The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-11 00:00:00

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4.EWS PAPER

Meanwhile, the first fruits of the Bishop's pastoral
e made manifest in the following statement copied,
from the Carlow Sentinel. As example is contagious
there will doubtless be no lack of similar announce-
ments from other quarters :
" The late pastoral issusd by the Roman Catholic
prelates against further connexion with the Na-
tional Board of Education, and a united system of
education, has already been carried into effect in
Carlow. The schoolmaster acting hitherto under
the authorities at Marlborough-street has been dis-
missed, and the school is now under the manage-
ment of the Christian Brothers. The national
school books are laid aside,• and all mementoes of
the Board obliterated by this new order of religious
instructors. On Monday large crowds of children
of both sexes visited the private residence of the
Christian Brothers, whore they were registered and
classified, after which books and catechisms, of
course permissu_ sapertorn In, were distributed at a
smart price to the poor, thus blotting out the Na-
tional Board from the map of Carlow. This is the
first intimation that came under our notice of the
war against the National Board. How far the
people of Ireland will accept the new decree, and
carry it out in all its integrity, remains to be seen.
Ultramontanism aims at nothing short of an Italian
ascendancy in this country."

THE DOON EVICTIONS.
The Tipperary Examiner understands that it is
in contemplation to hold the meeting to protest
against the extermination of Lord Derby's tenants
in Doon, either in the city or in the immediate vici-
nity of the city of Limerick, the portion of the
Derby estates about to be cleared being situate in
the county of Limerick. The requisition will pro-
bably be addressed either to the High Sheriff of
the county or to the mayor of the city,

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forget the scenes that' were 'enacted in his , State in
1848. Under the Government then established in
accordance with the NLzzinian views of the Evan-
gelical propaganda, everything was confusion and
anarchy—property was widely confiscated, assassi-
nation was encouraged, and a reign of terror pre-
vailed. AMOng other misdeeds, I recollect that an
Irish ecclesiastic,Rev.Mr,Kelcher,was barbarously
murdered at noonday, in Ancona, merely because
he was a pritst, and known tl be attached to
the Pope's ajltho_Lity, _ At— present, under the
newly proclaimed Liberal :Government in /Emilia
expsaeert:id_
neither life nor property is respected. With such
results before his eyes it is scarcely to be
that the Pope should consent to apply the
nian system of government to his States ; and we
are persuaded that," he would rather encounter the
indignation of-L-ord-Shaftesbury and his
evangeli-
cal friends than sanction reforms whose only merit
consists in plundering and oppressing the'Catholic
Church, and in persecuting even to death her de-
voted children.
"Another ground of complaint which is con-
tinually repeated is that the people of the Pope's
States are dissatisfied, that foreign troops are em-
ployed to keep them 'in obedience, and that misery,
poverty, and crime abound' in them. In answering
this objection it is necessary to recollect that no
human institution is free from defects, and that no
Government can tender-all:its :Rejects rich, happy,
and contented. Political economists and enthusi-
astic statesmen-sometimes 'prernM-6- to bring back
the golden age, and to banish misery from this
world ; but their schemes 'are mere delusions. This
earth is only apiece of' exile and lialiishment, where
man's lot is to suffer and to earn his bread with the
sweat of his brow. There will be always poverty
in this world, and we are to recollect that it is not
a crime to be poor, for our Redeemer himself, and
the blessed Virgin and the Apostles were poor;
and our Lord has said Blessed are the poor.'
Crimes will always disgrace this earth, for the
children of Adam, tainted by original sin, are prone
to evil and disohedience. Hence, even in the great-
est and best gOverned. states, there were4estless
spirits seeking for changes, which freenenify_ only
aggravated their miseries ; and mutinies, and sedi-
tions, and rebellions spring up from time to time.
Even the British empire is not exempt from such
evils, and very, lately it has been, considered expe-
dient to repress them in India by fire and sword,
by destroying and pillaging great cities, and-even
by blowing unfortunate soldiers to pieces from the .
mouth of the cannon.
" The Pope has never found it necessary to have
recourse to such. violent measures, and his paternal
heart never would sanction them. But if great and
powerful States cannot always satisfy all their sub-
jects, is it just to pretend that the sovereign of a small
territory, and comparatively weak should succeed
in so arduous an undertaking ? Undoubtedly there
are poor in the Pope's States, but there is none of
that squalid and degrading poverty which you see
in London and the great cities of England ; and we
never heard of millions of his subjects dying of
famine, or having been turned out by exterminat-
ing agents to perish. of= want -on the high -roads.
There are crimes, of course, in the Pope's States, but
yet you do not hear of continual child murdering,
nor of systematic poisoning, nor do you witness that
degrading and scandalous exhibition of immorality
which renders it impossible for a stranger to pass
through many British, cities without being shocked
and horrified. Unhappily, too, there is somcediscon-
tent in a part of the Papal territory, but itis not
general, and does not. extend to any considerable
portion of the inhabitants ; and what is more, it
owes its origin to foreign influence, and to the in-
trigues and emissaries of secret and bible societies,
and frequently to English money. The leaders of
the party opposed to the Pope in 1848, Garibaldi
and Mazzini, were strangers; the troops that fought
in favour of rebellion were generally .Lombards,
Swiss, Poles, and exiles from every part of Europe.
There were scarcely any Romans killed during the
siege of Rome, which shows that they were not
very anxious for the success of the revolution.
Lord Shaftesbury and his friends are scandalised
at the prevailing discontent. But mark their hypo-
crisy. The money about to be collected by that
lord's proposed committee will, without doubt, be
employed to excite and spread disaffection to a
greater extent; thus bringing about the state of
things of which they complain.
" Now, while the Pope is assailed by evangelical
committees and statesmen, by biblical emissaries and
foreign money, why should he not call on strangers
'to aid in preserving his authority ? Every prince
has a full right to do so, and the Pope more than
any other; for in reality those who are called on
to assist him cannot be- considered strangers, as
all Catholics are his children and spiritual
subjects, and all feel it a right and a
duty to contribute to the defence of him who is con-
tinually watching over the interests of their souls.
Besides, the connexion of the Pope with Catholic
countries is so intimate that he may always be cer-
tain that some noble-minded and religious prince,
imitating the glorious example of Pepin and Char-
lemagne, of Otho and Matilda, will be found ready
to give assistance to him as the vicar of Christ, and
to preserve his rights. This has frequently hap-
pened in past ages—it has happened even in our own
days ; and hence the Pope does not consider it is
desirable to maintain a large army, or to introduce
military conscription into his States, especially as
his character of common father of all the faithful
obliges him to cultivate peace with all his children,
and to maintain amicable relations with the whole
world."