The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-21

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ssoDsy them will prS,Sss ssPssd \, more SSss icss su
The Pope has supplied him with reason which the
King may or may not avail himself Of according to the
o. 'ns e,ss ~ mu o aa,ns. ,hs tsmra
raj and ecce astlcal powsr 81 the Pope II s dHncult
to conceive that two such antagonstic jurisdictions can
the weaker mus, vacax the country in favor Of the
stronger There can be question OF abatlng preten
sions. The King , supported as he Is ey the
withdraw from what he has done, apd the Papal see
cannot lis claims without destroying the character
for infallibiy which 1t has always claimed or at least
without destroying the very foundation upon which &C.
cesiastical poweris founded There is curious analogy
between the course which the Emperor Of Russia has
adopted toward his nobility IN the case OF the abolition
OF serdom and that which the King Of Italy has adopted
towards the Roman Catholic clergy The Emperor de.
priycd his mobiles OF certain portion q their es.s,e.
latter In complete ownership As compensation to the
nobility the Emperor gave thcm bonds supposed to re-
away ANA he pays them that by way Of interest
upon the value Of the and In fact tho mobiles obtain an
annual income In lieu Of the land In Italy tbs ecccsasti
cal property declared 70 be tho property Of the State
and lieu or 1t the government pays all eccesastics
an annual stipend, which Is secured to them BY law.
IN oon cases Inc Ae bs The pon
Iaton out OF state Of ssrvitude into state Of free
dom, and in the other case to abolish jurisdiction
civil Law and the government Of the country. Evils
OF long growth can only be a6ated by strong
measures These gIas rsuotso , in TIE existing
AardsAip they may bring spo. s,dir;duals are @ Be
Il is but two years since In Sweden the four
houses composing the Legislature were cut down
70 two. This also was great revolution for that
country; but peacefully effected by the regular
process of Law. In England we thought that
great transfer Of power had becn created by the Re-
form Act Of 1882 but we find in the result that the
wealthy classes have q much 4 noe more. influence
than ever In 1899 great victory thought to be
gained by Catholics over Professionals when Sir Robert
Peel passed the Catholic Emancipation act and yet Pro-
tesantism Is In danger In 1B46 the corn laws were
repealed and yet landowners even richer than ever
So far therefore, precedent goes would appear that
revolutionary such those mentioned really
were-passed by the ordinary legal methods have had
no bad effects in this In foreign countries is
doubtedy much better not to allow foolish and wicked
laws to be enacted but our ancestors are in fault for
that II Is. moreover. pity that such laws are not
abolished rs their inexpediency is discovered;
but 1t any rate let them DO abolished before public in
dignation and the right sentiment OF the Of the
people apply violence in order to effect their abolition
There are many foolish Ln,os aud institutions existence in
this country and trust that the present rcrnnet,
though Conservative ~u not e slow IN laying its hand
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