The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-12-12

problem received It's only possible solution. The
Pontir can stand aloof from tile political ques.
tlOns oil nations and be In nowlse mixed up With
their eyer-recurring wars. Even amid the din OF
arms, while wars rage for years, he can freely
comm nlcate In matters OF religion with his chill.
dren OH either side OF the contest, and they with
him, without violating the laws, or tetraying the
interests OF th' ir own country.
so long US the world Is divided into various
nationalitles and kngioms-rlvals In peace and
In war; so long Us the catholic Churcn exists and
the Bishop OF Rome Is her head, her cnle( bishop,
aud the centre of her ecclesiastical unity and au-
thorlty so long will 1t be necessary, and for the
common good Of all, that Rome and the States
of the Church stand apart as neutral ter
ritory, where no other civil sovereign than
the Sovereign Pontlf shall reign. me peace
OF the world no less than the interests OF religion
and the welfare OF consclences Claiming freedom
in the exercise OF religion, imperatively demand
IT, In this matter, we will speak ln the well con-
sdered words OF our brethren OF Baltlmore:
title principle which lies at the basis OF this time
honored, world wide jurisprudence, Is precisely
that which was subsequently adopted by the found.
ers Of our own great republic, VINO wisely ordained
that small independent district should be mark.
ed out and SET apart from the territory or the
States, exempt from all State influence and con-
troll, as the seat OF the General Government, and
administered for the benefit OF all.
sThe District OF Columbia Is neutral, aud, in
some sense, sacred SOIL b-longlng to no partic,+
lar State, but the common properly or all The
States. This provision was wisely made, In order
to render the action OF the General Government
free and unlramneIle by particular State n1u
| euce which would necessarily have the tendency
to hamper its action, and to beget m!strust as tc
| Its freedom.
lation to The Untel States and The Papal terri
tory in its relation 10 the United States Of Chris
tendom the principle is the same, and the paral
| leHsm is complete. And II the States o.
MARYLAND and Virginia, or any other Stats
or States availing themselves Of a crisi!
| favorable to thelr purpose, Should invade
| and hold fOrclOle possession ol the District o
| Columbia, in violation Of our settled jurlspru
| dence, and for their own selfish purpose the In
| dlgnatIun which would burst forth Throughout
the laud would be au cchu ol That which LOW
| breaks forth throughout all Cirlstendom On &C
couut OF the sacrilegous invaslrn ol the Papa
| States.
| "And our confidence in the good sound sens
and eyen-handed justice OF our felIow-citlzens o
| aIl classes and denominations, Is such US to In
| spire us with the fullest certainty that all fail
and impartial men will be drawn to sympathiz
| With us In the calamity which has temporarily
befa!len our church in It's visible head. In tn
nature OF things, the caainlty can be but transl
tory, Just as IN the Hypothetical invasion OF tn
District of Columbia. The United States OF Chris
tendon will redress this grievance as promptly
and as Indignantly as would the United State
OF america redress the other in the parallel case
This Is not the first time the temporal sovereign
ty OF the Pope has been assailed. Twenty year
! ago Plus TX was.en exile In Gaeta, while MaZzin
and GaribaldI boasted that they had crushed ou
the pauacy. and had established an enduring RI
public In Rome. The Romans prayed for deliver
ance from: their tyrannical rule OF terror, viz
lence robbery and ASSASSINATION, and delive
ance came to gladden. them. .1Forty yeal