Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-01-29

was Tue NlAN VI NuulNs ne pEOuuHeN 10 snow
that, "Thete Is neither trace nor tradition OF
Peters ever being personally At Rome, for tho
hfht three oenturiesh He has not shown this,
that period that denies the fact, while we have
cited many authorities that positively assert
II, and place u beyond the shadow Of a doubt
slderation suggests only two points for re-
mark. The frat 10, that all the authorities
which he mentionn against the fact Of Peters
authorities BY US, positively sihtm the fact.
Such 10 the case with Enaeblua, Tettullian,
~: Ignstip., Paplss, usius, FiTnilian and
Of my.tlneation, by an attempt TO explain
away the testimony o. these Witnesses, here
TIs ny i,aSn u Al " inssnleIs impGtenoI
the teatlmony becauge Eusebius quotes II
upon the authority Of writings which have
BILE from the statement OF Euaebius himself,
who IL known among the learned aa the father
Q. ese ,ss ,s hiatory, who complied his
and was particularly remarkable for eXolud-
ing everything Of spurious or doubtful char
mentioned inform US that Peter and PanI
founded the Church Of Rome, that they
preached the faith 10 that city, the meaning
that Peter ever was in Rome, but possibiy
that he may have performed this work BY
PROXY. According to this mode Of Inter.
hundred years hence, TO learn anything certain
about what IL passing In our own times, The
reader 10 examining the proceeding Of the
| dad that the Rev. DR.. Sunderland ofloiAted as
OhApiAih to tho Senate, but, according to the
Doctors remarkable eanons Of exegesls, 90
prsIeni 10 the Senate Chamber for he might
have acted a. chaplain by proSyi or while
a nsrs oo%noaos hsS nfnsts,ntls n, nye ne
which he sent OF to the Senate for the plouG
and devotional entertainment ofits members,
would have US take Of statements made By
the moai respectable and learned authors, and
eonntmed BY the aenhment of Uhriatendom
fot nearly nineteen hundred years.
The Doctor tells US again that when the
Fathers and other writer's speak ofthe i" chair
mean ne Roman Sec vas "a. dSIE pS 9o oSs
| than some other eltieF. But II Rome was not
the chair OF Peter 10 peculiar and higher
other episcopal Sees never claimed or pre-
| tended 10 exercise the supremacy Of iufisdie-
tion held by the SEQ of Rome And why did
| all Chriaiondom for nlteeu hundred yeArs
| recognize this primary In the SEQ Of Home,
| and In no other, but that Peter hAd hxed his
See there and the Roman pontiffa were his
/ Having disposed OF the reverend Doctors
historical enigmAs, shall bfleny notice soma
other 's hns nv %hrSm nSTS ssSspsd am and
he representp the Catholic dogma as requiring
"tho whole Church ofaod, for all time and
for all eternity, TO stand upon one mere fAl.
i iiblc aud mortal man, ;" ho aflrms what has no
| existence except In his own imagination. The
| Catholic dogma requiIes merely that there
/ hut IL there IL anything uuintelllgible Ia thIs
| how 10 II that the reverend Dootot, having no
oertainty Of aaythins In connection with the
doctrines OF Christ, assumes hehdahip over
his congregation and palms upon them Tor the
word OF Hod hi9 own crude, theories and
dogma nnda no support In tradiiion " outsidS
| the pale OF tho PApAoy itself," But, as IhAys
shown, q happens that all Christian antiquity
| was plihtn the pale OF the PApAoy, He then
launches forth into az enthusisStic admirstion
| Of the Church which Christ has been building
| up for eighteen centuries. Doos he mean that
the conflicting and contradictory Geets that
have arisen at successive perlodst Would II
not be blaaphemy to aAsett III Can We sup
pose that this is the Church with which he
the God Of truth and Hanotity, has hid any
partf Has any one Of these neets existed for
eighteen hundred yeATal Where was Luther
before Calvlnt Where was Angi,eAniIm be-
fore Harry VIII. aud Queen BEST whera
was Mormonlam before Zoe SMITH .ifyoI
will behold a Church that has been building
up for eighteen hundred years, and which, IN.
stead o. splitting up continually into eontend.
skeptloism and inddelity, with as many Popss
a. there are indlyiduals, presentn the grand
mbssspa ~ SSsS tss ss9Sis!y
world, gathered from all tho nations Of the
EARTH and however different Ia language, 10
nationality, 10 manners, and 10 political gov
ernment, fsallzlns the idea Of the Zone iold
| under QUE lhepheFd.n
The reverend doctor has been rather IN.
ia favor OF his pee1liar Views OF the OhfistIa1
Church. The history Of ancient and modern
tlmes Furnishes no more brilliant evidence In
than the testimony OF this same NapoIeon
That extraordinary msn, by his genius and his
MILITARY exploits had risen 70 the very pinnG.
Gle Of glory, lie had rescued France from an.
afohyi he had chained down the reVolutionary
hydral he had conquered EuIopei but his
;sL ambition betrayed him iR5os eel
. | which was the forerunner Of his downfall
When the Pope refused TO cooperate with
@edis.siy ssired SSoS ne Pspsi H ss, hs I'M
1 and dragged the holy Father Into captivity
10 letter TO Prince Eugene, his yIoeToy q
| Italy, he thus complained Of Plus VII, "DoSI
he not know how much the times are chs a
Does he take me for Louis the Debonnalre
, Or does he think that his accommodation
hands ~ Ahl the arms did fall from hiS sol.
diera' handa, for as Count SeEur, an eye-Vlt
, meas, Informs Us, 10 the Russian eAmpaiEn Of
pstiS dsnoTSlssdi "phS sr%s daop w rom rom
, the handB OF the Soldiers, were broken, And
we're iost Ia he sn9y.n Ministry Of Gard.
which he had uttered against The snointed q
the Lord reeoll upon himself, by the ordinance
Stormy wSSs o bee b., tS ss S and e,
hAvlnE lost his prestige, and surrounded BY
ne ailled Powers, he va, led a captive to
. sohtsIy hanu n the htlantc ocean, where
| tLAnks 70 the inhnite mercy OF an all.wias
proyldenos, he had leisure to reject upoI
. the emptiness OF all human greatness and the
folly OF opposing the Church, "the pillar AMI
the Eroundof truth" WhAtWAs the eonoiu-
{ sion At which this great man arrived When
: 10 was Admonished BY the inroAds Of disease
that ne would soon appear before the aoVer.
eiEn Judge to render Aniaoeount OF his stow
I stdship, what did he say Honor to the ErsA
NApoleohl Honor TO his genius and 70 hii
Ohristian iAithi ~ was borp,n said he, "in
the Catholic religion, and l Wish to fulhl thC
duties which II imposes, desire to receive
me sacramento which II AdminiGtera.n lar
: tsnd, hist do Pie VII. tom. 2 p. bs2i De Mon
tholon, memories de 81. Helehe.l Thus did
that wohdeIful MAJ, who a one time held all
Europe In his grasp, and oppressed the Churet
/. IN the person OF her supreme pastor, AoknoWl
! eage 70 az isai honE that he wa IN thu
wrong, anu pay AZ humble tribute OF respee
and obedience to the vefy Pontin whom III
had prosecuted.
with such an example before our eyea ant
May others Of a similar ehaTaoteF that mig
ue presented, will DR.. Sunderland have mn
ooldpeas to nasume tho Attitudg-of- a 1ala
! prophet, and to say that the Papaey IA ~
stupendoub delusion which IL deatined to al
appear from the wotldlb does he moi Lnnv,