New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-09

ftilrL OF the rope il fIlhDuf Ae 4-i.A ~ 4" tfi
him out aud ~ obtain bis consent, bualy. On
one occasion. u test how far his experiment a,
successful, he sent one OF bis Secretaries to him
with message, which he had too much sGgsCIty
- allow toe secretary % understand w That he
sent bis best respects 70 the Holy alher % Inquire
about bis health, aud % know particularly i there
was ANYTHING which his Majesty could DO % graf
y him and % render his situation more comfort
able. The Pope understood, though the Secretary
i'd not and replied ln the language which be lOug.
. Popcs and VIII slU ays belong 70 them, showing
that they are above Emperors. above X ings. above
Presidents. above a.. human power. His reply was
" say % lis Majesty how grateful ! am that be
should have time % remember 2 poor Ola man IN
prison and, rs for my wants, say also that have
none. Ny cassock. indeed is wearing out and. d
had the means at hand might beguile the hours
OF my solitude 10y repairing IT, As tie Secretary
did not understand the pin or purpOrt OF the mes
sage, so, naturally, he could not Comprehend the
meaning and iullness Of the reply. After rep eat
ing % lis Majesty what he had h. ard. be went
about, saying what can you do with An old man
like that he does not understand his interest
Truly. nothing could be done with him. lie is a
man unconnected with this world, except IN bis re
ati0ns 70 the Papa states over which he cx
ercised temporal powers. lie is destined Cor au-
other purpose. He Is a man. not descended from
a .Ong line Of iilgstrOus royal ancestry, nor about
% transmit power 20 bis pOsterty. He is n soil
tary man, raised up by his own merit as human
Judgment supposes, bat always by the providence
oi God, 20 fulfil station which God has appoint
ed, Ol which God Is the guardian. OF which God is
The ayengcr when that station is outraged By sac
figl0us violence. Why, % a little, as IL were, il
the very next verse OF the same chapter, how
greatly does the scene change, and Just -
the angel struck Herod, so also that splendid
Imperial Majesty which astonished the word
b. his cOngucsts and by hIs policy was pros
trated, was compelled 20 exchange the din oil war,
the glory Of victory aud the splend0r OF empire 70.
a solitary, cOmiortless dwelling place on barren
rock. And II he expired, we trust II vas ia SEN
timents far different from those winch accom-
panied the last moments Of the Jewish tyrant
for we know that that same Pope survived 20
send the messengers Of religion 70 console the d.
ing Emperor, as be languished for removal from
the scenes o. biz former earthly greatness. At the
time when the Pope was a captive, who could
have iOIesceu this. ] wOuld take occasion e.
request that YOU should write down the names OI
Pope Plus IL. and the events of the closing
months Of l-8- and the names Of the parties who
have taken the lead against the head OF the
Church. Write them down, and wait TIL you see
bow God VIII dispose Of one side and of the other,
aud how well he VIII order and direct and bring
out OF this the vindicaiion Of his eternal promise.
Naturally my beloved brethren, all men cherish
the love of liberty. 1t is al impulse, il Is need
Of our nature but at the same time We may not,
in treating of a subject like that, indulge IDEAS
which belong to the world OF possibility and Of
theory w c must take mankind as mankind is
and al experience goes to establish one iact that
mankind U.s. now, at least, fallen race-that from
the period when man refused obedience - his
God, he forfeited liberty, and that lac IL never
again TO enjoy it, except IA degree more or less
according to circumstances You perceive, on all
sides. II you read history-you perceive IA the
state, and under every form - Government, that
the greatest friends OF liberty, the apostles, the
would be martyrs OF liberty, " hen they are them
selves under the authority of others scarcely reach
the acquisition of the power which tempted their
ambition until they, iu their turn become wants
and Cypress sometimes even their own colleagues
and those no depended upon them. This IS the
history of mankind. Therefore, there is no use Ia
speaking OF liberty, as II might be ia world o
Angels Liberty must be such as Man, m his
present condition, is competent to; and, III that
case. see hut one division. see throughout the
world wherever there is anything approach.
ius 10 civilization, but two classes one the lew
called the Sovereign, the other the Subject Now,
when I say Sovereign J do not distinguish be.
tween President and Emperor. | speak OF the
person who exercises the supreme power OF the
State, and / speak OF those who recognize that
power as subjects
The question then is, Has IL been in the order
of Almighty GOd-has 1t been, ms Tar as we may
enter into the investigation OF the case, the pur
pose of the Divine Saviour, IN such world as TINS
"A
cast forth his Doctrine and his ChurCh-whet ether,
in such a world as this is 1t is consistent with the
purposes of Providence that the Chief Pastor OF
this Church should be a subject Ii we take our
first inference from the testimony OF History, we
snail see apparently that this was not the mten-
ton of the Divine Saviour, for freedom is essential
to the Pope. IL is desirable for all men; II is an
essential for the Supreme Pontff Of the Catholic
Church and SO much so that, from the moment lie
has fallen under the power of any human Soyer-
eisn iom that moment either he does not act Ia
his capacity OF POntif he gives notice OF the co
ercion; or even II be does not that, coercion, II II
had been employed, is proclaimed the moment lac
gains his liberty.
The present sovereign is the Two Hundred and
Fity-N Ninth from Saint Peter, and you will see,
from the beginning, God SO ordained by His provi-
dence, and by inspiring them with spirit WHICH
would be free and has been free, that lie never
permitted them to discharge the functions OF their
elevated office under the suspicion OF being forced
thereto by human authority. Look at them
through the first two hundred and fifty years OF
the Christian era Here you will find that nearly
all have been martyrs but during their martyr
dom, when they dared not appeal 10 Pasanism and
its sacrllegiOus judges, who only aited there
appearance to consign them 10 the scafo.d where
did they seek liberty In the catacombs OF home,
and the wild places and caves OF the earth-the
mountains and the soitudes but wherever they
were always maintaining freedom. And whenever
bV accident that freedom was abridged; then
they cons dered that life, that their life, was no
longer worth preserving when 1t was no longer
useful 70 the Church, aud they sealed their testi
mony by surrendering 1t.
Alerward do YOU not perceive how God So
disposed that the Popes should acquire freedom
from human authority, without any plan or de-
sign of their own. Who that Is familiar with The
decline of the Roman Empire VIII not per
ceive something Pr0yideutial IN the fact that
without claiming 10 be soyereigus the force Of cir
cumstaucc compelled them, little by llitc' TO as
sumo the sovereignty Of small province an the
Italian peninsula.
In the first instance, when Constantine and hls
successors 50 eugrossed IN the petty, darS-mind-
ed and tyrannical iatrgues OF their Eastern Court
and SO betroubled with the theological discussions
IN which they SO InpiOusly took part, So absorbed
and so ene ated by the luAulouSness OF thelr Nes'
left the Italians, as 1t were prey 10 inc lnNaslohs
of their barbarian enemies, under ihese C4fVuin
stances how often do We find the Pope writing TO
the Emperor. besecching him 20 send troops Tor
their deience-these troops never sen,-hnA.Y'
the bsrb.rans themselves taking possession OF me
isirest provinces OF that Western Empire, ana
even they. pagans, or only half Christians-ior
many OF them were Arlan herctics-even the!
slw avs abstaining with certain species OF reVer-
encc, snd never pre- Stunning to Tx their sovereign
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