True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-02-22

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mankind with no weapon but arrogance,
with no power but the all-invincible super
stitions which surround his thrOnel
And, to uphold this arrogance, he had
his faces of brass, and his arms of iron, in
every nation; and to spread this supersti-
tion, he had his cowled emissaries prowl-
ing all over the face of the earth.
And these cowled emissaries, who were
they? History, with its burning scroll,
declares them to have been the most de-
graded and degrading of mankind, given
to all the sins and iniquities that human
flesh, in its weakness, is given to.
But, it is said, there is no more danger
of the encroaohment of Popery. The Ref
ormation redeemed men and Kingdoms
The nations of the earth are freed from the
chains of superstition; and the Pope is now
but sort of innocent father confessor to
the priests. Sir, be not deceived. When
the lion sleeps, who is so foolishssas tosap-
proach him in his slumbers ? A mouse
has too much sagacity to approach snor-
ing cat, as if in its small Uranium could be
crowded the grand idea "eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty" The Reformers
prevailed The Pope surrendered nothing.
He retired in sullen silence to the gloomy
recesses of the Vatican, to brood over his
fallen fortunes to frame new forms of cur
ses; to learn how to damn with intense
gusto, and to mingle the wine of the Sa-
craments in the ink with which he wrote
his anathemas, in imitation of one of his
infallible predecessors. No, sir, the Pope
was not dead "the snake was scotched,
not killed"
True it is, sir, that the ''thunders of the
Vatican" no longer shook the corners Of
the earth. The Pope sat in his quiet court,
seemingly feeble in every respect, as if
waiting for a gentle and immortalizing
martyrdom. He who had yesterday been
thebuilder Of kingdoms, the maker of mon
archs, and the destroyer of constitutions,
was now the weakest of mankind. But we
find him shaking his puny arm over Henry
the Eighth, and grinding his teeth at
Queen Elizabeth.
Impotent old man He could find but
one man in England who had the temerity
to circulate his accommodation of Eliza
beth.
But the honorable gentleman from Penn.
sylvania disclaims for himself, and for Ger.
tain colleges and councils, that the Pope
claims any power to depose or interfere
with monarchs, or to absolve their subjects
His personal disclaimer can amount to
nothing except SO far as the gentleman
himself is concerned The disclaiming Of
the colleges and councils amount to nothing
except so far as the individuals are con.
cerned who compose the colleges and coun.
ellis. Besides being in the face of the his.
torical acts of the Romish Church for six
or eight centuries, they are positively con.
tradicted by the legal Catholic book of De
Maistre.
The English editor of De Maistre's pro-
found work claims "The temporal throne
as the patrimony of the Galilean fisher
man." (St. Peter.)
The bull which excommunicated Henry
w., claims the power expressly "er part
omnipotentis dei."
The bull of communication against
King John, the interdict laid upon Eng
land and the Magma Charta, expressly claim
by words, the po'Oer as given by God to St
Peter, "to build and pull down Kingdoms. y
Hume, 299.
If the power was given by God, what
right has the pope to surrender it? HI
would be faithless to surrenderit. "He il
infallible," says the Church. Therefore
he cannot err. Therefore he cannot sur
render divine right. Therefore he ha,
not surrendered it. Therefore the propo
sition of the honrable gentleman from Mas
sachusetts, [Mr. BANKS "that the Roman
Pontif has never, in authoritative form
disclaimed the right" remains still to b,
answered, Notwithstanding the complacen
cy Of the gentleman from Pennsylvania
The colleges may be allowed to puBlisl
what they please, so long as they stick tt
the interest of the Church, for the time be
ing, and SO long as they promote the in
terest of the Church in the particular plac
where questions may be discussed TIL
Pope will not call them to account, unit
the interest Of the Church should make i