Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-01-07
from the Dublin Evenino Post. Nov. aol

lTIOm the OuDln Evening fOSt, NGV. 3U.I
lrALY--The Pope's Speech.-We have only
space to refer-as we do with great delight
to the rational and quiet progress of liberty in
Italy. Beside what the reader will peruse of
the inauguration of the Papal States, as a gen
eral political council for the affairs of the pat
Irimony of st. Peter, and above all, the Pope's
opening speech, WE have to state, on what we
might cali official authority, that the Earl OF
Mimic, a Cabinet minister, be it remembered;
has had two interviews with his Holiness. up
on. it is stated, the affairs of the Catholic
Church in Great Britain and Ireland, as well as
with a view to assure the Holy Father of the
sympathies of the British people in his cause,
and the determination of the Queen TO supper
him against all the enemies of freedom and re-
ligion.
The (Paris) Universe publishes a letter from
Rome, of the 18th inst, giving an account OF
the opening of the consulta. At 9 o'clock A,
NJ, on the 18th, Cardinal Antonelli, president
of the consulta, and Monsignor Amici, its vice
president, with the twenty-four provincial
deputies, arrived at the Quirinal and took theil
places in the hall of the Throne, which the Pope
entered shortly afterward. His Holiness hav.
ing taken his seat on the throne, the president
addressed to him, in concise but suitable terms
in the name of all present, their homage, and
the assurance that they would endeavor, by all
means in their power to respond to the conf
dence of their Sovereign.
The Pope replied in the following terms:
81 thank you for your good intentions, and
as regards the public welfare, | esteem them
Of value. 1t was for the public good that since
my elevation to the pontiicial throne | have
in accordance with the councils inspired by
God, accomplished all that l could; and l am
still ready, with the assistance Of God, to dc
all for the future, without. however, retrench-
ing in any degree the sovereignty of the ponti-
ficae, and, inasmuch as | received it full and
entire from my predecessors, SO shall | trans
nit this sacred deposit to my successors. ]
have three millions of subjects and | have
hitherto accomplished much to unite my sub
jects with me, and to ascertain and provide for
their necessities. 1t was particularly to ascer-
tain those wants and to provide better for the
exigencics of the public service, that l have as
sembled in a permanent council. 1t was to
hear your opinions, when necessary, and to aid
me in my sovereign resolutions, in which |
shall commit my conscience, and confer on
them with the ministers of the sacred college.
Anybody who would take any other view of
the functions you are called to fulfil, would
materially, as well as he that would see in the
council of the State | have created the r~ealiza-
ton of their own Utopias, and the germ of an
institution incompatible with the pontifical
soveignty.'
His Holiness having pronounced those last
words with some vivacity aud some heat, stop
ped a moment, and then resuming in his usual
mild Manner, continued in the following
terms:
s'This warmth and those words are not adj
dressed to any of you whose social education,
christian and civil probity, as well as the 10y
atty of your sentiments and the rectitude Of
your intentions, have been known to me since
the moment | proceeded to your election.
Neither do those words apply to the majority
of my subjects, for | am sure of their fidelity
and their obedience. know that the hearts
of my subjects unite with mine in The love of
order and Of concord. But there exist, unfor-
tunately, som persons (and though few, they
still EXIST who, having nothing to lose, love
disturbance and revolt, and even abuse the
concessions made to them. tits to those that
my words are addressed, and let them we'll
understand their Specification. In the coop
Grafton of the Deputies | see only the firm sup
port of persons who, devoid of every personal
interest, will labor with me. by their advice,
for the public good, and who will not be ar
rested by the vain language of restless men
devoid Of judgment. You will aid me with
your wisdom that which is most useful for the
security of the throne and the real happiness
of my subjects"