Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-03-04

made eternal by modern riyes forged in the fires that o
gress which equally gloss the schemes OF yans
and the projects Of mbecy which can be used with as much
piausby by the archyTan who understands how TO en-
slave through their passions and magnaons as the poll
a empire who DISCUSSES his ignorance by prang OF the
march Of mind; whose tongue dcourses Of benevoence
while his iron hand Is armed with the power OF oppression
ask has Plus TX. abolished tthes Has be granted uni
versa suffrage, or any suffrage to his Papa subjects Has
he established representative government Has ne intro
duced trial by jury Has he granted the writ Of habeas cor
pus Has he abolished the college OF cardinals HAS he
established common schools Has he struck down the pow
Of the confessional Has he repealed the demoalzng
edct Of cebacy Has he thrown open the gates OF the
astery unbared the iron bolts of the convent Has he
separated church power from state authority Has he abol
shed that peshouse of intrigue and perncous proagandism
the Society Of the Jesus He has done of these things
Then what has he done TO ene him to the sympathy OF the
people and the homage Of the Government OF the United
| States Nothing.
He has made fundamental alteration in the papa system
The edice remains entire il supported by the same gothic
columns Of mdeval ignorance and superstition He may
polish achtravehe may repair broken step leading TO
the vestlbue or suspend wreath around the ALTAR
add ivory crucifx, lay railway into the capital Of
the C@sars but the palace system remains entire unaered
unmproved-the same stern tyranny the same nexble COM
pound of earthly and celestial desposm Yet the man who
Pope not Cesar Borga Piusis not
and contracted as Gregory Plus understands human nature
knows how TO render the papa system popular wreath
ing chains with blossoms. Perhaps the elements mix
more gently in his BOSOM But all this does not make the
papal system less odious
1t was said Of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor that he
made tyranny beautiful by his amlabe character to de-
stroy in the Roman people the love Of liberty. Plus
doing more than Augustus for he is econcng the world to
the concentrated desposm of the most hierarchy
| that flourished.
If Rome will not come to America America must go
Rome This the doctrine of OF rerogressive
progress If the Pope will establish republic for his
Italian subjects We the American people, must renounce all
the ties OF glorious freedom and endorse the papa system
the perfection Of human wisdom by sending ambassador
to Rome congratulate His Holiness" having made
what! The Roman people tree oh no but having
made tyranny amiab having sugared the poisoned cake
And for this, the highest crime against freedom to
commission ambassador to Rome Is there American
heart that does recoi from the utter degradation Of the
scheme
When nations profess to assmate on principles Of amity
and to draw closer the ties of good will the ground
common causeequaly dear to boh-eher of freedom
OF absolute power If Rome republic the proposal
send ambassador TO preserve principles both
Governments and equally dear the people of both counties
would rest different foundation In that should
have congena interests to preserve in that should
be cooperating in the common of human rights But
exhibit to the world the spectacle of pure antago
nsm in system Of to that Of Rome. Two
systems opposite could exist When liberty makes
concessions tyranny, which party gains by it, Not free
dom-not the cause of human rights Desposm thves by
It, We lend encouragement to system of government at
open war with the happiness Of mankind. We become the
patrons of absolute monarch. We tell him scourge
on, scourge on"
We about in crisis of papal history pregnant
with the evenuI consequences the world II is not
common OCCASION No ordinary impulse the great
machinery of papa power whose wheels oiled by the
adulaon of Jesuit priests the hand and demagogues
ON the other. Not only Rome coming into epoch,
but the United States is also beginning Why we
have before had ambassador Rome answered
by the prompt reply that Rome before had Plus IXh
on the papa throne We have nothing them justify this
projected innovation but the modern character of the
Pope. Embassies opened closed. We can
not compliment Plus by an embassy therefore, for after
his death it must be continued We compliment the papal
hxrS
commercial interests settle political relations adjust
Nor is it possible to compliment Plus without complmenting
his system of government for he has liberal reformer
made fundamental alterations in it. We are therefore to
compliment him his modified manner Of administering
system radically al with the rights Of pernicious in
ITSELF and dangerous every form may assume and under
every modification that individual genius may adopt
as a covering TO its deformity.
We have sympahzed with the independence Of Greece OF
South America, and Of Mexico wheD casting off the yoke Of
kings they established their claims to self government But
how did we sympathize Not by sending an ambassador
but by passing resolutions in Congress sppaudng the OF
emancipation Here in which nations achieved
their reedom and sent ambassadors II Plus has
emancpaed the Roman people, bring forward your resolu
tons, and then may have opportunity inquire how
far the of his reforms will justify even that
ton of national applause The innovation now proposed
against all precedent is fowned down by all principle is
denounced by facts and rendered ridiculous by its
II would indeed be farce but for the tragic chaac
ter of its consequences and these ene unmitgaed
adherence.
Pass this BILL and you insult the majesty of the people by
the dissertation of their constitution by the violence done to
the genius Of Government by the outrage on free pnc
Piles involved the proposition recognise Papa Rome an
infalible Church power, the head Of the State.
When we talk Of the genius OF republican government and
aude to the spirit Of free institutions said to be SO moray
wounded by the Mexican war; let us remember the wrong
done to the spirit Of freedom by this scheme of an ambassador
to the Pope, whose spiritual character is the absorbing one of
his throne and who, If he Pope soveregn-he
holding his right to rule his subjects from divine not hu
man In all other monarchies the right divine is
abolished In Rome is the Of secular as well as
ecclesiastical power And hence is that no Pope can be
eiormer in the Of that term He cannot give
the people the rights they entitled TO- because from that
he would be Pope and the people, ceasng
to be slaves would become sovereign Plus never can
what would entite him to American appreciation No Pope
be worthy Of ambassador from this republic on
grounds such now hear maintained.
" Would you have a serpent sting you twice !" We have
had experience of the evils Of monarchy in its best FORM and
shall we risk the perls of its deadly venom in the worst
When did the Church Of Rome, the Pope ever receive
homage that did not exact fealy When did il ever pause
in its giant march after universal dominion When did il
ever sleep If power TO be gained by waking When
did i ever fascinate without the intention to destroy
The flood Of immigration is sweeping its millions Of foreign
Roman Catholic voters over the land. The past is gloomy
enough; the present awfuy porentous but the future
black with shadows, clouds, and darkness This coun
try destined TO be the grand theatre Of Roman Catholic
powerno American papstry but the papisry Of Rome-of
the old wordof Austria and Of the Pope Shall we grow
wise in time, shall surrender up our rights without re-
slstance Shall make stand now, on a Government