The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-08-13

The Pope on American AfaIrs-H'
Prays for Peace-Interesting and I'm
pOrtant Letter to Archbishop Hughes
Archbishop Hughes has Just received {
letter from the Pope on the subject of ou
American difficulties. The New Yorl
Tablet, which publishes the letter in the
original Latin, states that it is the duplicate
of letter addressed to the same prelate
under date of October l9, 1862, but which
must have been lost, as it never reached It:
destination:
Translation
To our venerable brother John, Archbishop oi
New YoIk:
POPE Plus TX.
! Venerable Brother, health and Apostolic
Benediction: Among the various and most
oppressive cares which weigh on US in these
turbulent and perilous times, we are greatly
afflicted by the truly lamentable state in
which the Christian people of the United
States of America are placed by the de-
structive civil war broken out among them.
For, venerable brother, we can not but be
overwhelmed with the d deepest sorrow while
we ecapitulate, with paterDal feelings, the
| slaughter, ruin, destruction, devastation, and
plored calamities by which the people them
selves are most miserably harassed and di-
iacerated. Hence, we have not ceased to
offer up, in the humility Of our hearts, our
most fervent prayers 10 God, that He would
deliver them from so many and so great
evils.
And we are fully assured that you, also,
venerable brother, pray and implore, with
out ceasing, the Lord of Mercies to grant
solid peace and prosperity to that country.
But since we, by virtue of the Office of our
apostolic ministry, embrace, with the deep
est sentiments of charity, all the nations o!
the Christian world, and, though unworthy,
administer here on earth the vicegerent
work of Him who is the Author of Peace
and the Lover of Charity, we can not refrain
from irculcating, again and again, on the
minds of the people themselves, and their
chief rulers, mutual charity and peace.
Wherefore, we write you this letter, in
which we urge you, venerable brother, with
ali the force and earnestness of our mind, to
exhort, with your eminent piety and episco-
pal zeal, your clergy and faithful to offer up
their prayers, and also apply all your study
and exertion. with the people and their chief
rulers, to restore forthwith the desired tran
quillity and peace by which the happiness
of both the Christian aud the civil republic
is principally maintained.
Wherefore, omit nothing you can under
take and accomplish by your wisdom, au
thority, and exertions as far as is compatible
with the nature of the holy ministry, to con-
ciliate the minds of the com mbatants; pacify,
reconcile and bring back the desired tram
quil!ity and peace by all those means that
are most conducive to the best interests of
the people.
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people and heir chief rulers seriously to re-
fleet on the grievous evils with which they
are afflicted, and which are the result of
civil war, the direst, most destructive, and
dismal of all the evils that could befall q
people or nation.
Neither omit to admonsh and exhort the
people and their supreme rulers, even in our
name, that with conciliated minds they
would embrace peace, and love each other
with uninterrupted charity. For we are
COZ 6dent that they would comply with our
paternal admontions and hearken to our
words the more willingly, as of them mselves
they plainly aud clearly understand that we
are influenced by no political reasons, no
earthly consid erations, but impelled solely
by paternal charity to exhort them to charity
aud peace. And study, with your surprising
wisdom, to persuade all that true prosperity,
even in this life, is sought for in vain out of
the true religion of Christ and its salutary
doctrines.
We bave no hesitation. venerable brother,
but that calling to your aid the services and
assistance, even of your associate Bishops,
you would abuudantly satisfy these our
wishes, and by your wise and prudent efforts
bring matter of such moment to a happy
termination.
We wish you, moreover, to be informed
that we write iu similar manner, this very
day, to our venerable brother John Mary
Arch bishop of New Orleans, that, counsel |
ing and conferring with you, he would di-
rect all his thoughts and care most earnest |
ly to accomplish the same object.
May God, rich in m ercy, grant that these,
our most ardent desires, be accomplished, |
and as soon as possible our heart may sxult
in the Lord over peace restored to that peo-
pie.
In fue. it is most pleasing to US to avail
ourselves Of this opportunity to again testify
the special esteem in which we hold you
OF which, also, receive most assured
pledge, the apostolic benediction, which
coming from the :nmost recesses of our
heart, we most lovingly bes:ow on you,
venerable brother, and the fock committed
to your charge.
Dated Rome, at St. Peters, October 18,
1862, in the seventeenth year of cur Ponti-
fcate.
The WHOLE Truth IN BRIEF.--We are
lust as far, now from 'isubjugating" or lex
terminating" or "eradicating," the SOUTH
as we were, before Port Hudson, or Vicks-