him, and whether
their testimony 10 OF any account whatever.
So having garbled and mIsquoted the language
OF his opponent, he twiBtS about the Issue and
makes 1t stand out thus THAT is to say thai
IL we can show that the pAtTistlo testimony
adduced by our AdvernAries Is not irreco ncila-
Bile with the Catholic seRse OF tho SoripturAl
text, Thou art Peter, 49, then we have
gained our point r. And with this view he &C
eeptA "tho tAakW Now In contrast with this
representation let US hear the whole passage
az u Handii notes garbled and perverted by
the Doctor, and which reads aG follows "But
the point which these advocates OF Rome have
70 meet 10 thinI to reconcile the testimony OF
their own Witnesses with itself so as to Gup-
port the Rontsh Interpretation Of the passage
In question, and At the same time save their
witnesses from utter diSoredit." How differ
ent 10 hh tttts from nat which no proposes
Now what re say II, that tho witnesses hAV.
Ing At one time asserted one thing, aud at an
other asserted smother thing, those AppaT.
entity connieting ASSERTIONS must be harmon
lied with each other, and when 80 harmo niLed
they Will not support "the Romlhh aenaen o.
the passage Ia qussuon. But II they eannot
be hArmohized, then the witnesses oontradie
themselves ahd their testimony beoonel
WoFthleG, But "he task he so "eheerfullI
Aeoeptsn II simply al AudAelous Assumptio
OF the thing to be proved namely, that II thI
witnesses are good for anything at all theJ
must testify for the Church OF Rome, and theJ
are not good for anything at all II they do mol
50 testify. I do not think that any heather
diVinlty ever sat In the clouds OF more sub
lime Abstraction. For, TO start out with the
purpose and promise Of DroVtnR. nv DoaitlVe