The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-15
THE PAPAcF.

Pone Plus the Ninth to the Sacred Col.
leee-The Twenty-ffth Year Of His
Pontifieate.
On the 18th June Cardinal Patrizl, in the
name of the Sacred College, presented con-
gratulations to Pope Plus TX, on his entering.
on the 25th year of his Pontifieate. The Unita
Catholica publishes the following reply made
by the Pope:
thank the Sacred College for this new proof
OF their affection and love, and, while you say
that the present Pontfcate has been slgnallzed
by tribulations and by glorles, will say frankly
that the present P0nti6cate was, at its COM
mencemenr, encountered by an effort of enc
mics of God for political emancipation, to in
troduce subsequently religious emancipation.
II was useless, in these first fervors of the
movement, to cry out 70 the unthinking In
considerate people, "P0pnk rneus, QNi te bea-
t,sns dicant ipsi te Seduouat" The emanciPa--
tion was attempted and accomplished, and the
reyolutIonists obtained their end. After politi-
cal emancipation came religious emancipation,
In whose name was perpetrated what Is known
to every one-spoliationa, usurpatiOns, pris-
ons exile, and everything. penal for the
church and her ministers. However, to these
evils worse succeeded, and our country, re-
heating the blunders of other nations, ad-
RANGED their false doctrines, and even though,
as on former occasion, incense was not burn
ed to the Goddess Of Reason, 1t was upheld,
and is still upheld that reason should not SUBJ
nit to laith, and that learning should not be
guided by the hand of religion, and as
natural consequence, thousand other errors
are being propagated, and ind, unfortunately,
a following and followers. They are embrac-
ed by all those who are fooTshly dazzled by
the beauties of the world; by all those who,
that they may abandon themselves to 1t. live
TRANQUILITY under the tyranny OF certain names;
by those who work, think and discourse &C.
cording to the journals which they read and
the circles they move In, who adore and Vene-
rate whist Is called public opinion, following
its principles even when they are contrary to
Justice. right, reason and truth. And why
this? The first source of these errors, not
the only source but the first, Is Ignorance.
| Permit me to relate two occurrences which
happened to me some two years ago. Will
be very brief, because ] don't wish to incur
the blame Of wearying my audience as some.
when certain orators speak. On two different
occasions there came to me two distinguished
personages, who occupied a most dis
! tinguished position in the State to
which they belonged. The first, after q
sh8rt conversation, announced to me, to
my great consolation, that he was a'Catho-
lie. and, moreover, that being Catholic, he
believed in hell; however, that the hell in
which he believed was not as 1t was commonly
understood, but place In which God con-
demned sinners to perpetual melancholy, and
nothing more. The other who came shortly
after, spoke with me on certain laws and prin-
ciples of the church and OF religion. AS We
MT oor,o tn q clpor understanding he,
broke out into this classic blunder: VI know" !"
he said, ''the religion Of Rome and part OF
Italy Is different from the religion OF the rest
of the world; for in Rome youhave the religion
of St. Peter, and elsewhere the religion of St.
Paul;ua and then he ndded, with ill-adjusted
erudition, precisely on this account God
showed to ST. Paul the sheet filed with an
clean animals to be eaten" congratulated
him on his time being occupied In reading the
Acts of the Apostles, but added that the
vision was not made 10 st. Paul but to st.
Peter-that the Two apostles were in perfect
accord, and both brought round the CONVEX
sion of Rome and the world; and Paul wrote
to the Romans, and boasted that ne was a Ro-
| man cllizen, and with Peter he was martyred
In Rome, confirming with his blood the came
faith preached in Rome and outside Of 1t by
| the Prince Of the Apostles. Now, / say, why
all this T? repeat 1t, dearest brethren, be-
cause of ignorance principally. And whose
duty is 1t to dissipate this ignorance. whose to
eliminate certain prejudices whlch, ,penetra-
ting even tGthe highest classes Of society, pro-
duce therein evils without end It is my
duty, 1t is your duty, venerable brethren,
since both you and have been placed by God
as senlinels,.o watch day and night over the
safety of ofZon-Super nl,T0S tu0s corastlttt Gus
to1es; tota, Eie, tota nocte, IN pe1petaum non
taceb,rnt. II behooves us to teach the people
their duties; to us 1t belongs to dissipate the
errors which gather on this earth, and'to d.
rect so many even perh' good people. but
who do not know. from the position which
they occupy. the truth Of certain principles, or
the existence OF certain facts. Where
fore, having invoked Gods assistance, Will
saw in the first place that among the sentinels
posted by God, for the custody OF His City o.
Zion, that Is TO say the Church. there are some
who forget the greatness of their dignity. and
who even abandon their insignia of their high
deyree-that they may assume certain GUS
| toms and manners that will suit them better to
mingle with worldly people; there are senti-
nels who think that they. can approach the
world and pretend to love 1t under very spe-
cious but vain preteXts; but the Great ST. Leo
says to them, "Pace,n cum nnnndo, aiSi dnlo-
lri nlundi, habere non p0SSunt." Those who
hold out q friendly hand to this world In order
to negotiate conventions with itforget, though
the Apostle st. John tells very clearly that the
world does not know Jesus Christ-VundAs
cum non cOgHOCtt
And if the world does notknow Jesus Christ,
or pretends not to know Him, how is 1t posi-
BILE to do homage to 1t or seek Its favor !? Or Is
It the world thai has beautlhed our souls with
the sacerdotal character, with that character
which. as and you hope, will shine brilliantly
In heaven when God shall call us into The pres
ence of His glory? Was it the world that en-
riched our souls with the other sacred favors
Was it the world, in fine. that, separating us
from the rest of men and placing us over them,
endowed MS with gifts OF wisdom, understand
inr. counsel, fortItude, knowledge, piety and
and the fear OF the Lord Or was 1t not God
himself who poured out these heavenly treas
ures into our souls? To Him, therefore, let lis
offer our thoughts, our affections, our work and
our gratitude. But will conclude these re-
marks with a heavenly bencdiction. which i'm
part to Won with all the expansion OF my heart;
and FIRST bless these first ones OF whom have
been speaking. and raising my hands to heaven,
l pray that God may look on them with an eye
OF mercy and enhance the blessing with the
grace of light, to the end that. cropping about
as they are amid obscurity and darkness, they
may find an exit from that confusion to wit
ness once again the beauty and splendor oil
truth. bless the second class, and they are
those that hesitate. waverinS m dUGS parties;
and cannot yet bring themselves to all intent
to defend tile ruins Of the Church, and beg
God to unite with the blessing the grace OF
fortltude to give them courage once for all to
emancipate themselves from certain doubts
and indecision. bless the third, who arc by
far the mast numerous: and tue blessing /