The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-01-09
NUMBER 40.

ne suddenly and from oauses which, ,,ro Ak =
EcceaiSa ~ contention, Published treatise Pro
rs Gattds DefeasiORe Lkbri ~ in which,
ne condemned, in language of great nsnerit1..
sne hings divorce from Catherine ia unlayrfs;dI
",aa me assumption of the royal supaalnaoy IA
tnaVceTs OF religion departure from The 1s,i.
I ~ Oh she Church. DR.. Hooks theory isthat Pole
Hut Of nus royal descent, and believing that
i1eLfy had alienated his Subjects cherished tbeN
/ ~ 40 oi ueposlng him, and possibly of reiRufno
/ ~ ms stead and that, under this idea he an
pealed for aid to Charles ", and threw down
' vh9 gauntlet in the shape of this treatises
mhlcn at once converted Henry from his frien,{
t thto ms bitterest foe. DIR. Hook points ont
tuut TINS pandering to Instruction and eaifino-
md on9 anu OF foreign potenIates, is not to be-
Jysed severely, according to the idea of the
present day, but was quite aecorGlant with the
pftc1Ge OF the time in question.
ai, 81 81 resurrection seems to has been con-
eiuerea, iliegttimate uptil il was headed by
aolne OF the nobility when SO headed it was
suppressed that the>ising ought to Yield to tho
WI % the tyy0or.tefs acting in harmony, or il
iIlea, notas now by,a parfiafnentary vote b1t
ny i9see q afnis. When an insurreetfon
eS49sd by the nobility was in arms. It's leaders
islb tnemselxsa To be
liberties, to place another brsach of the
royal family, which had dcscehaed from
Cgrdic, ON the throne The last application OF
thls principle eceurred IN tho revolution Of
Henry YIN himselfhad admitted this principles
though hc was not called upon by circnui-
0tanccs to act upon it. 1t was doubted, ut
least by Ferdinand, King of Spain whether
the Tudors We're strong enough to maintain
their dynasty; the King of Spain therefore
offered troops aud general tofIenry YIII., to
enable him, if the people disputed his right to
the throne to hand on to his posterity the
crown which his father had placed on his own
head ut Bosworth. If the king might employ
foreign aid to secure - his throne, the people
might assurcdly employ the same means to ac-
complish their object, when, against OPP
pressi%t government. they declare war in de-
fence of life, liberty and property. If Pole had
cOUTtCd the foreigner to invade the country
when the countrX-was in itself at peace, no
would have been proceeded against traitorS
but when the country was in state of in
surrection, lie may have thought he was
acting AS n patriot when seeking assistance to
aid the weak against the strong"
Charles ", however, did not choose, either
their success, to throw himself into the plans
of Pole. Henry first requested then command
ed his kinsman to return to England; but
Pole knew too well his fate if he consented;
and Henry proceeded to wreck his insatiate
vengeance on the mother and brother of the
Cardnal-for at this period Reginald Pole was
advanced to that great dignity. Being ap- :
pointed PaPal legate, he set out for the Low
Count fies,Hitff- letters various kings and
potentates, that he might secure their aid in
stirring up an nsurrection in England, and so
thrust Henry from the throne; for which DIR.
Hook drinks the chances were then favorable,
many of the~reoPle we're by no means dis
posed TO acquiesce in the proceedings of the
bluatGd, scusualst who ruled the country.
However, Poles mission came to naught, and
Henry demanded of his allies that they should
send bin in chains to England. price of
$4,000 crOwnJ was placed ON his head he was
regarded as an outlaw Whom any Euglishman
Mi ht mertoriously kill. Leaving France in
haste, he found refuge for time in the neutral
bishopric of Cambray. Thence he fed to
LicgG, and at last, by way of Germany, arrived
at Rome. 1t was then that the king sent to
tire, Cardinals sgsatAer- aged
Countess OF Salisbury, one of his brothers, and
Concluded next woekJ