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London, England, 1860-04-07 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 7.

WE fear that the Apostolic Letter which we
published yesterday, certified by a pair of profes-
sional "rimier'," has disappointed general expec-
tation. After that hearty traditional anathema
the form of which has been in circulation for the
last week, the exconununication which has just
been sealed with the Fisherman's ring seems
languid and tame. The Pore was free to speak
majestically in the confidence of a divine power,
or to appeal in his weakness from the passions and
interests of the time to the justice and equity
which are eternal He has done neither, but
issued a document in which the weakest and most
confused reasoning prefaces a poor and indefinite
threat. It was not by such maundering that
Can.iiar VII. or INNoezev 111. built up the
authority of the See of Rome over secular
Princes.

The introduction of this brief is a curious jumble
of contraditions. The POP, /VI :—" As the
" Catholic Church, founded and established
"by the Lord Cu•tsr for the everlsst-
" ing salvation of mankind, has acquired the
" form of • perfect society by its Divine charac-
" ter, it ought therefore, in the fulfilment of its
" sacred ministry, to possess that freedom which
" will exempt it from subjection to any civil
" p•ower. And furthermore, in order to obtain
" that, the Church required those guarantees which
" were in accordance with the conditions and
" necessity of the times. It was therefore in ac-
" conlance with Divine Providence that, after the
" fall of the Homan Empire and its consecutive
" division into several kingdoms, the Romish
" Po►r whom Ctt•ter has established as the chief
" and the centre of His whole Church, obtained
" temporal power. Till.rvfore it has been ordered
" by thin in the wisest manner that as such a
" great number and variety of Princes exist, the
'• Holy Pore should enjoy that political liberty
" which is so much wanted in order to exercise
" his spiritual power, authority, and jurisdiction
'• in the whole world without any impediments.
" And th••r•fore it was necessary that the Catholic
" world sloaild not have any reason to suppose
" that the• !foolish Port is 'subject toany influence
" ~f powers, or biassed in the exercise of
" the religious powers which the Holy Bee