Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-09-09
ITALY.

ucl, having for their object AN ar
rangcment of the questions pending
between the two powers, The Pope
had never recognized Victor Eman-
uel as King OF Italy, and although
his refusal TO do so did not weaken
the title by which that monarch held
his crown, it yet had n serious effect
on the allegiance Of that portion OF
the population which sympathjzes
with the ultrainoutane or advanced
Church party. The continued, al
though perhaps latent and reticent
opposition OF this party could not
otherwise than constitute a disturb
lug element i'll Italian politics, while
it was the evidence of Il division of
that public sentiment, the consoiida-
ton and unanimity Of which have
always been so strongl y desired by
the National Government. W hat
complicated the question still more
was the power claimed by the Pope
OF appointing bishops TO vacant sees;
but not only was tins power disputed
by the Government, but the bishops
so appointed We're s,lnmari!y elected,
and others willing to recognize the
temporal hegcmony OF the King Were
put in their places. 1t is a rcmarka-
BIZ. fact in the history Of the times,
hat INV Italian Government should
y.nt,rs ON a strn Of this kind. and
,bari+ shonlI IN tal>inor that stem.
r.nnse confidently ON rha supnoIt
,n5 ,,,,,rnbation ot = porl,Iation
Which L5s alw,ys hitherto been SIM
posed to be completely under the do
Ininion Of sacerdotai influences. such
facts show the tendency OF modern
society. even in extreme Catholic
countries. to discard the Theological
in favor OF the tesupo"alregi'ne. The
Popc. instead Of rcs0rtIng to his spir-
itual aYmorv for weapons Of defence
against this alleged aggression Of
his rights as head OF the Catholic
Church, agreed to enter into urgoti-
nt!ous on the subject Il was, atone
lime thought that these negotiations
would result in 4 settlement of the
disputed points, and such a recognj-
ZION of Victor Emauuel's Govern
Inent as would entirely ueutraI!ze
the opposition Of the radical Church
PARTY. aud effect such an alliance be-
tween the Papal power and the King
AS would at once reiuvenate the Pa
pacv and establish the National Gov
erument on Il solid foundation. But
these tiattering hopes We're destined
to disappointment 1t is now an
nounced that the negotiations have
failed.
W.. Italian Government, for its
own ;,,stifcntion. has published in =
r.nort addressed hv cen. D,.lIa Nor.
mora TO the I[ino Of Italy, = full and
,n,hentic nara+iv9 Of the n.ootiations
II ,nn.ars from, those rsnorts that
tho conferences never assumed sncL
sbann as 70 invest them with The
roIitir,l i,nnorranra which had bean
attributed f. them Thav differed
in No essential narticrlar. from the
usual TRANSACTIONS between the papal
Court and 1h. Catholic Governments,
The Pope submitted three points:
the return OF the Bishops absent from
their Sees. the filling up Of the va
cant Dioceses, and the admission of
the titular eccIesiastics already noIui-
mated without the consent of the
Government. The Italian Govern
ment dispatched >r. Negezzi to Rome,
to treat concerning these propositions.
On two points it was found impossi-
Die to agree. The Pope declined to
submit the PapaI Bulls to the roya!
exequatur and refuse to allow the
bishops to take an oath Of allegiance.
The Italian Government urged
that the rights and powers demanded
by it had been conceded by the Pope
to almost every Catholic country of
the world, and that to withhold them
from Italy would be the most morti-
lying humiliation of that power in
the eyes Of the world and OF its own