Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-11-21

ernment, ana 70 protect the rights OF that
civil power, and to complain strongly of
thesacrlegious usurpatiOn of the provinces
Of the Holy See, as we have already done,
and as we do now, demonstrating and pro-
testing to the utmost of our power. '11ie'
@ Every OneIknows that the bishops of the
Catholic world haye never ceased to defend
with ZEAL orally and in. writing, our civil
sovereignty and that of the Apostolic See,
and all have proclaimed that that sovefL
eighty. especially in the actual condition Of
the affairs of this, world, is, absolutely,
necessary to establish and defend the per-
feet liberty OF the Roman Pontiff, who feeds
all the Catholic fock-d liberty teIlich Is so
intimately connected aoiEt the freedom Otthe en-
tire Church, . l.o,r,,a sft agftrgsgJuyr
These same men fear not even to go about
crying everywhere that zoe ouqlt TO reconcile
ourselves tUih ItdW-thdt is TO say S6itt Me
enemies Of our religion tohOs bodSt tie1lseIves
Of bggtpg founded ItdIy. But how can We, the
appointed champions and defenders of our
most holy religion and of the salutary doc
trine Of virtue and of justice, whoshavet to-
watch for the salvation of all, march lin
concert with those who, not uphOlding the
holy doctrine aud refusing to hear. the
truth, keep themselves away from us-those
who would never condescend 10 grant our
desires nor to meet our. demands, TO the
effect that SO many ,dioceses of Italy, de-
prived of their pastoral consolation and
protection, should have their bishops? 'H Q
Would to heaven that all those who so
vehemently oppose the Church, US, and this
Apostolic See, turning their regards and
their souls to truth and justice, may be en-
lightened once for all, and, thinking of
themselves and looking to the good of their
souls, moved by holy repentance, may en-
deavor to come back to us. M ,,.i,.,.-.r
Nothing would be more agreeable to us
than TO 90 JorlDdrd % meet them following
the example of our evangelical father, and
10 embrace them, rejoicing in the Lord that
his children were dead and are alive again
that they went astray and have been
found. Then, indeed, it would be seen that
our venerable religion, the mother and the
fruitful nurse of every virtue and the
scourge of vice, conducPs equally to the
happiness Of the Individual and the welfare
Of all. Where religion aud her wholesome
doctrines prevail there must necessarily
flourish uprightness of manners. integrity,
peace, Justice, charity, and all the virtues.
Then people are not afflicted with those
grievous calamities which unhappily weigh
upon them wheresoeyer religion and its
doctrines are not recognized. -.-a-r..rF
By the deplorable facts, related summar-
lily and with pain. and by the sad cotem-
porary events in Italy, everybody can easi-
ly see and divine to what great perils this
Apostolic See is exposed, and hOw.it is the
mark of the most bitter threats of rebel
lion, the hatred of unbelievers, and the an
ger of the enemies of Christ's Cross. ii
On every side are continually heard
tqenzied uOiceS, which find an echo in our
desperate enemies, declaring that this city
of Rome must sharetn this unhappy Italian
perturbation and rebellion-nay, must be-
come its capital. But God, who is rich in
| mercy, will, by his Omnipotenee, make the
| impious counsels and desires of our enemies
| fail. He will never; permit this noble city,
| so dear to us, in which, out of His great
| and singular goodness, He has fixed the
chair of Peter, the impregnable basis of His
divine faith and religion, to return to that
unfortunate condition so admirably de-,
scribed by our holy predecessor, Leo the
Great, in which she found herself when for
the first time the holy Prince Of the
Apostles entered this city, then the mis-
tress of the world. ..
As to us, even when deprived of almost
all human assistance, faithful still to our
mission, and oontidmg absolutely in the
aid of Almighty God, we are ready to COM
bat without fear, even to the peril OF our
life for the cause of the Church divinely
contided to us by the Lord Jesus Christ,
and if need be to remove thither where we
sGSiff be able to eXereisein the best manner
our supreme apostolic mission. And see
ing that in such a horIi ible tempest our best
and only support must be prayer, we ad-
dress ourselves to allthe venerable brethren
and bishops of the entire Catholic universe,
to all the Catholic clergy, and to all the
children of the Holy Mother Church, who
have never ceased to lavish on us such
striking evidences of love and respect and
to come to our aid i'll our gravest trials and
those of the Holy See; we beg of them
more and more to offer constantly, with
faith, hope and charity, fervent prayers to
God for the defeat of the enemies of the
Church, and for their return to the path of
salvation. rF {s -fgcrrr .f..t s.err,toy Ufa.
For, to avail ourselves of the words of
Chrysostom, prayer constitutes powerful
aTrn-a great sectlrity-a real treasure-an
excellent harbOr--a very sure asylum
provided that, attentive and vigilant, we
present ourselves before the Lord, the mind
collected, aud without. leaving anyAccess
to the enemy of our salvation. In the
midst of the deep anguish which affiicts us
we have great MISUNDERSTANDING that
God, when His Church has no human sup
port effects, marvellous prodigies, which,
manifest most clearly His omnipotence and
His divine hand, and come to oconffrm this
truth, that the gates of hell willney pre-
vail against the Church, which will always
remain immOvable, triumphing oyer its,
enemies until the consummation of time.
BUTT is exceedingly painful that 1t is not
precisely determined that a nation shall al
ways preserve the precious Treasure of our
divine faith aud of our religion, In truth !.
there are MANY nations who have kepE
faithfully the deposit of the faith and the
discipline of its manners; but, alas they
have been detached from the rock upon
which rests the edifice of the Church, and
separated from him, to whom has been
given the power to confirm the brethren
and to feed the lambs and the sheep, not
agreeing among themselves, and, envelop-
ed in the darkness of error, they are in the
greatest danger as to their salvation. 'i''
And here we cannot abstain, by reason
of our mission, from adjurning in the name
of the Lord all Sorereigns and other gOu-
ernors oftStGteS to examine once for all, aud
carefully to consider, The vetg grave obligation
they are under to eudedUor Chat l6oe and respect
6orreligiOn should Increase among nations, and
aoith alt their strength toqpreUBat the torch 0f
faith from being erti,lglEiShed among them. Hein
Woe, then, 10 those governors who, forget
ting that they are the ministers ofGod Iinto
good, shall have neglected to pr0mote that
worship they could and ought It is
for them to fear and tremble when through
their. work especially they destroy the
most precious treasure, OF the Catholic
faith, without which it is impossible to /
please God. When they shall be suHimonliI
ed before the tribunal of Christ for most