New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-23
THE PAPAL QUESTION REVIVED.

FRNMENT-PROCLAMAT OF THE FOREIGN
MINIsrER--THE KING OF ITALY YIELDS PRE-
EMINENCE TO THE POPE-AN ARMED FORCE
DRILLING AT THE VATICAN.
ROME, Nov. 1.-The union of Rome with
ITALY, brought about by Government unprepared for it,
has turned to reaction the Kingdom ITSELF and with
reaction has also confusion. BY the decree OF
October o. Rome annexed to the Kingdom with the
addition OF the guarantee Of sovereignty and full liberty
TO the Pont in the exercise OF his spiritual functions
and with the promise OF the sanction OF the Parliament
TO which was to deferred the final arrangement OF the
said sovereignty and liberty. Evidently Parliament
should been conyoked at once in order to convert
the decree into law and to bring Rome into the circle
of Constitutional Government. Otherwise, during
the OF the provisional state OF things the
Romans should have been left in the full enjoyment OF
their rights and entire power of administration in their
own affairs. Instead Of this the Ministry named Vice.
roy who governs In the of irresponsible power since
the King OF whom he is the Lieutenant is not the Const
tutona King OF ITALY, because the statutes OF the King
dom cannot be applied nor it's organic laws put In FORCE
All this is in consequence Of the Parliament not having
vet conferred the character OF law upon the decree OF
the 9th October The Romans had full right to say to
the Kings vcercy, "Your Exceency will observe that
We are the persons who rule and your Excelency VIII
have the grace TO retire" And they have still the right
to say so, and II would he his duty to obey
But let us open the door OF patriotism and let pass this
fragrant of the good faith and tolerance OF the Ro
OF the Cabinet OF Florence Constitutional and re-
sponsble minister's executors of the fundamental laws
OF the state Of those voted by the Parliament have
In spite OF and beyond those laws and that Parliament
and signed which have the force OF
law-whch establish offices and officials exact taxes and
send tax gatherer and, what is still more singular and
GORGEOUS establish and prescribe the limits Of tho Pom
tiacal sovereignty and OF the liberties Of the
Church-making play with the old maxim or
Cavour a free Church in a free state'-all
to the prejudice Of the political rights OF the
citizens. Now, can two sovereignties. That OF the
Pope and that of the King, that lof the Holy See and
that of the Nation coexisent How can the liberty
of the Church, the liberty of the authoritative principle
absolute infabe by and by necessity be recon
ced with the liberty OF the press, OF speech and OF
thought The Minister for Foreign Affairs Sig Wis
cont venosta, has written circular respecting soye-
regnty the ambassadors Of the Kingdom, published
by to-day's Journals in which he says:
"The high position which belongs personally to the
Holy Father Is in lessened His character as
sovereign, his prominence over the other Catholic
princes the mmnities and the civil list which belong to
him in that quality, will be amply guaranteed TO him.
exclusive territory. The exercise of his high spiritual
mission will be assured to him by double order OF guar
antees, by the free and incessant communcaoh Win
the faithful by the which he will continue to have
me Church from the state which Italy has already pro-
claimed and which the Government OF the hing proposes
apply to his territory as soon as Parliament shall nave
Crown"
After this official declaration will take the
liberty doubling that the King Of Italy has placed
himself the second rank regards the Pope TO whom
IL formally recognized the prominence over the other
Catholic princes. Hence, II Plus TX were TO accept the
position he might the King 10 yield TO him In the
Corso the sOlemnites and hundred occasions in
the year he may often he likes, appear as the
Kings King.
The first liberty sacrificed to the liberty OF the Church
has been the liberty Of the The laws for the press
issued in Rome regard the Pope and the Cardinals in the
light the King and the princes OF the royal fam
ily Two three years Of prison, FIVE ten, or fifteen
thousand dollar fine to whomsoever dares to crcise to
censure to judge them; imprisonment and fine to
whomsoever discusses the dogma the worship, the doc
trne OF Catholicism, imprisonment and fine TO whomso
ever with heterodox words shall speak OF the minor
stars the planets and the moons OF the Catholic and
Roman armament. Upon Americans the stupid formula
OF separation Of Church and State " must produce
sentiment OF profound astonshment. Stupid formula,
because the State is unity and an entirety, and
nothing be conceived separate from IT, Pope and
King Church and politics. religion and science, aity and
priesthood in the territory represent absurdity
and anarchy. Perhaps the Roman people have not yet
made the autopsy OF the corpse perhaps they are not
yet able to manage the analytic knife But they begin
to feel its mephc exhalatons, and already they step
back pace two, and hold the in sign OF disgust
and suspicion ready for dstrust and II necessary for
opposition.
They greatly changed since the first days OF the
liberation The royal march, the deriun for the King.
the fever for having him riumphng In Rome, the mad
ness for the bersage the enthusiasm Incredible to re-
the Minister OF Finance the misses at the name
Garibaldi things Of the past Fifteen nights ago
was myself witness at the Teatro Capranca OF those
Kisses Yesterday evening The Death OF Cairoli was
represented at the theater in pantomime. At the
sound hymn at the sight Of the red Shirts at the
appearance OF the representative OF Garbadi the crowd,
filling the ample hall and the boxes, rushed for
ward az in tumult, with o perfect fury OF ex-
element which revealed their repentance for their
injustice and ingratitude OF fifteen days past. think
there but few dry eyes in the heaer. The Roman
people understand now the meaning Of the words of
Gen. Mast: We have entered by the breach" Their
pilgrimages to Monte Purio to Casa AJoni, and to-
morrow's pilgrimage 10 the battlefield OF Montana, Is
miles from Rome tomorrow II the third Anniversary,
acts OF grave neutrality-suspicious. against La Marmora,
against the King, against the Ministry, against their
wavering insincere and suicidal policy. They
getic declarations against tho temporal power, and
the Papacy They are mines In the bridge OF gold
erected by the Government to unite the Pontf with
Italy. The priests have succeeded In maintaining the
pee pie profound ignorance but they could not
stamp ont their pride Of Roman citizens, out
the elasticity of their fiber Among the Romans are the
handsoInest men Italy, the most beautiful women in
the world Where beauty reigns, Intelligence must
reign; stupidity Is always ugly. strengthened by lib
erty illuminated by truth, this race born and reared
near the Roman Forum and the Panheon-the temple OF
all the Gods-wll make Italy anew.
In the mean time the Vatican they are making ready
Remington ries drilling soldiers preparing Tor night
at Saint Bartholomew The Ultramontanc party send
encoura gements and money. Lord Acton Drought NHo
900 A lady from Vienna 100000; the Duke Toronla
gave 10000 II the crisis would come, that longed
for night then the Papal question would be cut not
so,v.d and the Romans would tight i out once for all