The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-28

First No priest to be employed any civil military capa
Second. War against Austria is solemnly declared
Third Pops Plus the Ninth to be the nominal head Of the
the nominal head Of that which fought against him Nase
to be given to the population to arm
themselves universally ~
Surely this is revolution If ever there WAS one--a
revolution scarcely qualified by leaving the Pope the
nominal headshp Of the government after every shred
Of temporal power is taken from him.
Every Christian believes that the prophecies Of scrip
ture have been written for Instruction. though
al must inc Interpretation Of those that
apparently yet unfulfledwith and pious
On the other hand We must anxously avoid the guilt
OF the accused jews, who neglected refused to
knowledge the plain accomplishment Of the Divine pre-
dictions The question, therefore properly to
force itself upon our attention. Are not wit
Messing the fuflment Of Of the most strikng pro-
phecies OF the Apocaypsethe overthrow of the mys-
tic Babylon?
We, at least, shall be thought free from being msled
by strained Interpretation of Scripture when it is
membercd that, reasoning upon purely political
grounds, we predicted than six months ago that
Plus the Ninth would probably be the last Pope of
Rome At that time the commissions that have since
as it were turned Europe upside down. antci-
pated as we believe, by no man alive At that time,
too the outward conduct Of the Pope left for the
charitable hypothesis that the a sincere enc
my Of abuse Of every kind We therefore put the alter
native that II Plus honest he would reform the
abuses of the church. of which was the head US well
of the State, and in that way terminate the papacy
but that he was dishonest and imtator Of his
predecessors OF the sixteenth century he would find
that he three hundred years too late renewing
the game Of the Borgas and that the Pope and papa
sovereignty would fall together This a merely po-
ltical prediction and to this adhere for whoever
shall conquer in the present strife, the temporal au-
thority of the Pope is extinguished forever If the
Australns prevail as we trust they will they will not
be again guilty Of the folly of reestablishing upon
their weakest frontier that which has proved the
disturbing power of Europe If the French more
achieve the Protectorate of italy, they may sure
will it as their predecessors used 40 so years
ago in either case the papal States will disappearn
rhn1 into fha ,harv Na,,at ;op
Kingdom in the latter, making part of the French
kingdom Of Italy
This is our political prediction
We are fully sensible how i'll the columns of
paper suited to the treatment of subjects
not less sensible of our own want of qualification for
the task but there is something remarkable in tn
downfall of the papacy be it but temporary. be it final
Gas devoutly believe it to beg, that cannot with
hold from readers the striking fact that pieus in
terpreter of Scripture propheces AZ years ago fixed
the event foretod in the Apocalypse for this very
year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight.
The prediction will be found in little tract, by the
Rev. Robert Fleming published in 1701 under the
title OF The Rise and Fall of the Papacy This little
work Of which editions have been lately printed
at cheap rate is one Of the most remarkable and in
tefestng religious works that have ever seen 1t is
written in pure Saxon STYLE clear method, and in
sober Christian spirit far possible removed from
enthusiasm. The book extracts from the Apocalypse,
by reasoning almost strictly arithmetca prediction
of the persecution of the French in 1923
of the Of the protesa nts at Thorn in 1724
of the movement against the Jesus towards the close
of the last century, and of the destruction of the
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on of that destruction to be effected before the
year one thousand hundred and ninet -four-a
king and queen, in 1898. Using the canon of in
depreciation, Mr. Fleming foretels the observation
the papacy in the first years of the present century
the Imprisonment of Plus vi. by Napoleon), and its
| final destruction for the present year 1S4S.
Mr.. Fleming died in 1716 before the fulflment of
any of the extracted predic Of which we have
spoken, to exempt him from the class of scers
who prophecy after the event. We strongly recon-
mend his little book to all upon whom present events
fha in,nra cnnV fhaun uk.
and we recommend it with more confidence because
though contrary to our expectation tho reader may
not recognise the justice of Mr. tlemings conclusions
he must be delighted and edited by his Christian
spirit.
Highly Interesting from France.
THE FRENCH NATIONAL. AssEMBIY-THE REPORT OF
THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.
SITTING or MAY S.-The President took the chair at
half past twelve.
The arrangements of the tribune and waited plat
form which is placed the Presidents chair have been
changed since tho last sitting both having been ad-
vanccd into the hall about twenty feet wide pas
sage consequently is now for circulation between
NJ. FREvEsuc wished to protest against the grand
fete which was to be given in few days. The people
were In want OF food why waste money in fetes and
nonsense (Rumours) We have no money to
waste" said the honorable Member Why then go
with what cannot be Of service either to the State
to the people'n (Renewed rumours cries of " the
order of the day ~
The matter then dropped.
The bureaux were drawn by lot and it was decided
that they should meet in the evening
mittees of accounts and the other of rules and
gulations.
Der is the remainder of the report of the Minister of
Finance.
NJ. DucLERc under secretary of state for the finance
department began to read the portion of the document
left unfinished, but his voice weak that it
impossible to hear what he said
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
M. GARNER PAGES Minister of Finance, pcrceiving
this, hurried to the tribune, and taking the manu-
script began himself to read it, The Provisional go
err he snil itgplf n IF ma
Of treasury bonds, which just becoming due it
found it necessary to adopt not to let the trea
them by arrangement which reconced all the in
terests concerned One of the principal preoccupa-
tiohs of the government was 1t ought to be, the
defence of the republic up to the present time it had
not been threatened it Is resolved not to attack
one but it will vigorously repe any aggression from
whatever quarter 1t may come. (Approbation) The
wants of industry also called for the socitudc of the
government II fully comprehended that it must alb
stain from any too direct influence with labor which
would have had the twofold inconvenience of
attacking the dignity of the man and Of being
productive fastened however, to establish national
discount banks and warehouses for the deposit goods
which had the effect Of revivDg credit The hon Minister
then stated that the had considered it its
Bank of France and then to the question Of the
taxes SHALL he said, contend, with all the energy Of
the deepest conviction for the establishment of pro-
gressve tax incomo but the considered
that it could not deprive the assembly Of the honor Of
establishing that impost Ii was, however necessary
to provide for pressing wants and at my request for
do not wish to avoid any responsibility the govern
ment decreed the tax of 45 per cent. BY increasing
the price of tobacco for the dealers conormab to the
profits formerly reserved to them the government mt has
increased the revenue Of the State. could also have
put a tax the Rente. but was unwilling. to do So
that is a question which you will have to decide,
well the interference Of the State with insurance
Offices and the establishment Of n progressive tax
SUGGESTIONS proportional to the amount and the de-
gree of relationship The provisional government
placed at my disposal about 100 millions from the pro-
perty of the civil list and of the and equal
sum from the State property; have besides the dia
| To re-
to these resources but considered il my duty
by way of precaution to prepare alienation bills roa-
tive to these matters. did not. moreover wish to
the sale Of the Rentes belonging to the sinking
fund nor the canal shares, because | convinced
that the credit of France will not be long in reacqur
ing the level which ii lost in moment Of panic. In
stead Of having recourse to these means considered
II better to obtain loan Of 80 millions from the Bank
of France, which made without interest, as a
compensation for the large which the State had
previously allowed to remain in the Golfers OF the bank
without deriving any interest from them. II was