The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-03
The Pope in a Passion.
Extraordinary Scene at the Vatiean-HOW His
Holiness brings Refractory Pa
triaFChs to Terms.

In its correspondence from Rome of the
2Sth of January, the Liberte gives an &C
count OF viol ent scene which had taken
place between the Pope and the Syrian
] Patriarch of Babylon, and which has
caused great sensation here Itappears
hat on the occasion of a discussion of
the second SCHEMA, which treats special V
OF the prerogatives of the Bishops, the
Patriarch delivered speech in reply to
those of several of the Ultramontane
Prelates whose views were entirely oppo-
sed to the liberties of the Oriental
Churches, and which the Patriarch be-
fore he left for Rome had taken sol
emn oath to defend In this speech he
reminded the members of the Council of
he obligation be had assumed but said !:
/" AS to you, my Lords (MesseIgneurs,) you
can do as you please, but we Orientals
reserve all our rights, which, moreover,
have been recognized by the Council of
Florence" The Pope, ;rritated, sent for
the Patriarch, and the venerable prelate
Immediately repaired to the Vatican,
where he was Introduced to his Holiness
by M. Valerga, the Patriarch of Jerusa-
lem. give the account Of the scene
which followed, in the words of the cor
r spondent of the Liberte The Pontiff
was very pale, and appeared greatly agi-
ia eu A paper layed before bim it was
an act by which the Patriarch renowned
at his RICH and exchanged his privileges
for the handouts of the prelates of the
Latin rite. Sign that paper" said
Plus TX to him in tone of command.
he Patriarch all in tremble, respect
fully asked for explanations. His Holt
ness gave them to him, and presented a
pen 10 him. az cannot sign an article of
this kind" replied the Patriarch. The
Pope was then seized with one of those
violent fits of passion which are frequent
with him. He struck his hand on the ia
bic, broke the pen which he held in it,
and declared to the Patriarch that he
should net leave without signing It
was Il sort OF trap. ThePatriarch agita-
ted to the last degree, endeavored to tran
qnilize his Holiness, and spoke to him Of
the oath he had taken before leaving his
diocese and Of the impossibility Of his
breaking it. All was useless. Plus TX
only exhibited more irritation. pre-
tended that the oath was q nudity, and
again OIdtltN CllC l. dbl Cu w Il
nally, after an hours unceasing struggle,
and after His Holiness had broken three
pens on his desk, the Patriarch more
dead than alive, submitted, and was per-
1nitted to leave the Pontifcal cabinet
A few minutes afterwards he complained
with tears in his eyes to his colleagues,
OF the unbecoming treatment to which
the Pope had just subjected him." "Was
ever such scene enacted" adds the cor
respondent. "You will see, if this state
of things continues, that Plus TX. will
order the Bishops of the Left to vote in
fallibility with the Right, and in case of
hesitotion he will shut them up in the
Castle of Saint Angelo Babylon" If our
American Bishops attempt to confirm by
their votes such despotism as this they
will meet with anything but welcome
reception when they return to their do
cese.