Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-07-06
9ailg Tireiaia'a.
From the New York Timcs
Archbishop Hughes and tho Pope

on tho scanod rather than register tho names OF
the couples he married, has now como forward to
explain to his faithful people how divine thing
is the right Of Popes to govern wrong and To beg
tho money OF American citizens for the support
of u Government which hns filled ito pri-ons with
political captves. makes the sale OF tho Scriptures
u felony, aud hires foreign mercenaries 10 com.
pei with the bayonet the love and hdclity of the
subjects committed to its care, as tho Archbsh.
op would have US belieye. by tho same God
who moved the Christians in tho early times Of
our faith to mako each other partners in their
worldly goods
To critlcise tho Archbishop's sketch Of Roman
history would be sheer waste of timo and paper.
An orator who can reason from the punishment
of Ananias and Sarphira To tho excellence of
the Pnpal government and vindicatc Cardinal An
tonclli'S monopoly Of salt and tobacco. by m up
peal to the Ordination Of tho Seven Dcacons. is
hnpclesslv beyond the reach Of argument or sa,
tire. 1t is little shocking, certainly. TO that
in the middle ol the nineteenth century, and in
the metropolis Of the American Republic. u min
strr Of religion be found to speak Of the con
quests Of Caesar Borgia and julius II. ~ pure
and stainless. aud Ia asse,t that there nre no
b"odspots on that Papal armine, which has been
stretched over tho slaughter Of 81 many Italian
Princes and the massacre Of So many Italian citi.
zens. fallen in the vain defence Of their municipal
liberties. Bu, the day has happily gono hy in
which the truths Of history can be successfully
darkered by the many words without knowledge
of 40 voluble pre.ate US the Metropolitan Of
New York.
Nor is it important to discuss questions Of ethics
and public law with rheturician who gravey
announces that. in the event Of the triumph of n
certain set II opinions. tho proper meaning of
truth will be fiction. and Justice among men will
he required TO he defined among men m mocke
ry and n snare" 1t is not agreeable to be Obliged
to describe tho language of an Archbishop rs rig,
maroe; but there is really no other wcrd which
exactly defines such tinkling Talk ms this Nor
is it surprising TINT u speaker who can deliberate
" close long plea for the temporal rights Of the
Papacy with such II sentence, should commit the
cgregious folly Of dsmissing tho very serious ques
tiun Of the deposition felt by the body of the Ro.
mnn population towards their Government, with
the ipse dirt that "a few may be dscontentod,
but not the masses Of the population" The Arch
bishop pays but II sorry compliment to the intel
ligcnce If his audience when he asks them To be-
licve that the Pope is in despair for foreign re
crui,s to Ill his army. and even suffering for the
means to supply the wants Of his own house
hold" because a few" Of his subjects dis
contented.
When the whole influence fthe French Empire
was insu ffcent to drive hack tho revoltel people
Of Bologna and Ferrara into the embraces Of the
Head Of the Church; when the swords Of Swiss
condottcri were hardly sharp enough 10 scourage
Perugia into accepting the same fact, are we to
suppose that the masses ol these districts Of
the Papal dominion were dying Of love ior tho
Cardinals. and wild with passionate devotion To
the Holy Seer The Archbishop would have been
more wisely counscled, had lie shown the courage
of his position. and frankly accepting that vast
and chronic disloynlty Of the Roman populations
which thirty years ol Gregory XVI and Pius TX
have failed to brand and starve and scnriiy ont Of
their blood, gone to denounce it as crime to
be punished. md disease TO he healed even as
by fire. The Archbishop is camornus in praise
Of facts and it i, to be regretted that he should
have paid them only lip.servce. We can com
prelcnI amenting the spread of popular sovcr-
eighty anl national Independence, buta prelatc
engaged in acrulatc efforts t. reconcile respect
for the voice "f tho people with the dagmas Of
European legitimacy, isa spectacle ut onco lud'
icrnus aud snd
The Archbishop VIC nrc sorry To say, occupies
this highly unlignifed attitude, in practical re-
recommendations a. well ms his philosophical spec
ulaions. lie does not venture, like his brother
Archbishop Cullen. to plly the Sir John Cramp
tan and openly Grimm tor Papal recruits. lie
shirks the crusade Of Peter the Hermit, anl con
fesses himself to tho quest Of Tetzel. 1t 10 mo-
ney not men for which he prays-money 10
pay for men, perhaps. il not expended on the
lardcr and laundry OF the Vatican OF course
there ran be no objection to his collecting whatever
sums he can persuade his people 10 disbur-c for
the contoft oi thc splTuuai cnlel "noin thev ne
know ledge. The laws allow this liberty tn the
ap' stiles Of Brigham Young. and it would be hard
to refuse it to the Of ministers Of Pius TX.
For his own sake, we may lawfully be glad that
Archbishop Hughes has condescended to acknowl-
edge even far. the existence of neutrality lnws
in the Unitel States, and their binding f. rce. But
still more ought we, for the sake Of the ignorant
and th"ughtless men whom his voice might have
seduced to their ruin, TO rejoice that he has done
so. The Papa Crusade has been already over
done The enthusiastic Cullen himself has been
forced to warn the "youtb Of ireland" that tho
Papal Government has no immediate occasion for
the services OF any more recruits than have al
ready reached the Papal shores. The green uni
forms and the silver harps" have begun to be a.
weariness to the Treasury of His Holiness
Drilling under the burning sun of Ancona is doing
it's work upon the few thousands Of adventures
whom the prayers Of Bishops and the promise OF
booty have sllured TO the fatal soil Of the Roman
marshes.
A Catholic journal Of Belgium. the Echo du
Luxembourg, notices in a recent number the re-
turn of volunteer from Haipault, who has
come back in abeot destitution, with no shoes,
and with no clothes but linen vest and trouses.
Enrolled at Vaenciennes by Papal recruiters. he
had been promised l80 francs of bounty money.
but on reaching Italy he was informed that this
sum had been spent in bringing him to the coun-
try. lie reports the Papal army as in o desolnte
state, made up Of men Of all countries, who ATE
not on good terms with each other. and are de-
trsted by the people of the country. ill-ed and
illclothed. Desertions were taking place on a
grand scale. by thirty and forty men at q time"
Few, indeed, Of the miserable men whom orators
like Archbishop Hughes have beguled into tn.
king service in defence Of all that is odius and
cruel and false in human government. can hope
for so fortunate an ending Of this senssles crusade
as this poor Belgian. The sword and the sun
.i;,o nf ItoIv ra tha dasfipAd executinners ~ Of n
stern but salutary justice on these apes Of the
past If there be one thing more impossible than
the Papal government ITSELF it is the attempt to
trampe right and humanity under foot order to
maintain that government by foreign and merce-
nary force.