True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-01-25


heatening about the towering head Of the
Catholic world, never did Pope see bright
,r or happier days" 1t is afull meridian
says he, speaking of the
assembly of prelates that met at Rome to
1iscuss the matter, "of the supremacy of
the spiritual order over the temporal, and
it is happy circumstance, and every way
that the OCCASION Of honOring the
mother has served so we'll to illustrate the
of the Church other Divine Son."
That "Divine Son" now occupies an incl |
dental and subordinate place in the theolo-
gy of the Romish Church. Whatever re-
lates to the "Son" is merely pieced in ep-
isodically into the greater theology of Mary.
It reminds us of a pulpit we recollect of
seeing in the cathedral of Milan. The pull
pit was of brass, running round large
pillar, like gallery. "The history of our
Saviour" says Addison, who also examined
it, "or rather Of the blessed Virgin (for it
begins with her birth, and ends with her
coronation in heaven. s.that of our Saviour
coming in by way of episode is finely cut
in marble by Andrew BiHy." Thiswould
have been a worthy pulpit from which to
proclaim the decree of the "Immaculatc
Conception"
There is one circumstance connected
with this affair, to which we accord the
fullest credence, albeit it has been trans
mitted to us through the "Vienna Tcle-
graph" namely, that when this decree
was passed, "Romc was intoxicated We
have high authority for the fact that Rome
is drunken. A seer saw her in that state
long ago; and we have seen noindications
of late that she has grown sober. tits the
property of drunken man to be filled with
fantastic JOY from very inordate cause /;
and we ale to set down to the delirium un-
der which Rome at present labors, all the
extraordinary things which have been said
and written on this occasion. The Tablet,
which seems just as giddy as the rest, says,
for instance, "In the presence of cardinals,
archbishops, bishops and priests come to-
gether, with hearts on fire, from every
part of the orJis tcrrdrum on which the
sun shines, q sovereign Pontiff--one of the
most glorious that has ever filled the see OF
Peter--with his pious people about him in
tears '-(as close about him as French bay.
onets would permit, and grieved that they
could not get closer, although here the
} Tablet is discreetly silent )-"and the eyes
of two hundred and fifty millions ofunited
believers turned on him, and, as our Cath.
olic readers may we'll believe, the whole
, court of heaven smiling down upon him
, proclaimed dogma that will live in the
faith and in the affections of Christ's chill
S dren on earth till doomsday y,-the dogm;
t that Mary, the Mother of God, was ncve'
1 for an instant in any way under the do
$ minion of sin or Satan. That day, we ar,
D told, Rome was filled with joy. We know
= it. That day has gladdcned the universe,
; Indeed, the whole Roman world appears t.
: have been seized with an epidemic madncs
s on the occasion, and bishops and all write
: in the same deiirious vein The bishop o.
S Marseilles says, that on that day "some
J, thing will take place that will sound from
: the heights of heaven to the depths of hell.
y The bishop of Rhodes believes that Piu
. TX, in declaring this dogma, "will effect
d remarkable weakening in the empire of sil
o and death" And the bishop of La Roch
d ellie, in addressing the Pontiff, says, iii
), their ardent devotion to Mary, a multitud
= of pious souls are awaiting thy judgment
: to say with Simeon, farewell to the world,
b, and to bless thee, most holy father, il
singing the song Of the swan. Our eye
c have seen the light bursting forth for tn
@ instruction of the nations and the glory Q
It the people," Another speaks of it a
c "creating unbounded joy in heaven" W
y dare say it will be news there. There
g no answering for the freaks that may &c
d into the head Of drunken men. Their tai
|, is often very wild; and projects and pul
t. poses are avowed which are at once abar
l. doned as impracticable whenever tn
It fumes have subsided. Were Rome pei
,e fectly sober at this moment, we should sa
N that she intends SIGNALLING the promulga
N tion of her dogma by some raid or out
d break, after the manner of past times bu
ID as it is, we are inclined to put no severe
a. Interpretation upon the following threat
n like hints than we would put on thos
lie which men will drop in their cups. TIL
er Bishop of St. Claude says, "this deciSio
it is necessarily attached to the providentii
and merciful designs for the world. 1t
!; the commencement of events which wi
S. form one of the greatest pages in the hist