The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-02-27

tho cburCh aud expedited the c0ntuuaoco Of the works
OF aieretieL upGn the which has been suspended
The decision taken BY fxcollsncses aiope without
the o. the other Regent. that through tho
be Informed that they should have and that they
take cogDzarce OF all cauees arising under the affairs
which tho said refer the nsstaDce Of ycur Ex
ceencies IN this resolution notw outstanding protest
nudity addressed 10 you the following day bv his
foeleocy enor Labasuda IN his character OF Rsge,t
Tho formal dismissal OF the llustrous Archbishop from
currrnce with his EAoelepcy Conceal Bazsipe the stu
dioUs omission which has been MAIDS OF the church
certain measures regarding the property OF public CHAIR
ties the resistance 10 the return TO tie religious soie
es o. The part not yet sod oil thef convcots and hed
has been that those have been reduced 10 the
utMospoverty without permitting them to oven
the pul rian which had been left 10 them by the des
polling government various particular acts which brevity
viii not permit us 10 refer To- but which show decided
Dissemination TO protect the pretended rights creaed
by the caieaws OF Seform and finally the circular
issued by the sub Secretary Justice the 18th instant
at the instance OF his Excsency Senior Bayaine remov
ing all obstacles and declaring that there 10 legal inn
pedimeot 70 the exercise 81 whatever rights action
which were held with respect 10 the property called
clergy property on the arrival Of the French nterveo
tion 10 the ooau,rysil these cots manifest with tho
most weehty evidence that the Holy Catholic Church In
sSoS % IL b sss ens % ~
most holy rights and In its cano0oai liberties entirely
equal that which II suffered whom the authorities
cmanatrg from the han cf Ayutia were In power. be
such compulson consss In tho form OF govern
ment 10 the persons o those who compose IL. b in
ts character and Importance o. s acis. ana thosc Of
your Exeslleucy tend to ex edite the cosummaon
tbs work which those auhosltes began for you dccarc
10 full force ne rights and actions spring from the
against the immunity Of tho church by said authorities
and even 10 the same language for inc Same odous OF
nate the ecclesiastical property NFSs Nl
NJ Uchappy would to-day b. the evils which the chusch
mtor.sns Which wo can never scisu.y
depierS there arc peculiar circumstances which
church to day NexOo and which increase its grief
an extraordinary degree. 4..s sif tI
Then the government frankly manifested it's principles
appeared TO the view OF all this Catholic people 10
the character OF opposition armed with power against
religion and the church, and tho latter, as victim
inundated by the government defended itseM herocsy
suffering the consequences Of terrible persecution and
persking noby for the holy cause Of justice To DAY
government inauguraes itselr with professions emf
ncntly religious aud moral after the French army had
destroyed in the capital that or Juarez and IL presens
itself before the exican people as the protector Of it's
faith or Its religion OF the church and OF the priesthood
Then we were banshcd TO day VIC arc invited and re-
ceved with expressions cf considerations creating By
means among the people feeling OF confidence
their tenderest Affections their dearest interests Then
the preates leaving our country carried with them tho
place would bring with complete moral and religious
restoration 10 day returning atcr such change to be
present at the moation Of ell our principles. tho con
Summation Of the ruin OF the church have received
blow such as only received at tho death o. oil human
hope. Then the church had only one govern
government which stu lives IN the country. which st
has resources Of It's own an army that coetcAds hand
upon the aid q It's principles and interests ID the
enemys camp and In the captal-An enemy whose Hrst
up !; 70 mo .eS zoe plans
received the blow from the hand Of open enemy TO-
day We IRE attacked BY those who called themselves
Then tho attack and the defence did not paas beyood
strictly national bounds: TO-DAY have 10 lament the
tacks and tnst from 4 bave the exigsncies which
have obliged Exceliences 70 % proCeed 1h6n w
0 s q 1 sss :.
cannot pass that limit also Aexcans Then. with.
standing tho restrictions imposed by the laws Of tho
press could publish protests ana pastosas 70
the people there existed other rssrasts thsn
such would result from the nconveniences Of trial.
To-day the press bound In such manner that q is open
only those who favor the intervention for tasre 10
only the responsibility consequent upon very strict
law but also 10 denial Of the very epoch itself TO say
nothing more, eyGn previous censorship. Tho publ
cation Of aPoniocai aocution OF an ediyng and moral
retracton and Of any paragraph copied fro abroad 10
ther with respect 70 tho ecclesiastical questions u this
country, the subjects OF formal admonitons to the
Iure this class e Articles. shs same so' time
that anti eccles CAL and. times, scandal
for these reasons that speaking Of the situation in
which circumstances have nov placed u.s. NO consider
The Epscopsoy Of Mexico considering its respond.
biIity, by the manifestations made by his Excel
cncy segnor and by certain stsps which have
ceencies bad remained silent 70 the present tmc In
order thnt might not be believed that proceeded with
precipitation lack Of prudence. But to-day. when sf
fairs have reached their utmost extreneto day, when
oven the paIliatives and reserve with which rst dis
me instance Of French subject has bssn sufc,ens
induce the declaration that All the rshs and actoas
IRON ,ns ma oc
act iii OF these Affairs Tor the decison
s ses q asansy n Uesa
BIO excusabe; II would conceal the wrongs We suffer-
md cause ms 10 appear 10 certain measure % accom-
pces-s osition which il Is our duty 10 repel II Ill haz
ards in the Of The rights Of religion thS voice Of
conscience and love OF our country. b 4 Ta.ja.
stion after much ourselves and predecessors
have said different times against these claims and pre-
tended rights that your Exceienees have just again
placed In visor aud relnvesed with legal force by
circular OF the 18th Instant Whit demonstrate
now that 10 already demonstrated set forth
fo med as TO our political history What arguments.
however specous they may be- can now be adduced By
O . cec% ana ,s" snS
either by the bishops the ecclesiastical authorities the
Catholic press' II the law Of the 1lth OF January. 1877
which took possession OF the ecclesiastical property only
TO the extent OF fifteen millions, considered by
the iusrious Senior Portugalthst preiate wise as
opposition to the will or the people, aud impossible or ex
ecution with justice from Its repugnance the prin-
cpes Of sound morality az the inexhaustbc fountain o.
terrible msfortunes Tor the church and society law
volatvc or the rights and Illegal against .hc immu
mites OF the church lot less than against s canonical
and even civil liberties and besides sntieconor7i
cal law immoral and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS now say
with reference TO those laws the pretended claims and
rights under which your Rxceleuces have revived by
your circular Of the 10th nstapt II that vrtuous preate
with the liberty which belongs 10 truly apostolic ZEAL
could not reconcile his Catholic profess with the ap
probation and execution Of such laws who supposed
The indispensable condition OF their origin either the
grosses ignorance OF the principles Of religion. its
positive aburatiop and species OF apostacy what shall
say when refer TO laws which surpass Infinitely,
under every aspect, 10 arbrarness tyranny immortality,
violence disasters and ruin those which then led the
complaints and protests Of the former prsate Of Mchoa
cam &kflE NNtN s.M ts8h 81
Nothing remains Us. therefore, 70 say, afssr %
much that hes already bees said and N less when i'd
DRESSING Ourselves 10 perrons involved the course o
events, well ~ penetrated for so believe, with the
illegal runous, unpopular and sacregous character Of
the laws % pcmpously called laws Of reform your Ex
cellencies Us sN slt 'aTaf q
But We cannot do less your Excellencies than make
known 70 you the utter surprise and confusion Into
which We have been plunged By the said circulars
merely because they have come from your Excseucies,
whose religious sentiments have never been placed N
doubt, not merely from their character and importance
but particularly bscauss cannot find any plaus
BE reae0nnot 70 justify them, for that possible-but
that could at least excuse hsm on tho ground OF public
convenience. .------s.. -
That senor Joares with bis party should enact such