, 1860-05-02

The F;xfnans Journal Catholic organ) is
greatly shocked ut the irrerereat manner in
which American journals speak Of the Pope's
bull Of nnjor accommodation. It says the
spiritual power Of Recommendation is Us great
uow as it wns ia the middle ages, and that
laughing at it neither weakcns its force nor
couricts tho Pope Of folly 1T attributes the
first Napoleon's downfall to his excommuniea.
tfon By Pins VII, and thinks that Louis Napo-
Icon will 60 the same way, now that he is under
tho ban Of the Church. Already The bull is do
ing its work. Says the Journal:
"Since yiclor EMANUEL incurred exrommuni-
cation By the spol'ation Of Church property in
Sardinia, Tic hca3 of dtatA has Isen l4avy tpon
uJdn:ity. THIS fact has been noticed by per-
sons around his own Court, and the Rouse Of
SatoY bids fair IN be az sJ,sedIy erkin9uis1ed
under tie carst Of Tie Church es t0trt tie Tudors
IL their day, efter the eroo:amu"isatis" cf
Henry az"
There hare been three or four steamers from
Europe sinca the bull was issued, ,sud it is a
little remarkable that the journal is the Only
paper that las this news. Neither tue EUROPEAN
journals, nor the foreign correspondents Of
American Journals, have heard Of any deaths in
Of the rope's Illumination against him nad his
subjects; NOT rould it be ut all clear. we're it
Otherwise, TINT they were due to the.bul1. The
journal appears to hare forgotten the age and
the country in which it has its being, and seems
tc believe that the supersti.ious fears Of igno~
rance OH the one Land aud sacerdotal craft Oh
the other, can l,c as successfully used tepro-
mote the ends Of the Church now, is during The
middle ages. ii will probably discover its mis-
take By and by. ..-..
HIK- LINCOLN md THE GERMANS.
The Baltimore T'u1=tituH2, the central organ
Of the German Turne. 1sund Of tlc United
:states, which Society consists Of more than co.
oco members, las declared i'll favor Of AuaAHAu
LINCOLN fer tie Presidency, believing him to he
the strongest candidate the Republican party
could bring forward. The 7u,,.ceitsng predi.
!. cetes its preference for Nr- LINCOLN en- tue
ground TINT be is 1he safest and most available
man in the Republican party, aud thtt with him
VIC eau whip the Democracy, whoever may be
| the Charleston nominee. We translate the fol-
lowing from tbo article
"Will Douglas be nominated By the Demo-
Gratis; it Is then the Imperative duty, not onlJ
OH the ground Of honor, but also Of availals'lity
| for the Republicans to assemble around a man,
! for whom the better part Of The people can b:
| excited to enthusiasm. If on the acore q
oxpedicncy we pass Mr.. Seward by, then vii
Mr. LINCOLN be tie man, as matter Of course
He has u1rcads once fought battle for life and
death with the Little Giant," and came ou: o
that Titnn-tiglt rs victor, because be conquered
for his party in Illinois more votes than Doug
las for Ills; and Douglas las Only to thank TIT
unjust apportionnsns CT tte State, for lis re
election TO the Senate of the United Sta'cs
Undtr a standord1sa.er ite lin, TIE Epu3liea'
part" tconli b6 certain Of rictorY, even agains
Mr.. Douglas, and Il. uil events, it would b
shielded against the approach Of II dishoporab!'
dcfcnt. In the worst event, our party could ~
treat with flying colors from tho Battlefield, m.
obtain, after lapse Of four years, in accord
.ncc with the ccneus Of 1860, which will lay to
tlcstinies or this Union into the hnads OF III
great North wcs:. Il certain victorS-'