Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-09-18

| tAtAcr Gerdemdnn, the ex-prieat, lec.uHed
lastlight, i'll the Masonic Temple. to u Large an
| dience. He il d German, above mid lie Sac, aud
rather por.ly, with large head aud black hait a
| good looking man, w.th raiAer a pleasing AT
dress lliA lecture was written, but he was not
| very closely couiiaed to is mauuscript and be
| frequently cinu forward III front of the stand 10
| make eAtempofaneors remarks which occurred
| to hm B9luro comm 3nclng the lecture prop
en- he Haid that tile Bishop and Priests had
spared no pains, lie, no poi jury oven, to rum
| lnr reputation NeYeltheess, he Should tell no
lie Concerning them that the lecture which he
delivered IN Philaielphla before, was the truth,
the lecture winch he should deliver here to-night
was the truth
The snbject Of tho lecture was "ihe R0mish
Church OF ic-day, and il. eubstanca appears to
10 entirely nsw, differing from that delivered in
Philadelphia.
Rome he said has
TREMENDOUS srRu0oiE on ~ MANo4.
to-day. Opposition TO Rome, to the Pope, to hi7
system, Is IN one respect nothing new, and the
papacy has also kno.n how to ii shG. Ine Popes
have usually been bAreNl men, and the unt-
salles of the papll power have been as cunning
as foxes, and having no aes of family, being not
| OF the people, thor fortunes arc linked to tile
church. They have no personal aggrand slnent
| or power outside of the church, But by feaity
| to tho church, they can fattea ia waulth And
| Romes success III pAst c3n.u la5 has iusplrt d
| the present Pope with the hops Of success. Bat
| the nluteeutu century is not lhe eleventh or
| thnteenth People cannot be bllndfulded now as
| easily as III the dark ages. 4hey have been
| taught by experience. Eyeryb boby understands
| that Rome has ever sought her own interests
| and tne nations are beginning to learn that
Rome iayots arc bought too dearly at aiiv price
| 80 tue Whole ciYiizad woil1, lis now against
| Rome, and this much lessons her chances Of
success. The dungeons of the Inquistion have
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| Liberty.
| TUE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF ROME
are often weak. The Bal Of Rome has rln so
| reekessly that his hura4 ere now blluted and
broken The power of exc lmmunication has
| boon abused Here the speaker gave several
examples One Pope eXconlnuucated whole
city because TWO or three scoundrel. in that city
stole his Eorres. While Saint Bsrna,d1 was
| preaching one hot day, he was troubled with the
| ll.er. lie excommunicated them and the
| stony was that they gathered in crowds and
| covered the door, and had to be swept out lie
mentioned several caqea Which he said, were al
| Cual historical facts, in which the Pope hnd ry
| communicated leeches and rats. He limited that
the curse OF Rome to DAY, was not much TO ba
| feared, aud said II have been eXcomInu1iicated
bnt 1t las done me no harm; enjoy good health
| aud clesn conscience" Pops iIus Ninth, IL
unfortunate in his blessings aud inalgdlctill,s
| tie gave INSTANCES Of the
BLFssINds AND CURSES or THE ropE,
aud said that it was strange that many whom the
Pope blessed were ruined, while those whom bt,
cursed were blessed.
Queen Isabella received special token Of the
| Popo's favor In u Few months the people
hurled her from her throne Since 1918 lie
Pope has cursed GIr.balli. He lives TODAY
| houored and esteemed by tho people lie LaA
helped to free. NIaximlllion lnelt al the feet of
the Pope in 1868, before he started for Mexico.
III 1867, he was shot and his wife has riuce been
barefG Of reascr. The President Of Ecuador
loved the Pope and the Pope blessed inm re.
peatedly A few weeks ago. the assassins dag
ger pierced his heart and he lies in II dsholi,
ofed grave. Ihe German army was cursed by
the Pope, bus against his curse it was victo-
flous. Aud ii ally after tic peps had laf-otil.
cial!y recognized Jeff Davis aud The Southern
l'Coniederacy, the Confeueraey WAS more than
| ever ruined
THE sTAkNGIH OF TIE PApAcY.
lie said it was safest never to under value tie
strength Of an Antagonist. So lie would s,eak
candidly giving full credit The Church al
Rome has undergone y complete change in tie
past twenty-five years He spoke Of the Jesuits
as being reactionaries, being imb1c1 with tic
preposterons ideas OF the daik ages. The Jesuits
saw clearly that any concessions made to tho
progress OF civilization would bs fatal TO the
Church. They learned that tho truth of ii {
gospel and the pTetens0us of Rome were ia.
compatible, and az tile Pope, thougha good kind
man, waH not remarkable for brains, tic Jesuit.
loiceu she cllluisi oll nun 10 disgrace the
world, by Frocaiming himself nfalliDle Tho
DOGMA OF TIE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
was proclaimed III 1S54 Before fila procloma.
tion the Pope sent cut for the opinion Of tic
Bishops. he was not iniallible then, or If he
was he did not know it, which was the saue
thing.
sEyES-EIdHrHs or THE BlsHops
OF Rome are aken from the Jenuitical party.
He said thai Bishops in miesionary coru,rjie 4
| all py.a 4, Al. :.
Catholic countries that for example, the Pore
might remove Bishop Becker ut any time with.
out giving him reason. In Catholic countries
the Bishops may he more bold. There are q
great many more bishops in missionary com.
tries than in Catholic counties. In the United
States, there is q Bishop for a few thousand
people and one Bishop has only seven hundred
under his jurisdlctop. Some Bishops IN Cath.
olic countries have millions. We have so many
Bishops here that the people may bo led to te.
heve that
THE CATHOLICS ARE A GREAT pEaPLE
He traced the doctrine of infallbiity from ite
beginning, and argued that it was an entirely
new doctrine that there was strong opposition
to it in tho CouAcil, but the opposing Bshopn
and Cardinals we're informed that the Pope whf
lnfalllble and their proteetations or votes were
not to bo considered lie mentioned the name
of one Cardinal VINO Frustrated himsels before
the Pope, and betought him not to alow tnch n
foolish doctrine 10 be promulgated The pope
| fsid ''it is too late now.
Tho present Pope, the speaker declared is 70
THOROUGHLY UNDER THE CONTROL
of.the retrogrede party in the church that the
longer he lives, tho deeper lie will drag the
wheels of the P0ntiical car into the mire Bat
tho progress of the world is onward. Italy il
now free. lts children are educated in tho pub.
lic schools. In Rome iteelf tie Bible Is sold in
the streets.
The number of Catholics in the United States
has been greatly over-estimateI. The Catholics
would have us believe that there were ten NIL
lions. He had mado careful estimate Of the
number ana they did not exceed four millions.
The church makes tho greatest display in cit
les. You can travel over whole countries and
frequently cannot find single church, The
Catholics lose fifty per cent Of their growing
population. Aud il immigration should cease,
IL fifty yearH, the iifty-six Bishops would dwin-
die TO five. More than one half Of the Catholics
are taught in the public schools, and the spirit
of liberty will prevent the United States from
ever becoming catholic country.
At Mt Cuba, tomorrow afternoon, religious
| services will be held at 8 O'Clock as usual. VIM.
II England Vim, $. Hllles, Fielder Israel and