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

lie only mentions him with Ahalfdqzeu others
n an authority which thoy, the Romanista, |
fully accept, and therefore u you desire 70
< now the substance OF his testimony, you will
ys,y PS1sn' R''i gSrt o. Of fs letter a wiz
ten TO Oyprian, Bishop Of Carthage, giving
hts opinion Of steven, Rlshop o. kome, and
h a. no more to do with settling the question,
whether Peter was ever At Rome, than the
G celebrated argument Of professor 70 the Uni.
versliy Of Padua had 20 do with reigting We
not admit the revelations OF the telescope, for
he said, "as there are only seven metals, seven
days IN a week, and but seven hol In mans
head, 90 there can be but seven planets"
Aud here we reach the hrst council OF Nice.
or which council the Doctor says 70 the effect
then and there proclaimed the fact that Peter
was at Romei And, after having represented
this ne T ftSn ,be sss.P sosnbsoS Of Sis
quotations. l scarcely know 10 what term.
to ohsfaotcriIe such statements, but l must
say this 10 about as cool and eonhdent az as
Seftion Of an utter falsity, without the
shadow or veatige OF authority TO stand upon,
as have ever encountered. No such thins
and hold that no idea Of auoh thing ever
occurred to any sane and sober man, who had
not a usurp.tion to uphold, Thus we mad
Doctor down 10 the year A. u, S15, TO show
that Peter was At Rome, dwindlea away TO Alb
;SSinisy So,hiog Fan and ,s D Dsm whi sd ss
has IndisoFiminStciy collected toEuther, Al. |
tsmpts to impose upon us series Of fabrl |
"a tissue OF sophiStry, mlirsprsssntation and
assumption
But n may be said we ought TO notice tho
great "oloud Of Witnesses" some hfty or more
which have been aum monod into court from
along the line OF centuries. Yes oh, certainly,
to do them justice let us suppose case, The
court IL sittiog, the isaue Is, was = certain
tim time Now The Doctor being on the aiirmS-
Guished and venerable persons, add causes
And suppose the exsmluation should then
| and there proceed after the following fashion,
"well, Mr.. Witness, you say hti man tras q
| hin thetsi Ans, No, sir. How then do you
know that he was theret Ans. We'll, Judge
because Esquire A. told me SO. But how DID
why, Captain n, told him he was. Aud how
did UaPtSIp y KNOW ~ Apsn EGltagdg1oH
story. You see Captain HIS father said that
whose name was ASinslieh Jehosophs Al; IN
this distinguished ancestor had said, that long
n before his day there had been In tho family
It was barely possible that some three hun-
drcd years before that the original nan you
speak Of was 10 that PLACED Yes, MIR. Witness,
but how do you bridge over that hrst three
hundred yehrsi Was there no one before that
most ancient ancestor you speak Of who knew
sf no. sIs sSI At n Isls, tSsr, e SothHE
lstenoe that we know Of which gives any clue
to that matter And yet you say Mt. W.T..
the man was In that plaeei Ans. Yes, sifi
Well, sir, you oea get down, the court will
dismiss ne ease" hnd this y precisely what
will tell the reverend Doctor Of his "eloud Of
witnesses," aud the mere confessional shear
neat msn," whether Romanist or Protestant.
AZ OLD RACK rgr TO A sHw usE
not particle OF proof In tho New Testament
ia ravor OF Peter being at Rome; and he ga.
| sets this by inGlnuAting that thoTe IL no Scrip
day Of the week az the Christian sabbath, and
| he wants me to look out about Il and see how
we are going to get along without such war.
| rant, This 10 an old trick which has been tried
too often to frighten people. Itis as much his
business aB It 10 mine TO ind warrAnt for the
observance Of the Christian sabbath, and I
old pugillsuo EAuntlets to himself. care
nothing for them. But will say this much
ttans pretend TO observe the day, do like 70
see II kept with due regard TO external de-
eeney, TO say the least. And the probability
notioas 90 his subject thSS ths Tey ia
| Doctor himself, for III had been going to Do.
liver lecture Of the description which he did
! I should not have chosen a Sabbath evening.
| must say do like at least quiet and repose
In our city on the Lord'B Day. -.
"APooALTPrIu WEAKNESS"
At Rome, hEures away 10 the 18Th paragraph
| to show that there Is the highest degree Of
probability" that such was the faetj aud after
! collecting together again q number Of Protent-
| ant eommentAtoTs and hiding himself behiud
| them-I have observed when no 10 really 10
10 the PTotestaatS,-aftsr, 1 say, hidinE be hind
/ them for awhile he ventures 10 plunge right
into the midst Of the Apocalypse Itself lie
Rome Is Baby Ion, the 18th chapter. Well ne
may have all the comfort OF u. am sure We
shall not attempt to diminish It.
POWERFUL ILLUSTRATION,
In the AQth paragraph, having for the mo.
meut repudiated the spurious legends and
aS Eand a. GtS ~ dsg he Re think, TIA,
| OF the Presidenps proclamation, but he renders
II very powerful Indeed when he says: 1--WE
certainly have . right to conclude, until the
ssssEPtsEahfrTS u BTSSfd td tSlRsf AJfh IRld
that he was there whom he Issued it.6 just
so. And that was exactly Peters case. When
| he issued his proclamation, such as It was,
The chief seat Of executive authority was not
was when he did It according to the com
mAudment OF Christ, ITO begin at Jerusalem
| The illustration 10 very powerful
1T DOES NOT CONE. ..
But In the 5Oth paragraph the Doctor asks:
| How Gomez II that so many writers who
! nourlShed 10 the OTst three centuries distinct
~ affirm that Peter iNas at Romei and how
comes IL that the same fact waa proclaimed at
the Council Of Nice In a2s, whSIe there were
II doeEhr come. There 10 no such thing 10
| the books. Charles l. 10 said onee 10
have propounded this question to his court;
| fyOu put live fish In a pail full Of clear
water, how comes 1t that the water will mot
overflow the vessel Many kuightly gentle
lem until at Iast they thought they would Try
! u, and thea they found out the trick. The
Rev. DR.. white Is really riyaling In the CO.
nundrum line the wit OF the English monarch, |
BROAD ASSUMPTION
In his blst paragraph the Doctor boldly as |
aumsS that the fact Of Peter being At Home
wa, never d.. GSGe,sd nor deGlsd Tor the satiIs
untsnAble, since there were none who so teatl.
fed durin s the hrst 800 year. and althouE Oh from
bones by Sylvester we show how the leEend
| was finally introduced and pei mittsd to Ipfead
stiti there we're some who doubted iSs tpn,h,
/ OF II from time to time, and for the Last 800
| years the number has been incre asing, and Ii 10
iHrs uHtii the real truth shall come y; 10 be ;.
The light Of Chd'tlSn TeSsSrch is fast clear
| Ing up the clouds.
MORE seUIRNlNo.
order ne to Ps5SsRs The tPSSstSI In
wAntA to have II understood that the prinei,
| plea Of examination, upon which we are pro.
test the thousand Romish claims And uSaInso
| lions which have grown up with the abuses
! OF the times, are very improper and INV hole.
! some, and thAt u thlngs go on In this way
mob ly hundred years hence will know
whose they are or where they are or what
they stand upon, He 10 even AfrSid that some
| ehaplain Of the >enate. But would not IKE
TO have the reverend Doctor too much dis
tuTbed about II, since I never thought thai
prayeIB are KIDD OF literature that mankind
! Should : eek to VulgarlIe, or poaterity should
cease TO originate. But ] suspect fhis per
aopRl elluAion was only little more sduifm. |
lug, which the Doctor found had to be done
before no could get through with hiI story.
and have only TO say his Ingenuity 10 guile |
equal to his endurance.
The Doctors unaophiGtieAted method of |
stating the point 10 truly refreshing. He 10.
forms US that when his wltneIIesBayth AtPeter |
And Paul founded the Church at Rome and |
preached the faith In that city, the ameaninE |
Of all this, according to DR.. Sunderland, "a |
that he may have performed this work by |
proxy" And, leading IN the same vein, he |
elsewhere puts this Tesplendent interFogato-
~ Does y follow that because a man has
been some time 10 New York and PhilAdeI-
phla, therefore he nspfr WaJ in Warrington ~
In response to this, We tell the reverend Doe
tor what does follow, namely; that II It be
Admttted that the man was ia New York and