The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-09-04
French Policy Towards Rome.

French Policy Towards Rome.
The three chief Catholic sovereigns Of z
Europe have forsaken the P0Pe. iaey
are arrayed against him. The roboer
King of Italy is determined to comPlete 4
his robbery; the Emperor OF austria nav
ing abandoned the Romagna into the hands P
of Victor Emmanuel, now tears up the '
and through his Protestant I
Minister, Count Beust, cunningly Temps
Napoleon to become an accompllce Win
himself and the King of Italy in delivering
the Vicar of Christ into the hands OF ms
enemies, and stripping him of the little ne
still retains. The Emperor of the french
has yielded to the temptation, and has de-
serted the policy of his people. WM!e .he
Chambers were dissolved and the mlnd OF
the nation engaged upon pats,es' ne nstr nas
and the price of its advantage to hlmsei1 Is
the Vicar of Christ. The price Is pald,
with hesitation, anxieties and fear, no
doubt; but still it is paid.
The effect produced upon the nina OF
Count Bismarck, if we may believe a cor
respondent from Berlin, has been precisely
that which we should have expected. he
chafed his hands as he talked over Ma
poleon's blindness in alternating the Catho-
lie party in France by cowardly act OF
nnwortRv coudescension to Italian cut
throats. And he has RECALLED the RUSSIAN
| Ambassador from Rome to Berlin tor the
purpose of conference; he desires to rally
the Catholic sentiment in the IL mLnon
Catholic subjects OF Prussia, ana ~ Dnnn ~
up with the cause of Prussia. The personal
dispositions of King William towards the
Pope are well known: he was the nrsG o0V
ereisn to congratulate the Holy Father
after the victory of Montana, and the nrsC
ee sela Of his jubilee It viii probably
suit Count Bismarck's policy extremely
we'll to become the protector of the POPE,
and to set himself up as the guardian OF OF
der, Justice, and high morality IN Europe.
Whosoever is to play the Tote Oh tne iea .'si
of Europe must necessarily reckon ior She
Pope. Who, as the Pail Mau Gazette has
iustly observed, is I" the greatest religious
force in the world, and will for an indeh-
mite period continue to exercise an enor-
nous influence"
The French people will hardly pardon
,, Napoleon for having reversed the national
: policy, and for dragging the national honor
through the dirt. 1t will be remembered
!, with what moral unanimity the Frencn
. Legislative Assembly pronounced lssell
q against the usurpations of Italy, and In
favor of the integrity of the Papal territory
- SO lately as in the December OF 1867 Ihere
. were but II votes in that Assembly In ia.
u u yor of Victor Emmanuel, and 200 in favor OF
= = Plus TX. NJ. Rouher then uttered bis ia
J mons g .yamais,n in the name of the Empe-
# ror ss Never" he exclaimed, " shall Italy
u take possession of the Papal States; Neue'
y will France permit such an outrage or
= her honor" 1.-THE Holy Father" he said
!. ais right to put no trust in Italy, whlct
=, has made him drink the chalice to the
20 dregs.n And again, on the same 5th OF De
% cember. E" the French troops shall remain
y in Rome as long as the Pope's safety may
# require them; and by the word sGtety th'
Of Government does not mean merely y,n mae %
~ rial calm, but serious guarantees, such al
10 are necessary from Italy after the mock
! cries we have Witnessed"
~ II remains to be seen what course TIT
- revolution will take before it is overthrow
f. Napoleon has already been taught a lesson
o and has received a warning. He may vel
NO no ponder on the words of his Minister, Tn
do Duc de Persigny, in 1860: " L'dbandon d
Of territoire Pontifca ne deroit pas porter Don
Oh heur a PAutriche; car, bientot battne So'
ferino ellie etait contrainte de fare Ia 1'a'I.
~ Ia he not learning this truth on the bank
:. of the Rhineq The French Catholics thin
10 that he is: and the Empress who NOR
so than once has saved the cause OF her 6u:
So band by her loyalty to the Holy SET
ed after having sent a lamp 10 N. Ian .t
-. fles Victories to burn for the success OF tn
;eS war, upon her own responsibility, 1t Is SAT-
~ sent word to Civita Vecchia that the rem
oii nant of the French troops should rema
Cd there. But it was too late to prevent IL
a,v embarkation.
n.y., 10y that plead for the cause of truth and Ju
-. tice. That her husband will not treat n
the WORDS as ae iuie 49, - Ghr;st md deliv
ain MS hahos VI I.o a,.snsa from, The rece
po appointment Of the Prince de I Ia 70
the 0AuVefgmie: y? 'ne 5aa;aaS ;rSicatiop of 4
n"s resumption of policy favorable to t
lost Iioiy oe1. e Donraes has alva
sS,1 been known as devoted to the cause of t
/ as iapaes " - h,shon1 tho only m
'he who can save his foreign diplomacy and
will do it, if it can be done. To hold 30
,r,, men in readiness for embarkation at TIC
,,;t, Ion will be quite useful to Rome as
sa. have them ut Civlta Necchia: May
Sc counsels. of the Empress prevail over
!, , ~, blunders Of the Emperor--London 1ab
un
,ro, The following correspondence, the s.
,rps ;,a,oss of which there is no reason