The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-22
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The New Movement Against Rome.

Nom Ehe Tribune
For several months the city of Rome has
been the cynosure of a large portion of the
Christian world; for, complying with the in
vitation of the head of their Church. tina
q Roman Catholic Bishops from every country
of America and Europe, and from many parts
of Asia, Africa, and Australia, have been iour-
neying towards the Eternal City, there TO CON
stitute the largest Episcopal Convention the
world has ever seen, to listen to a solemn
allocution from the Pope ON the condition of
the Church, and, in return to give expression
70 the sentiments animating themselves and
the priests and the laity of their diooeses. We
have already laid before our readers a fall and
graphic account of the solemnities in Rome
and the text of the Papal allooution. On Satur-
day we published the most important portion
of the address of the Bishops to the Pope
and complete list of the Cardinals, Patri-
archs, and Archbishops who were present at
the Convention, as well as list Of the Bishops
from the United States. Though most of
the names of these dignitaries as well as of
the names of their sees, are unknown to the
majority of our readers, the list cannot fail to
be scanned with interest. 1t is certainly q
grand and unique assembly, this meeting of
Bishops from the American republics and
European monarchies, from countries exclu-
sively Roman Catholic, and countries predomi-
nantly Protestant, such as the United States,
England, Holland, and Switzerland, from the
M0hammedan countries of Europe Asia and
Africa, and the vast pagan empires of Asia.
embracing also, beside the prevailing Latin rite,
all the various Eastern rites, as Greeks
Melchites, Ruthenians, Syrians, Chaldeans,
Maronites, Armenians, and Copts. No similar
ecclesiastical demonstration of our age has
been more calculated to awaken the interest
of all Catholics and the curiosity of
other religious denominations. And, to add to
the interest of the meeting the Pope has Off
cially declared his intention to convoke soon
an oecumenical council, which, in time when
the relation between Church and State in Eu-
rope is undergoing radical change, and the
temporal power of the Papacy is threatened
with destruction, cannot but be regarded as an
event OF grave and universal Importance.
While the Romeward journey of the Bishops
has come to an end, and most of the prelates
have left the capital of the Church in order to
return to their diOceses, we learn by cable
dispatches of the beginning of a quite diff
ferent "0n to Rome" movement. While the
Bishops, in their address to the Pope, again
give an emphatic support to the mainte-
nance Of the temporal power, Garibaldi, in
speech made at Pistoja, has proclaimed
that the time for the liberation of
Rome from the rule of the Pope has
arrived. A despatch from London even
asserts that, according to kilograms received
from Florence, an engagement has already
taken place near Vicenza between the Carl
baldians and the Italian troops. The move
ment does not seem quite unexpected. Several
weeks ago Garibaldi publicly announced that
q new movement against Rome would be made
after the Episcopal Convention. The Roman
Government seems to have been fully informed
OF the project, and is even reported to have
entered into diplomatic negotiations with the
French Government, in order to obtain new
securities for the continuance of the temporal
power. This seems to indicate that real
movement of the Garibaldians against Rome
is looked upon in Europe as serious affair.
As all the elections since the establishment
of the kingdom of Italy have shown, the
party Of action, which is unanimous in
its desire to annex Rome, if necessary by
force of arms, constitutes considerable por-
ton of the Italian people. The desire for an
nexatiOn, as repeated declarations of the
Chamber of Deputies prove, is even shared
by very large portion of the National Liberal
party, which generally supports the policy of
the Government. Nevertheless, as regards
the ultimate prospects of the new Garibaldian
movement, we do not believe that its chances
of success are any better than the movement
a few years ago which ended so fatally at
AspromOnte. Now, and then, the Italian Gov
eminent will use the whole military force of
Ino OOuuIIy w SuPpIooS LL0 luONoLu6uIj duu
there are no reasons to believe that the partici-
patton of the people at large in this move
ment will be any more general than it was in
1862. Should, contrary to expectation, the
power of the Italian Government fail to check
the movement, word will suffice. to obtain
the aid of France, which in Italy stands in no
fear of being ordered out of the country by
another United States. The Garibaldians, as
the revolutionary party in many other coun-
tries of Europe, are apt to overestimate their
own strength. They regard more their own
enthusiasm than the condition of their re-
sources; and whatever may be the sympathy
OF the progressive party of foreign countries
with their aim, it will be of little use to them
when they have to grapple with powerful and
regular armies.
mr. MccullOch, the Treasury Frauds,
and Congress.
From tte Herald
There Is great deal of commotion in Wash
ington just now about the frauds on the Trea-
sury in the Internal Revenue Department. It
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