The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-02

HstaR oR the Apostolic NunciO To tho Most
Rev. Archblshop OF BaltImOre.

Rev. Archbishop OF Baltimore.
Nnun0NoRE Mo vrsRArEsIxo.-
IA sentiment awakened within me IL that Of graft
t.As towards so many who will have accompanied me
ksn your side with their eryent prayers Your Grace
an good Catholics Of America have the most am
ph right to that sentiment from me- and it is very
y to consecrate to the most lively expression ~
towards them, the first lines which trace on 'ne so u
Europe u.-, .o,,n..,
ueus and which sufficiently recalled to my mnd those
not dissiniar which experienced IN new YORK
was so much delighted with the courteous and joy
full and most honorable welcomes, which for SO many
,S the eydisposed disturb in the hearts of those
rood Catholicsi What bitterness did they seek to
" reciprocated between the devoted children and
the envoy of their most loving Father They
Ho family always becoming more infsmea with the ar
dor Of faith and charity nevertheless they viii
vail to destroy the dear remembrance of that blessed
thusasm and Of that most holy recprooated Affection
never win they prevail TO disspate the effect Of many
benedictons which, in the name Of God the Redeemer
and Of His Vicar upon earth were gwen confess it, with
ms most lively affection of my soul Moreover to the
Of faith that madness the most evident sign Of
rood since the common enemy measures his anger by
She extent of his losses any wishes pretend that
all this fury Of certain refugees had only political color
and not religious one why select pretext my brief
political life in that most difficult charge entrusted to
Ofgoyenng million Of the subjects of the Pontifca
States after the delrium Of a spent reyouton2 But
whoever has particle of aud the least grain of
perence knows well that quite different was the origin
OF that rayne msdncss and quite different its scope Nv
political life it concerned them had not the least
importance never Their most celebrated chiefs never
occupied Themselves with me even IN their widest de-
oamations
ars ed in America with function wholly of courtesy,
OF love, and of peace what new element was superadded
b. crate them against meY And what field did they
slcct to give vent TO teir rageY In what modes and
with VIA consequence did they lend themselves to the
spiit OF darkness cast modification and fear into the
camp of Christ? Oh what shameful pages will history
trace in their regard and in regard to those who
CURED with them in these street orgies, AID those too
who knew not how to restrain them
They abused first the most unbounded and generous
Hospitality, and afterwards the creduty of nation
which is already great and which asprcs to desnies still
greater. If they could not claim that abused nation
what took place before its eyes, under its laws and on
its soil namely, for most savage attempt, capable of
causing nation whatever to descend thousand de-
Execs in the scale of its dignity
They deceived and betrayed in the most delicate
OF its sentiments since 10 excite it to generous indig
nation they invented facts which had any exist
ence imagined according TO their pleasure actions
uenccs powers, and exercises of power, which
had and portrayed en- the model perhaps of their
hearts, such monster of cruelty and vny to move,
enc Knows not whether to indignation most TO rid
sule And that portion Of the public prints which re.
ceyed as oracular this echo Of he-which daused it.
repeated ii, expounded il With the most hero comc
simplicity in the world and with the most inexcusable
complcty-what has it rendered to its nations
Oh, am sure that every honest American knows it
tho absurd phantasm which it has followed, the evil
genius to which it has rendered service, it will expert
snee at the due time an exemplary modification. 1t
viii then wish perhaps to make amends for the wrong,
but history has ale ady noted down with her hands
those zed and brutal demonstrations and nothing
MON that will succeed then those forebeals shall
be able only to pity, not to remove because they will
main there as long as the pages shall last which his
tory has registered these events.
The nation redeemed itself greatly it is true, in the
really courageous and true words which its Senate spoke
IN defence Of and respect for, the Envoy of Rome it
was in that moment that capitol rendered tself
thev worthy of the other but cannot help rejecting
that notwithstanding such did not avail to put
stop to those furious ourages to protect my
nent would upon and harmony wit those noble
words, to which will never cease rendering the tribute
and in fine, the promises given resulted in nothing
Ton became the servant OF the delirium Of few, and
those even foreigners, and was Obliged to be convinced
that for more than palace in Washington the nscrp
hon dictated by Job would be most appropriateaissc
qxast
must render account to my sovereign of the effect
ut least of his most kindly intended letters, but the
silence Of those who received them win explain my
1ence; and this dscoureous and insulting lesson for
the Sovereign of Rome will not be lost any other chief
Of nation and of State who may wish to lavish
svties courteses tie other side of the Allan
tic Certainly it is not thus that great nations
governed and served. There Is, indeed, code
for them nor there an ocean TO divide them in the
fulhment of their paramount duties, for the hayrant
violation of which those who rule represent their des
ties arc obliged to answer The Judgment to be passed
this affair the nations of the two worlds have already
formed and not some miserable bribed and shameless
print on the banks of the Ohio or Of the Hudson.
Pardon me, my most yeuerated Lord, (Monsignore
Ve~eTatisstm0,) if give vent for moment to some
Sab Of amer know not how to restrain it against
him whom consider the only the principal guilty
cause Of this scandal and notification him who dis
graced his Office, betrayed his mission, and was deaf
70 public opinion, after having himself deceived and
perverted it, turn instantly to those sentiments which
alone ought to triumph in whatsoever bears the
on his breast not only as symbol Of true dignity but
of hell cause him more truly to bear in the heart
Oh let that power Of darkness unchain itself as
much az it can through its organs, those apostases
10 various and so faithful TO it. will not retract
OF the innumerabe benedictions which scattered
On the land Of Columbus. will remember always with
pride the joyful and loving receptions words
changed in the midst of the most holy solemnes the
fhn f,,l6 NJ sp many derived
Episcopal ministry; shall hold dear the reIneni
bTance Of the american people whom blessed with all
my soul in their institutions in their churches in their
sck in their young children true and principal treasure
sweet precious hope of religion and Of the country
Affection my lips viii always breathe prayer for them,
and this hand, which, always ready clasped SO many
with equal readiness bless Them whatever of
me earth my destnies may cast me. shall always fer
and than that Of satisfying the desires Of the bishops and
Of the Catholics From this holy end, your Grace knows
mat the menaGes upon nyer me
my course only when the reiterated commands OF the
holy Father obliged to return to Europe and the dag
gers and caumnes and outrages which were the most
nob1e Of my enemies, and which alone sufced to
stamp them; as they have rendered my mission more
holy because prosecuted they have infused into
power Of the Supreme Keys and in the efficacy OF many
prayers which, the two worlds my safety and
sK rise to the throne Of God who knows not that per-
sscuions the most glorious and most inevitable heritage
q our ministry who erceives this the eca-
eous means increasing in the faith for kndng
with the ardors of holy charity for extending always
the Kingdom Of Jesus Christi Oh, how little would my
ssion have been worthy Of Him, had been scattered
only with bless those thorns which mortified
h they are the blessed seal which qualified it
and rendered it holy. Let them plant the in
dignity which perfected 1t In the very quick Of the heart
NE Red which received that seed will delay to bring
forth abundant and pleased fruits Nisi granusn trt
esti oddens in terra mortuum Juerit ipsum sotum mdn
Could there be words true and more consong than
for who the object Of the anger Of hell in
the exercise minsry all Of love and of peace And
more opportuney still does that sacred seed receive
comment from the words-monifc dndum intdslldS
Jpdaorum, mUupliccndum fde poploruns. 1t is the un
believing who have the Office Of Notifying that seed but
the successful harvest multiplied under the hands Of
people that Terseveres that believes that address aud
that knows how TO receive the heart with equal fsth
benediction and modification. Behold the part which
belongs to the good Catholics OF those vast regions;
point out their duty and their comforts recon
mend il a precious memento my sojourn among