Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-11-25
that they must spend plenty Of god and
spill plenty of blood. Spain fsfgets
nothing. Go with Cod

Spain had indeed forgotten ntthinl
: and she had learnt nothing She bad no
: forgotten the last words of Philip Ii
which had in the course of one centurJ
: cost her the supremacy of the oceaa ane
) made the soil of the empire of the Chris
/ tian Caesars a locality of past events--
She had not learnt that political nstitu
tions change as ideas expand.
On the 10th of November, 1862, jas
one month later, another Old man sat IL
another cell. in another palace and in an
other city.
But the roof Of this cell was eoncave
sixty feet above the floor, and ON tb,
ceiling of that concave was the gran
fresco painting of the TRANSPORTATION
That vaulted roof rested upon white mar
BE wall. and pilasters, dazzling in their
polished whiteness Between these pias-
ters, alternating with lofty gothic stained
glass windows, were the lifesize statues
Of the twelve apostles.
The face of that old man was mild and
intelligent, bis hair was shin aud white.
i. He worc i white flannel cassock which
covered his person from his neck to bis
feet, and it was confined at the waist by
a broad belt of white silk webbing from
which hung gold rosary. His feet were
cased in white satin slippers on the instep
of which there glittered small gold cross
! He sat at a round table covered with
mother of pearl On it lay a folio brevlary
bound in vellum, with polished silver
clasps.
The door of that cell opened on its
huge silver hinges, as a cloud waited
by zephyr and there entered, as 81
lently as q shadow man OF tow
ering and commanding statue, wear
ing long black cassock which made
him lock taller, confined at the waist
by belt of black webbing, from which
hung an ebony rosary. His head WAS coy-
cred by cowl which formed a part Of
his cassocks
After making the customary genuaex-
ion, the man threw back his cowl and dis
played the close clipped and large head
long thin face, aquiline nose, deep sun
ken black ewes of Father Lainez, the gen
eral of the Jesuits He held in his hand
the bull Of accommodation signed thai
morning by His Holiness, Pope Iunoccnt
the Eleventh., against the Buccaneers O
the Antilles and all Christian powers who
either aided or refused to aid in their de.
struction.
That bull had raised singular com
motion at the French legation and among
the Jesuits for reasons known to them
selves only. 1t had not yet passed out o.
the Cardinal secretary of States office
and Father Lainez was the first to make
personal appeal to the Holy Father
against its further publication.
"IIoly Father" said the general of the
,Jesuits. "the Buccaneers of the Antilles
have become q porer."
$50 has Satan and his angels" said
the Holy Father.
Hoy Father, the Buccaneers of the
Antilles may become useful allies Of the
church" said Father Lainez.
They must first become Christians, .
| said the Holy Father.
Holy Father" replied the general OF
the Jesuits, "the Buccaneers are neither
herctics, schismatics or apostates."
They have plundered our churches
desccrnted our affairs, murdered our chill
dren and trampled on the cross of our
Lord j esus Christ" said the Holy Faith
er
"..ts robbers. Holy Father, but not as
sectariea This bull is one century too
soon for the temporal policy of the church
militant. : said the general of the Jesuits.
my Kingdom is not of this word, say
eth our ord Jesus Christ replied the
Holy Fati er with very significant ges-
ture Of MS lett hand.
The gen eral ofthe Jesuits first scowled
then cowled, then crossed himself and
/ with anosher genutiexion withdrew from
the presence OF Innocent the Eleventh.
But as he was passing along the grand
gallery of the vatican he met man wear
ing broad -brmmed scarlet hat, scarlet
stockings and red leather slippers, look
ing just exactly as his great grandfa ther
Caesar Borgia, would have looked in Car
dinal's uniform. The man in scarlet touch
ed the mau III black gently on the shoul-
der, saying as he did 50.
Ibid Your reverence find the Holy
Father well and happy this morning"
"No, your Eninencc," said the Jes-
nit from the depths OF his cowl, ION the
contrary, found the Holy Father er-
trs 7sel.y ialr.'
"What is the malady." said the Car
dinal Otioboni <soou after Alexander
Wild
The malady. your Eminencr. :" replied
the jesuit, began with -tollcstcs eor3e'
and it has .fta.ly terminated ia D'o''ette'
csreJrHBa
.How long will the Holy Father suf
fer" SAID the Cardinal.
Not long, your Eaninence,' said tbs
Jesuit.
I'VE have seven vacancies in the sa
cred college. said the Cardinal.
let them be ilIed Immediately. sal,
tie jesuit.
"Waege shall We take them, said tt
Cardinal.
"From anywbere Ga'. Spain" sail tn
jesuit
Cardinal O.toboni shrugged his shou1
a-,rs and the general OF the JoSui,s pas
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