The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-04-03
THE NEW FRENCH PAMPHLET -
FIX aN,s. ROME AND lrALY." BY
la .tERR0NlE.kE.

This pamphlet, expected by the public for over
three moutl>, has at last made its appearance.
lt waS brought 10 the publishers counter on the
18th oi February last and in two hours the trst
edition was exhausted. This is an evidence Of
ihe interest the Freuch people feels in ,lr three
questions which its title suggests. and TO which
IL pages are devoted: fiist the existence of the
temporal power Of The Pope; second, the necesi-
" for koue being The capital OF Italy aud third
T. the part Fruce = got 10 play IN the settle
me't u' tliS important question fhe pamphlet,
published wlth tie as>eat of the Minister of the
l"tetior, has already reached al pa'ts OF Europe,
dad produced profound impression ev ~. here.
Sanctioned a, il j. 10y one of the irs, officials of
lhc Empire, it u.ay be more properly be called
The work oi the French Government than that
oi GGvrToalvre.
the author comm noes oy reviewing the ground
of contest Tie SAYS:
There Is a; this moment in Europe Ques-
ton too e'iHS above al others. and it Is the lta-
san IA -iiun while the central point Of ltaly's
h.>jor, a.4 desHat i> Rome. Held by the
tuutch a~ cGuauty r,ye:ed ~ faith the
metropolis g Ci,A0lc unity, and coveted bv the
Pyl.ia,lla as ue capital OF ifs onslitv. Rome
remains tte most intricate problem of our day.
ir.tA God th- Fole as a spiritual power,
Is uc. co-crrn,d ia the pending conflict Our
luse is uo, one 60, legysi's schsuis and religious
vars. An nd >pU,ttle tact i that Catholicism,
Instead OF being on the decrease. is raihtr Oh the
Increase. Ia rance, the Catholic Church, pow
s,iul Auj c,ln amid, d.,seuters who are free in
bc exercise OF their woikshIp, sees its moral
authority gros under the proi,c cton of our laws
and hlait, Outside of France, aud wherever
our i.iiucuce peuetraJe@ We carry with us the
germs a.. iuth The cross alsays looks up be-
lui our Gag We give his Holmes, a number of
souls more than sufficient TO compensate the loss
Ut his sgbiects We euatge every ia, the 'front.'
lers oi the uue empi,e whose seat Is Rome.
" But Al this moment the temporal power ot
tie Pope goes through crisis the Importance
aud peril, oi which We viii not deny. As po.
Ilch question il touches the great interests of
,hc Government and ui the people as a religious
question, it throws public spirit into a passion,
spreads alarm among the faithful aud thus moves
the deepest aud most vital principles of humsni
".
View ci IN this two fold aspect all things re-
laiiug 10 the spiritual independence of the lead
er OF the cdich bear character OF universally
which imposes Itself upon the dplomsncy of ell
nations, aud especially upon that OF France.
"N hat are the causes oi this crisis. Who
has brought about the fatal au:agonlsm between
the Vatican AID the IuIierie-? II the Pope is
20 day isolated, # h. l. separated from the Italian
cause whose header hc naturally u, II he has lost
A portion of his States. whuse fault is its l. il
owing to French polio, Has TINS policy been
wanting in icgud, drvntedncss, sincerity, abDe-
CATION and iorcSi-hI? Has not the ".lde>t
ui lhe church been faithful and respectful? Re.
-pOusibiIitlcs must now be- d,hued ia the balance
| sheet oi facts each one must come IN for bis
share PubIc opinion VII! know how To dis
I csIuiuate between those whose blindness and
J. a.. al hal
Ia il present condition, and those whose Efforts
aud advice always generous buI ai~a,s disdalned,
/ IL light have effected us preseTv4iiou."
| The ansSer 10 this question occupies the rest
/ Of the pamphlet, aud contains, with all apology
! OF the French Cove ,nment a very sharp and AM
mated attack against The Court Of Rome. 1t
pictures win considerable foice the sad cond
ion in which the temporal power OF the Pope is
/ placed aud supplies the reader with the history
of the facts ~ h.ch have brnught about the seps
ration of ltaly from the Pipary. That sepa a
tion was ,ifrctyd in the gear 1913, when the
| Pope refused 70 take part against Austria On
th.s occasion Cardinal Lanbruschini who had
| seen with great unra>iue-s the hOe,al iefurms
previously granted 10y i.us iA, exclaimed ia =
ii; of joy, 4" thank God Rome has still Pope ~
ln the eyes Of Italy the Pope represents Austria
~ the ewes OF France he represents the treaties
/ Of .olj >. the German journal OF Frankfort sees
M the pamphlet a dccla' aJion of Of Paris
against Rome, and calls it " The Swans Song"
This pamphlet reveals in stronger light the
mtrigues Suits PR sjud ces, faults, and even the
mgFauUie of Rome. it points cut the stupid
res stance OF the Holy see the Italian revoiu.
Jion and 10 the propositions oi France, the mise
rable condition IN wh ch the temporal power ot
the Pope has fallen, and the unaccountable OBJ
,t'uscy ci the Papal ministers. IL urges the Pa
pal Government 10 adopt the principles winch
made lialy shat she nov Is, and iullmates hat
If such a course of action would be rejected
France would DO for Rome what she has done
Naples aud Gieta, and Withdraw her troops. il
the French array leaves Rome, Italy comes in
II the French army remains, Rome viii no MOI
be governed by the Pope but 5y the Frenct
General Guyou, who represents tie public spiri
Of F,auce; that Is To -ay, the revolution OF l7s.
aud the principles of matiouaities. .-Ne~ Yori
Post.