The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-11-26

/ CCOUR(sE entrusted 10 us by the Almighty toI
sss5dsang the obstinaeg Of men"
Now, sir, this scourge was detachment Of the
Austrian army, which took possession Of the 'sPa-
pal States" and put down the elderly Of eoN-
science, !" the 'i6srty Of opinion" and the ''Ii6-
eTty of the press." And having accomplished
this, His Holiness proceeds:
"But having at length taken possession Of our
see in the Lateran Basilic, according to our Gus
toms, and institutions of our predecessors, we
return 10 you, without delay, venerable breth-
ren.o
owe speak, venerable brethren, OF what your
own eyes have witnessed. and over which our
tears flow in Common. Wieledness is restless,
science groom insolent, Righteousness unrestrain-
ed, the Holiness Of things sacred is despised, and
the majesty of divine worship, at once So effea-
cious and So necessary, is called in question, IS
villifcd, is Knocked, BY all evil men,
e Oar Roman see Of St. FeteT, en- s5hieh CS1SSt
laid the .foissdatioR Of kss church, IS GsSGiied
on oil sides; and the bozls of 7tRlty are eceTy
day weakened and broken GssURGer The d.
cFne authority of the ckurch IS opposed, rob
bed Of her riglt7S. She IS laid PROSTATE, 1Gue
to the hatred Of NATIONS. The obedience
due to Bishops is irtiSnged, Gssd their rights
tToddess 1iNder foot"
Then follows the anathemas OF the elderly Of
opinion '4iber4y of Conscience and the XII
berry of the press" and special instructions to
you and all other Bishops ''extirpate" these She
resesD Speaking of the CELEBRITY Of the press
he says, ".No Means must be here omitted, as
the extremity 1.-THE ease calls for all our erer
fionS to EXTERMINATE the fatal pest."-
1t VIII be borne in mind that the Pope admits
that he weuld not venture to pat forth this letter
t.uR6l he kad put down the rebellion in the Papal
States" until he had called in the power Of Aus
tria, and By the f'scorgen Of the despot silenced
the voice of conscience, suppressed the elderly
Of opInioIo and exterminated the ''hberty of the
press" as far as it could be done by Austrian
troops. Re could net send his soldiers here, and
therefore tie Leopoldine Institution was oonsti-
tuted, and deliberate plans arranged for the pre-
pagation 81 his spiritual influence, preparatory
to the exercise Of his civil power. He tells US
that he delayed tosPropSgate these anathemas on
the ''liberty of OPINION" the ''hberty Of con-
and the elderly of the press, until the
people of Italy were subdued by the armies of
says he, meanwhile another
cause of our silence arose from the insolence Of
sbhich Ia5ored again 10 raise the
stayadqrd of RERELLION." And it fellows
that the purpose was to extend the Dominion of
the Church every where by the overthrow of
these invalns bic rights. He, the "diviney oonsti
tuted" exponent of your ''aachanging Church"
tells US that tflibsrty of opinion" "libe-ty of
and ssKberty of the press" is weak
ening and breaking asssnder the bonds Of the
Church, that she IS thereby "lGid PROSTATE"
and that they infringe and tread under fost the
obedience due TO BISH0PS,7 and provoke
against her 'ette hatred Of the natiOns;' and,
therefore, you are instructed that ''no means
must be omitted" to @EXTERlnNATE7 them.
We may judge of what means are in prepara-
ton for US, by the means that were adopted in
unhappy Poland. We will hereafter speak more
Of her fate and of her sacrifices. 1t was but the
other day that, in conversation with one of her
suffering sons, who is now an exile from his ma
tive land, and who bled in her cause, told
me tLat the Pope's bull disarmed the Polish
army, and that the liberty Of Poland was the
price paid for the subsection of Italy. The
Pope's anathema was more fatal than the Rus
sian bsyonet. We may Judge Of what he would
90 from what he has done. You say that he
cannot alter what the Church has ordered. We
have seen that he has required yoa and your
associates every where, TO e1terEainate the 6 Ii
berty of conscience 60 Of opinion" and Of the
Press" Let US see how that was done in Pc
land. Unhappy Poland.l Thy sons have min
gled their blood with that Of opr ancestors, in
achieving our independence. Oh, may we profit
by thy disasters.
have given the articles of association Of the
Leopoldine Institution, founded fer the purpose
OF furnishing you the means of prepagating the
doctrines Of the Church Of Rome in this country.
It is proposed that the members Of that associa-
ton shall contribute weekly, and that Its menu
be-s may be increased, and, that they may be
stimulated to contribute largely, the Pope says:
"We, therefore, desiring to favor, as far as
God permits, such society, do, with ready
and willing mind, grant the requests which have
been made for the endowment of the same with
our holy INDuLeENeIEs Therefore, trusting IN
mercyof the Almighty God, and the authority
of Peter and Paul, his apostles, we grant to all
truly penitent co-operators in this society who
shall confess their sins, and partake Of the feast
Of the Lord 3 body, on the day en- which they
shall be received into the society, FULL IN
IULGENCE AND REMISSION OF ALL
sINS.! Also, we grant full indulgence to them,
after they shall have been cleansed from the pol
lu:ions Of life by holy confession, and received
the eucharist, on the eighth day Of December,
also on the day of the feast OF St. Leopold, and
once every Inenth, provided, that every day dur
ing he previous month they shall have said the
Lords prayer, the salutation of the angel, and
the words, sSt Leopold pray for us" and, in
come public church, have idpious prayers to God
for the harmony 2fc'sistidri princes, the ExTIR-
PATTON OF HEREsiEs, and the glory OF Holy Mo-
Their Church,
L1eYe It seems that those who become co-oPe.
tors in this society shall not only have full IN.
diligence, but all their sins forgiven; and, as i
this were not enough, BY contributing to your
fuHds, and aiding you to extermmate the liberty