The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-23


have been taught that they are amena-
BILE to legislation.r ~ -. = -
The Pope has thus taken the initiative
and has been the first to deEV the Italian
/ government. Whether the King OF
Italy VIII hereafter take occasion to
suppress government which declares
II MS most solemn acts to be null and void
and tmpledly calls upon his, subjects
N 10 dlaobey themS will probably depend
II morBtupon foreign influence than upon
the absence OF a sufficient cause. The
4 rope has now supplied him with a rea-
son which the King may or may not
N avail, himself OF, according to the exna-
disney of the case: but he holds, at
least, abundant Justification for what
4 ever hey may do against the TEMPORAL
ana ecclesiastical power of the pope,
IL 1s dlHcult to conceive that two such
antagonistic. iurisdi Lotions can both Co
n @ e3lst ior long IN Italy, and ttwould ap-
country in favor OF the stronger.
4 There can be no question of abatfnp
4 pretens1onS. The King, supported as
ne Is, by the great! rity7of his peo-
4 pie, certainly will not withdraw from
what he has done, and the Papal See
cannot abate It's claims without destroy
ing the character for infal llibllity which
u has always claimed, or at least with
out destroying the very found datfon upon
which ecclesiastical power is founded,
Hhefe IS curious analogy between the
course which, the Emperor of Russia
has adopted toward his hobilityin the
case ot1the abolition of serfdom and
that which the King of Italy has adopt-
ed toward the Roman Catholic clergy.
The Emperor deprived his mobiles of a
certain portion OF their estates, former
~ In the occupation of the serfs, and
gave It to the latter in complete owner
ship. Asa compensation to the nobili-
1
posed to represent the annual value Of
the lands which were taken away, and
he pays them that amount by Way of
interest upon the value OF the land: In
1act, the mobiles obtain an annual In
come in lieu oflthelan In Italy the
ecclesiastical property was declared to
be the property of the State, and in lieu
of 1t theogovernment pays ali ecciesi-
asttcs i8pl annual stipend, which, is se-
euredttoi Them by. law. In both cases
the reason was the public good. In the
one case 1t was sought to raise the mass
of the population out of state of SER
Xnpds into a state Of freedom, and in
the other ease to abolish a Jurisdiction
utterly inconsistent with the existence
OF the civil law and the governmentrof
the country. Evils of long growth can
only be abated by strong measures,
| These quasi resolutions in the existing
order OF things, effected by the LulD iLSeLI,
lDhgtegeT. hGrdahtpS they may bring upon
indtUIduGLS, are TO be preferred 70 TeSo-
ttstto1s le9ected By force and violence. It
- but two years since In Sweden the
four houses composing the Legislature
were cut downto two. This also was a
great olution for that country; but
It was peacef fully effected by the regu-
lar process of law. In England we
thought that great transfer OF, power
had been. created by the Reform Act of
1882, but we and in the result that the
wealthy classes have as much, II not
more, influence than ever. In 1929 a
great victory was thought to be gained
BY Catholics over Protestants when Sir
Robert Peel passed the Catholic EmanG
clpaton act, and yet Professionalism is
in no danger. In 1s46 the corn laws
were repealed, and yet landowners are
even richer than ever. So far, there
fore, aslprecedent goes, it would appear
that revolutio onnry measures-kor such
those mentioned really We're passed
| by the ordinary, legal methods have
had no bad effects in this or in foreign
countries. 1t is undoubtedly much
better not to allow foolish and wicked
laws TO be enaoted; but our ancestors
are in fault for that. T 1t is, moreover,
a, pity that such laws are not abolished
as soon as their inexpedie is dis
c9veredi but, at any rate, let them be
abolished before public Indignation
and the right sentiment of the mass of
the people apply violence in order to
effect their abolition. There are mann
foolish LdlOs and i3lStituti0ns IN eEiSteHee
81, tbs country, and NE trust that The
present goVeTT1HIe7tt, though Il Is conser-
otEttOe, s0tu not be stot0 IN laying its hand
upon them.
THE ALLoCUTIoN ON THE CONDITION OF
i5fiN THE oHURCH IN RUSSIA.
In the recent allocution concerning
the condition, of the Catholic Church in
Russia, his Holiness, after mentioning
several instances of what he looks on
as individual i'll treatment practiced
against Catholic eccle esiastics In Poland,
In additiohi my venerable brethren,
the RusStan government has promuI-
I gatedN deorees by which the Catholic
Church, its authority, It's laws and its
disciplins are trodden under foot. By
them almost all the monasteries of the
regular orders Of both sexes have been
suppressed, all their property trans
ferred to the public treasury, and the
very small number of religious conn
munitieS which still exist separated
from the authority of their superiors.
They have been subjected to the juris-
diction OF the ordinaries, and all the
Catholic clergy, as well in Poland as In
the empire of Russia, has been despoil-
ed of its wealth, even although belong
ing to the bishops, chapters, parishes,
lincumbents or institutions for pions
purposes! The revenues of these pro-
| pertieB have been confided to the adj
ministration of the public finances. BY
these same DEGREES, contrary to the
ecclesiastical laws, to the authority OF
the Holy See, and to every right, new
organization of the Catholic clergy has
been established, new regulations effect
ed for the chapters OF canons in all the
tdtoceses, and q new division of parish-
es made; the chapters of the collegiate
churches have been abolished the au-
thority and liberty of the bishops de-
hstroyed, as they canno longer, without
the consent Of theiseoular power, name
any cure, administrator Of a parish, or
vicar. By another decree, the Catholic
diocese of Kamenisly has been sup
pressed and taken away from its pastor
to be added to the administration of
that of Zitomir.
The lawful cures OF those ofSandomir
and CFacow have been, at the caprice Of
the government, sent from one parish
to another, their classification changed
and replaced by others The edifices of
the diocesan training school for young
Iipriestsat Plock have ,been confiscated,
and the bishop compelled to send the
lseccieaiRstios fntoEthe monastery which
belonged to the Franciscans outsldethe
walls. All liberty of communication
being besides fefnSedito the priests who
can no longer 60 more than annie from
their residences to have any oommunf-
cations amongs6 themselves, the inter
course otthe faithful With the Apostolic
See is thus ipterdicted and suppressed
by the Russian government with such
severity that have csased absolutely;
to the great tgtieE Of our soul, 20 beabie
to give thecares of our apostolic minis
try to that cherished portion of the
LORDS hook or TO afford any aBuCCoF to