New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-10

A Letter from fhe Pope
The Independence Beige publishes In IT. entiest,
the letter addressed BY Pope Pins to The Emperor
Napoleon in answer to the advice rendered him b.
| his Majesty. We subjoin transIation
| Sae-r have received The letter wiish your
reply TO it without evasion and with an open
heart. In commencing, do not hide from myself
the difcn1 position Of your Majesty see y IN AZ
its gravity. Your Majesty could leave tiis position
your rspugnancc, and il i precisely becsnse yoa
find yourself IN this position that you adyisc me
again for the peace Of Enrope 10 cede the msnf-
gent provinces, while assuring me that the powers
will guarantee to the Pope those which remain to
him.
project Of this nature presents insurmouata-
bic dificuties and to become convinced Of il ID
sasasr e s nsss ne 1s = H. asg
which are not those Of dynasty, bat Of ali Cathe
lies. The difficulties are insurmountablc, because
cannot cede that which does NOT belong to me,
and because see but too clearly That the victory
which would be given to tie revoIutionfsts d. the
Legations would serve as aprctext and encourage
ment TO the native ard foreign revolutonists of the
other Provinces 70 play the same game, seeing the
success Of the first; and when say reyolutonists,
speak Of the least considerable and the most
audacious part of the populations.
The Powers, you say, viii guarantee the rest
but in the grave and exsraoTdinary cases which
aids which the inhabitants receive from without,
will II be possible for the Powers to uae their force
in an eficacious Hianner2 II that ID mot 90. your
Majesty will be persuaded with me that the ns1rp-
ers Of others, goods and the fevolutiensts are IN
yincible when they sre only met by means q Tea
soning.
However that may be. am compelled to declare
openly that cannot cede the Legations without
violating the solemn oaths which bind me without
producing disaster and shock In the ether prov
inces without bringing wrong and shsme upon all
Catholics. and without weakening tie riSffD, nSt
dr{V nf NJ TtafU
of their domains, bnt Of Tie s0vefeig14 III the
whole Christian world, who cannot see he de-
struction Of certain principles with Indifference.
Your Majesty makes the Yepose Of Europe to de-
pend upon the cesaion BY the Pops cf ths Lega-
tions, which for fifty years have caused 30 m1eh
embarrassment to the PontfciaI Government; but
as promised in beginning this letter to speak
openly, let me be permitted 10 return ID ne argu-
ment Who can count the revolHtions which have
occurred in France during the past s. years? But
at the same time who viii dare say to the great
French nation, that for the repose OF Europe it il
necessary 10 restrain the limits Of the empireg The
argument proves too much; accordingly, permit
me to reject i. And, moreover, your Majesty ID
with what support the late attempts 1t Bologna,
Rayenna, and other cities, have been made. Al
most the entire population remained teHorstxicken
they were not disposed to follow But your Ma
jesty observes that, if had accepted The project
expressed in the letter which you sent me Hrnagh
n. Meneval, the insurgent provinces would be now
was opposed to that with which you honored ne
before the commencement Of the Italian cam
paign, and IN which You gave me consoIing assn
RANGES without causlng me any trouble. How
me in its first part project as inadnssfble the
present; and, as to the second part, believe i
have adopted 1T as the documents consigned to the
hands Of your ambassador at Rome viii shoH.
see also this phrase Of your Majesty's, that Il
had accepted this project, should have preserved
my authority over these provinces - expression