The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-11-18
mo rIcrlnP ENGLAND.

''unchanging church" / have also given e.
tracts from the encyclical letter. dated on the st
Of August, 1882, in which he anathamatizt
siberty of conscience" ''liberty of opinion, p an
Etliberty of the press" We have seen that
speaking of the latter, he calls it ''that 1cors
and neper s,.3iefsatly to be EXECRATED an
DETESTED LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.
Why does he so speak' He explains this him
self He says:
CHAD not the right hand of God supported US
you must, now, have lamented our having
fallen victim to the dark conspiracy of impiou.
men. But our mind shrinks from the memory Of
trouble, whose sad recital would only be reopen
ing The sources of sorrow: and we rather bless
the God of consolation, who, in subduing the re-
bells, has shielded us from Impending danger;
and who, in stilling the tempest, hath granted a
pause to orr apprehensions. Hereupon we re-
solved to DELAY no longer to communicate
advice to you for curing the bruises Of Israel
But again the Gulflment sf our designs was inn
peded, by the weight of care imposed on US in
the reinstatement of public order. .Medntchde
another cause Of our silence arose from the in
science If faction, tohich la6erea to raise the
standard QfREBELLION. Finding that long
endurance and mildness, instead of softening, APP
peared rather to foment the spirit of lcentious-
MSS We were dL ldSl tOHipGllcu 10 JUtSe the
SCOURGE entrusted to us by the Almighty for
su6dutng the obStiTacy of men"
Now, sir, this scourgc was a detachment of the
Austrian army, which took possession Of the Spa
pal States" and put down the ''libsrty Of con-
science the ''ibsrty Of opinion" and the 'Ii5-
srty OF the press" And having accomplished
this, His Holiness proceeds:
"But having at length taken possession of our
see in the Latcran Basilic, according to our Gus
toms, and institutions OF our predecessors, we
return 10 you, without delay, venerable breth-
ren.o
"We speak, venerable brethren Of what your
own eyes have witnessed, and over which our
tears flow in common. Wiclsedness is restless,
Sciencegrotcn ilsoleHt, RIGHTEOUSNESS unrestrain-
ed, the Holiness OF things sacred is despised, and
the majesty OF divine worship, at once SO efica-
cious and SO necessary, is called in question, is
vilificd, is Knocked, by all evil meno
CON Roman see Of 81. Peter, on tohich Christ
laid the foundation Of his church, is aSsailed
on all Sides and The bonds Of unity are every
day tceakened and broken GSslelder. The d.
ctne authority Of the church is opp0Sed, rob
bed Of her rights She is laid PROSTATE, slaus
to the hatred Of NATIONS. The obedience
due to Bishops Is inffinged, and their rights
trodden under foot"
Then follows the anathemas of the ssliberty of
opinions" 'liberty Of conscience," and the ''li-
berty OF the press" and special instructions to
you and all other Bishops extirpate" these che
resies" Speaking of the ''liberty of the press, p
he says, ".No means must be here omitted, as
INC extremity Of the case calls for all our ere7-
tons to EXTERMINATE the fatal pest.o-
1t will be borne in mind that the Pope admit.
that he would moi venture to put forth this letter
"until he had put down the rebellion in the Papa
States" until he had called in the power of Aus
tria, and by the ''scourge" of the despot silence
the voice Of conscience, suppressed the Gilbert
OF opinion and externinated the ''liberty of th
press,D as far as it could be done by Austria
troops. He could not send his soldiers here, ar
therefore the Leopoldine Institution was const
tuted, and deliberate plans arranged for the pr
pagation of his spiritual influence, preparato
to the exercise of his civil power. He tells
that he delayed to propagate these anathemas
the 'liberty of opinion" the miberty Of co
science" and the 'liberty of the PRESS" until Il
people Of Italy were subdued by the armies
Austr a,-"Gor," says he, meanwhile aRoth,
cause Of our silence arose from the insolence
FACTION, toLtch IdboTed again to raise III
staadard Of REBELLION" And it follow
that the purpose was to extend the dominion
the Church every where by the overthrow
these invaluable rights. He, the sEdivinely const
tuted" exponent of your ''unchanging Church,
tells US that ''liberty of opinion ''liberty Q
conscience" and ''liberty of the press" is veal,
l.. L. A.. L i ~
Church, that she is thereby "Iaid PROSTATE,
and that they infringe and tread under foot til
obedience due to BISHOPS,' and proyok
against her "Ae hatred Of tie 1sations;" anc
therefore, you are instructed that ono near
must be omitted to ''EXTERMINATE' then
We may judge of what means are in prepare
ton for US, by the means that were adopted il
unhappy Poland. We will hereafter speak NOR
of her fate and of her sacrifices. 1t was but tn
other day that, in conversation with one of he
suffering sons, who is now exile from his ma
tive land, and who bled in her cause, toll
me that the Pope's bull disarmed the Polls
army, and that the liberty OF Poland was tn
price paid for the subsection of Italy. III
Pope's snathepa was more fatal than the Ru
sian bayonet. We may Judge of what he woul
lido from what he has done. You say that /
cannot alter hat the Church has ordered w
have seen that he has required you and yor
associates every where, to exterminate the d" !
berty Of conscience" "of opinion" C and Of ii
Press Let US see how that was done in Pt
land. Unhappy Poland! Thy sons have mil
gled their blood with that of our ancestors
achieving our independence. Oh, may we prof
by thy disasters!
have given the articles of association of IL
Leopoldine Institution, founded for the purpo
of furnishing you the means of propagating til
doctrines of the Church of Rome in this. countr
1t is proposed that the members of that associ
ton shall contribute weekly, and that its men
bers may be increased, and, that they may
stimulated to contribute largely, the Pope say