The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-09-23
THE .HoLY coAT"-A SECOND REFoR.
NATION.
WAsmsaTos, Sept. % I645
10 the Editor Or the Union:

WAsmMaTos, Sept. %, l645.
To he Editor Of the Union:
The "Ioly Coain is represented to be the identical
one h which our Saviour was sppareed, from ear
ly boyhood to the period Of his crucihxion. IL was
made by Mary. The material was OF so peculiar
quality that the garment expanded IN dimensions as
the advanced in years and increased IN STATURE
"They parted HIS garments, casting lots upon mem
what every man should tnke;" and the coat became
the property ofa soldier who, placing no extraordi
nary value upon il, sold il TO Of the females,
(for trAng consideration, who believed in his d.
vinity and witnessed his sufferngs on the cross.
Il was forthwith placed in the vault of Christian
family where il remained until the beginning OF the
fourth century, when Constantine--son OF Constnn-
thus Covis--was destined by the Almighty to terml-
nate the bloody persecution of the Christians. His
mother Helena had followed him TO the ORIENT and IN
the year 1876 she made pilgrimage TO Palestine, and,
after digent search, found this precious relic she
returned soon afterwards and carried il with her IN
triumph To Treves the oldest town in Europe, and the
ten seat of the Occidental emperors u was not long
before ysieriously disappeared, causing thousands
to wall; and, notwithstanding the most rigid exam.
nations and inquiries, trace could be ascertaIned
by which to lead its recovery. One of the chroni-
clers Of Treves speaking Of the year 1885, remarked
that ait would be memorable in all coming time as
the era at which the Incompatible treasure OF the
holy coat of Christ was.redscovered." II seems TO
have been deposited between two steepcs in an altar
dedicated to st. Nicholas. The Archbishop John,
when he was embellishing the dome sand erecting
new affairs, opened the boxes and chests which he
found in the progress Of the work, and from one Of
them drew forth the "holy coat" from its tenement
of eight centuries On the LIST Of the following
May, the feie of the apostles Philip and James, II
was publicly exhibited amid the rejocings and con-
grauations of the multitude.
In the year 1912 the Emperor Macmillan the
LIST solicited to favor the world with opportu-
nifty of behoding the "hoy coat in the cathedral at
.trA1nf pnpa
Leo X, who graciousy consented to the granting OF
this high BOOM upon the condition that every spec
taor should contribute freely towards rebuilding the
old edifce, then nearly in ruins, rendered doubiy
dear Catholics from the sacred relic which II con-
tanned. The experiment succeeded well. Vast
sums were realized, and it was exposed to public
view subsequently in the years 1881, l545, 1853,
1885, and 1894. Ii was then removed to Ehren-
breitsiein, the strong FORTH
cation of Drusus, before Christ and the present Oh
braar OF Germany, where 1t was exhibited again
in 1874 and in l765 During the year 1874, when
it foreseen that the. French would secure this
commanding position on the Rhine, the 'holy coat
was secretly conveyed to the interior of Germany,
where it was kept hidden until 1909, when a new
Bishop Of Treves (Carl Monnay) caused it to be
taken back to that city. The year following, it was
| exhibited to nine hundred thousand persons; when
the bishop announced that hcnceforward il could
only be opened in thirty -four years (the length
of time our Saviour was upon the carth) TO public
examination. In pursuance OF this declaration, It
was exhibited in 1914 in the cathedral at Treves,
under the personal supcrintendence of the bishop,
from the 18th Of August until the 30th Of Septem-
Der, to upwards of two millions of persons
| The ''hoy coat" il must be confessed, is an ex-
quisitely fine piece Of workmanship, both as relates
to the material and to the talorship 1t is impossi-
BILE to form opinion to the nature of the staple
from which the cloth manufactured. The
threads delicately fbrous, that the twist in
them is almost imperceptble to the naked eye. The
color is also very peculiar, and cannot be correctly
described, though its chief characteristic is yellow
brown. Throughout, not the slightest appearance
of seam can be detected. Al the top there is
hole sufficiently large for head to pass through.
The sleeves one and half foot long, and foot
wide. The body is five feet four inches wide; its
ength five feet one inch and half
Thus have given you the history, az related at
Treves, well as description, Of the "hoy coat"
the Infamous exhibition of which last year engen-
dered the denunciations of one Of the most highly
gifted and intrepid theoogiss of the age Although
| Catholic priest. RosGEs dared TO denounce the inn
position as one unworthy OF the church-unworthy
of the righteous precepts of religion. His senti-
ments found an echo in Germany enthusiastic as
| that which, more than three hundred years ago,
gave such effect throughout Christendom to the ten
cts of Luther. Popery, rely upon it, has received
blow, which will eventually upset its stronghold.
Il will expire under The torures Of the second Man,
in all civilized countries, is beginning to think for
himself; and hereafter he will be guided by reason,
instead Of being governed by power. There is a
spirit of inquiry abroad, which cannot slumber until
every shackie which binds the intellect is burst
asundcr Truth and light, emanating from Heaven
itself, must triumph over falsehoed and darkness
The miners son Of Eizclbcn FASTENED the cooni-
cation Of this mighty republic, by imbuing the
public mind in Europe with proper notions Of reli-
gious liberty. Political liberty afterwards became
its handmaiden; and the salutary results from their
union emloden the tirnid and the fearful to sneak
aoud-to grid on their armor and TO Ego forth con-
quering and to conquer" the VICES Of the world.
| Pronounced wrong.