The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-05-18


AcArnoLtp 0alsss SPEECH.
Tie Know Nothing e seems
scattered dismay pmoe ChIiflian1
feat Republic ere peci-
&. mem d Of Cong been tfgaa n hip
friends to defend Ill ca @ he House 81
Representatives; and lie ba aon On The
18th Of January 81 tlle present saf, Sc fellow
Representatives seem to have pei very re-
spectfilly to his exposition, which vas very lab
crate, and from llis point civic quite aelp-
sive. II Europe, however, The sxpa 'ie1 e
likely to be criticised; and sugh peel may
respect Mr. Chandler, pls hIs motive and
intentions, they viii hardly ACRE With him.
posing him to have mastered ths principles
volved Iii his speech. n Is not sassa la|k to
repudiats The 81 Of q friend, b to dls, 20,
bit 4 Is sometimes duy MI. Chandla too
frank and too honest not 70 concede % others
the right he vindicates for himself
Mr. Chambers theme was the depOsing poW-
er Of the Pope. He denies its existence, irdes
pendent Of public law Of nations. It's not
our intention to defend that power II present
for we shall eontne ourselves simply 10 the ex-
animation 81 the reasons which are suppose
to be fatal to its existence. Bat, before doing
", II would be fair 70 remind our readers, that
to Popss celebrated among othet acts, noble
and heroic, for deposing SOY igns lie number
ed with the Saints Gregory VII. and Plus Y.
These Popes did not think, nor did those who
canonized then think, that thy had exceeded
their gousrs Of had diverted their spiritual an-
thority unlawful channels
III. Chandler says that "tlie whole power Of
asing rested upon the consent. not merely Of
're but 81 the 6eposea princes shems
selves. If ele Ne
question, for If aihe power rested 81 silesc
sent ofkings and princes; their deposition must
have been thoroughly just. because golsata ron
iii injur;a, and they were, there very wicked
men when they invaded the Papa States to
punish the Pope, who had done no Is S. q
give effect to the consent Of those princes. SIN
more wicked we're they who createdan an6-rope
to resist the judge whom they had themselves
appointed.
IF this "wIiole power' rested On The consent q
kings, it is clear that the Papal authority doe
not enter into the question and that i might
bare been given to any authority 81 power. But
t is very strange that kings should consent
ed to vest such power Il anybody and argues
little for their common sense. Taey must have
been always uneasy, and their -uneasiness was
the result Of their own folly. MI. Chandler
aifirms distinctly that the ''power to depos
power humanity conferred never called il
question by the deposed monarchs. They i'd
mitted the constitutions right and power though
they may have called in Question the justice Of
the act;" This assertion IS at least strange.
Frederick Barbara Ga and Lewis Of Bavaria dis
puted the power most distinctly and they had an
army Of scribes. Priests and ymen, learned in
the law, who maintained that The Pope had NJ
power to deposs ], AMI more, that there was no
power % depe other than Gods. s. faris the
uep a power from having been admitted BY
Tie dposed m1narehs, that they wholly denied
not merely Is vested III the Pops, but as ac-
tually subsisting in the world.
TIE Opposing pOOsr does actually erst 4, pre-
emf It s publicly taught il every state that con-
siders itseIffree Il isthedoctrihe Of lsnglishmen
who deposed James II; and Of the Frenchnienlor
they have deposed tie dynasty d tie Bourbons.
The epaniards admit it for Queen fsabsllais
throne Is ii dangers The difference between tie
modern and tie MEDIEVAL 8efla consists only ID
this;
we vest this Id the people. Off ancestors, more
wisely ii tie Pope. ID England tie dcposing
doctrine Is made law Of The kingdom 70 6 put
ID force whenever The rsigning sovereign prebge
bis soul ID the sceptre Kings Of course, has Il dor
their utmost to discFedit The doctrine ana they
have gained for themselves instead 81 st, the
scatIold and tie sword. The divine righ s err
tain families to govern nations according heir
Win i refaied, not 81 argument but 81 b
violent h IL kings prefer this solution to tse
difficulty % that which medieval principles offer
Sd certainly tie Pope was more patient aud con
siderate than tie people are and d depos;s
ion IS more injurious to s1cistg than q bloody
revolution. a deposition does noi necessary III.
volve change Of dynasty. but il general revolu-
ton does; and perhaps kings might On reflection
prefer TO lose the crown "a themselves only 70
losing i 70 tie family ven.
1fr CAand gfsa s1 fullhes ore
lsorr els % lii So ~ tfeacte oH
ths spfflludl poags 4tis aisl lo s
.nol5laia His word deny 20 the
Bishop a. Rome tie right 81 BIZ a
vine oa'ee q inieIl relations between sla
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