The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-10-15

iIlSm OF the present DAY, IN the dlHeTeEo
stages of its development from it's infancy
to its manhood, together witit-its relation
to its offspring, Socialism. Liberalism, he
continued, claims to have attained its man
hood. The Liberalism of earlier days used
TO claim liberty for all; that of the present
day requires absolute submission to Its
own formulas. Old-fashioued Liberalism
was at least honest, aud it Is to these IA
vorable autecedents that the Liberalism OF
to-day owes the credit which it retains in
the minds of those who have forgotten the
change which has come over it. Modern
Liberalism has seen that Catholics also
claim and use their freedom, and has taken
fright. This it thinks will not do, and it
appeals to the police to put down all that
does not enter into its own system. An
other point of difference between old
fashioned and modern Liberalism is the
close relation of the latter to the monied
power and to material interests. The ty-
ranny of money aud the euslavement of
the Churchs form part of the system, the
phases of which may be defined, said Mgr.
v. ketteler, as the State without God, the
State as God, and the battle of the State
against the true God. The rod by which
this pseudo Liberalism will be punished is
it's own child, Socialism, which ia the le-
Ultimate logical outcome of its own princi-
pies. 1t is nonsense for Liberalism to talk
OF God and the Church, for it has made the
State its present Cod" according to the
formula of Hegel. Socialism, is more losi-
cal, aud So it is also in it's deductions from
Liberal PREMISES in the matter of mar
riage. of property, of hereditary right, of
eternity. Neither Liberalism nor Social
ism, however, have the least comprehen-
sion of the ideas of liberty and equality as
protested by Christianity. No party, con-
GUIDED the Bishop, is SO untitled to meet
calls itself Liberal. Mgr. " ketteler's
view respecting the Transformation of
modern Liberalism and its necessary de-
velopment into Socialism, is worth COM
pairing with the remarks of a statesman
who, during the course of a long life, has
labored for the advance of what he be-
ieved TO be genuine constitutional lber-
ties. In an admirable little pamphlet on
the necessity of Catholic Associations,
lately addressed to his fellow countrymen,
Marshal the Duke of Sadanha, late Prime
Minister of Portugal, and now Portuguese
Minister in London, uses the following
words: "Libel alism, as it Is now preached,
as experience has proved, is the most COM
plete perversion of true and noble
theory"-Qie has been speaking of the ad
vdntages of genuine representative CO.
vernment inspired by Christian principles)
"Liberafism, as it is now taught, carries
i'll itself the seeds of it's own dissolution
and if it succeeded in getting the mastery,
would be unable to resist or to survive the
social and political conflicts which it is
continually exciting. In Liberalism the
fundamental basis of right is the will of
numerical majorities, substituting in poll
ties, as rationalsm does in religion, the
will of man to the will of God The u!ti-
mate development of this principle, its
logical conclusion, is the war of classes
which this theory infallibly brings about, a
war of which the-inevitable issue is the
fall of, Liberalism, which gives way to
Communism, its natural SUCCESSOR
AUSTRIA.
Tile Hungarian GOrernment and tie Bish-
ops.-In the course of the last week-it was
telegraphed all over the world that tile
Bishop of notwithstanding, in Hungary,
Mgr. Jeckelfalusy, had been admonished
10y the Emperor King for having published
the Vatican DEGREES in his diocese and
that, receiving the admonition in the spirit
of Il penitent sinner, he had promised to be
"bedient for the future, etc. The real facts
of the case, as ascertained by us from a
private source, are as follows: 1t is quite
true that the Liberals in the Hungarian
Diet repeatedly pressed the Government
to punish the Bishops who have published
, the DecIecs without having previously Oh.
tanned the 'pldcctum reyiu,n." Yielding to
these demands, Count Andrasv persuaded
the Emperor King to cite Mgr Jeck elfalusy,
the Bishop who had taken the most deter
mined line, cal dudienium tcr6unl," which,
translated out of Hungarian law phrase
olosy, means to be soemply scoided. The
Bishophad accordingly toappcar before the
whole Ministry solemnly assemble in the
| great hall of Count Andrasy's residence,
| 10 listen to communication made to him
by tue Chancellor himself, and couched in
| nearly the following terms: In the name of
his Majesty, and in obedience to his per-
sonal and strict Injunction, / am authorized
to express to your Grace his Royal dis
pleasure, distrust and blame for your
Grace's conduct in publicly and solemnly
proclaiming in your diocese the DEGREES of
the CouHcil and Papal Admonitions, not
withstanding his Majesty's resolution of
the 9th of August, and the Ministerial
order OF the 10th of August, 1870, expressly
forbidding such proceedings" Count An
drasy further expressed his hope that " his
Grace would in future respect the law, and
pay the tribute of obedience to every one
of his Majesty's orders, and thereby avoid
incurrng his Majesty's displeasure." To
this the Bishop merely replied that he re-
specially took note of the Royal tleclara-
ton, and as he is not the man to be turned
from his duty by threats, neither the Hun
gaTian Ministry nor the advanced Liberals
are likely to sain much by the step they
have taken, more especially as the DEGREES
axe already published. 1t would almost