Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-03-08
Rapal Agnraasiaaa.

ruary 9th, Lord ]. Russell proceeded,
amidst profound silence, to explain
the nature Of his measure on the Papal
Aggression. The noble lord com
menced by aIluding TO the deep re-
sponslbiGty ofhis situation. AS tore
trogratlon, he only proposed to recoil
a step backwards, but he would de-
tend himself from attack. The pope
had last year departed from the usu-
al policy of the Vatican in the ap-
polntment of an Irish Catholic Arch
bishop. The prelate appointed knew
much about Rome, but nothing about
ireland. With government, on the
contrary, he took prominent part in
the proceedings of the Synod, which
denounced as goddess the colleges es-
tallsh by the crown, and in general
tired to rouse the feelings Of the coun-
try agalnstthe Protestant proprietors.
These matters were symptoms of
encroaching the intentions and ten
dencles. Concomitant with these
proceeding had taken place in
several European countries mani
testing the same spirit, and under
such circumstances the Pope's bull
was issued changing Wears apostolic
IN this country into bishops and arch
bishops. This altertion was effected
without the knowledge and consent
OF government. He had indeed
been privately told that project was
on loot, but he told his informant that
he would consent to no such arrange
ment, and he believed the matter was
then dropped. He thought that fam
ny power, such as the pope had then
gwen up the intention of consulting
the queen. lie denied in unequivical
terms, that Lord Minto had sanction
ed any such argument, or that it had
neen communicated to him. He then
described safe guards with which
Roman Catholic countries had sur
rounded themselves against docu-
ments issuing from Rome, and skoX-
ed that the bull recently issued had
totally ignored all authority in this
country except that Of the Pope.
No doubt the authority could not
be enforced, but it was enough for
hum that there had been such an as
sumption. He had consulted the
law officers of the crown on the SUBJ
ject; they did not think the assump-
lion oftilles illegal, or that it could be
etfectually punished, but they said
the Introduction of Wears apostolic
was certainly illegal and punishable,
though from the disuse into which it
had fallen prosecution might fail
The government determined, there.
fore, not to appeal to the law, but the
legislation. After much deliberate
consideration, they had decided nei-
ther to attack the law asst stood, nor
to introduce new measures, the effect
OF which might be dubious. He saw
but little difference between assunp-
ton by a catholic prelate of the title
OF Archbishop of Canterbury, than of
Archbishop Of Westminster. The
charge from Wears apostolic to bish-
ops gave prelates in question certain
rights over properties bequeathed for
religious purposes. He proposed then,
"That all such gifts and bequests
made to Catholic prelates should be
null and id(cheers.) That any act
done by them in their official capaci
ties should be null and void-that
property-and that all Catholic func-
tlonarles should be prohibited from
assuming titles derived not only from
any Anglican diocese, but from anv
district or place in the United King
dom" "(cheers.)
such were the main features of the
measure. He counselled Cardinal
Wiseman to use in this dispute a mild
concilatory spirit; but if the Vatican
preferred war to peace, and attempt
ed to carry out its half hinted designs,
then in the long struggle which in
that case ne saw pending, he would
with all his might resist that attempt,
However plausible and slight it might
be, The noble lord, who spoke for
nearly two hours, resumed his seat a
nnid loud cheers.
MIR, Roebuck said that the appre-
tensions felt or figured by Lord John
Russell, at the late Papal arrangement
however, reasonable it might appear
ages ago, was in the present day
gronndless and absurd, and should
be met by ridicule rather than by ar
gument. He characterised the pro-
p0sd measure as weak and vexatlous
and recommended Catholics to treat
it with contempt, and to eyade its
provisions by changing the titles
without lessening the power of their
bishops : ,
, The Globe says+"We are informed