, 1870-10-29
TE E PROTEST OF pI0.

He CoaplnfOs OF ln1rlngcsnenH> Ut
Ills Observation-Disclosures with Ed
ucatlon.
The following protest, in Latin, has been
addressed by the rope to each Cardinal, and
WAS d,sttibu ted in the 500 vestsies Of Rome
r1Us II, POPE.
Beloved Son. salut alton and APOSTOLIC benz
edietion our Lord Jesus Christ, who hum
bles and eleyates, murtifies and yiE4f1cs fist
Kings, clap. ii. verse s.. scourges aud saves
fTotias, chap. xiii, verae l2}, has 1ecently
permitted that this city Of home; the se.t
into hostile hands. az we'll Is the remain-
ing portion OF the Pontitcat State, which the
enemies had Tor some time considered it expe-
dent not to usn1p. Yielding to the impulse
Of our fatherly love toward our beloved the
aoly Roman Church, md seeing IN them co.
operators IN orr supreme auostolate, We have
this day rcsolved, in cur mourning aud sor-
row, to declare to them. as ia required BY tho
duty OF our dynasty, And "a even the voice Of
our conscience urges us to do, the utmost
feeling OF our soul, which makes Us to dete3t
Of things now e1itung- We who. although
unworthy and undeserying, exercise the pow
er OF the ricxr of our Lord Christ on esrth,
and who are the passor over the whole House
Of Lrxel, hnd ourselves nov practically want
ing that freedom which il absolutely indie-
Of God and to maintain its rights and We feel
1t ia our duty to Issue this protest, which We
moreover intend to have published, that It
may be known, ~ it IL proper that It should,
by the whole Catholic world And when We ~
sert that the freedom has been favished aud
taken from us. our adveIsaries could not reply
that this complaint and this declaration are
without foundation. Indeed, Any one who
possesHes good eeuse willundaretand and con-
Teas that having no longer that supreme and
free power in virtue Of which We enjoy the
right Of ourcisil principate In the use of public
trust the government who has arrogatad
this power, wo are really deprived Of the
necessary and speedy way 10 we'll II Of
the free faculty Of treating the AFFAIRS
Common Father Of tho Faithful, to whom his
sons 60 numerously como from all parts Of
the world, mnst trent and administer. THIS
observation hiss again been confirmed by
fact, within the last few days. Persons going
out OF our palace Of the Vatican have bean
searched by soldiers OF the new government,
who wanted to know II they were not carrying
something under their clothes 4 complaint
was lodged &gainet this proceeding, and the
reply was It had been done By mistake, and N
arolog2 Was ordered Tor it. but who can
sgrore how essi;y es1nrs OF this Kind can be
repeAted and lead to others?
Moreover public education in this august
city ia threatened With vtry serlous evil.
Before long the academic yeAr will bs opeued
At the univereisy. The estahlisfam snt, which
has heretofore epioyed e1emplar .tEau1rsr'iy
and order, although shout i lao young men
are there aseemLlea. being tue se1e place
can pend their children to be Instructed
without tho risk Of being cor
rupted; this establishment. either on
account Of the fa1te and erroneous doctrines
which are now prevailing, or on account Of
the enemies Of those who have been chosen
to propagate them, must fall, as will be easily
understood, into state very different from
what It vaa. 1t Was made known that the
laws In operation in Rome eh ,uId remAin in
their integrity and inviolabihty Aftar 'he oc-
cupat,on; but in apito of sn' b declarations
foEcs and e1amir ed, and il is not
difficult to guess that such information
il therein searched for, AS will doubtless be
useful to drav up conecHption lists. and for
other ends which arc easily Imagined. It
mus. be added that attacks ard offences, In
| IS spirit, are left unpublished. and that elm
liar impunisy ia assured to the authors Of
three shameful and unworthy outrages with
which our faithful bodiee Of trnons, who have
so we'll deserved Of society and religion, have
been Al, oissa TO people, 5ss s sssif Ell. ssfs
| nances and decrees corcern.ng Church
property have already showed the Tendencies
Of the ufuzpers. Therefore. against all
those things already accomplished, ~ well
"a agnit4et those etilr worse, which are immi-
nenf, We intend to protes. in Eirture Of our
supreme authority, AS We protect through the
present letter, BY means Of which We let you
know, beloved eon. ard also each Of the
Cardinals OF the Holy Roman Church. brief
statement Of thoee particular facts. more
over Teferying to ourseH to enter more fully
Into the matter elsewhere.
Meanwhile let Ms fervently aud necessarily
pray Almighty God that he will euliRhtan the
minds Of our enemies in order that they
eeass loading their FOULS with tho mora md
more overwhelming weight Of ecclesiastical
censures, and provoking n7on themselves the
terrible wrath Of the living and ail-seetng
God, whose: arm nobody can shun.
We. On our part. pay the Divine Majesty,
with constancy and humility, i'm
ploring also the tntercessioa Of the
immaculate Virgin and Of :he' Brother
Apost]es Peter md. Psui and let Us do 70
with the holy condolences that We sha1l obsain
what We sak, because The Lord helps those
who arc In tzibulat,on who invoke him in sim
eerity. Meanxhi1e, praying that Our Lord
Jeaus Christ may bestow pe1ce and JOY upon
thee, beloved son. We, from the bottom Of our
hesrt, give thee the apostolic blessing. liyeu
1t Rome, near St. Peters, on the 18th Of Sep
tembez, tho Feast OF st. Michael tho Arch
angel, IN the 25;h year Of cur Pontife.te.
Pres P F. X