The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-12-13

the idea still prevailed at Rome that Paris con
brigands; and the Pops took leave of his bosom
friend and secretary With tears. Consalvi him
self shared the apprehensions of the Pope; fol
of Ferdinand, King of Naples: "The'good o.
religion demands o victim; am going to the
First Consult march to martwSsom the will
of God be accomplished. This passage of Con
salvi's letter was unfortunately communicated
through the French Minister at Naples to the
First Consul, and may, probably have had some
share in producing IF consalvi the reception
| Cardinal Copsdlvi was finished type of the
old Roman >ecclesiastics, whose amenity Of
manners, combined with worldly sagacity,
caused them to be characterized as "half swan
and half fox" a mixture of suavity, diplomatic
| subtlety, and almost feminine courtesy. In the
little world of Roman society, Consalvi was
called tho siren" and he was said to bt as in
| sinuating perfume. He had, undoubtedly,
| considerable diplomatic and political ability.
The Secretary of State of Plus VII. arrived in
no disrespect on his journey; nevertheless, he
took care while in the capital not to show him
self too openly. No ecclesiastic, he tells us,
was to be seen in the street and the churches
were still profaned with inscriptions recalling
the temporary worship OF the Goddess OF
Reason.
M. dc Talleyrand conducted him to the pri-
vate' binet of the First Consul who advanced
towards him, and after M. de Talleyrand had
gone through the ceremony of presentation,
said:
az know the motive of your voyage to France.
l wish the conferences between us to be
opened immediately / leave Won five DAYS
time, and pray you that if, at the expi-
terminated, you should return to Rome, under
standing that as for me. have taken my mart
for said hypothesis"
ConsaIyi heard from the Inns ,,f the man whom
NJ. Cacauit called "Phom1ne terrible. - g Le nett
hgrs," and they were pronounced with GOODNESS
reply
TIE LEADING no;nts Of the Concori1ot o,, which
tho E;rst CnpSspI ;ns;steJ wera tbase =" Ras;a
nation of all bishops-both those in exiIa and
those STYLED constitutional a new allotment
of dioceses a new clergy to be- established in
place of the old bishops to be. nominatei by
the First Consul and Indicted by the Pope. and |
ali the clergy to be salaried by the State
There was to be Recommendation of ali the former
Of the Church There was to be a |
IF acts of public worship was to be made snh. |
ect TO civil authority and the decisions of the
Conaeu d' Eat : and sHch priests as had married
1nrinr the Revolntion vera tn he admitted to
with the Chnrcb
The Church of Rome had onnosed d;A9cnJt;as
and delnvs tn all these demands of N.noIeon
The point about which there was the Greatest
was that COMPRISED in the az.
PRESTON police des cmlfes I. and. moreover. the
Panacv insisted that the Catholic Anostolic
Roman religion should he declared in the nre-
,mbIe of the Concordat the relirion of tha |
state. or failing that the dominant reIiaior
were made in vain to Consaiv;
hat to declare the Roman Catholic the domi
,ant religion would create immense onnosition
n France. i'm the present state of nnbfic on;n
ON on RELIGIONS matters. and that II wouId psa-
esslv irritate all members of other creads On
his point alone there was infinite discussion
rbe con fnrences had olreadv lasted t,yentv four
laws. and there seemed no hone of conIin1 to
INV compromise. The First Consul crew SO ir.
,tated at last, that he suffered a conicil of the
Constitutional clergy to assemble in Paris to
Iiscus; Church affairs with a view of imnress
no Cousalyi with the necessity of greater ey-
edition.
The signing of the Concortlat was to take
lace at the House of Joseph Bonanarte who
ad been appointed one of the French Commits.
toner's /: and the scene which ensued there ac-
ordinr to Consalyi. is unparallelled in the his
ory ofdiplomacy. According to his account.
rhan tlnv xynra nroceeIl;nr p s;1n +ba a.
nent. Bernier nrodnced n 5aner and nIaced IL
"a fore ConsoIyi for sionatnre as +bo,,rh - ,rara