The hydraulic press., 1860-06-02
Recommendation of Victor Emman,al

GAcOulA1uhlcatloH OF victor Emmanuel.
/ The following is an English translation of
the cnrse of excemmanication, recently full
minated by the Pope of Rome against Victor
Emmanuel, the king of Sardinia, and the
!, ether li5eralists cf Italy, who have been la
boring to despoil his Holiness of his tenn
poTal power in the Romagna. The Roman
Catholic clergy of California, so it is said,
deny. the. genpineness of this document, and
contend that their church has no such for
mula, but that Sterne, in his Tristranl
Shandy, invented and put into the mouth of
Dr. Slop this tremendous curse, fer no other
purpose than to bring tie Roman Church
into contempt About forty years ago, this
mater WI W as very generally discussed, by. the
n"sllSh ana American newspaper press, and
extremely convincing proof was procured
that Dr. Stops curse was verbatim copy of
that' In latin, employed by the Court of
Rome in communicating King John Of
England. The curse, as here presented
Is copied from the Marysville Democrat, for
which it was translated from German pa
per of San Francisco:
In the name of COD, the Almighty. the
Father, Son and Holy Ghost. of the immac-
ulate Virgin Mary, the mother and patroness
of the Savior; in the name of all heavenly
powers, angels, archangels, and the mighty
heavenly thrones TIE cherub,ns and sera
phlms, of holy patriarchs, prophets. ,apos
Of fbo bol,
found worthy in the presence of the HOLY
Lamb to sing the new song Of the holy mar
tYrs and pater cOnfesSors, in the name CT all
holy virgins and saints and the chosen by
God, be he cursed and execrated We pro-
nounce the anathema and excommuncation
against him, Danish him from the threshold
OF TIE holy church of God for tormenting
him and surrender him with Datham and
Abiram and those who rcnounced God. AS
water quenches fire, so be his light extn-
gus he'd for ever, if he repent not. Amen.
May the Father, who created man, chrse
him. :. May the holy ghost, given us in the
baptism, curse him. May the holy cross on
which Christ triumphed over his enemies,
curse 'hirl. May the holy eternal Virgin
Mary, the mother Of God, curse him. May
the holy Michael, the protector Of the blessed,
curse him. May all angels archangels and
heavenly hosts curse him. Nay the holy le-
gipn cf patriarchs and prcphs:s curse him
May the holy John the Baptist, and John the
Evangelist, and ST. Peter, and St. Paul, and
the holy Andrsw, and all the other apostles
of Christ. and ali his diciplcs and the four
evangellstsj who converted the world, curse
him. May the holy wonderful hosts of mar
tyrS and father confessors, pleasing God By
their holy word, curse him =, May, the holy
choir of the. holy Virgins. VIII ,fcr Gods
sake, renouneed the. pleasures Of the world,
curse him. May al, saints, from the begin
ing OF the world unto enternity, curse him.
Be he cursed wherever he goes, in his house,
his stable, his garden and his field on the
highway, on. road, ON TIE water or on lani,
or in the church. Cursed be. he in life and
in Death when he eats ard when be drinks,
when he is hungry or is thirsty, when fast
ing, sleeping, standing, sitting,. lying, work.
ing5 resting. Here follows something con-
cerning, his wife, not permitted to be pub
lished in California; Cursed be he in all
the capabilities of the body ,cursed inter
nally and externally cursed be the hair or
his head, his brain, the crown of his head,
his temples, his forehead, ears, brow, jaw,
nostrils, front teeth an1 grinders, his throat,
shoulders, wrists, arms, hands and fingers.
Cursed be his. mQuth, his heart, his loins, his
thighs, his ~[prohibited to be published in
California, his knees: his legs, his feet, his
ankles. Cursed be he in all his limbs from.
top to sole, and may nothing be healthy on
him.
May the Son of the eternal God with all HE
majesty, curse him and may heaven, with
all its might, arise and curse him until he
,repents! Amen.