, 1870-07-18
TIE PAPAL QUESTION.

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para1 s,thor;tx ara anta,,.;nad Howerer
;,laa;csl tba sr,;o,, ~ Esno,n,r r1f in
t,.her resnec.s nar ho he shows n rir;a
sense of tho LOGICAL in acting on the as.
su,nntion that a potentate who Is infal1;,,,a
nen.5s n, Frerch tn,ons for h;s rrota.
t;on H;a Holiness infa)l;h,,;tv IN ~.
decision Of moral and RELIGIONS onazt,o,a
! must enable him to perceive That al, o,ae-
tions are moral o, religions which nerta;n
in any mnnnar IA II. -
! Church. He will, therefore, he ;nfal);bla
| in guessing at The ,atura an, .+.onr+,, ~
| the conspiracies fo,minr for his orer.
throw; iufallib1e in coatriyiop mans for
circumventing and Cheating his enemies.
aud. if not omnipotept in resisting them
then his infalliLility will, at least, ius,ire
linn with The knowledge when. how fast.
and in what direction, to run to save his IN
fa1lible neck from his fallis,le enemies,
The withdrawal Of the French troo,,s, ut
this period of general e1citement and war,
| would be full of danger to His 1nfa1libleness.
The revolutionary elements in Italy are
those which would naturally work in con-
junction with Protestant Prussia, and
| would be stimulated to special activity by
their sympatl,ies with religious and politi-
| cal liberalism in Germany. This, there
fore, forms the hest political opportunity
for rising that has ever been offered to
! Garabaldi, 3Iazzin., and their compeers.
They are certain Of powerful national,
ally in Germany. aud of active individual
/ aid from thousands in England and
America.
Ii Pho Mono Ind merely brave;1 the sneers
of the uon-C Catholic world he vonfd hsra
less cause to trcmhle in b;u rrosant -.
posea position Rut Ia ,as has;,,as 5af ~ -
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,be Roman ch,rcb and .rh.t q .sa.e ~ ~ ~
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"ouu ever De permitted 10 occupy tho
lapal chair, rs he has done, for twenty-five
years. s'1hou shalt not see the days of
Peter, is tie aphoriS.n engraveu on The
Catholic mind, as the mysterious writing on
the wall was stamped on the soul of Belshaz-
gar. So greatly do devout Catholics
reverence this tradition, that no Pope shall
outreigu the term of Peter, that the ques-
ton bas at times, been raised, whether the
present Pope would not abdicAte the Papai
chair, in humble testimony of his own uu-
willingness to exceed the glory of Peter in
respect SO i'm ooetant AZ that of the length
! Of his reign. p;o Mono, however, a. heart
laughs at these idle traditions. He has
even proposed to distinguish the day on
| which be shall rise above hia greatest pred
| ecessor, in this respect, by the formal
\ p1omulgation, in great pomp and
! ceremony, Of his infallibitity. II, there
fore, lis reign and usefulness should
lie suddenly interrupted in the midst of
these hold md almost sacrilegious preparn-
lions by revolution which would send him
AN exile and fugitive frnm Rorne, the
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