The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-05-24
The Pope and Edgar Mertara-An later
eatinR Scene.

From the London Daily News, May 81 t E
Advices received from Rome give some de-
tails US to the ceremonial observed in the
celebration of the anniversary OF the Pope'p
return to the capital, and hiss preeervattcA
from the accident at the Con$ebt OF st ar +
mes In the morning high msss was celebrsA
ted in the church Of st. Andrea dele -RrAtte,
as has been stated In the afternooa he
lPope received a number of persons in the Il
fsamsshnll sfzkha eoasaaAia ~hiahz thezR
Wing had given way under him. Amongst the |
young pupib sducetedby the canons of the
Latersn ia EDGAR Mortara, whose name IS
we'll krows shrsa4hsss EarePss Distiaguish-
ed by considerable slcquence, good appear
ance, and much taleht ~ had been charged
by his comrades to od@ an address to.the
!, Pope Ii their heme ) The Pope listened TO
him, and made the following reply:
'iYou are very dear to me my son, because
| acquired yen for Christ at q very great
4 thrice. Yoa cost me a heavy ransom. On
fyour account a universal railing burst out
against me and thea postolic See. GoverH--
m sssss and geopleA the powerful ofthlsvortd
. andlhe jodrnsIs,s. Who sre also the stEouE
of Our days, declared war against me. Sonfe
u Kings even placed themselves at the head Of
this campaign and caused their ministers TO
J: write dinlomstic notes. All that was OIL your
e account, pass the Kings by IN silence 1
. do not wish 10 remember the ouirages, the
'r calumnies and the jurisdictions pronounced
by an innaherable crowd of simple private
,e persons who appeared indignant that TOD
r. had conferred tie gift Of his true faith on
lie YOU 10 drsNiiis syou from The shadows o.
death in which your family rs still plunged.
'e They complained especially OF the late which
had beiallen yoaf rfents, because you nag
= been regeneTa,ed ~ holy baptism and that
! IL rc.n,,sad 1ett Snch y IL
has pleased tiad to accord to you. And no,
X BODY, however. pities meme, the father OF
ig all the tsihtal from whom sehlsm snaiches
g. thousands Of children in Poland, or seeks 10
!. covrupt heys by ~ peFnieioass teachings.
- The peoliss as wcil as governments are qaldt
when groap over the fate of that part Of
of the flock OF Jesus Christ ravaeed by robbers
Id in broad day; nubody moves tn run to the
~ help OF the Hoiy Father and his children.
a. The Mortara affair excited a very
y, great sensation, not only in Europe, but ~
e. this country also, some years ago, but events
e. of 80 much greater magnitude have succeed
al ed eacl other so rapidly since, that probably
", nothing definite remain in the ruhhc mem
be ory in egard to the particulars OF the trans
action. which then electrified and astounded
re the civilized world. The main fac, involved
he in the transaction was that some parties rep,
al resentmg the Church Of Rome soreptitious
he IL bapt zed Edward AoF,ars, child OF Pro
:. testant parents; and the Pope held that the
of fact Of the baptism il the Church justified
in him in selzing the eh,ld and conveying Il
bo away from lis parents in spite of their pro-
he testatious, TO be educated in the Calhohc
"a Faith. = He ssceeeded, and 1t would seem
n THAT tn boy has grown mp in adherence TO
A. the Faii in which be was baptized.
IN 1t aus we~s toT she Church to ignore The
IN rights OF parents IN Europe, aud ere long the
of practice will doubtless be sanctioned in our
al own c, uutry, if it IS patiently submitted to
nd bv Catholics themselves.