The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1855-06-07


ARCHBISHOP KEHRIcK's PASTORAL LETT r.
Denial of the Popes Temporal Sovereignty
The concluding paragraphs of the late Eas-
toral Letter of the Archbishop of Baltimore snd
the Bishops and Prelates of the Province OF
Baltimore are as follows
Beloved brethren of the laity, we embrace
you all with paternal affection, and entreat you
to walk circumspectly, for the days are esil.
You know what manner of precepts we hive
given you in the name of the Lord Jesus. For
this is the will of God your sanctifcation. BE
peaceable, sober, Just, and faithful in the PER
Torrance of all duties towards all mankind.
Practice patience, forbearance charity, towasds
all. In the exercise of your rights as Gee
citizens, remember your responsibility to G$d,
and act as freemen, but not as having hbtsty
as cloak for malice, but as the servant of
God. Respect and obey the constituted auts>pr-
tiles, for all power is from God, and they Nat
resist the ordinances of God purchase for tb- IN
selves damuation.
owe allegiance in all that regards the vii
order; the authorities of the Church challe 'ge
your obedience in the things of salvation. We
have no need of pressing this distinction, WI oh
you fully understand and constantly observe.
You know that we have uniformly taught ypu,
both publicly and privately, to perform all she
duties of good citizens, and that we have ne 9er
exacted of you, as we ourselves have ne>ser
made even to the highest ecclesiastical auth, ri
ty, any engagements inconsistent with the du les
we owe to the country and its laws. On every
opportune occasion we have avowed these pl IN
ciples and even in our communications to he
late Pontiff, we rejected as calumny the M
putaton that we were in civil matters subj set
to his authority
"Be not disturbed at the misstatementS of
our tenets which are daily made, or at the eff ort
to deprive us of our civil rights, and of the tjn-
idence and esteem of our fellow-citizens. pr
midable as is the combination for this purpsse,
we do not despair that the justice and god
sense of the Nation will soon discover .She
groundless character of the suspicious thre sn
on the fidelity of Catholics, whose relie on
teaches them to respect and maintain the esl 3D.
lished order of society, under whatsoever ft I'm
Of government they may be placed"
ASPgEcH.-The Editor of Harpers Magazine
pulls the following scrap from his {" drawer
Many verdant Congressman, fresh from his
constituents, has found the floor of the natiosaal
bear-garden quite different theatre for he
display of his abilities from the tavern or The
store up-country, where he has been wont to
hold forth to his admiring frinds. Mr.. Collier,
who became one of the leaders in the Lover
House, was taken all aback when he was first
on his legs in the hall. He rose and said, "Mr.
Speaker"
"The gentleman from New York" said the
Speaker.
II 10 RI of fbo
member, but he managed TO exclaim again.
I" Mr.. Speaker"
"The gentleman from New York." said the
Speaker.
By this time, attention was arrested, and the
sudden silence was even more confoundng tkan
the uproar in which he had risen. Once ID ore
he cried out, and now on the verge of desriir,
Mr.. Speaker"
"The gentleman from New York." said The
Speaker, with the faintest smile of compassion
on his face.
But no words came to bear the thoughts of
the embarrassed member, and, turning to a
friend sitting next to him, he burst forth
:" say, Ellsworth, do you know where can
charter knothole for fortnight"
That was his maiden speech. His next was
decided hit, and he speedily rose to the front
rank of speakers in the House.
THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON III.-Among the
multitudinous circumstances of a striking and
extraordinary character connected with the
history of Louis Napoleon, not the least is a
fact stated by well.informed correspondent in
the Illustrated London Neps of last Saturday
1t is there affirmed that, during his exile, he
FUSED to read, with great interest, the proof
sheets of M. Thiers's History of the Consulate
and Empire, which were supplied to hin, by
Mr.. Forbes Campbell, who was then preparing
an English version of that work. The follaw-
ing remarkable passage occurs in letter VII oh
the Prince addressed Mr.. Campbell in ls47,
when returning the proof sheets of Vol. V. 1t
will be seen that, even at that early PERIOD he
Emperor meditated the English alliance, wb oh
he has since 80 happily accomplished why
was not / born to share in the glories of tb''se
heroic times2 But, on reflection, it is better
as it is. What saddening spectacle, to be-
hold the two greatest and most civilized nations
of the world destroying one another (s'enfre-
gorger two nations that ought in my opinion,
(selon noi,) to have been friends and allies,
and rivals only in the arts of peace. Let US
hope that the day may yet come when / shall
carry out the intentions of my uncle, by uni
ting the interests and policy of England and
France in an indissouble alliance. That hope
pining at the altered fortunes of my family"
The CHINESE IN AUsrRALIA.-The Bishop
of Victoria has just made report to the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, which reveals some
curious facts relative to the Chinese, who are
now found in considerable numbers in the Aus
tralian Colonies. According to the Bishop,Ee
sooner do they acquire smattering OF instt.Sc-
ton, than they leave the Missionary semnaIrss,
and either emigrate to Australia and Amer "a,
or betake themselves to such situations as ey
can obtain, as clerks and interpreters, in OF er
countries than their own. We believe, that in
former times, and till very lately, no Gilman an
could depart from the Celestial Empire witb;,u
permission from the authorities; but we r''w
find, as the Bishop of Victoria hints, that evGey-
thing in that quarter bears the mark of On
pending change change pregnant with she
most portentous results to the whole Eastern
world.
OREsTss A. BRowNsoN recently lectured in
lows, on the destiny of the Roman Catholic
Church:
at must become tho arbiter between the
State and the subject 1t must guard the man
by interposing its flaming sword as defence.
1t must cOnstv1H constitutions and crpOrnd
laps, deciding where is the limit of centrali led
power, and what is its absolute duty to FER
FORM"
Brownson, the convert would signalize his
zeal, and, as lover of notoriety, seeks to
startle
THE INDEPENDENT.
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