The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-12-06

same subject. On the question ofthe temporal power
OF the Holy See, the writer says
In our opinion, the exercise OF the temporal u
,hority no lorcer adds either force or prestige 10 the
religious power of the Pope. II tends, on me con-
trary, TO compromise perpetually the moraI lnnuence
and authority Of the head Of the Roman oathOnc
church in the political discussions and the woriity
interests which are the forced consequence OF the
possession Of all human sovereignty. 1t IS our pro,
found and sincere conviction that the Papacy would
gain immensely bv repudiating the temporal inherit
snce of jules IL. and by combining itself IN the calm
and serene regions of conscience and OF religion 50
as to reign above the passions Of men as Uod relghS
above the world.
On the question If Plus IN. determining to leave
Rome, the article says
We should see with profound regret his Holiness
Welding 10 p~ertiious cOunsels, desert the chair OF 81
Peter. aud hy from the city Of Rome, which ior many
csnturieS the Catholic world has considered As us
capitsl In the Imagination and thoughts Of Christ
ians. Rome and Papacy are forever InSeparaoIe-
They cannot conceive the vicar OF God oeing any
where else than in that city, which Is called Eternal
because il is the seat Of a celestial power Nhlcn Is
never 10 end. They cannot figure to themselves the
successor of ST. Peter anywhere else than IN the city
where that prince Of the Apostles underwent ndfty-
dom, and which he sanctiied with his blood In
Rome there Is u collection Of monuments ana reihlu'S
cences and Institutions which cannot follow the rope
to any other part of the globe. Where else can there
be found the church of ST. Peter, the Sacred college,
and the palace of the Vatican, in which which the
Roman Catholics OF all countries are accustoIned 10
PROSTATE themselves at the feet of the vicar OF God F.;
Anywhere else, the chain of tradition, If broken,
could not be repaired. Plus IN. could not then COM
NIT a greater fault than to quit Rome, where the
arms of France protect his person and his authority
Wherever he may 60, if he should leave, he will not
carry the Papscy with him, and he viii leave the
place free for revolution.
With reference 10 the presence of the French troops
at Rome, the article makes the following remarks:
The presence of the French soldiers at Rome Is
only justified because they watch over the safety OF
the Pope. But the day on which Plus N. should
himself relieve them from the duty and that mission
by leaving the capital of his spiritual kingdom, they
would be like sentinels whose service is ended they
would return to France, and then all would be over,
for some one must needs enter Rome after the French,
to establish and maintain some kind Of order. Ii the
people do not wish Garibaldi or Mazzini TO do this,
they must resign themselves to seeing Pledmontese
troops take possession of the Eternal city. When
once Victor Emanuel shall have entered and establish
ed a provisional dictatorshipin Rome, what efforts and
sacrifices will there not have to be made TO restore
the Papacy And who can tell if unforeseen events
and obstacles will not render the restoration for a
long time impossible.