The Delaware gazette. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1809-1810, 1809-10-04
0uteII!gEnce.
Extract from tie Aiessina Gazette Of }"5
81, 1909.

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1889.
A vrss,, under neural flag from Civil
ia Vechia has furnished us with the copy
Of declaration issued BY his holiness rus
Yth. a,thr time of the sacriiigous INVASION
IF all his dominions, and OF the pa,rinony
nf the church: and likewise of the sentence
Of exco,nmunica,ion ISSUED against bona.
nar,e and his accomplices, on the ION OF
Tune: which acts Of the. pope are herewith
published, to render them more generally
Known throughout the catholic world.
Plus POPE VII.
The disas,rou. designs oil the foes OF the
Apostolic See arc at length completed.
After suffering he violent and in'q1iious
snol,at;on Of the fairest and most consIas.
rabIe norton Of our dominons, we now be-
hold ourselves deprived entirely, under un-
worthy pre.cxts aud with the most grievoas
Injustice, OF all our temporal sovereignty,
with which oar spiritual independence is
closely connected. This consolation ac-
companies US, under the pressure OF tins
severe persecution, that ii has not been IN
aurrvd for any wrong done TO the emperor
or to France, which has been always the
object of our tender fa,herly s,licitude; nor
on account Of any worldly political artltlee;
but because we would not betray our duties
or our conscience. :.
No one. who PROCESSES tie Catholic reli-
zion, and much less he, who presdes over
and is principally bound TO announce it, can
displease God for ,he sake Of pleasing men,
Bound moreover 10 God,i and to the
Church, 10 transmit our rights whole and
entire, we protest against this new spolias
lion, and drc!nre it null and void.
We rv;ec, with the most determined re-
solution the assignment Of any allowance IN.
tended for us or The members OF our col.
leg- (of cardinals by the emperor OF the
French.
We should be overwhelmed with dis
grace in the sight Of th- Church, # we sub
nl,ted to receive our subsistence from the
hands OF he Usurper oil her patrlmony.
We resign ourselves entirely to divine
providence, and to the deviation Of the faith.
.ul servants Of God, and shalt be satisfied
piousiy 10 conclude the bitter career OF our
painful lie.
We adore with profound humiliation the
inscrutable designs Of God We invoke
his mercy over all our good subjects, who
will be always our j5y and or crozcn and
after having discharged, IN these most dis
iressipg'c;rtumstances, our duty, we exhorl
them to preserve, in al integrity, their rell.
on and faith, and with signs and tears be-
tween the b9rch and the eltar. to unite them.
selves with US in supplication TO the su
preme father Of light, that he would graci
o4s!y be pleased to work a change in the
wicked designs Of our prosecutors. Giver
a, our 4urina Apos,olical palace, this 1ol
Jane. 1909.
LIS. Plus POPE VII
ConcAsu9a q tie Sentence Of EHcommunica
tin.
Plus POPE VII.
I3v authority Of the Almighty God, am
Of the Saints Peter and Paul, we declar,
you, Napoleon Bonapar,e, and all your &C
completes lco.operaEors) in the act, whc
Won are now executing, to have 1ncurre
the censure Of accommodation unde
which by our apostolical letters, cotempera
Deousiy published and affixed at the place
in this city, we declare all those 10 have fla
len, who, since the forciUle Invasion Of ,h
city on the Cd Of February, / ao8, have con
mitted The violences against which, no, oal
our successive secretaries Of state by o,
oruers, bat we ourselves have protested
TWO cous;atorial alIocu,ions Idiscoursesl
the 10th Of March, and ii;h July 1908; an
the same penalty attaches to al mandarie
supporters, advisers, ard all others wi
have executed themselves, or procured /,
execution of the aforementioned usurp
tons and Wilderness. Given at Rome
the church Of 9. NIalis Major, June !
1909.
is. Plus POPE VII.
FROM THE &4rinHAI IETELLlGENcER.