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


u IS not essential that the Pope should be Sove.
reign Of Rome bat u 5 essential that between the
~ conditions tue one OF subject and The other
" Sovereign, the Pope, the head VI ChristenLom-
shan be free that is % say. be shall be 50 placed
mat he shall be subject 70 ~ man, BE- he King Or
President
Htley tell YOU. again. that the Popes have med
died with the peace OF nations throughout the
world that they have disturbed the rule d Govern.
ments. say IN reply iha. they are PROFOUNDLY
Ignorant that Popes have never done such things,
except as Colseq tents OF the Office which God ap-
pointed them e. hL
" nat is the explanation Of this It's exceed
ingiy simple: u IL, that by religion Europe was
civilized that Il owes all rs civilization O. the
Catholic Church. You see that IN Africa along
the coast Of the Mediterranean, Ia which there
was beginning and progressive civilization 50
l9ng as the people remained connected with Rome .
the moment thst that union was interrupted. bar
bsfism settled down upon the land and yoa viii
ind from that period 70 this there has been In
crea se Of civilization.
The barbanans Of the North, who settled on the
runs ~ the Roman Empire, came under the d.
vine laws OF the Church. and by her divine iIt1
ences. were civilized. THIS s a preliminary re-
mara you must never forget II IS the key and
expiration Of what men Escrbe % the amb.-
tion OF the Church. They were bound therefore,
% observe the avs Of tie Church. and the Pope
was the appointed executor OF those laws. H.
therefore, Tot TO enlarge upon a subject which =
SD ample, yo1 viii allow me 70 concentrate into
one or two points the causes Of al these troubles,
! can enumer9te them. The first and greatest
cause has bcen the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF the secular
Princes even though members OF the Churc and
protested Catholics. yet having ample power "a
oOrling 10 the secular order In the state, they
bore with impotence another power IN the
world that put restraints and limits upon their
bad passions. 10 was 90 easy matter % Introduce
among such people and especially among such
rude Order ot sovereignty, tue single law which
s the foundation oil all that IS elegant pur. and re-
fined Ia human society, the ssnctlty OF marriage.
y 90 viii fad that vast number Of these ques-
tons resolve themselves into that and that those
mOnsrchs found It exceedingly irksome that they
should be held 20 the law that bound their subjects.
need not assert this suggest II, and appeal O.
every page OF history whether It IS not iouni usI
To prevent the monarch from dWorclng his vile
70 prevent unlawful alliances, and to protect the
sanctIty Of holy marriage, was the difficult task oi
the sovereign pontih. We know instances Ia
which the authority OF the Pope has been asssiled
precisely On this ground We know, ln modern
tines the instance Of that proud and sacrilegious
monarch of England who arrogated 10 himself the
authority Of the holy See and constituted himself
head Of n Church we can see IN his history be-
tore that event, and Ia his unbounded llcentl0us-
ness aiterward. how great a relief II was TOR him
have cast of the restraint Of the authority OF the
Pope
Again we see in Germany the patriarch Of the
Reformation SO called In his commentary on Gen
esis iatteriug the Prices by teaching that where
as Poly gamy was practiced by the pstriarcis, the
Divine Law neither commended nor forbade H.
and that upon that subject he had nothing 10 say
We know that tie same individual having cast of
the authority Of the Pope granted TO the Land
grave oiliesse the authority 10 marry second
wife the first being alive, and live with both az
& la. a.
10 the authority OF the Pope among those petty
sOvereigns 10 occupied the provinces OF the once
great but now fallen pow er Of Rome, In existence
long before the time Of the 50 called Reior nation
FIR i was part Of his Office 10 recognize differ
ence where the law OF God was concerned between
the peasant and the prince who ruled over HIM
Another cause was the correction OF scandals
among the clergy for ia this also the Divine
Authority oil the Holy Father necessarily came
in conflict with the perverted human passions
The fallen priest and the unworthy bishop have
often been found ~ raise their voice and throw
the weight OF their influence in the secular scale
against the very Church that had invested them
with character and authority.
Again another cause was the Efforts OF the
Pope to check the tyranny OF Kings and 1t Is
singular that at a period when the people IS the
sovereign when everything 10 tor the people, that
the Ieople themselves should forget that IN FORMER
times they had no friend but the Pope There
was no giant strong enough to wrestle " IN the
tyrsnts of the world except the giant successor Of
-. Peter. He was the preserver Tor them o! the
only remnants OF liberty which they enjoyed, and
out Of which they might have developed more
perfect system.
These have beenthe causes, inmany instances,
of quarrels between Popes and sovereiens.-
And here again. whether you regard the Church
OF God rs q divine institution or whether you
regard the Offices OF humanity which have been
fulfilled by the POpes of Rome, you VIII per-
ceve that liberty tor the Pope IS essential as the
atmosphere of lie How could behave made ty
rants tremble on their thrones II he had been
their subject and in their power How could
he have yindicaied the law Of God How could
he have raised the standard Of judgment How
could he have cheered the poor themselves,
either in the patience OF endurance OF the lawful
ness of resistance, # he himself had been one OF
the poor and subject 10 the crushing influences OF
this worlds tyranny.
Now. nv brethren, we have no anxiety on this
subject. An history goes 10 show that whenever
the Fa,her of the Failhiul-the first and supreme
Bishop II the Catholic Church-has been invaded, |
whenever his person has been violated by out
rage. whenever his liberty has been abridged by
the temporal powers Of this world, God, as u were
by a glance OF His watch al eve, has 50 ordered |
that the Popes very enemies sometimes have |
been made instruments for restoring him to that |
freedom So essential to the functions OF his Office
He will manifest his wstchfulness now, as be did |
once before. ldtil 10 uciltft Ailhb " A4l
send bis angel, II not IN a material, We, IA an |
efficient mode 10 work the deIverance Of the Su- |
preme Pontif Of the Catholic Church. He will |
manifest his watchfulness now You will observe |
how singuary il IS noted that no physical agen |
cy was necessary 10 break the chain from the |
hands Of -. Peter-no human arm was required |
TO throw open the iron gate, so that he should |
have the liberty OF motion-so that, where the lib
erty OF the Pope required, even naninate thing,
u this earth shall become Instruments IN securing
him in the discharge OF his office.
do not say that it IS necessary Tor the Pope |
ihai he should be a sovereign, but II IS necessary
or Christianity that he should be free, aad u there
IS no choice except between sovereign and vassal |
then must he be sovereign. ! do noe say that |
ms dignity and his Office depend in the least upon |
ms being the chief Of the PsPel states. know |
that the Church, that the faithful OF the Catholic
v ord Will recognize him 1t he be wanderer up |
on the Apprentices | know all that. ana tor his /
part il would be an immense relief 70 be released |
from hir temporal charge bat II IS necessary for |
that he should be free and II there |
De no middle state betwe a subject and secular |
sovereign, then say that for him 10 be sovereign |
* necessary. God will mark by his intervention " |
ov az angel unseen OF men the workings OF his pro-
whence and you Will see how the designs Of wick
Ell meu who have invaded the authority and |
place Of the Pope, shall be brought 20 nought |