, 1860-02-13
THE POOR OLD POPE.

When person tolls us that slavery is tho
normal, original and only perfect construction
Of society, we class him as a semi-barbariar,
ecoundrel, or IN IDIOT Still, We can under
stand how man's moral perceptions may be
SO obscurcd by plantation birth and trimming,
and by ignorance Of the world aud the age in
winch he lives, tia: lie may not ou|y utter,
but actually believe that barbarism. But We
are exactly appalled, By the proposition Of tito
Western Banner, Catholic organ Of this city,
tlut the poor cid Pope, who is maintained ii,
the Vatican solely By French, German ard
Swiss bayonets, is protesting against foreign
Interference in the intcrnnl afIairs Of bis
"states.". Wequote from that jovial sheet:
''1a thcr ssrs sh-r know-7nd charge them With
soreious dishonesty sppal ienoraac+ they do not
TINT th: American pco1le sh ud not fut ter eyes tie
despo'i: naturc ri fe conc lated Congress t:t. after
all the rope Il prie I, be II also ltaan preen7
asoia9 to-ei24 ialerrxaod ia tic mi u;4irs a his
Ea nnd that In Ill the tcfta Of sond end rutcral c
the go1ernu ut Of Plus IL. need not far comparison
with any Ia the world"
This we call cool. If there is another man
than the writer Of this paragraph, in the civil
lied world, who thinks that Plus X desires
an tho foreigners TO clear out and carry their
guns with them, leaving him to make head
against his rebcllious provinces-thcn there
are ttoo incorrigible lunatics out Of Bedlatn.
But the latest intelligence from the old world
indicates that tie College Ct Cardinals arc looE-
Ing across The map Of Europe to the great bear
ofthe North, expecting tic Cvssack lances Of
the schismatic Crock church, to ravayc the Ro-
magma and hand it over, bound and bleeding,
to An.onelli and Ills ,nastc1 This rumor
comes from tlc Brussels iNord, n se1ni-onicial
organ Of the court Of St Petersburg. Il is not
clearly stated t},as tho Gar is coming
with his hoIdcs to Eaye the scattered
remains Of tho Latin hierarchy. 1t is not
shown how he would manage the powerful
elements which might meet him half way. and
dispute every isch Of ground between the 20
and tho Tibcr. Tie London Times believes
that the head Of the Greek Church will not
rush into the enormous trap Of Italian politics,
70 rescue his ancient enemy from destruction.
But il is credited On all hands that the first
breath Of sympathy from St. Petersburg was
received with transports Of delight at Rome
that the dry bones in tho Vatican commenced
c,atteripg Mt an astounding rate. And ret we
are to believe that the Poro is protesting
against foreign icte1:ercncc!'
mr.. Kea,f's Sharp Practice.
It will be recoleciel that come time after the
Joha Brown raid, Mr. Rea1f turned up in Texas
and wrote to The Investigation Committee that
lie ~as willing to be arrested and testify. An
officer Of the Senate WAS sent for him. Tho
New York Rtra:d's Washington dispatch Of tbe
1st says:
Mr Rea;f was discharged By the Committee
to-day. No further questions were asked of
him. 1t is shre*dty suspected that his letter Of
surrender to the President was diplomatic
ruse, rcsortcd to in order to extrcate himself
from lis perious position among as1avet4olding
community, by causing bimsef to be protected
By the safeguards of Law. II such we're his OF,
jects. it mis-; bc coo!es ed that lie succecced
admirably, ns lie twice escaped hanging bs be.
ing in churgc Of IN officer Of the United States.
he has been notified sbnt the Committee may
possibly require his appearance again. lie will
leave for New York in 3 dur or two.