Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-08-20
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Decline efshs 1apaf 1ons u 1urops--
Catholicism Lapsing inDo A1nAdslityss =
! The Aetsslapprscis psHar II Tho nApeny
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French army - no doaht IN Roass. but they ars
there ~ pFstenhed fsiends. Thsy are mol snasah-
ing on the city ~ did The soldisrs Of the awful
General bonsparts drunken with the incense Of
glory. nor is ucsd that Pitt found tassnd
a British frignto to the Tiber 70 carry away the
lloly Father fnun before the advance Of his son.
powers nf Europe have MT felt the Necessity VI
consulting the future interests Of tho Pontihcul
government n my oftheir arrengemepts,that tho
Popedoh is III ehgs 20 bSoE N ticc, ,ymei ;. Of
TINT ghos,ly power II has 80 nssidunusly asserted
and 10 that alonein fact that We are to trent the
Papacy rs matter passed away. and inquire not
what can be Gone for the Pope. but what can hc
written declarations with which he favored
northern journal, Coasaie Raneo, aud which with
scarcey pardonable weakness he has reprnted)
made the assertion, no doubt merely for effect,
that there was no decay OF the power rot the Papa
cy. lie went, indeed, still further. and (porhaps
by hereditary right as Hghla4dn,an he eavouoh.
cd VIC testimony Of praphecy, or ''seeond sight,
and taking without ACKNOWLEDGMENT, u conceit of
Sterns, he imagined lurery still rampant when u
Now Zealand traveller should skotch tho ruins 1T
St Panls. But timc, like nature, IL inexurnblc,
and no theory can Withstand In advance. Thro'-
out the greater portion nf Europe the religion Of
Rome Inns lapsei into nadclity, or that material
ism in which Ryms delights. In America II is
dead. cxcep, ns n political system. and even In
ireland it las. from concentration of caus.s. fall
len to he the profession of hut y small ms,jnrty-
even If Of majority ut all For thu mere par-
y 'scs of party warfare tho numerical preiomi.
hnnce of Popery in Ireland may be assumed, and
the assertion Vt it letuatc but the truth ofit.
weakness 10 IA we have stu cd, while for is pros
poets on tn, G ntineat we turn 10 tho meanohnly
manifesto Of Cardinal Antonelli.
Forgei!ul, then, u: the threatening Of tho Boni-
fnces and the IIil,lcbrands, We must look ut the
piteous appeal of Plus TX. us against Sardinia.
and the reflections on the prospects of the Papacy
which it 10 certain 10 produce DR.. Wisenan ~ Of
opinion that Pures are Prophets. ITO tell the truth,
lie says, after fsseurng his readers with proper
legend. 'oue does not see why. II jewish High
priesa had tho prophecy for his years ofoce,
occasionally be allowed to possess It," The pres
ont Pope however cnuid not hnve been favored
with one ofthe,e occasions Vi prophetic power,
when. on acceding to the chair he began that tam.
pering with consttutionallsm which For ii years
has 50 ofen filed Europe with bloodshed the last
display being that which was made IN his own
subjects by his own guards. lie scarcely expected
to see Mazzini and Garilaldi succeed
The Goth the Christian, Time, War, Flood and Fire
TO deai upon the sevenhIled ciy's pride.
Least Of all did lie !exprct to pass in livery ser-
wants clothes from Rome to Gaeta, and red
Stockings had led him to his exile, DO compelled
10 appeal TO rod epaulettes to bring him back
Incidents such rs those might be indeed explained
ns the accident Of q tmo of revolutionary faror.
hut The late appeal MS to tho conduct OF Sardinia
is the appeal Of potentafe in great extremity.
and whD almost for tho frst time attempts TO rest
IN moral force. Tho doctrine If isalation which
all the supporters of the Papacy have 50 long prnc-
tiecd 10 now producing its natural fruits. When
the necessities Ct affairs drive tho Pope to claim
his place amongst the family of kings. the policy
and constitution his government prevents the
the possibility Of interference on his behalf AS
q temporal newer, 1t is imp lssblc that Papedom
can exist. II diplomacy winks at it, circumstan.
ces must overthrow it. That sentiment and
nothing more. should protect the Stntes Of the
Church from the pruning knife which my be ap-
piled to the rest Of Italy, In simply m impossible
ity, and the temporal Papasy may be treated ms
at an end, If any such dreams of nm italian re
construction as are now mentioned sho Md ever bc
realized. What may be the future Of Italy is tar
beyond tho mower Of present speculation; but tho
complaint Of Cardinal Antonclli will find no echo
throughout Europe. That the refusal Of Sardi-
MIA of the dictatorship Of the Popes reyoted pray
inces was practically useless, may be true; but
the great fact is before the world that licse were
the only plans in Italy where the popular will was
met by butchery of the people by ncfcenary
troops These clerical councils which 0angan-
nelli is said to have deprecated ard deplyred,
have advised acourss which even tho late King
Of Naples would have hcsitHted to adopt. The
propaganda has, in fact, made the two greatest
mistakes ofa weak government. II has fesorted
precptately at once to cruel measures and 70 pit
iful appeals.
The object Of tho letter dated from tho Vatican,
on the ominous 18th Of July, il Of course to chal-
lenge sympathy and to demand rr,,tection; but
how. even surprising it to bc desirable. is this to
be accorded |? Are we tp see tho Itnlian war re-
commenced, and foreign egions finish AZ Bologna
what foreign Insrcenaries began The law OF
nations is appealed to in tho Papal circiar-that
law which was once declared to I've comprised, IN
principle, in the Bull In cGaa doBaiai-but the
law of nations Is altogether deisors this question:
The doctrine Of neutrality 10 widely prpfcssedja.
now in oil quarters IT pen haps It u notvery clear
ly understood, and this doctrine rus. bc accepted
by the "atican in its entirety Nations and spec.
plcs,' "a the cant runs hare frequently appealed
to f,reign powers for assistance In terminating
what they considered a state of slavery: BIT the
circular VI Cardinal Antonell 10 amongst the first
requests for some htGTies addressed 10 the o her
countries for aid to crush the disoontent created
by long. unreasmping and odious rule. Great
Britain, of cofse has neither act nor pstt In the
matter Nos evsn Sir @. O. Lewis has yet MO.
posed to accredit apybody u the Court 0f Rome
But the possibility o. the chanee Of d repetition
If foreign intsfferenos ID the asrs III italy il the
business VI fsvcsy nation II. the Eurnpcsn family;
and wbile the Pope chooses touiihg 10 his snpo-
WIN, indeed, this snporai r pawsr i stii ,onsid
cred PARTON of the Roman Catholic church, we
cannot possibly cxplsin from sach data ~ are
given Us. II was said that when Napclcts I. Re.
moved the Pope n Psfia she cardinals had deter.