The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-10

| TGe PaFhl G.esthvh-tAscur q speech
and the PaPe's AIlocutioB.
The full text Of the Pops's allocution, az
wei, 4 cf Count Uayoufs recent speech on the
Roman o.aeslio.n, viii be found Ia our edii.on
~ his moninV. in the Pontifs address we
fGd nothing which ten,,,s to smooth away the diff
cuities Which lie in the way of an annie set
Il. ment # the issues pending between MIN and
the Turin Cabinet. He not onl' takes urn
stand on his hts as a temporal prince Dut
he declares il TO be impossible that the Church
can enter into any compromise with the 70
called modern civilization which tolerates non
Cati Ollie foI ms Of worship aud grants subsidies
to nonCaiholic Institutions and persons. In
other words he protests against the introduc-
ton into Italy OF the enlightened toleration OF
Preach Catholicism, which provides ont of the
resources Of the State for the decent mante
nance Of every form of worship. In all this
W. see only another proof of the injury result
ing 10 religion from the union Of Church and
State The Holy Father, instead OF relying
upon the potency Of the defensive spiritual in
| fu.nces with which the former il invested, ex-
| nibits throughout an IN Catholic apprehension
| a fair and equal competition with other
creeds. Strip il OF is wealth and
| prnceiy dignities, he argues, and you
| will weaken and perhaps destroy it. Now this
ls not the doctrine Of The Church ITSELF nor Is i
| The belief of intelligent Catholics. Out OF The
millions who profess that faith, the great ma
| lorl,y would. il is well known, be rejoiced to
see the Papacy relieved from the odium which
the abuse OF It's political power daily brings
| upon it. They believe, and with reason, that
he Roman hierarchy wouln become Infinitely
| more powerful, and exercise a stronger sway
| over the consciences Of men, If there were not
IN the misery OF oppressed aud misgoverned
| populations and in the corruption Of their po-
| litical administration, such woeiul contrast
| between their actions and the Divine precepts
which il is their mission to inculcate.
We turn With relief from Inc foolish eason
NO Of this document to the manly and intelli-
qibe speech Of Count Cayour. He shows tina;
without Rome as its capital the unity Of ltal,
ould be allacy, aud ne demolishes the er-
.uuent mat tte Pope's temperatures arc essen.
,isl to biz independence, TheU
.nignt have beer
I guarartee FOR him when sovereigns regarded
their domination as right Of absolute
property over men and things; but since
| 1859 governments have reposed on the consent
expressed or tacit, of the people; and powe,
which does not rest upon thu, basis, but which
Maintains an absolute antagonism between the
people which it governs and itself, has no
longer possibility Of existence. This antago
nism appears in the Roman States, and seems
without remedy, and consequently the only
means Of governing those countries without
military occupation is by the absolute separa-
lion of the spiritual from the temporal power.
When this takes place the Holy See will be-
come in reality independent, because it will be
| relieved from the shackles imposed upon 1t by
concordas ana the prerogatives of the civil
power, which the temporal power OF the Church
o, Rome has alone rendered necessary up to
the present time.
| From these views it is evident that the Turin
Cabinet contemplates no compromise with the
Pontiff which will leave in HE hands any por-
ton OF his present territories. He will occupy
in Rome simply the position of the Greek or
Russian Patriarch, with the exception that such
provision will be guaranteed to him as will
comport with the expenditure necessitated by
bis extensive spiritual jurisdiction. The ques
tioD is whether the French Emperor will cou-
sent to this complete territorial restitution of
the Holy Father. The recent declarations OF
Prince Napoleon and Count Pietri seem to us
to leave but little doubt upon this point Louis
Napoleon is not a man of half measures, and if
he gives hs consent 10 the entrance of Victor
Emanuel and his troops into Rome it will be
under no limitation to the territorial rights
which that step would imply.