The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-12-12
sIORNING. DEC. IL.
To BISHUP ENGLAN Nd.
INQUISITOR GENERAL OF THE
UNITED STATES.

narchy mutually sustain each other, for in addi-
ton to Schlegels declaration, the Pope, in his
encyclical letter says: SMay this, our zeal for
the welfare of religion and public order acquire
aid and authority from the princes, our dearest
sons in Christ, who, let them reflect have re-
eeived their power not merely for their temporal
rule, but chiefly for the protection Of the
Church"
They prove further that the organization and
endowment of the Leopoldine Association was
simultaneous with the PRONUNCIATION the OPT
Mon at Vienna, t-at this country is the nursery
of the principles, which threaten to subvert the
despotisms of Europe. II remains for me to
show that there those among the best inform
ed writers of Europe, who believe that our in
stitutions and the state of public sentiment in
this country are peculiarly favorable to the
spread of Romanism. De Tocquevilie in his
part ID of democracy in America" gives it as
his opinion that our institutions are peculiarly
favorable to the spread of Catholicism, and sug-
gess that the only obstacle to its progress is the
political animosities, to which it has given
rise"
You admit that the purpose of your mission
to thiscountry and of the extraordinary efforts
made in despotic Europe, to aid you, is to make
prosylites to your faith De TOcquevills ex-
plains the reason OF your present action. The
Pope's encyclical letter defines the end to which
you would attain He goes back to the 10th
century, and is as bitter as any of his predeces-
sors, in denouncing liberty of conscience, OF
opinion, and of the press Yosr purpose is to
destroy these; but they lie deep, and constitute
the foundation stone of cur social and political
institutions. They can only be reached by IN
dermining them, and hence with "externina-
ton" inyour heart, you have federation upon
your lips. We can Judge of the future only by
the past. We find that Gregory XVI entertains
the same opinions IN relation to the Church
and the State, that governed the Pope Clement
VIII, in his conspiracy against the liberties of
Poland, and although do not concur with De
Tocqueville in the opinion expressed in the quo
tation given above, yet can find enough in the
present political state of Europe, and especially
in the fact that the husband of the Queen of
England is said to be Roman Catholic, TO war
rant the hopes which you and your associates
entertain that you may produce the same results
here that have been accomplished in Poland
and Germany Ranke speaking Of the restora
ton of Catholicism in the 10th century SAYS:
FFIt is indisputable that the great movements
which stir society from its very foundations are
invariably produced by the workings of the liv-
ing spirit OF man. The sense of moral and IN
tellectual want, which disposes men to seize on
new opinions, often lies for centuries fermenting
in the iathomless depths of the heart Of society.
At length, in the fulness of time, arises one Of
those master spirits endowed with the genius,
energy and confidence, which fit a man to WELD
those moral forces, to reveal to his age the
wants of which it had but dim and perplexed
consciousness, to interpret to it its own con-
fused and kalf-formed opinions, and to give them
shape, comPactness and strength"
Daniel O'Connell, your associate and forme'
colleague, is striking illustration Of the trutl
of this proposition. He is at this moment rally
ing the latest resources, and arousing the der
mant energies OF Catholicism in Great Britai
and Ireland. What may not the papacy expe,
with Jealous Catholic consort and an uxur
fearful elements which now fermenting
the fathomless depths of the heart of British s.
ciety, what limit, short of extirpating the Pr
testantism of the British empire will satisfy I'll
papal COURT
You, sir, have been the associate of O'Conne
He is your great exemplar. You practice o
his model; you endeavor to consolidate the Iris
Catholics in this country by like appeals to thei
passions, and their prejudices. You and he ar
governed by the same purpose-to advance til
power and dominion of the Pope. Both profes
to be the advocates OF toleratisn Yet, yo
both claim that Protestants should tolerate yor
in exterminating them. Both labor with cor
summate address to enlist the public sympathy
and to avail yourselves of it, so to identify
yourselves and the influence of your ChurcI
with political power, as that you may by tina
means advance the interests Of the Pope.
l know that there are some who would no
believe, though the dead were to speak, yet it i
by this means that would arouse the people o
the United States. Those who confide in tn
sincerity OF your professions, who see no DANCE
in your intrigues, nor in the increase of you
numbers and the extension of your influence
must close their ears to the voice Of history.
Speaking of the state of Professionalism ii
Germany, the historian says:
Gin short, throughout the whole ef German,
from east to west and from north to sontb pro
testantism, decidedly predominated. The noble
were inclined to it from the first; the oficia
funcdonaries even then a numerous and in
fiuential body were educated IN the belief
the common people would hear no more Of Ger
tain articles OF faith, for example, the doctrine
purgatory, or of certain ceremonies, such as nil
grimages; not convent could continue to SUP
port ITSELF nor did any one venture to exhibit til
relics OF saints to the multitude. A Venetia
ambassador, IN the year 1858, recAo,is that onl
q tenth part Of the inhabitants Of Germany,
naained faat.fltIt to the old religion"
The same writer (Ranke, vol 3D. P. 13) add
'sNor were the future prospects of Catholics
more encouraging than its present conditio
since protestant opinions had become the predor