Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-04-12
vsesor Emanuel sna tine Pope.

il is stated, have passed between
Victor Emanuel aud the Pope. lie
says
The publication of the c6n6den.
tial correspondence between Victor
Emanuel and the Pope, which has
found its way to Munich and been
issued there, has occasioned an inn
mense sensation in the Catholic
world. These letters are only three
III numbef-the first written 50 long
ago az The day fixed for the meet
ing of the Congress, and expresses
not much more than the grief and
humiliation experienced by his Holt
ness at the aiIront put upon the
Church IN the late transactions. A
remarkable feature in this letter is,
however, the absence of that per
sonal benediction which ii is the
custom to bestow upon the sons Of
the Church 90 whom the Pope con
1escends to write. The second il
the answer dispatched by Victor
Emanuel to this epistle. This il Of
great length, and enters into the
closest details revelant 10 the posi-.
ton which the King then stood
The defense of his conduct with re-
gard 60 the Ronagnas is simple
enough, and little calculated to con
vey hope or security to the bosom
of his Holiness. THE Romagnas,"
says the letter, ''have heheld the
authority Of the Pope destroyed by
spontaneous movement Of the
population. The King has never
for q moment accepted the position
offered him by these populations.
But Victor Emanuel could not re-
main an indifferent spectator to
their fate" The King then retraces
the vast effort made by his father
for the delivoranco OF Italy, and the
immense inheritance of danger aud
responsibility which, after n death
brought on by the struggle in which
the latter years Of his life bad oil
been speht he bequestbed to his son.
The King is bent on the enamel
patton Of Italy, and tho task is
already more than half accomplish
cd. thanks to the help afforded by
his generous ally, the Emperor Of
the French Then Victor Emanuel
goes on TO quote the names Of sew
eral illustrious prelates of the Church
who have declared that the Church
stands in no need Of temporal gran
deur to sustain her spiritual power.
He hopes therefore that Plus *
will enter into the views of those
prelates, and that he will renounce
all temoral power in the Romegnas
and humbly begs that bis Holiness
will consent 90 the Government Of
Piedmont in those province under
the lordship of the Pope, to whom
the King will secure a splendid
budget, and for whom he can pre-
pare likewise m uDexccptionablc
place in the new organization of
Italy. Thus by the Pope's letter,
he demanded the aid of Victor Eman-
ucl. in restoring the Romagnss to
submission and order, aDe tbd Kings
answer conveys the counsel TO re-
nounce the idea of temporal power
altoghcr Now comes the third
epistle. most curt and pithy Of oil
the three. In this the Pope finds
that the Kings letter displays n
want of health" sic. that il must
have cmanatcd from n wandering
brain and from troubled heart
The Pope will never consent TO re-
nouuco his temporal power nor ro.
sign any portions Of bis lomiDiops.
Victor Emanuel seems to have for
gotten that his soul is labor,ng I'M
der several ecclesiastical reproofs,
and, moreover, seems to be mn.
der q delusion with regard TO tie
gravity OF tho danger with which
no stands threateDed-that of n
censuye more terrible than all the
rest, to which Victor Emanuel will,
infalliably, be exposed, should he
persist in the pernicious line of
policy he has adopted.
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