Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-21

= rharys The King, however, perseyeEod untii be
triamphed over Beckett for the grimaie was .con-
anaue IL the falty which he had sworn 70 his GOV.
origin all his goods and chattes were confscsted
But the Primate defed the King. = He put HIM |
self and his See under the protection Of the supreme
Ponhf" About ths tune Beckett Ned irom the king
dom, and was received by the rope with the greatest
marks Of distinction He was not idle in his Danish
msnt
"He assumed the character Of champion for the pa
trmony OF the Divinity he pretended 70 be the sPrs-
val father o the Kiag, aud all the people Of England
he even tod Henry that Kings rsigasd solely By he
authority qf tas eAnch."s
But Ruthless and waste Of time to give all the
details Of this quarrel yet created more intense inter
and excitement in Europe than had ever or has
annihilAtsd each otherl Finally psnspotsntar1es on
both sides srs aypoatsd 10 aegotsate fsay peace!
And the King had to sarrsaaer bis preiensions, ~
order to rsLiscs his Ainists from the ssntsnce 81 40
communication, uhich Bscks in his scile, had
hundsvsd against thsDsI Here 10 history OF the
terms Of tho treaty;
Beckett was not required % give up any rights
Of the church, or resign any ~ those pretsnsions
which had been the original ground Of The contr0-
p0sy Beckett and his adherents were " be restored
70 all their ivings, and even the possessors OF such
benefces, and had been flied during the primate's
absence, should BE- expelled aud Beckett have liberty
10 supply the vacancies In return for concessions
hich satrsncked 20 deeply on ne honor and dignity Of
the Crown, Henry reaped only the ddrantags Of ss-
ing hs Ministers absotped from The sentence Of eSon.
these hard oondt ops had not been complied with,
ready to he lad all has donations. SO anxious
was Henry to accommodate all differences, and "
reconcile himself fully with Beckett that he took the
must extraordinary steps u aatter his vanity, and
even, on one occasion. Inundated himself 20 far US
% hold Ms siirrup Of Aat haughty pr~lats Wh'ls Ne
nounted.n
Here you see, cir, in the twelfth century, shining
instance Of the complete triumph Of the power Of thu
Pom. pr thu Uuyyprful
arcn in Europe. Aud the supreme autocracy Of tn
urlhbshops is strkingly illustrated in the tact that
no soon.r had Beckut returned to his diocese than
he b. gan laundering his accommodations agalns'
his enumies, 80 lately the Hags friends and o.
Gyators." 1888.
What is an accommodation Tho excommuni-
cation Of King--ths interdict 0f kingdom illus
raed in the history Of King John, the son Of Henry
II. The power and authority which the Archbishop
Of Canterbury had acquired, BY Beckes triumph over
Henry, shows itself IN Johns reign and the King
and Kingdom OF England arc placed under intcrdici,
the eiccl Of which may be by the following his
torical account Of 1t: ts
"The nation was, of q sudden, deprived Of all en-
terror exercise Of its religion; the affairs were despo
cd Of their ornaments the crosses, the relques tn
images, the statues OF the saints, were laid on tn,
ground and us il the air itself profaned, and
nght pollute them by its con act, ths priests care
fully covered them up, even from their own approach
and veneration The of 6ets entirely ceased in ali
the churches; tho bells hensstves removed roN
the neeptes and laid the ground, with the other
sacred utensils cell brated with shut doors
and but the priests were admitted TO that hol,
institution. The laity partook Of no religious rite,
except baptism to newly born infants, and the COM
munion W the dying The lead ipers not inferred ~
coasecrdtsd gyuund they tcere Myo,on into dches OF
buried in common fields; and their obsequies wer.
attended with prayers, any hallowed ceremony
Marriages Das celebrated IN the church yard and,
that every action Of life might bear the marks Of this
dreadful situation, the people were prohibited the
of meat as in Lent or times Of the highest penance
n, barr. nile nj. m
and TO salute each other, or 80 much as to shaw,
their boards and give any decent attention to their
person and apparel. Every circumstance carried
symptoms Of the deepest distress, and Of the most
Immediate spprehensions of digine vengeance ana
Indignation"
Such is the force and power Of an interdict 1t can
DO better imagined than described.
Let here add for the information of our friends
tn. firm Of personal accommodation:
Sin the name of the Father, and Of the Son, and
OF tho Holy Cheat, and in blessed and most holy
Lady Mary also, BY the power Of the angels arch
a,gsls' As, we separate y. aud y. from the bosom
the anatheaa II a perpetual malediotiOn. And MAJ
they BE- cured N tie city cursed in tie sld cursed
their barn, and cursed BE- their store-cuRsEp BE TIE
FRUIT or rHEis woMB, and the fruit Of their land
item b. cursed IN the house, and fugtves In the
Md; and LET al the curses come upon them which
tae Lord by Moses. threatened 70 bring on the peop
who forsook the divine law and let them be snathe
ma marsnstha-that is let them perish at the
ond coming Of the Lord. Let no Christian say an
Ave to them. Let no priest presume TO celebrat.
Iss hsm b. a Sss he 1s n saS
dung upon the face Of Gs earth"
This 10 the simple accommodation of an indvid
ual But much more terrible indeed, 10 the excom-
munication Of King or Queen, as we may readily
see from the opening Of an accommodation OF Queen
Elizabeth, by Plus II "opens thus:
"7hs da,an1tioa and recommendation Of Eliza
beth the pretended Queen Of England and her sdher.
eutA' aU
JOHN RKsIoSIse HIS GROWN TO rHE rorE.
In the accommodation Of King, all his adhe.
rents are included. John was accommodated; and
the sentence proceeded 30 absolps a0 Johns su1ets
from n n oatAs Of sdsiay and aDsgiaaee and TO de-
clare every one accommodated who had any con-.
n,ecs seiA lam, eithsr IN public or IN pripatsl In
vain did King John attempt 70 bold out against tn.
Pope, and he was finally driven 70 subscribe 70 all
shs conditions which the Pope was pleased to impose
upon him
meni o the rvPat that b. would restore all t6,
s1iled clergy and lsity who had b.en banished TIA
no would make mem full, rs.,.-syn u ihsir goods
outlawed or imprisoned for his adherence 70 tn
pops should Immediately BE- received into grace and
Of this ignom mons treaty" "But the IL.
nominy Of the King was NOT yet carried 10 its full
height hndolt the iegate required him. as the 6rst
t-sl Of obedisnce, % reign his kingdom % n,
1snISN. sohi, iyinK unutf the hKonlca " present
terror, made svgpS ~ spbnting 10 Ais condition.
We passed charter in which he said that not con.
oaiaei BY fey. et u hs opn frs uriA he had, o'
tA rem.ssios n HE sins, and hoss Of HE Ia,nilp
rsigned England and ireland 10 God, s. Psi<y, ana
81 PaIl, aud % Pope Innocent and lie successo,s 4,
As Apastatic Chair. lie agreed to Iold these domp.
Ions feudato,y If A< Church of Rome and be stp-
uatrd that If h As SUCCESSORS should esv presun.,
o rsots or infringe As charter they should insantl,
yet all right to their doniaioas. I" In consequence.
ofthis sgr.sment Jobs did homage 20 PapdolT, a. a.
Popss lsgats. ,cA all he ab0,isips rita which tn,
teudal law required Of vassss before their ege lord
He daaru,ed into the egstss presence, who was
seated q throuN. Hs fun9 hi,assv on As knees De-
fars him no Lifted up his joined hands, and put then,
within those Of Papdolf he featy the Pope"
H,re, sir in this picture you see . King Of Eng
land on his knees before the legate Of the Pope !,
Here you the legafe Of the Pope, elsted by the
triumph Of sacerdotal power exulting over crushed
King Here you see the successors Of ST. Peter &C
knowledged to be sutroN IN temporal az pru az spi
ritual qfars land that too, in country the most
enlightened Of the age and by King In whose
veins was the blood Of William the Conqueror In
fact sir, from the period Of the death Of Thomas
Beckett in England, TO the triumph Of the Reform
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