The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-31
The Late Roman Catholic Council

The Late Roman Catholic Council.
Its Object intAssembIinE-AFehbIhsoP
= Pureellss 8eFmOn..EThe Status OfGhe
POpe's Power in It0ly4-Wi1t the
baltimore Council Insisted Upon In
the Way Of SehoOls-!The Negro H.
ement as . Future Field for MIS-
siOnarIes. Z. 'ls'''H
From de Providence tR. ~ Journal. "a
The Roman Catholic Council al Bal
timore has just adjourned, and after
the fashion of its church has not admit
ted the public to much Knowledge OF its
doings. It is stated that Archbishop
Purcell, in Rsermon on the last day Of
the meeting, intimated that the grand
Object of assembling the Council was
to redeem the United States to the
Catholic faith. In word, a grand
effort of prosely ytismis to be commenced
in order that the Pope may recover tine
aground that he is losing in Europe.
The Council sent to the Holy Fatt er Its
pledges of fidelity, and sore1y Is he in
need Of all the consolation he can draw
from Its promises of affection and help.
Whether he was invited to find a home
here does not appear. For him to
make such a move would involve such
changes as are quite alien to the habits
and doctrines of the Papacy. It would
involve a surrender of the temporal
power, for which there are no signs Of
its being ready. And yet, to all appear
ance, 1t Is likely to lose what it isinot
ready to surrender. Archbishop Man
ming has been arguing lately in London
that somehow 1t has divinity enough
to maintain itself after. French bayo-
nets have withdrawn. Butzthat is a
hope only for such. as, have his amount
OF faith. The latest information is by
the Atlantic Telegraph, that Spain, Is
going TO step into the vacant protecto-
rate. Bnt Queen Isabella has uses
enough forIthe little money she has, not
to have great deal to spare for sus-
taining an army in Rome Spain has
quite enough in hand to take care of
itself. The Antilles Legion, which has
been enlisted for this special service,
has already arrived in Rome, and has
so soon, shown very doubtful qualitica-
ttons for its work. Mr., Gladstone has
gone to Rome, and the English quid-
nuncs see in that some scheme of Eng
lish intervention and 1.-The possible
hight OF the Popeto Malta and q Pro-
testant jurisdf dfction. Unless Plus shall
leave before the 18th Of December, II he
still keeps quietly at home on the OUR
1nal and trust to Providence, we see
nothing leftfor him but the protectorate
of Victor Emmanuel: If the Italian
soldiers march In as the French take
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an end to the temporal power, and the
misrule of the Cardinals. Then the
Pope is left to Settle the terms of his
residence In Rome as best he can with
the government ofsunited Italy. They
would like probably to have him re-
main, and letu his government. die OF
itself forWAntu of air, and slmple ex-
haustion. For ourselves we have no
doubt he would feel much moro at
home there, even with so unexemplarV
member of his church as Victor
Emmanuel for his next neighbor, than
to ,emigrate to America. And while
he is much q troubled about gthis
all the consolation he can get
from America to compensate for the
ominous changes which are Detailing
his best friends in Europe. It monde
c1Scn /! the GDorLd is falling Z exclaimed
Cardinal Antonelli when he heard OF
the cesston of Venetia, and the conse-
quent inability of Austria to help the
Holy Father any more. in Italy. He
Will be afraid. the heavens are falling
likewise, when he hears, as we have
just heard by Atlantic Telegraph, that
Baron Won BueSt, a Protestant, has
been called 10 be Minister OF Foreign
Affairs for Francis Joseph and that he
takes Office with the distinct under
standing that he is against the concOr-
dat and the clerical party; in a word,
that he is going to liberate Austria from
Rome. Italy against him, France for
saktng him, and Austria looking out
for herself, he will be very grateful for
all signs of hope Arch bishop Spalding
can send him from America.
1t is understood that the Baltimore
Council took grounds on two subjects
which are of general interest to ali our
people. First, they insist on making
education Roman Catholic. They will
have no fellowship nor partnetship
with our public schools. This was to
be expected perhaps. 9 They care more
for the catechism than for geography.
Again, there is to, be special effort TO
convert the freedmen to the Catholic
Church. This looks like "a hopeful
field. The negroesy as a race, have
many OF those qualities which prepare
them Tor the peculiar Influences of
the Roman worshipl They. are fond of
natural tastesi would be gratified by. a
splendid ceremonial. They are of d do
ctle, initiative, deferential nature, and
this withethe long habit of seryitude,
may lead them to bow more .FCnla lily, to
the authority of great Church and its
priests. They have been practically
under the Romish discipline so far as
reading the Scripture goes,l and have
no suehi ehiadvaneed knowles dgef of! Chris
tianity or infusion of the Protestant
spirit as would max 10 them intractabIe
children of the Romish Church. We
see no special obstacle I'M the way of
their conversion to the Catholic faith,
except such as'shall be raised by the
preoccupation of the ground in some
measure by Protestant denominations,
and the new zeal with which they are
likely to devote themselves to- the
evangelization, and education of these
four millions OF f'people whose future is
just dawning. The field is open and
free. No denomination has any undue
advantage. If the Roman Church wins
and carries these people into its fold, It
will be because they labor hardest, and
are willing to pay the price of such an
acquisition. II Protestants surrender
this race. so long under their education,
to this new crusade, twill be a dam.
aging proof of their lackof energy and
confidence in their own principles.
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