The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-07-06
THE POPE AND THE KING. 3
From the Chicago Tribune

as the "Hapal guarantees 1IdNu ana an
insult, it may be interesting to know
what that act proposed to do. 1t enacts
that the person of the Pontiff shall be
sacred and inviolable; that attempts or
actual violence against his person shall
be punished precisely as if against the
person of the King; the Government of
Italy shall render to the Pontiff the hon
ors due to royalty, and shall maintain the
privileges accorded to him by other
sovereigns he shall be entitled to the
ordinary number Of guards for his per-
son and palaces The Government of
Italy shall make an annual grant of
1928, 900 livres, equal to 1926. 750, gold,
for the maintenance of the Pope, for the
wants of the Holy See, for the repairs
care Of the palaces and dependencies, for
allowances, pensions, &C., being the same
amount annually appropriated for the
same purpose by the Papal Government
This annual dotation to be perpetual and
inalienable, to be paid the same during
vacancies in the Holy See, and to be ex-
empt from all taxes or other charge, ma
tional, municipal, or provincial. The
Pope to have free enjoyment of the
palaces of the Vatican and Lateran, with
all the dependencies thereto and also the
'Villa of Castle Gondalfo;" all said pro-
perty to be inalienable and exempt from
taxation. During any vacancy IN the
Papacy, no Judicial or political authority
shall interfere with the Cardinals, and
the conclaVes and councils shall be pro
tected against violence No public
officer shall be permitted to enter any
residence of the Pontiff, or any place
where a conclave or council may be in
session without the authorization of the
Pope, conclave or council nor shall the
Pontifcal offices be searched, or any
Tapers, books, or records therein be
seized, and the Pope is to have entire
freedom in the exercise Of the functions
of his spiritual ministry, and all foreign
persons holding ecclesiastical office in
Rome shall have the rights of italian
citizens; all agents of foreign govern
ments accredited to the Pope shall enjoy
diplomatic privileges and protection
and ENJOYS of the Pope to foreign gov
ernments shall have the privileges Of all
other diplomatic agents in going to and
from Rome. The Pontiff to be free to
correspond with the Catholic world, and
to have in the Vatican, postal and tale-
graph offices, under persons Of his own
choice; the Pontifcal Post Office to cor
respond by closed mails or otherwise
and mails bearing Pontifcal stamp to be
free Ofany other charge in Italy. The
seminaries, colleges, and other education-
al institutions, lay and clerical, in Rome
and the six suburban seats, to remain un
der the exclusive control of the Pope,
without interference by the State.
The relations of the State to the Church
are thus DEFINED: All special restrictions
upon assemblages of the clergy are an.
nulled the government renounces its
right Of Lega2ja-Gp0st0ZicG in Sicily, as
also its right to appoint incumbents to
the higher benefces Bishops shall not
be required to take the oath of allegiance
to the King the higher and lesser beHe.
fees shall De conferred solely upon citi
zens Of the kingdom, except such as are
In Rome and the suburbs; the royal per
mission and form of authority heretofore
necessary for the publication Of eccle,
siastical acts are abolished; no appeal In
spiritual matters from the ecclesiastical
authorities to the State shall be allowed
nor shall the government give any
compulsory sanction to eccleastical acts.
protection of the citizens and public
order. Provisions to be made hereafter
for the preservation and administration
of ecclesiastical property.
The Pope's objection to these guaran-
tees is not so much to the arrangement
which is to follow the absorption Of the
political authority of the Papal States, as
to any arrangement whatever The
political organization of the Papal Gov
eTnment is made up Of civil and eeclesi.
astical persons who hold Office by sort
Of hereditary right They are for tbs
most part official paupers, having liter
ally nothing to do except to live upe1l
the pensions awarded them from tns
PapaE Treasury. The political govern
ment is heavy annual charge upon the
Church; the entire revenue of the Papal
States falling below the civil expen1l
lures Even the repeated loans fail tt
keep the concern afoat, the interest on
the debts at this time more than equal
ling the revenues of the States. The
deficiency has to be supplied by the
Church from moneys contributed by
Catholics in all parts of the world. The
Kingdom of Italy has assumed The Papal
debt so far as it can do SO, tile Pope re
fusing his assent, and vainly endeavor.
ing year after year, to borrow money to
pay his interest. In the meantime, Rome
is falling into decay. There are improve
ments demanded by the comforts of the
people, and by modern ideas, which are
essential to the growth of the city and
the preservation Of its historical and
artistic treasures The Papal Govern
ment has neither money nor credit, and
year after year Rome as metropolis, and
as a residence, and as place Of trade anj
art, is degenerating Instead of being