The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-08-27

fallen upon this city! With all affection ]
bless you, and all yours. bless all the
"a, !6l Romans who have so nobly affirmed
their fidelity to the rights of the Holy See
! bless all those who being now absent
from Rome cannot take part in this demon
stration, except in heart and soul.
They say that I am weary; yes, am
many wrongs, SO much disorder. l am
weary of seeing religion insulted daily in
city which once gave to the world an ex-
ample OF faith and morals; am weary of
seeing the innocent oppressed, the minis
ters of the sanctuary insulted. and all that
we love and venerate subjected to profana-
ton. Yes, I am weary, but none the less
determined never to surrender (here the
whole audience gave way to Load demon
STATIONS of applause), never to make
terms with iniquity, never to desist from
doing my duty t:t Thank hs am not
be. And now, once more, you have my
my hearty blessing on yourselves, your
families, and on your property, blessing
which will attend yon through life, and
open to yOu the gates of eternal bliss
Benedictio Del Omnipotcntis, etc.
deputation from the Circolo st. Pietro
has second time waited ON his Holiness.
On the present occasion tEe purpose of their
audience was to present him with n CON-
siderable Offering in money and an address
signed by 1900 Roman citizens, the sig
natures being other than, and in addition
to, the 81 ,I6l signatures to the address of
tue Interest Cattolici referred to above.
To the CircolO st. Piefro the Pope strongly
recommended, as he does on every Occa-
sion, perseverance in prayer. He contin-
ued: Every Catholic las read the account
sv.A hal >r 81,
thirty eight years bedridden and when the
water in the pool WAS moved by the angel,
the sick man tried to 60 down into it that
he might be healed, but his weakness pre-
vented him, so that he was never able to
get there fret. Nevertheless he was not
discouraged, but at last the day came when
he obtained help from the Saviour. At the
present time we are sick evil, that is to
say the evil one--is permitted by Almighty
God to triumph; but if we do not lose faith
and hope, the deliverance ia sure to come
and it will not be in thirty eight years
time, for that would be too long for me 1t
would be too long even for you who are
young to wait. No: it will come, and come
quickly, as we hope; and prayer will
hasten its coming.
The Roman Piebiscite.-The Voce della
Verita, which has recently undergone a
condemnation for having spoken disre-
specially of the Roman plebiscite, hopes
the fact that 7,l61 Romans have signed
the address of fidelity to the Pope without
it's being accused of getting up q counter
plebtscitc. 1t is clearly useless to talk any
| longer about only forty votes having
been given against the annexation. And
if it be alleged that, at the time OF the
| plebiscite, these "a, 900 odd people voted in
the majority, it only proves, first, that they
| have since seen reason to change their
| minds as to the advantages of Italian rule,
and secondly, that the majority reckoned
at O,7s5 must, to all intents and purposes,
be reduced to a minority numbering 1904
But whether any of these $1,000 then
voted in the majority or not, not to speak
of the presentations and multiplication OF
yotes-cases of one man voting twelve
times over and the like-the thousands o.
imported voters, when taken into account
would be quito sufficient to reduce th'
40, 900 odd to below the number of thu
q, 16l who have now openly attested thel
INDIGNATION at the existing state OF Things
and that, be it remembered, at seaso
when very many others who think wit
. them, especially of the higher classes, ar
absent.
GERMANY.
Catholic Feeling in Germany.-In Babe
, the Orthodox party, for reasons best know
to itself, has hitherto observed a create
: appearance of moderation than in any
the neighbOring States. In Hesse, how
/ ever, the leaders of this party are resolve
D to make amends for any want Of earnes
: ness which their sympathisers in Bade
g may have shown. Thus, the Starkenburg
y Bofe, inspired, it is said, by Bishop vc
b hKetteler and his friends, produces the fe
q. flowing article, which speaks out plain
# Fand decidedly "The Governments
v Europe must now come to a decision. TI
Ie ways are open to them. If they resolve
Ie restore the temporal sovereignty of t
To Pope they will find the Catholics the mt
IN obedient of their subjects, who will
re easily satisfied in all purely political gu
hit tions. If, on the other hand, they rec'
I'd nize the robbery of the Church, let tn
i'd expect war to the knife against the neN