Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-11

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No Greek, L F. Harrison.
ButIer, I. d. Kendall
Warren II G. PelL
Hancock, e. ]. Ramey.
Green River and Henderson, Josephss
White.
Linchfeld, to be supplied.
J. P. PeII, Chaplain in United States
Army, and member Of No Greek quar-
terly conference.
William Martin, Chaplain in United
States Army, and member Of No Greek
quarterly conferences.
Missi0Hayies TO East Tennessss: w.
c. Daily, r q. Gsthrie, George A. Co
win, N. II b. Burkett
American Catholics and the
Pope.-Nearly two months have pass
ed since the Pope sbulI against modern
civilization was Published in this coun-
try, and the bishops and the newspaper
organs Of the Roman Catholics Of the
United States have bad ample time to
make up and express their opinion con-
the profound interest which the entire
population Of the United States have
taken in some parts Of the bull which d.
rectly attacked some Of the institutions
under which our country has prospered
for now nearly hundred years. Hith.
eFto the American Roman Catholics
have, on the whole, been contented with
their situation They have aeknowl-
edged that although they had not all
they desired, they enjoyed, on the whole,
greater freedom than 10 any country Of
Europe, except the Papal States. Their
views Of the papal attack on the Ameri-
can institutions we're therefore all the
more interesting.
That every bishop and syery Catholic
paper should taeilly submit was 10 be
expected. The doctrine and the habit
Of absolute aud Unconditional submis-
sion to every papai decree has become
so prevalent among the entire eommn-
nity Of practical Catholics that any OPP
position TO Rome will be an extreme
rarity. II was, therefore, not surprising
10 us TO learn that the bishops have read
and the papers have published the en-.
cyelical, with the admdnition TO all
Catholics 10 accept il with filial respec;
and obedience.
The question which thousands ol
Americans have asked was, not whether
| the leading spirits Of the Roman Catho
lie Church of this country would sub
NIT, but whether they would cordially
I adopt the Pope's views as their own
and declare their willingness 10 aid ia
their execution. The Pope, in terms
that cannot be palmer, has condemned
constitutions which grant liberty Of ~
ligious vorship to Protestant denomin
ations, which separate the Church anC
State; which declare il right and 1
duty of the State to provide for a system
Of public insttnetlon. which deny ihI
right of the Roman Catholic or any 9th
er clergy to exemption from the dulie
incumbent upon al citizens Amoni
the constitutions of Europe noneis NOR
liberal than that OF Belgium, which, liki
the Constitution of the United States
guarantees 10 every citizen equal civl
rights, irrespective Of his religious be
lief. The leading ultramontane pa
pers Of Europe, especially the Aoads, 0
Paris, have always denoaneed the Con
ssitutiou Of Belgium as irrseoncilabli
With the spirit Of the Roman Ca,hol
Church. No impartial reader Of th
Pops's bull can have failed to see ths
the Pope very emphAtically endorse
this view Of the Belgian Constitution
We had a paper among as as frank an
outspoken IS the Monde il would there
fore not fail to use, with regard to on
Constitution, the same language Whlc
the Monde uses toward Belgium.
would gay he fundamental prime
, Piles OF the Constitution Of the Unite
States irreconeilably opposed 10 The dol
trines of the Roman Catholic Churcl
At present we are Il minority and ur
, able to overthrow it But whenever v
have the power to aid in its overthrow
to prevent the free exercise Of all Pro
sslant forms Of religion, 10 re-establis
the close connection between Churc
! and State As itis in Europe, TO give
!. the Church the soils conlrole Of edaei
, ton, and to saneiion ali The preFog4
, tives claimed for the Church and clerk
By the eanonieal law, we shall do il
Such would be The candid language of
a Catholic paper that not only sabmits
. the papsl bull hnt heartily adopts il
We cannot say whether il is lack I
: condor or lack Of courage that b
prevented all the bishops AID Rll Il
z Catholic papers Of the United Stat
from speaking out plainly. As far
. We have been able 10 ascertain, not
single bishop, not single paper b.
spoken against the American Constit
ton, as their Earopean brethren hA
a spoken against The Belgian Coustitutio
Il although none Of them viii dare to der
that our Constitution is infected wi
the principles condemned By the Pop
. to q much larger extent than that
b. Belgium. The New York 7abi
for instance, which carefully r
> tces the articles of the AsGhodi
:, :. the Independent, the Tribune e
- other Protestant papers on Rom
le Catholic affairs, has had several ar.iel
Is on the encyelieal, IN which il speaks
n the Pope's condemnation Of rstionslis
. atheism, pantheism, inhdelity, and r
" ieules the articles Of the Protests
'r press, bat studiously avoids the expr'
le sion Of an opinion on the most impo
(. ant points of the eucyclical The saI
~. is the case with the other papers, q
with the declarations Of the bishops
y far as they have become known. Ift
at ia not eowsrdice or insincsrity, wi
a can it be called one prelate,
IA Archbishop of Baltimore, has made
= discovery that the encyclical IS excl
-'' lively aimed 81 the in6dels Of Euro
and does not at all intend to eensure
Is. honest men who framed our Consti
Is. ton. and who were neither latiludi