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Civil and Religious Liberty.


has, as the following will show, been gracious
ly pleased to recommend the establishment in
Rome, of college for theological students from
the United States, where, of course they will be
free from the influence of concentrating inau-
ences OF Know Nothingism. and be fully prepar-
ed when they return, to teach the doctrine of
civil and religious liberty as they understood
by him, and admired by his party here. May
we not look in the coming message of General
Pierce for recommendationof an appropriation
of sum TO carry out this desire ofhis Holy
Father and Friend, at least equal to that which
the British government pays annually Sl40,-
OO0) for the manufacture OF Jesuit priests almost
exclusively for the United Statesi Or what
finders Gen. Pierce from endowing this college
with the secret service fund-if it is large
enough.
PApAL PRor AGANDA IN THE UNITED SrAREs.
TIE Pope's Edid. The New York Freemans'
Journal, (organ OF Bishop Hughes,) contains
translation from the original Latin of an edict
entitled "Letter from our most Holy Father =
| Fope Plus TX, to the Archbishop and Bishop Of
the Province OF New York.
Fhe following passages occur in it:
"Certainly it was no smalljoy to Us to learn
! more and more, from that venerable brother
John, Bishop of Buffalo, as well as from your
letter, how great piety, love and obedience you
bear towards US and this chair of Peter the cen
tire of Catholic truth and unity"
"That youmay provide more easily for the
wants of your dioceses, and may be able to have
skiltu and industrious laborers who can help you
in cultivating the vineyard of the Lord, we mos
earnestly WISH as we have already intimated tc
some of your order, (who, to GU. no common
qualification, were here in Rome on the coca
sion of our dogmatic definition of the Immacu
late Conception of the Mother of God,) tina
comparing your advice, and uniting your resour
ces, you would please to erect in this, our fail
city of Rome, acollege appropriated to the cler
Icy ofyour nation. For your wisdom will INSTRUCT
you how great advantages may rebound to youi
dioceses from an institution of that kind.
j because, by this arrangement, youth chosen
by you, andsent hither as the hope of religion
will grow up as in a nursery, and imbued bel
with piety and with an excellent education, and
drawing from its very fountain doctrine incor-
rupt, and learning the institutes, aud the right
i and holy ceremonies in the method Of the Church
i which is the mother and mistress Of all others
when they return to their country, will be able
properly TO discharge the Office of parish priest
or of q teacher, or of professor, andto shine
as an example of life to the people TO instruc
the ignorant, and to bring back the erring 4
paths of truth and justice, as we'll as by the ar
NOR of sound doctrine, to confound the madness
| and refute the fallacies of men of guile. Ifyo,
will ratify this our desire, which looks only Il
the spiritual good of those regions, we certainly
as much as lies in US, will not omit to assist yol
with all diligence. that you may establish tn
said college american Organ.
ALABAMA LEGrsLAruRE.-- RetaIiatory Bill
/ Ia the Alabama House Of Representatives bill