Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-23
THE INTELLTGENC5ER..
1 Paris Correspondence Of the Ny. Post.1
La QUESTION Es0nAINE.

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~ .-.i5'L La QUESTION Es0mAINE. -tr
LOUIS NAFohEoN AND THE PoPE--ABoUrss BOOK
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There is at least one power in Europe that
the Emperor of France is afraid OF, and that is
the church; or, if not afraid he is not at all dis
posed Rt present 10 aWakenaitS hostility An
almost ludicrous illustration ofthis has recently
occurred. NJ. Edmond About went to Brussels
and published atvolume of some three hundred
octave pages, all about the 'miSdeeds of the
Papal government, and the inseries IN Italy of
which tits the parcnt! sIfe-entitlcd it LII Ques.
ton Romdtncl tits one of the cIevcrcst and
at the same time one Of the most pungent criti-
cisms ever written against the worldly side of
the Papacy. What gave iternore Importance
just at the time oEitsr appearance was the fact
that NJ. About is, or has been until recently,
one Of the writers for the .Ifoniteur; indeed,
portions Of this work appeared in. the form Of
letters in the goyernmentjournal.'p The Dnicers
takes; advanta sc of the IEmperor's we'll known
anxiety just now to stand well with the church,
to- crafty it's own bitter feelings. towards him
by laying NJ! A6out's book indirectly at his
door. The Steele replies that the government
could not prevent the circulation of tho book,
implying that it had tried. The Unieens retorts
that the Emperor found means To exclude all
the brochures with which thev Brussels press
teened itnmcdiatclyafter the second December,
and that. none of them could be had for love or
money in Paris = In day or two the GdnStitu-
tiomne1, semi-official paper, had tho following
annOuncement
"a journal has pretended that the circulation
Of the book ofM. i. About, entitled The Roman
Question, had been authorized. This assertion
is erroneous. The book Of NJ. z. About has
been seized and handed over to the tribunals. !"
The Unicers followed upts attack by Affirm
ing that up to the day of its own publication
the book was offered for sale in all the stores,
and as to its authorization, the Uhi"erS could
only say that it had been passed the French
Custom House by thousands, and that it had
been sold freely all over France. At last the
EHiUGr& triumphcd, the book was seized and its
sale prohibited 1t is not noW to be purchased
anywhere in Paris ifaa
The Question ROmaine is certainly a very
extraordinary book TO bc published in Catholic
France, the eldest born of the Catholic Church,
and all the ln0Fc extraordinary for c0m'lS from
one Of the etlitors 7ofIthe government journal.
He says in his preface: tas ia- -g
eff sought a publisher in Brussels when
had good one in Paris, it was not that the re-
gi10e of the press or the rigor of the French
tribunals inspired me with inquietudc; but tho
Pope, who has long arm, might have reached
me in France. have retired little further
from him that might tell him the truth"
The first chapter commences as follows:
'''rhe RUman Catholic Church, which re.
spect sincerely, is composed of 139 millions of
individuals, without counting the little MOrtara.
1T is, governed by seventy cardinals, or
princes of the church, in memory of the twelve
apostles. 81
''Thc Cardinal Bishop of Rome, who is also
designated rs the Vicar of Jesus Christ, the
Holy Father, or. The Pope, is invested with an
authority without bounds over the souls Of 1870
millions of Catholics. The cardinals are named
by the Pope; the Pope is named by the cardin-
ais. From. the day Of his election he becomes
infallibe, ut least in the Judgment of NJ. dc
Maistre and Of the best Catholics of our time.
the Popcs huVe'a always been. When:the Sovel=
eigni Pontif declares to us that the Virgin Mary
was born without the stain Of original sin, the
I39 millions of Catholics are bound to believe
him, and that has happened quiterccently. az
NJ, About then goes on to state thnt, whlo
the people of this fully occupied age, instead
of cutting each others throats about theOlOgi-
cal dogtnas, have hcen tracing railroads, plant
ing telegraphs, building Steamboats,, launchinS
ships, piercing iSthuuscs, creating sciences, inn
proving laws, repreSSing factions, nouriShing
The T,GiYilizing 5bpreqriqnsf draining tnoras-
ses andlfeelaifning lands they have remarked
around Rome and its bishop Il violcntagitation,
which neither the Vaccinations of diplomacy
nor the pressure, of armies could quiet; they
have seenSinfa little corner of peninsula fire
without flames, which neither breaks out no.:
goes out, hut which in twenty-four hours may
kindle all Europe. Our age, he adds, prudent
from duty while it has great things TO accom. :.
plSh, cannot but be moved by the Situation of
Rome, and wishes to know what is the matter
with her ' on ..' b. '--. -. '7i.t
The Bishop Of Rome they find the temporal
sovereign. of 100000 hectares Of land, and of
about 8, l24, GG8 men, who put up loud cries OF
DISTRESS u OF wiGat do they cDmpiaih?1 Listen
to them only, and you will know'soon3"
NJ. About then proceeds to present his lndlct.
opniflSE tnc PnDal government, We give