The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-10-18
T.mno,.I Power of the Pope.

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Temporal Power Of the Pope.
The folio wing are some Of the prohigate max
inns of the Romish Cooperation; and we might
hers remark, thai, Judging from the contents Of
our neixhbers sheet, week after week he has been
praeticing on them to . considerable extsnt-at
ieas, we eaanst account for his prevariea,ions in
any other way:
1T is lawful to ambiguous terms to give the
impression different sense frsm that which you
Yourself understand
"A person may take ~ oath that ne has not
done such thing, though in fact he has. by say
ing 10 himselfit net done specified day.
before he was born, or by csnceaing s.y other
circumstance which gives ansth,r meaning to the
statement This it, in numbsrlsss instances, er-
trea.ely eonp<nient. and is always rery just when
it is necessary to your health, honor, property
Promises are not obligatory when man has
no intention Of being bound to fulfil them"
An oath obliges not beyond the intention of
him who takes it"
ale VIE sanctions heretieal proposition
without believing it, or is com1nunicant among
Protestants without having his heart there, but
out OF pure derision, or to comply with the times,
and to accomplish his designs ought not TO be
esteemed Protestant, because his understanding
is not infected with error"
Such are ssne of the naxims of the Romsh
Corporation-they subvert the foundations of
truth in all things. No matter what words q man
uses if he secretly intends something else he is
not bound by promises oaths Is it any Won
der then, that Amer;c ans, who have the stability
and perpetuity of their free institutions at heart,
should combine to pu, down such damn able teach
ings-such doctrines Of devils?" We think not
and We deserve to have eur liberties wrested from
us, if we were less vgSnt.
Bishop kenrick says: "Heresy and unbelief are
CRIMES; that is the whole of the matter And. in
Christian countries, in Italy and Spain for in
stance, where all the people Catholic, and
where the Catholic religion is initial part of
the law of the land, they will be punished other
crimes.
The Bishop Of ST. Louis says: professionalism
of every kind, Catholicty inserts in the catalogue
of mortal sins; she endures it when and wkere she
must; but she hates it, and directs all her energies
to effect its destruction. If the Catholics ever
gain, rrhieh they surely ,eW d. mark that an
immense numerical majority religious freedom in
this country is at end"
Brownson the editor of the Catholic Review
who says he 'ncver wrote an article for that wei k
but he submitted it for the approval of his Bish-
op' declares that What the Church has done.
what she has expressly or tacitly approved in tAe
past,-that is exactly what she will do or tscitIv
approve, in the future if the same circumstances
occur. This may be difficulty. embarrassment;
but it will not do to shrink from it. We are re-
far as she herself has acted; and to at.emp, to
apologize for it By an appeal to the opinion of the
times, or to explain it iu conformity with the pre-
valng spirit and theories Of non Cathocs of our
age, is only to weaken the reverence of the faith
full for The Church and yield the victory our en-
emes"
But enough for the present. Proof sufficient of
the power Of the pope in temporal affairs is ad-
duced in the oath these very Bishops (who prate
much about their patriotic teachngs-ther ex-
IRENE love for this land OF liberty) have taken
Their letter is empbaucslly an attempt to apollo
gse for it by appeal the opinion Of the times
Gov. SHANNON AND THE SLAVERY QcEsrIoS-
Our exchanges continue to discuss the question as
TO whether Governor Shannon either before or af-
ter he went to Kansas avowed himself in favor
OF slavery in that Territory. The Wheeling
Times, protesting to speak from personal knowl-
edge says:
Governor Shannon avowed himself in our pres
ence, before he left Ohio, in favor Of slavery in
Kansas and expressed his belief that it would
quietly go there.
The Squatter Sovereign, Stringfcllow's paper
10 Kansas in reference to the speeches of the new
Governor, says:
We rejoice that Gov. Shannon had the good
sense to declare himself unequivoeally, in favor
Of slavery. And from our knowledge of his
character we have not the slightest doubt but
that he will enforce the just and salutary laws of
the Territory.