The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-12-25

LECTURE BY MIR. MAGUIRE, M. P.-On
the l1th llt., Mr.. Mcguire, M. p. for Cork,
delivered in the City Hall, Glasgow, lee
ture on "The Pontifcate Of Pope Plus TX"
The Most Rev. Archbishop Eyre presided,
and there were on the platform large
number Of clergy and of the leading lay
men of Glasgow. The Archbishop, in in
Producing Mr.. Mcguire, said: ''The papers
in these countries every day TEEN with lies
and calumnies about the Holy Father. The
public is made to swallow, stomach and
digest every possible innovation and I'M
truth that is made with the purpose of in
juring the position and character of the
Pope. l do not know nobler position
that the representative of the city of Cork,
one Of the members of our British Legis-
lature, can take, than to come down to a
large and important community like that
upon those matters with respect to which
it is SO important that we should be we'll
Informed" Mr.. Maguire's lecture, which
was most eloquent and full of interest, oc-
cupied more than two columns of the
North British Daily Mail. Abiding to the
famous letter of the King of Italy to the
Pope, the Hon. gentleman said: They
would all have seen the extraordinary
composition, the loving, affectionate, re-
verential, noble, chivalrous letter that Vic
tor Emmanuel sent to the Pope. Just like
an Irish boy going into his house and say
slap on the face. ooh, father, how re-
spect you, and will kick you out" "My
sweet sisters and brothers, my heart over
flows with love for YOU" (Showing as if
they were to be kicked too, which cOnvulsed
the audience.) Victor Emmanuel said
son Holy Father, l revere you as Ca
thoiic; Holy Father, 1 cherish you as
king; but, Holy Father, inasmuch as the
Red Republicans threaten to take my
throne, in order to save myself l will take
yours if can" But the Pope told the
truth in a remarkable manner to the gentle
man who brought him that letter. That
old gentlemen of eighty said,. 81 tell you,
in the name of Jesus Christi you are all
whitened sepulchres, fair without and rot
tea Within" OF the present position of the
Holy Father, Mr.. Mcguire said: "The Pope
b Id not had darker days than many Popes
before him. Did not Plus vi. die in prison;
t re man who seized him died ON the rock
of ST. Helena. The conscience of the world
would not allow it, but above all the Ca
thOlic resolution of the world would not
allow it. He said to Protestants, let them
have care; let them have a care how they
encouraged, tamperlug with the sacred laws
which spring from God, let them not tram
pie upon laws which ought to guide the
actions of nations and individuals, trample
on them because of prejudice. The time
might come when the same thing would be
applied to this country and England per-
haps might plunge into war and spend her
treasures and her blood to defend the very
principles she was now willing TO ignore.
The time would come when the same thing
would he done, and the very men who now
applauded those Internal acts, those daring,
wicked, damnable acts, would be virtuous
in indignation. Mr.. Mcguire concluded by
saying that the Pope, notwithstanding the
enemies who threatened him on every side,
was not dismayed, was not cast down.