The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-15

temporal msgistraey an over the Roman
empire and ny consequence conferred tho chief ex.
ecutive under the Emperor on tho Pope. Tho forged
never or any service 10 the Popes. The patent facts
Of history, to which have referred, written out IN
the three great Roman codes, SNOW tnat TINS powet
was conferred, aud n Grotan 70 ged u decretal nd
forged what was most true. In other words NJ
manufactured for posterty concise charter e.
saw, and which nevertheless contained exactly what
mad been granted through successive years; tnorc.
fore the forgery was as true as any fiction Iounded
carefully on iact-as true as any parable IN Scnp
tnre true a. the wors Of Abraham TO Dives.
Nothing could be more incorrect than the WI
gar idea that Pepin and Charenagne con-
ferred temporal sovereignty on the P0pcss
for III every treaty ny which Papa ter.
ritory was wrung from the Lombards by these
great warriors the word restored rssiituerd indl-
Gates tnat the territory won had hitherto belonged
10 the see of st. Peter. Not only Italy proper, bus
Sicily, Sardinia. Daimatia and the Gotham Alps mao
long, long before the bfih OF Pepin or Charemagncs
acknowledged the zone as their rIghtrli sovereign.
When Constantine abandoned Rome and Italy there
was one To nom all hearts turned with affection
and reverence. In point OF iact the Popes met bar
barsm face TO face. Genserlc and Atiila the L0ul-
bard kings and bands OF robbers, ali owned tner
sovereignty. Tho people oil Italy, deserted by the
creek Emperors and driven 70 despair Dy the bar.
barans, obeyed the Pope a their chief clv magis-
trate, partly because they had long obeyed him
under tne Elnpero g and partly because ne was tho
chief representative OF religion. Thus spontaneously,
without p,e6eSctte tie people OF Italy became sub
eci 10 the temporal power Of the Wear OF Christ.
The Pope, being thus recognized as temporal
sovereign by all the monarcns OF Cnristendon be-
gan 10 exercise, IL Is said an UNJUST ana dangerous
authority over the nations The Man of Sln."
'Aniichrist,n "The Scarlet Woman OF Babylon, be.
gan 10 rule, ana Americans. or All people, seem to
dread most THIS species OF temporal soverelRnty;
they gee Hlidebrand, In their dreams hnriDg his
thundes al President Grant, or at my favorite for
the next Presidency -Goyernor Holman. Now let
IA look at This matter with ordinary Yankee
shrewdness and dlscr animation. Tue feudal system.
IA you VIII learn from the Protestant historian,
Robertson; from my LORD Coke, Cruise Bacon and
conqneror general had an at<onte right and
fee simple to every inch OF territory conquered
that his subordinate Oficcrs he'd OF HIM and the
serfs OF the next In order above them; hence tho
various tenures BY military service, from Darons
,wn to tenants IN socage from Soc the plough.
As coro ary to this val idea OF ju tee when
the tenant died without heir his ianas returned TO
his lord, by 'revcrsion:r hence, when bishop
died. the wild lands he rad reclaimed and built on
reverted TO the prince OF whom he MID them, ar
least until he should have successor. Il say
tending against Adrian ". England's isreakspcare.
Henry ". OF Germany against Gregory VII, or
Henry against calistns H. or Henry H. OF ENGLAND
against Thomas Beckett, claimed the revenues Of
each vacant diocese and even when the POpes
ad appointed successors they rejected them, either
u use the revenues or to have their tools and rela
tlols made bishops. This was the whole quarrel
about inyestitures Now, suppose such state or
things existing in America: that hal the feudal
system unsoftened 10y your chancery system, which
Is only species OF the civil law. introduced by the
hpp s ae nno sse !astnan code was dug up o.
4 TEN; that Bishop Williams were to die, that
your splendid ecclesiastical possessions were
\
! and that he should prefer Jesse Root
1 Grant or some other OF the royal family to
the Pope's appontee and that ne refused TO "invest
! by "rna and crosier" ANYBODY but Jessie Root.
| what would honest Yankees saw WHY they'd say
Grant wants the money arising from Catholic
rents-thats what's the matter"
But suppose, further, that Grant at his cofonati0n
hid taken the Holy Communion, anu hal taken an
oath tsacrdnaentun) to be "a faithful son OF the
church, 'O hold the shield her and TO break
a lance In her Defence" all this condition OF hts
coronation-now tell me would YOU think IL yerv
v IN afO saNr sran
"You have broken your solemn oath: you have de-
serted Jessie. the root OF David for Jessie Ro t. and
excomnunicate you from the Catholic Cnurcn9,'
But must not dwell upon this subject in
Beston the Athens OF Amcrica-the very children
would laugh at me. Byery sensible person knows
that 'tmes have changed" etn,utnnur terlDortbns.
nf1,rn msJ Americans have no need to fear Hide
brand. for the chaEcerv system, or civil law has
been introduced ito protect us) by the Catholic
Church.
CRUSADE.
Well. In conclusion. YOU ask what IS to he the end
Of all this commoons ! answer. forty-six popes
have either been banshed from Rome or
refused entrance INTO the Holy CITY,
Yet, loving peace. they have called for no
crusade since their sovereignty and the purity of
wonanhOod and civilization were threatened bv tho
"irand TURK" Yet. II nothing else will do. 10: any
one read what the Vicar Of Christ saws. In answer 10
cannot eject The restoration or The Pope then the
natio OF the earth will rise to give MIN his throne.
as nrey az sy w press 20 ag @ Nor
teen milton Catholics, with ner Queen Augusta
q Cathoc. with her Prince charles y Catholic. VIII
foraet her contest with France Ireland will rise
"a America. Australia ana New zealand: Austria
and SPAIN. and even poor bleeding France, scourgcd
for her inGdelity.
The 'iv still grows In tn, depths Of her valleys;
Though wihered these tears may I'm old It again.
Those lilies stained with blood, In the hands OF
81. joseph and 81. Mary will rise from the ralns OF
Tours when the Crescent Is beat down, ana woe 10
the ma men who confront the thunder, or the last
crusade.
The address OF Or. Rogers was frequently
aDniluded, and at the close the resolutions wero
unanimously adopted, AMI the meeting dissolved.