The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-04-22
From the New York Herald
NAPOLEON AND THE POPE,
The Marquis dc Bonneville Presenting
the Emperor's Letter to Pho Mono.

! idtlOuS ueSp I II III WHICH tAS 0AetA
or,s de Bonneville, French Ministe
in Rome, reported to Count Daru, il
Paris, the result Of his interview:
with the Pope end Cardinal Anto
nelli, when presenting the Emperor
note on the infallibility question
The document reads as follows:
Ro,LE, MARCH, 1870.
Monsieur lie COmte:
In accordances with your Excel
lency's instructions, dated, the Isl
inst, called on Cardinal Antonelli
His Eminence received me with tAe
ut,Iost courtesy. HE also listened
with great att ltion to the reading
of your despatch and the comments
which deemed it proper to make,
and then, turning to me, said, with q
smile:
''Is that all:" On my replying
that it was, he added, "Daru need
not have taken the trouble to write
to me. During the past eighteen
years I have received 295 despatch
es perfectly similar TO this one, in
substar ce, if not in form. Some
were of a public, others of a secret
nature. The former documents
were signed by Thouvenel, DrOuyn
de Lhuys, Layale, Oe, GnG this one is
signed by Daru. That is all the
difference. Do you wish the proof
of what | say?
With this remark he opened a box
full Of sealed dispatches. you see
the stamp on them. Are not these
the aims Of France2 Notice the
dates-1654; and this one, 1856; and
that one. 1883.
"SuCu, then, is all the notice you
take Of the observations Of France?
remarked with yivacity.
"Oh! NJ. Ambassador, don't be
angry; l have merely opened the
orders Of the Holy Father, who pro-
hibited me absolutely from break
ing the seals Of these dispatches.
So far as | am concerned, | would
willingly satisfy You. Really, /
should like to do something for this
good Daru (excuse me, NJ. lie CONT,
if l deem it Z saly to give you
the ve-y words Of his Eminence,
howeve unouly familli.,r they may
be-. J b W can v e concede|
AR r ltICI of infq 'libili5y," l
suggested.
"You reason too easily, my very
dear sir" replied the Cardinal; and
as he spoke he took me by the arm,
and we strolled to and fro in the gar
den Of the Vot can. "Renounce the
infallibility dogma! But reflect, my
dear Count, that the revolution may
come to despon us Of everything, as
it has done in other days before.
What would there, then, be left Of US
were we no longer infallible? By
the way he suddenly broke of,
''lhere is his Holiness walking past
with Monsigr ore u. Approach
hir at the end of the path and ask
him what he thinks of the matter%'
Just then Plus TX came toward us
with a smile on his face and with his
usual graciousness of manner, AT
ter the customary courtesies.
swell sir" said the Holy Father
to me, shave you any news from
France|
"Yes, Holy Father, important
news"
"Oh, oh! I hope that my dear son
in Jesus Christ-my dear Napoleon
lis well, is he not?o
"Yes, Holy Father, but
"And my dear and charming
daughter, he Empress Eugenie?'
"Their Majeoties are both remark
ably well. But this is not what
brought me hither. I have come
"And the Prirce Imperial: Is
he expert On the velocipede?'
Extremely so, Holy Father /
was charged
''Bnt they say that General Frois-
sard is rather strict with him.
Wrong, wrong! Tell him so on my
part, Mr.. Ambassador. 1t will not
do to fatigue the minGs for children,
nor, above all things, to force them
too severely to study history and the
natural sciences. Bear it well in
mind, my friend, that 4 Christian
knows enough ofthem when he can
tell his l yht hand from the left, to
recite the Pater. All the rest is
vain knowledge and food of little
substa =, which wearies the mind
instead of nor ishiHg it. All! by
The way, how is Madame, the Am
bassadress;
VERY well, Holy Father-the
Count Daru'-
Bv this time his Holiness was turn
ing the corner of the walk to re-en-
ter the palace, but at the mention OF
your name he turned and said to
me-
"My dear sir, if you desire to talk
politics there is Antonelli to listen
to you and an you. The imper-
i'll family are well you tell me? So
muSh the better; that is the main
point. 81 nat yoI could say more
there ICED for yol to say.
Daru don't Ike the dogma of infal-
ibility. That is a pity; but the
Holy Ghost will not halt for fear oil
disturbing Darius scruples. Tell
him, mn sou, that neither he nor duy
other person .rU prereat me from be-
ina i.lfdUi5!e. l am. l feel myself to
be, infallible, and who can know it
better than p
And Plus spoke with increasing
warmth as he went on. 1 strove
in vain to claim him. l assured
him of the devotion Of France to the
Holy See, and particularly of your
personal attachment.
Yes, yes replied his Holiness,
q know my faithful ones, and 1 al
so know how to appreciate them,
Daru feels affection for mel am
aware of that; and he is not the only
one. l count still more on N.
Theirs, who, even if he has become
a convert a little late in the day, is
worth half a dozen of apostles to
me-"
Then, wishing to know his whole
thought, I edged in some cautious
phrases 70 convey the idea that his
Maie.,ty's government might be
constrained tn withdrarv nnr trnnne