The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-05-14
Ths Worad ana the Pope.

The worad and the Pope.
The sectarian and secular Journals VI
this country have been brilliant an0 'nson
tive in the use of denunciatory teEu'
against Catholics for their public eaPr V;-
car of Christ. We have been informed IN
many ways, that we were exceeding ma
liberty Of speech, which was c0ncedea "
Catholics in the country of their nativiSy
and adoption. The prisoner, In tue nsues
Of the modern Pontius Phate' loun the
rabbie of the American press, as among
the soldiers of Rome, clothed in the UNI
form of Cesar. Public opinion in TINS iree
country, one sixth of whose Popuiatio5 20
Catholic, allowed and applauded i Te.Oh
of insult to the Head of the Charcn,
but has brawled down or tried at least 10
silence all freedom of sympathy.
Our Government, shaping It's pohcy ="
| anti the inbuman as we'll as unchristiau
spirit of the age, countenanced anu enouo
| aged by its time serving siience on Luz,
ton dearer than life to six million o! io ga
subjects and of vital importance .ns
whole world, this outburst of the old ntes
| of Puritan fanaticism. Had IL aooP.eu
n,ockerv of indifference on the PrinciPie =,
non intervention, the passive ansu.s 49, 80,
ries which our Government has alreaus S
presented to the lips of Catholics, ana
wh;ch thew have swallowed without mar
mur. But NO such plea can be advances.
Had it Been popular to protest against tue
robbery of the Papai States, gu, o f;srce
Conpress would have shrugged In Hefco
; rivalry to be the loudest amongst the rep
resentatives of nations to espouee the
cause of divine justice against human
: vronp-of the weak against the strong-oi
religion against iniidelity, of law and oroer
against unlawful revolution. But Cesar
and Pontius PLATE had the most fricnos
and the members of our national leglsia-
, ture added themselves to the list. =,
In bright contrast to this mean dastardly
course is a late debate upon tho roman
, question in the Protestant Empire Oh rus rus
+ Ala. The Government with q courage tna'
does it honor was not afraid to allow Ca
tholics to speak freely in behalf OF the
HOLY Father-to present his grievances
+ his destitution, and his imprisonment II
a his own city by his enemies, as a prope
2 subject for the action OF the 1overnen.:
? There was no repression, through a regafs
: for the opinion Of the rest of the wor!d, O
~ Catholic devotion to the Vicegerent OF God
IA representatives not of Protestants ou
q Of the whole nation, which included Catho
a lies who had been injured by the misior
a times that had befallen the Pope-who ha
Il been deprived of their own when the com
= mon heirloom of their Catholic forefather
haf heen wrested from the lawful owner
q thew insisted that the Protestant govern
~ ment of Prussia could not remain passlv
h while the work of iniqulty was oelng cor
"a ANIMATED. The principle of non.lnterveI
q ton did not gag them. Justice, in the OF
i. servance of which all governments are II
;. terested. was the key note that tuned u
~ manly. enthusiastic voices, that rang OF
~ the German cry of warning to the crowne
he robber OF Italy. Justltia ipndameh1u
." eonorunn-iustice is the foundation
m Governments, was the argument OF ski
~ 1hree Prussian statesmen-it cut Il
~ threads of that shaun principle OF non-l
Oh teryentjou that tied SO tightly the tonga
= = of the representatives OF so many miilie
III Of Catholics in this country. If we
~ not wish to interfere at Rome," cried o
~ of the orators, " it must be in virtue
ne some other principle than non-interve
ri, tion.n "For u.s." affirmed another,
no rights of the Pope are more lmportanI I'll
he mere mercantile affairs" how much
ND ter ON the page of history, even 1t no ar
~ Cd intervention of Prussia shall follow I
Nv freedom of speech, will read these expr
10y a;ons Of truth, than the trucking subs
r. yiency of our national government to
ors desires of religious bigotry.
oh During the whole discussion, the Pren
IN, showed 6y no signs either of voice or m
nor ner. that these defenders OF the rights
! NJ the HOLY See were saying aught that
III. displeasiug or dangerous to the Emp
inc Rut his silence was not, like the DUMB
irst Torrance of our brainless national ne
mel, dipIomatist to have permitted the det
the to continue, II ne tnousn. T TI; br;oo
unit est circumstances aeanJI go H. ;nter
Iian, would compromise al p ZIG th"n,b
10 q testant kingdom, tho government does
"a treats it Catholic subjects as Helots.-
and tholie Telegraph.
Di- ------ ....---. n,
as CONVERTS FhoA ,ANaL,.ANt tha 90
,osed Mass at the High Altar, and that IN
duce Ladye Chapel Of St. Augustine's Chu
vhich were served by ex-anglican-clergyl
raDl, converts to the faltn, one peinS MI