, 1860-01-21
39tf5S & Tribttttt.
,a1sr1oi, DUGGAN's PASTORAL.

.aISfIOP DUGGAN's PASTORAL.
II the testimony Of every recent traveller,
whether Protestant or Catholic, the renlon-
st7anccs and protests Of all Europe when it
had free press in ls4s, and the decisive
opinions Ct the Roman people, in regard t"sbe
gross and notorious msgoye:nmcnt Of the Ia
pal States under tho rule Of the ccclesiast'cs
vho administer tue afIaira Of State, could have
,mcu set aside Or controye-ted 'y the asseE-
:ions Of the priests and bishops q the Kem!s!
Cau.ch, R:sEor Duggna Of tho Diocese OF cll'
caro would not have been called nron at this
late day to attempt the defence Of tho fopo
und bis Theocrncy, Il his Pastoral Letter. a
great part Of which wc print herewith. But
it IS precisely because the world, outside tie
uacuates Of the Church, cannot be brought to
b,licye that the Catholics Of Continental Eu'
ropc, and tho Protcsrants Of England ano
Ao,erica, hare together entered into . consp'f'
ncy 10 l,slie the best If rulers and nlsrepresent
tue most benelcent Of srs:ems- is precisely
because tllero is III 1ho minds Of reading anu
thinking nca in all Christendom, n we'll
grounded conviction that Rome is wrctched'y
niscoyerncd-tila: the fuilninations Of the
Bishop become necessary. We commend what
he says to our renders, as an evidence not Of
any ,urpitude GU his part, but US clear proof
Of that obliquity Of opinion in the Catholic
Clergy which writes du7'a as pralscworthy
and just that which all the world besides de-
s;sna:es rs tyra1nous and damuab!c.
We tuie it for granted that in this day Of
books and newspapers, this day Of easy COM
municatiou between the people Of the different
plr.s Of the civilized world, there eau be no
QUESTION as to the facts which underlic this
controversy: In the face and eyes Of the over
wlclnug testimony from Catholic, Protestant
aud IuGael sources, there cal be no denial
that tine inhabt ants Of tic Papal States arc,
lst, Oppressed BY grievous ta1ation; 2, De.
privcd If so great share Of freedom Of action
that personal liberty for them cannot lie said
to exist; 81, Denied all tho benefits Of free
spaaca and free press; 18th. Subject to IN
ecclesiastical system wIs:ci, permits no such
thing as liberation; 5t!,, Kept in suboraina-
:ioaly foreign so'liery; 9Th. Cutoff from the
advantages Of that education which in this
country any pareut is free to choose for his
child; aud 7ti', HamrarcI in their industry
aad commerce by the decrses which sta:c.crafi
and prless-crafs have framed so that improve
1ncnt Of their material condi.ion is nc1t to in,-
possible. A,o.t these things, there can be,
we taso it, 10 dispute-:hcy are proved. II:
now, Bishop Dusgan and olh'rs Of his taitll
and Office, choose to call the conditions which
have produced such results, good government,
it is eninent1y proper, in this country, ,llat
Catholic definitions should be understood.
Hereafter, wltca the dignitarics Of the Romish
faith talk Of what Is l,cneficcnt in the Church
and necessary IN the State. we shall know that
tile Italy Of to-day is m excmp'ar anil type Of
what they are laboring to have nll the world
become. What Italy, OF that part oft owning
the Popo as a temporal Prince, is. all Christcn-
dom knows.