The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-01-30

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and thus TO release subjects History declares that NOR,
than monarch has been made TO descend from his
throne by the ee OF the Pope and that the allegiance Of
his subjects has been transferred by that eaot 10 sue
oeeaing monarch, who however he may have obtained
his might have been compelled TO lay II down al
the bidding Of the authority that deposed his prede
ccssor.
II then the Pope has exercised such right may he not
should he have the power that excrcisc7
That suppose Mr. Chairman depends entirely upon the
foundation OF the right and the demand which may be
made for its exercise
The question which here and which arises
out OF The charges made by the honorable gentleman from
Massachusetts, whether tho right has been claimed
but what grounds this right asserted. Iii
divine r2bta right inherent in the stss Office OF the
Bishop OF Rome the successor OF 81 Petcrthen air.
confess il may never IL never lapse and its exercise
may be with the reception OF additional power
Bet air. II Il right conferred for special occasions by
those interested in It's exercise conferred By monachs for
their own safety and approved By The people for their
benefit who were ready willing, and able To cootrihute
means for giving It's exhibition Of powo then would, OF
course cease with the change Of circumstances in which
rgh because they could assist him with pore and be-
general safety required the exercise Of thai power
retained in their hands the right to withdraw in
validate their former hestowa and leave in the hands Of
the Roman Pontf only his spiritual rights kings or
people dehors the limits of his temporal dominion
To understand how the Pope possessed any power
emperors and kings and by such power influencing
their subjects must enter minusly into the cr
cumstances OF the ar-distant age in which ii
erred and exercised than the time here allowed for
Speech the space necessary for essay would justify
We must enter into the spirit Of the middle ages aud
how naturally Christian monarchs then all Of greedy
formed combinations, and how much human rights aud
Christian principles combinations and ealousics
which, while they distinguished and really illustrated that
period would be regarded il they could exist the
resort OF Of bad principles to pcrpetuate yrannica
power But such the state of the times and such the
unesabshed condition Of religion and civil government
that il became matter of the deepest to Christian
princes that the latter should combine support ths for
And in combining, the Christian (Caiholic) princes
formed league, by which peace order and religion wer
far possible to be maintained AMONG them BY refer
enee 10 the influences which the Pope, spiritual
eregn would naturally have enforce temporal and tenn
poray with kings and people and with kings through
their people and this influence augmented by the sub
mission the part of individual soveregns the DEGREES
Of the Pope founded the power which the united
eregns had conferred the Pontf aud founded that
alone
Christianity that period had wrought it's work
Of social good vice and disorder rampant aud the
passions Of seemed to be allowed indulgences little
realized in these times To something like order
religion and cahocty among the Christian nations and
TO secure the ultimate social effects OF the true principles OF
religion the Christian princes conferred upon the Pope
power which previously he had not attempted to exercise
never indeed claimed possess The spiritual power
always admitted of divine rghtthe gift Of God The
temporal power was concededwas conerredby the Em-
peror and Christian princess not to aggandxe the Bishop
Of Rome but to enable him to decide betwixt them in their
various disputes and to keep alive the fth upon which
the power of the princes evidently rested No then
pretended that the right to depose king divine
right in the Pope. He claimed the power Off from
the OF the church all who did conform 10
the rules OF that churcha right claimed and exercised by
all churches suppose church surely must be
its influence extends exercise the power bind and
loose That Is question purely theological and cannot
be discussed here.
ssFq 4 Dc 81 nss e s 81 EoSe See that Ia rYcs assh hs
Of the Popes spiritual power king could have main
tanned his possessions without acknowledged phys
cal superiority; and no people could have retained
show OF Freedom could have counted life ITSELF IL
the avarice and bloody cruelty of the barons could
have found any advantage momentary gratiEca
ton, by sacrificing either And this not ALL 1t
limit hat u1a koE
Christianity in It's wearcr and yet PaRansm and ndelty
were continually graspng at the sceptre* Kingdoms
were constantly changing. Monarchs driven from
their thrones by violence; and tnir rarely
thought of any other object than the permancncy Of their
own power. Meantime the Papacy permanent and,
in proportion 10 the troubles disorders and disasters OF
the times the Papacy acquired srengthstrength in the
constant appeals to ita arbitration; strength in its
changeabe qualities and strength win be admitted by
reception and exercise Of duties develved upon 1t by
those who saw in the Papa the only Of saving
Europe from chaos.
hors their special and proper dominion conferred by
the Christian princes and that it exercised by the de-
nands and appeals OF those who interested in its OBJ
jecviz order, religion, and princely right and some
times popular rghts have only say that of
Pope thus receiving and thus exercising his power could
with truth, divine right or asserting It. he could
not hope to have that right permanently admitted IL
hence follows that such right was article Of Ro-
man Catholic faith.
1t cannot be denied that the spiritual power OF the Pope
the admitted j1re dcio motive among Others for
comforting the political power and perhapr ALSO motive
for exercising that and the in which the
character OF the Pope held by princes and mobiles
well the people great consequence to the decisions
Of the Ponti right wrong, and insured prompt obed
when otherwise there might have been hcsancy and
celebration No doubt the temporal power conferred
by temporal consent and by constitution mistaken
for and admitted by certain weak persons at that time
the spiritual power conferred by Christ and sustained by
the Scriptures But nowhere is the right to such power
claimed as of divine right by the Catholic Church.
In the Catholic Church, in all other churches there
have been found few individuals OF less discretion than
zeal, who have from mistaken view OF the Christian dn
ties thought it merit themselves TO impue to religion
direct secular power which il intended by God,
understood by good, prudent to exercise We
in the careless writings OF certain Catholic scholars
find il In the preaching and discipline OF many other
denominations But in the Catholic Church those indvid
ua opinions have been disconntenance by the bishops
and in other churches they have grown much out of pac
ce; by all they considered rendering God the
things which Csssars The assertion BY indvidualo
the practice by few Popes OF amy power does not
make that power right That only of faith which is
declared, and which Is for all times and all crcum-
stances.
The most distinguished instance OF the exercise Of the
Papal power Of deposng monarch Is that by the Pops
Gregory VII who accommodated and dcposed the En-
peror Henry w The peculiar character Of these times
have already noticed. The peculiar character of Henry
may be learned from history He corrupt venal tur
bolent cruel blashemous hypocrtcal lie bad violated
his coronation oath and engaged IN epormities that
drew from part OF Germany and the north OF Italy
appeals the Pope for the exercise OF those which
the Pontif held from the Emperor and when The Pope
exercising his admitted legal against the %
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