Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-03-16

partc did what YOU knew. lie com
mitted a crime, erected this crime in
TO a throne, and seated himself upon
il. Shinderhannes declares himself
Caesar. But Peter is necessary 10
Cesar. Where one is an emperor,
the approval of the people is Of lit
tie consequence what is Of conse-
quence is the approval of the Pope.
1t was not enough to be perjured
man, a traitor and a murderer,-he
must be consecraled. Bonaparte the
Great was consecraied. Donaparte
the Little wished also to be.
Then rose the question, Would
the Pope consent:
An aid de-camp, named DeCo,te,
one Of the religious men of the day,
was sent to An,oncli, the present
Gonsaly. The aid de-camp had lit
tie su ccess. Plus VII had consc-
Grated Marengo; Plus TX. hesitaied
to consecralp the Boulevard Mont
malre. TO minglc with tina, blood
and this nire the old Roman oil was
a grave atiair. The Pope was fas-
udlous. Bonaparte embarrassed. -
=. What was TO be dpnei What course
to take to induce Plus TX. to decide /?
How would a grl he induced to de-
eide: How Pope' BY pres
ent. This is us history.
IN Grille uhc citizen Of Bias-
chi.) r." These are saccrdolal man
ners."
Victor Uugo.-You are right. A
long time ago jeremiah cried out to
Jerusalem, aud Luther to Rome:
1 Harioti
The orator procecded M. Bona
parte thea proposed to make a pres
cnt TO NJ. Masiae.
What present?
This IS the whole real recurrence.
Citizens, there are two Popes in this
world-tho Latin Pope and the Greek
Pope The Greek Pope-who calls
himself also tic Czlr--hrngs upon
the Sultan the weight Of Russia -
Now, the Sultan, possessing Judea,
possesses the tomb Of Christ. Give
your attention TO this. For ages the
great ambition Of the two Catholic
isms-Greek and Roman-has been
to penetrate freely into ihis tomb,
and to minister there, not side by
side aud fralernalIy, but one exclud-
ing the other--lhe Latin excluding
Greek, or lhe Greek excluding the
Latin. Between these two opposing
prelensions, what did lslamsm 1t
kept the balance equal-ihat is To
say, the door closed, and allowed nel-
Their the Greek nor the Latin cross
to enter into the tomb-nclther Mos
COW nor Rome. A hearl-rending
thing above all TO the Latin Pope
who "dseis the supremacy. Then,
as general idea, and entirely inc
sPoo,vc of NJ. Bonaparic, what pres
ent could be offered the Pope of
Rome to influence him to consccrate
and crown, no matter what bandit
} Place the question before Machiavel,
he will reply to you" There is
nothing simpler: make the scale OF
jerusalem incline on the side towards
Rome break the Illuminating equal
lily Of the two crosses before the
tomb Of Christ; put the Eastern
+ Church under the feet of the Yves
tern open the holy gate to one and
: close IT upon the other; modest the
T Greek Pope in one word, give the
, Latin Pope the key Of the Sepul-
: chre."
! This is what Machiavel would
have answered. 1t is what Bona
partc understood; 1t is what he did.
This has been called you remember,
the affair OF the Holy Places.
The intrigue was concocted-se-
crelly, at first. The agent of Bona
par;e AT ConslanIinople, NJ. DE Law
, ale,le, demanded of the Sultan, on
the part Of his master, the key Of the
tomb Of Jesus for the Pope of Rome.
9 The Sulian-weak, troubled. already
having Il foreboding of the end OF
lslamism, drawn in two different d.
recions, afraid Of Nicholas, afraid
OF Nj. Bonaparte, not knowing "a
which Emperor 10 lislen-loosed hi:
, hold, and gave the key. NJ. Bona
parle thanked him-NEholas wa,
ANGRY. The Greek Pope sent to the
Seraglio his legale Latere, Menschi
koff, whip in hand. He claimed a:
d compensation for the key given to
2 NJ. Bonaparie for the Pope of Rome
: more substantial ihings-nearly all
the sovereignty which remained ia
the Sultan. The Sultan refused
France and England supported the
= Sultan; and you know the rest
/ the Eastern war burst forth.
+ These are the facts.
: Let us render to Caesar the thing,
} that are Cwsar's, and not give TO Nj
E choias that which belongs TO the sec
ond Of December Nj. Bonaparte',
| desire 10 be consented has done all
5 The affair Of the Holy Places and
I the key is the origin Of all.
Now, see what has come from this
: key. At the present hour, Asia Mi
nor, the Aland Islands, The Danube
y Tchernia, the White Sea, and the
r Black Sea, the North and the South
4 see cities, a few months ago flour
: shing, now lying in ashes and smoke.
: AT THIS hour S.nOpe is burned, Bo,