, 1866-11-11

light divine, has despoilca brother nouaEchs
II their crowns. The ''providentsal destiny
cover over the woand to his monarcA:c con-
science. II Is said that he is Offering s'Laus
peo' In that he did not treat the King Of |
Saxony as he treated tho Kug, Of Hanover.
In Italy only docs there seem to be sincere
Jog. The Veuetians are wild with the ex-
ritoment OF their newly recovered liberty, |
and even the Romans, In the celebration OF |
the G!obrdftd. have found tUc means to make |
dull October one of the pleasantest 1nonths |
Of the year.
Will the Pope do? W,litSe remain in Rome,
or will he leave its 1.-The should be willing
to do the former, can he do 1t? The Ro.
mans will never be satisfied to be Isolatcd
from their brother Italians. and, with Italy
behind them, they will not long submit to an
ecclceIastica1 and theocrattc Government,
have their minds rreocenried with the dan
ger Of foreign aggression or Invasion, and
when they direct Ihcir sole and undivided
attention to the consolidation aud prosperi-
ty Of the nation. will naturally look 10 Rome
ths the sdce sna dan Il Is utter r.
ard they cannot, il they would,
cease 10 regard the scvcn-hilled city as the
natural capital Of the nation. The time Is
near when this question must be resolved
pDo way or thc QlHcl- No nue ScGM3 TO be
awnre what the intention Of the Pope is, or
whether he has any Intention at all. The
general opinion is that lie viii calmly await
events, nEd let Providence act in hts behalf.
There are millions Of Roman Catholics who
firmly believe that he will not be deserted bv
Providence; bat / very much fear their Gith
Is greater thnu their good sense.
It Is strange that q time, when, at least,
political Cathollcity is on the decline, 1t
6kn141d In nr@ne rs fro Il
matte point OF siew. Roman Catholic clergy
men, connected With the oratory in B7omp-
ton, pnl With the Jcsult's chuIch rear Rerk-
elcy Square, have told me that there Is not
week in which they do not receive dozen or
more converts Into the church. have reason
TO believe this is true. Simultaneously With
these unobtrusjye conversions, there nfe re-
rcatea notices 10 tic papers ofsome member
Of the Protestant ar!stocracy, or Of the Es-
tahl1sled Church, going cTer to the Church
Of Rome, and In the present week para
belonging to the University Of Oxford,
vent over TO tho came church. nm told
that II would be almost impossible to distin-
Euieh come of the churches In Oxford from the
Roman Catholic ehapels, and the same may
churches In London. The Church of Eng
land Is, In fact, so internally divided that Il
Is matter Of speculation whether the major
ity OF Its clergy are not noarer to Rome than
either to Augsburg or Geneva, or even
Westminster: At the present moment there
Of rituallsm. The Apelican clergy, in scv-
ernl instances, adopt many Of the external
{os1Hs Of the Roman Catholic Worship This
gives great mud deep offence to the evAngclf-
cai part, In the church, and they, through
their orEsns In the press, call on the bishops
to interfere. But tue bishops are even more
divided in opinion than the inferior clergy,
and there does not appear 10 be the least
chance Of any united action on their part. 1t
not unfrcquently happens that the clergy
man, to whom by the articles Of the church
ter, gives such offence to majority Of his
pa1ishioners that most unseeMIy conduct
takes place within the church, aud during
the celebration Of the divine office itself.
Where all this Is to lead to no one knows ;
rives all the advantage from this division in
the Church Of England. Various efforts
state of things, and bf. Tai, tue present
Dishop Of London, has promised to bring Ia
| bill during the next session OF Parliament
he will succeed, fur Or. TAFT belongs to a
! party In the church which is regarded with
disiayor, both by tho Puseyite and the ETau.
gelical parties, narnely. the latitudinarlau
party. He, believe, would open the por
tails Of the church y fue enough 80 as to In
| NaaAG A4uso6L AA NAlHttAls, lI1S3IHEklFC u
their dogmatlc views. cannot better illus
tratc tue present condition Of the Church o
| England than by referring to the election O.
the Rev. +. D. Maurice to the chair Of Nora
Philosophy tn the University of Cambridge
Mr.. Maurice Is the son Ut Unitarian minis
ter. He entered Cambridge at an carly
period Of life, aud his college course Wis SC
distinguished that ono Of the Professors ad
Eised the authorities to givc him Fellow
ship. It was accordingly intimeted to him
that by taking his degree he might have &
Fellowship; but as he could not take a dc
gree without declaring himself to be mem
Der Of the Church Of England, he declined
the offer. lie subsequently, however, be
came member Of that church, and tool
out bis degree at Oxford. 1n the interva
he edited the d&h<nesssa for short period
During his career as q clergyman bis vieE
Trinity, and other fandamcntai dosmas o
the Church, appeared to have so altered
that he was compelled to rcsign his ProGcs
sorship Of Divinity in Kings College, Lon
don, where he was stumbling block In il'
way Of the more orthodox PRINCIPAL, tn,
Maurice, who vas petcrodore In Kings Col
lege, the choice has fallen of the Professor
ship Of Moral Philosophy In Cambridge
The 4orkinp advertiser and the Record ae
calling for the cancelling Of the appolnt
ment. Tins it Is plain that there is nj
| AL4A4 VI IUtk&4uE VI VI A1bClplluG Ill
Church OF England, md 1t Is the conscious
ness Of this that has driven rome of IT,
ahlest and most learned men into the Churcl
of Rome ou the one side, and the ranks Q
1ationsli:m on the other. pr. Aanscl
the Professor Of Moral Philosophy y
"Philosophy Of the CONDITIONED, :" com
pr3ing some remarks on Sir Wiltia'u Hamil
tons Philosophy and On is. Mills Examina
tion Of tSat Philosophy. believe the Ok
ford Professor Is considered enthusiastically
orthodox, but very much doubt whether
In wider sense, he IS not mora theological
" unsound than even Mr.. Maurice.
It has amused and somewhat surprised Us
on this eide Of the Atlantic, to find it states
traveller in the States, va. opposed to th'
views Of the 1inaes, Of which b. Is the prin
cipal proprietor, during the latter portion
ol the civil war In America. OF course,
Mr.. Walter says so. be must In courtesy b.
believed. But surely, considering the pre-
the direction Of tho 7aanes, he ought,
be did not choose to shape It's policy, q
least mitigate somewhat the violence AMI
absolute uuta11ness Of It's criticisms. Tht
democfat. converted inso slavery dctenae
-u1nJ bc somewhat diluted. But II Nj
Walter thought the policy Of his papc
wrppc daring the last two years OF the war
why did he not recommend its edIto
and writer's to adopt sonnaer views for tn
Copperhcads Of America and their pollc,
have been defended up to the last moment
and the present letters Of the Philadelphia
correspondent are scarcely more teupe.al.
than those Of Ds. Aackay.> Let not Ameri
cans mistake The opposition Of the 77ae
to the union md continued advancement O
the United States, has its root far deeper th11
In personal ayezslous OF nkings. and IN thi
1t II rs much the organ of Europe as Of Eug
land. The Governments of Europe, founded
On the principle Of hienucty. Of divine right
Of aIfstoc1ary, OF feudtlism, Of monopoly o
the land, of privileged ranks, hate Ame13cz
and hcr institutions. i say the Government
Of Europe, not the people. The Govern,
ments, that Il to say, the upper and pTist
legged classes Of Europe. regard The perma
uence and progress Of Democracy as q scan
dat In the present, and as peril In the fu
turr to themselves. This feeling Il not con
fined to England it Is the general sentiment
Of The arsstoc1acles Of Europe, and the Tine
feelings when 1t avails Itself Of cyer,
opportunity to discsedit Americsi
institutions and to weaken aud divide tn,
United States. What greater condemnation
can be given Of the principles which preyai
population, which should constitute th1
wealth OF any well regulated society, ar,
| quitting It year by year to find something
like comfort and dignity tor themselves ant
their posteritr, undcr.the shadow of Amer
lean Institutions. This docs not a11se iron
the fact that America is comparatively uu
reup1ed, because when Europe had less b,
half than its present population, wretched
ness. aud penny. and Ignorance, and all ii
human deterioration that springs from til
principle Of aristocracy and soclal hiesarch
were as rife. and perhaps more so, than the
A1e now. Sir Stafford Sorthcote. the Pre-:
cnt Fresident of the Board Of Trade, hs
been this week addressing the landlords c
Devonahi1e, and tn aludin9 to the emisrs
. tion from the agricultural districts Of En-,