Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-18

and Cardinal and Archbishop Of West.
minister in 1850 This appointment
was the occasion of much agitation in
England, and Of the passage of the
" Ecclesiastical Titles Bill," which, how.
evsr, proved nullity.
The Mexican Empire and the
Pope.-The conduct OF Rome toward
our unfortunate nsighbors IN Mexico
since the beginning Of the Ereuee inva-
sloH, furnishes striking commentary
upon the theories Of the Roman Church
concerning the relation Of the civil aud
eccleslastical government II IL well
for rs % heed this Lesson, as We have
recently seen that the heads Of the Ro-
man Catholic Church iE this country
are either less bold or less sincere than
the Pope in their utteF2nees in regard
10 American civilization, aud eendeavOr
10 explain away BY equiyocal express
sione, ths Pope's plain and fierce DENIM
Citations Of our Institutions
The government of President JuaFez
was in every respect the legitimate gov
ernment Of Mexico. He was elected
under the constitution which with few
interruptions and alterations had been
in force since the establishment Of Mex.
lean independence The bishops Of
Mexico had, with other citizens Of the
republic, regularly taken the oath to
support it Generally, the Church Of
Rome very strongly condemns every
kind Of insuTection against legitimate
government, and even the last papal
eneyclical condemns among "she chief
errors of the times, the opinion that
people may rise ia insurrection against
her legitimate prince. Bat In the case
Of Mexico We End that the Pope has
from the beginning of the French inva-
sion openly asplanded the attempts
made BIZ few disaGected Mexicans,
With the aid Of foreigners, 10 overthrow
the law Of their country, and hailed With
uuconeealed delight the establishmeut of
an empire upon the ruins Of the lawful
government
Nov all this would be glaringly iucon-
sistent IL Rome were not too we'll known
TO Be 10 her policy mors inconsistent
than any other government Of the world.
President Jnarez has authorized the
eonhscation Of all church property, and
By this and several ether measures In
Cured the hatred Of the church party.
In the eyes Of the Pope, be was excom.
munlcsted, like every one who sets con.
tEary 70 the provisions Of the canonieal
law respecting church property. And
accommodated rulers the Church OF
Rome has always endsavored 10 remove.
Though the recent bull does not express.
ly re aassrt the right claimed BY ths
Pope 10 depose secular rulers and 10 re.
lease tho subjects or citizens from their
oath Of allegiance 10 them, IL ia veil
knOwn that the PoPes have never re
nouuced this claim. IL is on this
ground, and this ground only, that the
papal government has done all il could
toward tbs overthrow Of the lawful re-
pnblican government Of Mexico.
The latest mail froFa EaFops brings ne
an interesting letter from the Pops TO
the Emperor Maximilian, which explains
his viewa more fully than anything ihgt
has before bean made publie
Your majesty must have easily un.
defstood how happy We bere 10 see,
thanks 70 the establishment OF the new
empire, the dawn OF pacific and pros.
porous days for the church Of Mexico.
OnF Joy increased when we saw prince
OF Catholic family called 10 The throne.
and who had given 80 many proofs Of
religious zeal and piety The Mexican
nation also hailed with indiscribabls
pleasure your Maiesty's accession 10
the throHe, called 10 Il By the unani.
mous desire Of a people, who, up to
that time, had been constrained to groan
beneath the yoke Of ga anarchial gov.
ernment, and 60 lament over the ruins
and disasters Of the Catholic religion
bar chief pride ct al times, and the
foundation Of her prosperity. Unaer
th0se happy auspices We Looked from
day b das TOR the first acts of the new
empire, persuaded that the church, which
had been outraged With such impiety By
the revolution, would receive prompt
reparation, whether in revoking the
laws which bad reduced Il to such
state Of oppression and servitnde, or in
pFomalgaiing others adapted . the sup
preston of the disastrous Effects of an
impious administration. Hitherto thwart-
ed 70 our hopes--caused, perhapa, by
the difficulties which attend the reor.
ganization Of a society long overturned
1--WE cannot help addressing Your Mai.
esty, and appealing to she uprightness
of yonr intentions
The Pope then sets forth what policy
the church expects from the new ruler
Of the Mexican nation: