Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-11

/ TEEE POPG ASD THER PRESIDENT.
TIE Richmond Dispatch remarks that the cor
rsspoadenoe between P1esideat DAVIS and the
chief Of the Catholic Church, Published some
time ego IN these columns, cannot fail to be FOL
lowed BY moral effects Of great Importance and
value 10 ihs Confederate cause. We srsAwaFs
thss The secular power Of the Holy See is small,
bus its spiritual and moral power is so greai
that TIC proudest potentsies Of lhe earth are go
Beiscus to se5uTe Its power, IS has been oftan
enough manifested in the reign Of LOUIS NAPO'
LE0E, at the head Of ihe fsst military empire in
the world. The great majority Of ChEisisndon
scknowle5ge tho Pope as theig ecclesiastical
head, and regard him as the successor Of Pc
TER, and the representative upon earth Of he
DIFius head Of the Church. An appeal from
such source TO the Chris.iGn world in bsbsli
Of pace and jastice, cannot but array in cur
bsbslf he sympathy aad friendly wishes Of E
/ isrgs portion If ChrisioBdom, and diminish to
grsst extent tho influence Of cur enemies in
eBlissing the Catholic population Of Europe un-
der tie banners Of this internal invasion
Tie pacific counsals Of tho Pope msy moi
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dissasde the most ignorant a8d turbulent Of his
spiritual fOek in Europe from aeCspfag the
large Yankee bountes, but 1t sin s-Tiously
cariail their number. Ia another point Of view,
the friendly position Of Plus * may prove Of
great practical value. The successor Of Bishop
HUsHEs csnlot be msn Of the same political
stamp as that belligsrent prelaie. His Holi-
ness was compelled to put hook in the nose
Of that leviathsn before his death, aad the com
psTsiiVe gaiesceacs into which be subsided in
the LAST si1 months Of bis E9iscop4te was due
ths scrioas R5nOR tious that he received from
Rome. No tool Of SEWARD can hereafter stir
up the foreign Catholics OF New York to .
bloody VA, nor refrain from using the infu
eueo Of his Office in fs7oE Of psace and good
viii sm2ng men.
II PUs TX had consulted the dictates Of
worldly policy be weuld have locked On the
contest with ths stolid inlifsrenes which other
peteatrtas Of Europe have displayed, or per
hsps have even added fuel to the flames which
ArehbishoP HUGHEshsd kindlsd. The mass Of
.he Catholic population lies in the North
whereas the South Is almost entirely Protestant
E9!wishsianding this fact, be alone, Of Europesn
poleHiziss. has sdIressed The chief Of the Con-
fsdeTate sates IS "Pfeaident," reciprocstsd
fully and cordially the courtesy and Poliieness
- ieh have marked tie conversation Of cur own
Executive 10 foreign powers, and quietly aud
esrlz eat at aafiarez she Prsj jaaisa snd 4irnlrns
ure which such cegnition might excite in
the Northern mind. The Confederate people
esuRst but regard with profound respeet and
gratitude this truly Christian ard manly con.
duet Of the head Of the Catholic Church, which
is On'y the more conspicuous and brillsut from
is contrast with the oallous and inhum,n ia-
difference manifested by the other rulers Of Eu.
rope to this most bl7ody ard baTberous war
The letter Of President Davis to the Pope is a
master piece Of composition, one of the very
hsPpiest efforts Of psn which touches moth
ing that it does not sd0ru"