The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-09-13

delightful asylum at Washington Heights,
where he can feast upon good roast beef and
Chateau Margaux and assuage his sorrows.
End Of the Popo's Temporal Power erica
the New Field for His Lnbors.
II is not improbable that the present year
will witness, among its other numerous mira
cles, the renunciation of all temporal power
by The Pope of Rome and the abandonment of
Rome itself Events have been tending to-
wards this for long time. The downfall Of
the temporal authority of his Holiness began
when the French Revolution Of 1880 succeeded,
and the spirit OF revolution has been the in
direct cause of his downfall. In 1880 Austria,
under Metternich, was the only great Power of
Europe able or W !ling to sustain the Pope in
his temporal power. After 1880 France be-
came joint parry with Austria in the protec-
torate, and this reduced the Pope to little more
than an automaton, who, for the protection OF
the two Powers, yielded up his obedience and
granted his blessing on their schemes Later
Metternich fell, and with him Austria ceased to
,e a power at Rome, and France claimed to be
the only guardian of the Pope. In the contest
in Itaiy in 1869 the temporal supremacy of the
Pope was one of the points contended for, and
in the treaty of Villafranca the "honoraiy
presidency of the Pope in Italy" is the
first Of the enumerated terms. Since
that time Austria has been powerless;
and that she might once more obtain the
strength sufficient to relieve the Head Of the
Church from the supervising care of that most
formidable Of friends and most detested of
favorites, Louis Napoleon, has been the chief
hope of the Papacy. That hope was finally
dissipated by the triumph of the hereto
Bismarck and the overthrow of the faithful
Austria at Sadowa. The power of the Pope's
faithless Napoleon in Italy, as well as that of
the more faithful Austria, s now broken, and
the accommodated Victor Emanuel, backed
by Prussia, has become all powerful, and may
look with confidence to the unity Of all the
Italian States, including Rome as the capital
There is now no friendly Power in Europe
capable Of sustaining the Pope in his temporal
dominions against which Victor Emanuel has
formidable designs The territory of the Pope
has been reduced to very small part OF Italy,
and he Is at the mercy of the Italian revolution
lists. A few months more may witness the oc-
cupatiQn Of Rome by Victor Emanuel and its
abandonment by the Pope. The most sensi-
BILE and dignifed course for Plus TX, under all
the circumstances, is to quietly admit that the
worst has come to the worst; and since he must
abandon Rome, let him make his arrangements
g., lal 49, ho ruOrld and hnncQ-
forth, like the apostles of old, " go about doing
good" by saving profigate souls instead Of
.cursing refractory crowns.
Naturally the Pope in this new character as
an itinerant preacher will seek the widest field
for his talents and of course he will visit
America. The Pope evidently believes that he
has great strength In America from the fact
that he has directed that the faithful here shall
have the lions share of the Roman loan,
South America, too, il . wide field open for
renewed efforts on his part The early per-
sonal labors of his Holiness, when volunteer
missionary of the late Pope in Peru and Chile,
resulted in the Catholization of those and ad-
jacent countries in form only. The spirit Is
still wanting there, and the Catholic fervor
here, as well as further south, might be in
creased by the presence Of his Holiness. We
can safely promise him, in his new character
as an itinerant, brilliant DEBUT in this city
and highly successful tour Of the States He
would be received in this metropolis with
greater honors than were bestowed upon
Louis Kossuth or Andy johnson, or even
the Prince of Wales or Japanese Tom
my. In his various capacities as q noble
man Of high degree, as the Head Of the
Church, q temporal prince with considerable
patronage still under his control, and Us the
living representative Of the heretic's famous
"scarlet woman of Babylon" he would COM
mand attention and recognition from all
classes, social and political, faithful and here
teal His arrival would create sensation
both in Fifth avenue and at Washington, In the
numerous cathedrals Of New York and the
churches of Brooklyn. Mr.. Henry Ward
Beecher. who is as conservative and sensi-
oil in his religious as in his political views,
might easily Be induced TO make the well
coming speech; while the expenses of the
reception would be willingly paid by
hundred and forty Of our richest re-
ligious, il not patriotic, citizens, such as
those who paid the bill for the Presidents
parade. By all means let the Pope announce,
and beforehand, his intention to come to
America. Such an announcement would 80
excite the fervor Of our Catholic citizens and
the interest Of our Protestant friends who have
the honor Of the city at heart that enough
funds might be at once raised to finish the
grand cathedral now In course Of erection on
Fifth avenue in time to welcome the Pope
therein.
THE MKPHIsroPHELxs OF THE AUGMENTATION
We should like to know from Mr.. Seward, the
Manhiains,holoa ~ tho adnniniafra ii0n Win IA