Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-12-21
Father Kervick's Lecture.

Notwithstanding the Indictment and threat
eling weather, quite a full and intelligent
aud fence, embracing different religions demo
mlna,ionS, assembled at Pomfret church at ths
appointed hour on last Sunday afternoon &c
hear the lecture of Rev. Father keryick, on the
srbject of maryland The Home of Civil and
Religions Liberty The lecturer was Intro
duced by Father MacSwyney. the pastor of the
church, and for about an hour and Il half he
entertained his audience with Il discourse OF
rare beauty, force and eloquence Although
a notice of this lecture was given in the TINES
on the occasion of its delivery here some weeks
ago, yet, as no report of it was then given and
in view of the report we gave last week OF the
lecture of the Rev. Mr.. Williams holding ad-
verse siewS with regard TO the question OF
religions liberation in this State, brief
synopsis of the leading propositions OF Father
Kervick' 5 lecture upon that point will doubtless
be of interest TO such of our readers as were not
fortu nate enough to hear it.
The lecturer said that while it might seem
strange to the superficial observer that charter
should have been granted to an English Hing
engaged in prosecuting the Roman Catholic
church and prosecuting her followers convey
ing to a Romrn Catholic noblenan unrestricted
power 10 regulate the practice of religion in the
territory it granted TO him, yet such was we'll
established historical fact. The charter granted
matter of reg ulatug religious worship in Mary
land in the discretion of the proprietary. This
can be explained by the fact that the charter
was not drawn by the King, or bis counseilors,
but by Baltimore himself, who had already
conceived the idea of making liberty of CON
science he corner stone of this government,
and who drew the charter skiltully 10 that
end. CHARLES, too, was, even at that time,
secretly favorable 10 Ca,holicity, and may have
sympa with the project of Baltimore
Referring TO the assertion that had been made
that protestants predominared among Balu-
more'S Original colousts, the lecturer referred
to the fact that the colony was accompanied 10y
Jesuit priests as their spiritual directors, who
celebrated their landing by erecting cross and
Offering the sacrifice Of mass, eyidencing The
the religions complexion Of the colony. He
also quoted from the protestant historian.
Boznau, who said that most, if not all Of
them were Roman Catholic Regarding The
alleged rights of William Cha. borne, he said
that the only right granted TO him had been
TO trade with The Indians, and that his alleged
settlement on Kent Island is known TO iave
Le-n only trading post. He quoted again
from Bozman, when he expressed the opinion
that the establishment, Of there tradin. pests
cou not lie construed 10 confer any prop ierary
rights in the soil. and from the decision Of the
Lords Commis>ons-in whlCh the same views
were untquivocaiiy set forth. Clsy borne ;
armed and aggressive hostility to Batimorrs
colony >fter The rights had been adjuiicarcd in
Baltimore. IA ,or made The former IA rebel and a
pirate. Concerning III. claim that had been
set up by some that the Assembly Of l6l@-
which passed The federation act, WAS composed
chiefly Of rroiesteut<, which identified III.
measure rs n protestant. and not Catholic
one, the lecturer quoted from The history of
Davis in which ii IS shown that not
only. Catholics predouinai.d in the Legislature,
but largely also in the constituency Of the Leg
islature. Governor Stone aud The p o>ir>tant
burges>es could not have opposed the measure.
because ih~y had been already bound hy The
liberation oath imposed 10y the PropiIef}-y
besides the government itself eliminated 'rom
The proprietary aud could re revoked 4 his
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