New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-20


This looks like raising again the standard of the
(jslhcan Church. A majority of the inferior clergy,
il not numerical majority even of the Bishops,
will Join it. or at worst stand tmidly neutral; for il
should be observed that the Ultramontane Bishops
have of late made noise disproportionate to the
number of their voces-that more than half Of
the eighty French Bishops aud nine-tcnths OF the
inferior clergy have not spoken on the Roman ques-
ton. But the great mass Of the nation, whose sup
port Napoleon always shrewdly aims to secure will
rally around the national staDdard-nOt Only large
portion of the intelligent fdees, but Voltaireans and
philosophers 1t is the patriotic standard, COMPARE
lively, the liberal standard, and still religious
standard.
i cannot help thinking that Napoleon has in the
past few months greatly strengthened and enlarged
the ground of his position. His system must tum-
bic some day like that imposing, seemingy-frm
Lawrence edi6ce, for at bottom there is quicksand.
But now the very opposition that is arrayed
against him strengthens him, for II is arrayed
against the popular sentiment; ii is made up OF the
Uramontane Priestly faction, the Legtnis faction,
fsctous few of the Oreanists and portion Of the
prohbOnistsa piebsld coalition in favor OF priest
craft and foreign prescrat, at that OF the Count OF
Chambord and divine right, ofthe Count OF Paris and
class privileges of high prices for the necessares of
life &c. Asagainst such coalition aud for the mo-
ment Louis Napoleon is the leader OF the great ma
tional host on whose banners are inscribed, The
Principles of 49," the glorious military victories OF
the first republic and the two empires, the high
place France holds to-day among European States,
''material prosperity" universal suffrage" cheap
yictuals and clothing and other more or less glitter
ing generaities. 49,.
A Republican, one of my friends, whose political
ardor has not been cooled by six months imprison-
ment and other serious misiortunes that have be-
fallen him since, and in consequence of the coup
d6tat said TO me yesterday that his great present
fear was that Napoleon would be assassinated
by some modern Ravalac. | cannot think his
Majesty runs any great risk of that sort, he being,
az has been than once set forth IN this CORE.
spondence, the most difficult man to kill in all
France-though his chances may be something the
worse now, since, AZ history generally, aud the
history of French political assassnations partlcu-
larly shows u religious mailman is more dangerous
than an uDdeyOut mailman. But cited my TRENDS
remark AZ little sign of the times. Again, the sup
preston of the Uairers, though as much violation
of the principle of liberty as would be the suppress
sion of the Siecie does inspire = certain malicious
pleasure and something like an approval OF the
suppression by many so-called liberals. Poor human
naturals, they cannot help it. They cannot help
remembering, either, that no newspaper IN france
so applauded the organic law on the press 6s uis
same URirtTs, now done to death by 1t. should
say, to prevent misapprehcnslon, that not one OF
the liberal journals OF Paris Is illogical enough 10
rejoice over the suppression of their late abies'
enemy. II is reported that Louis Neulllot IT'S
editor.n.chief and certain of his staff, viii remove
Ia Brussels and revive the Unirers there. Before
passing from this branch OF my subject, should
say that the eXtravagant comments ID some oil tne
English papers Oh Bilaults report excite the rdi-
cule they merit among those here 10 whose attention
they have been brought. The notion ret forth by
writer in THE Morning Post that France Is now an
open stage for new Luther or Calvin to play
\ nd hot ltaly ic fo Roman
tholicsm right away, is too insane TO be reasoned
upon The outside limit of rational hope barely
includes sincere rigorous support ol lhe revived
liberties OF the Callean Church by LOUIS Napoleon.
The Morning Post should have completed It's article
by declaring on "good authority" that Elder spur
geon has been invited to he'd and board at the 1uer-
les during his coming witt TO Paris.
1t is unnecessary, however, to cross the channel
| in search of extrayagances. The home production
is enormous. Thus, highly intelligent person sent
\ me o note yesterday with this record: ~ hear
| "that the Archbishop of Paris has resigned.
| Cardinal Archbishop Morot his resignation, 10
Louis Napoleon in present circumstances (sup-
| posing that they "aggroyate" him never so
sorely), would be much Ike Senator Sew
| ard resgning to j. Buchanan on occasion OF the
| lecompiOn vote The word senator reminds mo
that my intelligent city correspondent may not, after
all, have listened TO downright madness IN accepting
that rumour. liorlot enjoys two fat, easy offices,
These he might resign; but they being profitable,
and bis Emnence being polite, doubt whether he
| will; though, were he logical, be ought For IN
these last days piOus booksellers Il say pious book
sellers for the vendors of books of piey, as II one
should say mourniul dry goods men for keepers Of
mourning dry goods shops or az we do say criminal
lawyers for advocates who are Just as innocent as
other members of the BARI expose in their shop
windows an occasional sermon by the dis
piuha cd OIL Fab
that eminent preacher in England in the which
the so-called temporal rights of the Pope are repre-
scented as sacred and the Pope himself temporarily
and spirituality indissOiuby combined), az being
not little lower than the anges" but AZ next door
but one 10 the Highest Person, and ike him, au
object not of respect, but Of "deo0ti0n, oil some
thing close on to worship. Father Faber is one OF
the best of men, as any one may read, under
+ A b.. in the New American Cyclopsdia," but
this occasional sermon of bis has, TO your ordinary
reader, Catholic or Protestant, twang OF bias
phemy. With this printed edition of the sermon
goes an assortment of devotional -op-goods, so 10
speak, or forty ready made prayers, whose verbal
forms fitted to the aspirations OF the faithful IN
behalf of the Pope and his claims on the Romagna.
That the public sale Of this little book should be
officially sanctioned, as ia, by Cardinal Archbishop
MOrIOt holding from the Pope, may seem natural,
if not wise; but by Senator MorlOt holding from
Napoleon. and having taken the following Oath
- swear obedience 10 the Constitution aud fidelity
TO the Emperor" il seems Otherwise-not that III
the matter of swearing and sticking 10 it. his
Majesty has any fair night to throw stones AT his Emf
nence.
And here comes in place another of the rumors to
the effect that AntOselli is pushing the Pope to call
some sort of Council, before which shall be laid
for approval the proposition ofelevating the political
doctrine Of the integrity of the Pope's temporal
claims to the grade of Church dogma. OF the