The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-11
THEHAWK-EYE
saturday, February II.

Ssssrday, February. II.
RENE and the United states.
Amongst the many absurd charge
brought by the Protestant press at'thc pres
ent moment against Catholics, is the sup
posed desire Of the Roman Pontif to &c.
tho power Of the United States destroyed
and the country DIVIDED. Rome, We ar
told BY the 1Tib0se, the Methodist, IN
Chronicle, and host Of other ''organs" Q
Protestant, or nom Catholic opinion. Home
I the great enemy of this oouhtTy; ana w
overthrow OF this empire OF ours - IN
cheYished design Of that intriguing ana y
rannica1 power which 10 ever opposes =
free governments: with other such piati
tudes, ddsn6nit1ns. The Pope. we are tcld
has received an agent from the Con.eo 8 !.
Atee; has virtually !eco6nlzeo tnen, o.
The latter assertion IL just as true as IN
former. hacause neither = true, but utterly
false.
A reeards the alleged hostility OF th'
Roman government 70 this country. w
would refer the reader, whether Protestan
or Oniholic. to the Diplomatic Oorrespon
dence Of the United States Government
for lG6s-part2 p. 1851, whore may be found
the vl3cial adcona: sent homo by onr MIN
istes, Of his reception BY the Holy Fatner
On that occahiod, his Holiness told ths
American Minister .'that it gave him Plea
sure 20 acknowledge tho kindly feeling
ted States towards himself and the liberal
ity shown to the Catholic religion; thGt til
d1dtys Of our couasry had dlscayS interestet
him 0rc0tlv. and i'll wonderful prosperity
and enteYpfiDo had given It q great impor.
tanoe among the nations Of Europe, all o.
whom are affected by the change in its
condition, and suffer from the present trou.
blee; that he had olsvays prayed for on'
,seyeve, a1d sonsi,s.cd to do 50 s.os0." "His
"was very kind and cordial. He arose
from his seat and 40 was taking my de-
portuFe, rendered TO me hiA hand, and said:
Task TIC Slsssing o. God, On your Govern
n,sss ard Ooxns.y, and Z desire tAas peace
may return to It. >"
And twin 10 observed that even in
those letters written by the Pope In reply
to. certain addresses from the Confederate
States (so-called,l which have given 90
represented, the Holy Father never went
farther into our affaiss, than to "desire
that peace may return" 70 our country, as
hesaad to M.. Blatchford. No one can tor
tuFo any word, any letter Of his into any
thing more than that, and last Of all into
any, eventthe slightest, justification or en-
C0uro9eMent OF the rebels. And surely IN
Whaling the return OF peace 20 cur coun-
try, the Eope gives no proof OF sympathy
vth the rebels; he does only what the
must loyal citizen of the Republic is sup
posed. t0Ido3 sOn another occasion Mr..
Blatehford wrote to Mr.. Seward:
His Holiness, - well - tho Cardinal
Secretary of State, are decided friends OF
the Union. and ardenty desire that integ-
rity may be preserved. The latter was
strong IN the expression OF his hopes that
the North would speedily subdue the re-
be!hon." 81 si s~
A relates to "the Cardinal Secretary of
Stat" the great contributing mind OF the
"Aner my auolenoo with his Holiness,
1waited on Cardinal Antoneali, after some
psseonal inquiries, the Cardinal tur1ed the
convorBati0n on Opf, war. and said, in euo.
stance: III bad the honor 70 be an Amer
prssesve ths strength Of The nation undi
49,. 1917 t me gIsat 5Gotopsan p1wen
~ y MuS1 l1sexsseu n Ine WeaAnees
OA ~ Oo1sso otases, sno .oc1cuese see
40 ~ 3.ssSu.o n saieeosine o. lts 1osces
u UrV !g .ss Ioous ~ ~ ~. ana wooia 90
49, - ~c,,Ii ., ~ I..e q '1 ~ uav.sson
tnas e Wouso eui1endef iof the moment
eve!y MINOR question o1Poucy and interest
i i tnc PreeeIIatlon OF ne Union and OF
~ y0nucM QoWet; maine success OF the
P.sns s.semPt q Fevoauuon wouid, IN
MyeGs. liace tno United States IN the
oeanon OF ne sostn American republics,
wnacns y seeas 20 Nm, YOU'D % q minor
o pS s2 ~ waole WosloT
!. -. eewsso, ~ IeP1y. % tnAs comnunica-
Lon; Wrose az Ioi!ows;
lstes to our country, was what the Govern
ment ano me people OF this country OK
pec.so , Ans Sen =; H expressed oy Car
0ann Antoneul ~ me conference OF with
Molcn ne nonoreo you, were - wise and
Just Jus 1 q iney Were u3eaoiy IN spirit towards
'nv w Snl'eI sos Ssases .r,..,,..s....
wnAs !oyM american citizen could
evlnce moro reas interest in The welfare
-. ospefNy OF tn1s county and The
1 n.!1In OF the Union, than Plus the
N cl.,I -. ana ne maenincent statesman who
xuaes sne counscls OF Ms temporal govetn-
mentI s,s.3s~es ,s,ss,.ys IL -s
.NoW,.we wouldsimply ask one question.
whether the American Minister 81 rome
and the American Secretary Of State are
marc credible Witnesses. ia th;s matter.
than the penny.a-liner Of tie P.otesfant
press Of this courtIY-men who have no
means Of knowing anything 81 the actual
sentiments Of the head Of the Catholic