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NARY TUDOR AND THOMAS CRASMER. i
One of the most exhaustive, and even aq
quent, articles that have appeared on thsRa
Catholic Queen Regnant of England, and
prosecutor, Clanmer, has just emanated fru|
the facile pen of an accomplished literary lad
of this city, in the January and February nul|
bers of that excellent periodical, the Cethell
Record, published in Philadelphia These 4
markable historical personsges have bed
brought to the surface once no:e IN the nol
worthless of Tennyson's compositions, hissil1
bigoted, vulgar and unhistoricsl dramd
"Queen Mary" Mary herself said, ezia|
unveils Truth," and in her own regard, thia
proved prophecy. The most erudise Pross1|
ant writer's of this century have shown III
in the so-called Marian persecutions, the ha
less Queen did no more than allew the laNsl
take their course-the iniquitous laws maasl
her Protestant father, Henry VIII, hsrP|
brother, Edward VI, and she lords vhoh
recently planted the Church Of England q
same laws were vigorously applied to Cathall
by Msry's successors from Elizabeth to Gsa|
III. These sovereigns were all Prctessl|
except James H., o aconyert, who lest hisers
for attempting to establish tOleration for
religions. This unfortunate ptince had 4
morti iacation to see his son robbed Of his risi|
and the crown settled by act Of Pariiamsnt|
q professed infidel, Sophia, wife Of En-
Augustus, Bishop ~ of Osnabruok, VI
posterity have held the British throne q
1713.
| No writer has thrown the painfully inta1
ing history of Mary Tudor into more popu|
and, at the same time, elegant. form than
authoress of the opening article Of the Jsnu|
number of the Resord, an article which We Nd
.-dially recommend to those dSSss ma intcr1
ton on the vexed subject, and Which Ne 4
self have read with pleasure, and we truSs
without profit, several times. We hope tc|
other historical studies from the same aec|
plished lady.
As for Thomas Cranmer February nunI
scarce an historian OF note has hesitate0|
brand his name as the vilest caitif that
polluted Gods earth. (See Macaulay, Ling
Cobbett, etc.) The pen of our fair wife
not sufficiently soaked in gall to do juSae
this episcopal viper. The divine that auI
ises his royal master to put courtsssn
throne of the grand and heroic Kathari4
Arsgon, who was equally ready to ssno
courtesau to the block, and bless the mar
, of his King to woman hardly less vie
man who, as Archbishop, coaxed coma
out of the fair, fral girl, Katherine hol
and used that Same confession to convi0t
murder her-ekeH! ehew !-our pen rei0s'
continue the category of his infamiss
Much as we may loathe his memory W
is An important character. He !" 'no
founder and organiser Of whats is stSte0 0H
opposite side of tho Atlantic, the CnOtI
England, the EpisCOpAlian, on this
We have all heard of the Celtic cuS'.
throwing stone on the grave OF mulN
The great Irish orator, She'll, in an e1soI
Q speech during tho agitation OF tne ""
Q Question, cast a contempuOus glance
? perjured, murderous, sdulterons cOnpn
= the "Book of Common Prayer" and NJ
: stone at his towering historical oairn Snu
ga few days since, I perused let'eE y
martyr of the Reformation, the oe''o
n Cranmer. in which be writes, that 1nsSm'
It one Fryth did not believe in the 0U,
= presence of Christ in the Sacrament u
: necessary to hand him over to the -
" power, where as Cranmer ssys, ne, i
;, looked every day to 60 to the fire. Weu
9 he e1claim, this guilty hand" vel,
l. the Patriarch of the Reformation whl|
q himself was periahing at the stake us''
e terrific cry; not with regard to his IL.
,, tions, but to the Sanguinary misdeeds !"
d that hand had given It's sanction
l. mother of Fryth had stood beside MN y
T. awful moment, might she not have Oh.
r. "Your groans are like the grOans Oh =
- and your screams remember me OF his %
(; Mary Tudor died the death Of the Jus.
to evil genius, Cranmer, reached SsAnu
8, moral, religious and political turpi.
ae which he stands unrivalled. May Wv.
ID that, as he passed through the fiery y
Ii which he had sent 80 many innocen,
ed creatures, he realized that his AeNrt :,
Ts guilty than his hand, and bowed >
he head before the King of Kings for tn'
ng which an earthly monarch denied hi"'
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