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LETTER OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF BALIT-
MORE, AND THE BISHOPS OF THE PROV
INCE OF BALTIMORE, ASSEMBLED IN THIS
CITY ON JULY 9TH, 1860, ADDRESSED TO
HIS HOLINESS, Plus TX.
Holy FATHER We have often had occasion to
declare by letter the reverence and affection which
we bear to your person and your See. We wrote
from time to time to seek favors for ourselves and
for the flOcks committed to our charge, or to i'm
plore you to confirm by your authority the laws
enacted by u.s. 1t was meet that we should express
the deepest feelings of respect when, as suppants
we approached your throne, seeking the aid of your
wisdom or authority.
weightier and more pressing cause now impels
US to express, in writing at least, (would that we
could do it orallyD our high reverence for your
person and your See, and our intense sorrow at
witnessing the storms which toss the sacred bark of
Blessed Peter. For we know well, Holy Father,
the wretchedness of the times. We know the evils,
troubles, distress, dangers which you have already
undergone, or which at this moment beset you, as
also the more dreful caamites which seem to i'm
pend, and we shudder in contemplating them. We
have seen abandoned men, unmndtul OF your elem
ency, revolving against you, their Father and
Prince. We have seen others, comparatively few
in number, led on to revolt by wicked artifces and
incentives. We have seen your faithful subjects,
whose number was great, violently withdrawn,
against their will and inclination, from their alegi
ance, and prevented from rendering it. We have
seen iourishing cities and provinces separated from
your dominion bv base fraud or by force of arms.
The slander, raillery, contumely, with which i'm
piOuS men, cOuntenaDced by princes who claim the
name OF Catholic, venture to assa your person and
your Office, are not unknown to us. The machina
tions and nefarious plots already formed and partly
executed, within our knowledge, directed to strip
the Chief Bishop of the patrimony OF st. Peter, in
order that, being reduced to want, he may be an
object of scorn to the world, may appear to de-
pend on the capriciOus favor of earthly princes, to
the detriment OF his dignity and authority.
Having these facts before us, how could we, Holy
Father, be without feeling intense sorrow and just
Indignation against the authors of these crimes
The bond of charity, which connects all the men,
bers OF this mystic body, over which you preside,
is so strong, that all have one mind, all share in
the same sulferings. Nor can the Head be smitten
without pain to all the members.
1t is, however, specially to be depored that these
wrongs are perpetrated against you, Holy Fnther,
not by the declared enemies of the Christian faith
and of your See, but by audacious men who boast
of their Catholic profession. Hence, we greatly
rejoiced When, on n late occasion, you drew forth
the sword Of the Spirit, which you wear by Divine
appointment and cut off entirely from the Catholic
communion these shameless men. By this act you
have showed that there still remains in the Catholic
Church that Divine Power, by which she can
oblige her children to walk rightly in the Lord,
under penalty OF being punished for their rebellion
if they prefer disobedience. The event will doubt
less show that it is easier to mock this exercise of
authority than to escape its effects.
We pray, nevertheless, Holy Father, (Which we
know is most in accordance with your own paternal
feeling that these members now cut off may be
soon healed by Divine grace, and restored to the
body-that these wretched men may repent, and
evince by their actions the happy change of their
dlspositions-in word, that they may serve for
examples of Divine clemency rather than of JUS
tice for one or the other must be the case.
1t becomes us not, Holy Father, to exhort you to
bear with equanimity the calamities which God
has willed to fall on the Church and your per-
son. All who have had the good fortune to see or
hear you, agree in testfying to your tranquility,
nay JOY, amidst so great suilerings. Besides, all
know the fortitude and patience with which you
bore the Inconvenience OF flight and exile ten years
ago. We shall rather implOre with earnestneSs
Christ the cornerstone and invisible foundation of
the Church, whose person you represent, to pre-
serve you firm and constant to the end, to change
for the better these sad and caamitous times, to
save you from the power of your enemies, and to
grant you and your See glory and triumph even
before the world, that the memory of past evils
may be entirely effaced.
PROSTATE at the feet of your Holiness we sub
scribe ourselves,
Your most devoted children,
FRANCIS PATRICK kENRICK,
Archbishop of Baltimore.
RICHARD VINCENT WHELAN,
Bishop of Wheeling.
JOHN MCGILL,
Bishop of Richmond.
JosUE NJ. YOUNG,
Bishop of Erie.
JAMES F. WooD,
Bishop of Philadelphia.
p. n LYNCH,
Bishop of Charleston.
ANSWER OF HIS HOLINESS.
TO OUR VENERABLE BRETHREN FRANCIS PATRICK, ARCH
BISHOP OF BALTIMORE, RICHARD, BISHOP OF WHEEL.
ING, JOHN, BISHOP RICHMOND, JoSUE, BISHOP OF
ERIE, JAMES, BISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA, AND PATRICK
BISHOP OF CHARLESTON;
Venerable Brethren Health and apostolic Bless
ing In our extreme distress we have experienced
the greatest comfort and oy in reading your letter
addressed to on the 9TH of last month. For in
it is everywhere apparent venerable brethren
your distinguished faith affection love- and devo.
ton, to us and this Chair of Peter and everywhere
is manifested your intense sorrow, pain and indg-
nation in regard to the wicked and sacrilegious
attempts and impious Vaccinations of those men,
who being hostile and opposed to the Catholic
Church, and to this Apostolic See especially, and
being enemies to all Justice do not hesitate to in
wade, usurp, overthrow our civil principality
which is attached to the See, and is the patr-
mony of Blessed Peter, and to trample under foot
all laws, Divine as well as human.
Your excellent sentiments, worthy of all praise,
have greatly delighted us, although they were not
new or unexpected, since well know, venerable
brethren, the extraordinary affection and zeal
which you cherish for us and this Holy See. Cease
not, In conjunction with your clergy and faithful
people, to pour out most iervent prayers the God
of mercies, that He may still this great and violent
storm, and turn away from His Holy Church so
more splendid triumphs from day to day, from the
rising to the setting of the sun, and that He may
assist us and comfort us in all our ribulatiOn, and
that he may vouchsafe to bring back all the enc
mics of the Church and of this Apostolic See to the
paths oftruth, justice and salvation. And since you
well know the diretul war waged against our Divine
religion in these sad times, doubt not that relying
Oh Divine aid, in conformity with your distinguished
piety and episcopal zeal, you will omit nothing for
the fearless defence of religion with increased vigi-
lance and earnestness, and that you will prudentlv
and wisely provide for the safety of your 1ock and
expose the sophisms refute the errors and repe the
attacks of the enemy. Finally, pledge of all
heavenly gifts and token of the special affection
wherewith we embrace you in the Lord we affec-
tionatelV impart from our heart the Apostolic Bless
ing to yourselves, venerable brethren and to all the
clergy and laity entrusted to your care.
Given at Rome, at St Peters, on the 10th Au-
gust, in the year 1860, in the fifteenth year of our
Pontfcate, PIUs p. p. IX
WHAT SHALL Wharf.-The following item,
from lie Fotet for September, is of interest to the
ladies, who no doubt are already busy meditating
upon what they shall wear at the balls next month";
''Ba dresses for young ladies made in taretane
rgauze, very simply trimmed, sometimes with one
deep pesse, at other times with several narrow
ones We have seen very elegant white tarle
tame dress, with three deep founces each headed
by bouillonne lined with blue ribbon of light
shade. On the edge of each founce placed
three tuted fris about two inches deep. This dress
was worn over pale blue silk slip. With this
ehHI was worn d Dlue silk UOuy Will Uertne OF
bouillonnes and little friIls like those on skirt
The coiffure was composed of forgetme. nots and
lilies of the valley. This dress was intended for
young married lady. The bodies of the tarletane
dresses are either made square, or with corsage
Penfant. Wing sleeves are not much worn, except
with fchus, but they have not entirely disap
peared. Apple green is very favorite color, but
not suitable to all compilations. Silks of this color,
trimmed with narrow hounces, with black guipure
sewn on fiat, are very elegant and recherche. A
black lace should be worn with them. Gray
dresses, trimmed with deep ruche a la vielle of
violet, placed quite at the bottom of the skirt have
an elegant and simple appearance. A ceinsure a la
duchesse in violet, is with it. The gold bands
and clasps, having become common, are entirely
placed on one side by the grandes danes. The
skirts are as large as ever, and fall in graceful
sweep from the waist, so as to support the shawl
Indoor dresses are made very long behind
Outdoor dresses are not worn 80 long, except
in silks, and then they are worn with slight
! train"