The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-11-01
The Pope tho Cardina1s--An Inn
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The Rome correspondent of the New York
EUening Post sends to that paper a trans
lation OF the Latin text of the Popes re-
cent letter to the Cardinals, touching the po-
litical Troubles in the Papal dominions. 1t
is as follows: eiss
"Venerable Brethren: In the alIecution
we delivered to you On the goth of last June,
we deplored with the greatest grief of heart
all that had been committed by the enemies
of the Apostolic See in Bologna, Ravenna,
and other parts against our civil and legit-
innate sovereignty and that of the said See.
Moreover, in the same harangue we declar-
ed that all such persons had incurred the
ecclesiastical censures and penalties inflicted
by tine sacred canons, and that all their
acts were null and void. We were also sus-
tanned by the hope that those rebellous chill
dren, excited and moved by these our words,
would return to their duty, especially rs all
know with what mildness and lenity we
have always acted, from the beginning of
our supreme pontificate and with what
alacrty and earnestness, even in most diff
cult times, we have ever directed our care
towards the temporal usefulness ana tran
guilty OF our. people.
Rut this our hope has vanished. For
those persons, strongly urged by advice, in
Stigations and assistance, OF all kinds, from
abroad, and rendered more audacious there
by, left nothing untried to perturb the whole
OF the 441milian PROV inceS subject to our
rule, and to detach them from our civil SOW
ereigaty and that of this Holy See Hence,
in these same provinces, the standard of re-
bellon and detection being raised, and the
Pontieal government done away with, die
tators of the Subalpine kingdom were at
first appointed, who were next called extra
ordinary eomtaissaries, and afterwards de-
nominated encouragement, and who,
rashly assuming the rights of our supreme
sovereignty, removed from the public offices
all those persons whom, from their tried
fidelity to the legitimate prince, they sus-
pected would not adhere to. their depraved
counsel. These men did not hesitate next
to invade the ecclesiastical power also Civ
ing out new laws respecting hospitals, or
phan aSylums, and other pious establish
ments and institutions. Nor did they fear
to vex certain ccclesastics, whom they ex-
PEELED or imprisoned; but, moved by open
hatred to this holy Apostolic See, they were
not afraid to convene on the sixth day of
this molith, in Bologna, an assembly called
by them national, of the people of the EN-
lllStI provinces, III w LICH lHcl
decree full of false accusations and pre-
texts, and in which, falsely as erting the
unanimity of the people, they declared
contrary to the rights of the Roman Church
that they would no longer submit to the
civil PontiiCal government. And ON the
| following da~ they moreover declared, as is
now the fashion, that they wished to adj
here to the government and realm of the
/ King of Sardinia. Amongst these amenta-
| BILE aubacities the rulers of this faction do
not cease to employ every art to corrupt the
morals of the people by means of books and
| Journals published at Bologna and lsewhere,
encouraging licentious boldness and heaping
abuse upon Christ's vicar on EARTH, turning
into ridicule pious and religious practices,
and laughing at the prayers put up TO OBJ
tain the all-powerful protection of the most
holy and immaculate Virgin Mary, the
mother os God. .-t
" In theatrical representations, public
morality, decency, and virtue are outraged,
and persons sacred to God held up to the
contempt and derisiOn of all. These things,
/ however, are done by those who declare
themselves Catholics, and the generators of
the supreme spiritual power and authority
of the Roman Pontif. But every one can
see how falacious is such a declaration. be
4 cause, in doing such things, they conspire
with all who wage shameful war against
the Roman Pontiff and the Catholic Church.
and do their utmost to uproot and extirpate
from the minds of all our divine religion
and its salutaty doctrine if such thing
could ever be done.k On which account you
4 especially On venerable brethen who
| are participators in our labors and anxieties
can easily imagine our affection, and the
grief and indignation which affects US, as
well as yourselves and all good persons
Amidst SO much bitterness, however, we
enjoy the consolation that by far the greater
part of the people of the 4Kmilian provinces,