The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-06
THE lTiE.lig GOVERNMENT AND TEE Pspr.

To THE EDITOR or TIE HERALD
On reading your article in this mornings HERALD
under the above heading, the determination seized
me OF addressing you few lines on the subject,
and uust with your well known love OF mparality
and fair play you will give my communication
place iD your columns.
Your advice to his Holiness is no doubt well
meant, but Is given sadly In ignorance o! the prin-
cples which must actuate the Pope on this question:
and would venture to say in ignorance Of the real
principles which are actuating that miserable as
semblage OF infdel, unprincpled aud wicked men
who form what Is called the Italian government.
You have no doubt read the circular as issued by
his Holiness short time ago on these "rapal
guarantees" which the Italian Legislature has
been 80 long endeavorng TO bring TO shape,
and which, as the devil OF old, they
propose laying before the representative Of
Christ, and promising him el 4 ne Viii only
bow down and worship them; but they have already
had their answer In the grand and noble words OF
his Holiness circular, that venerable and worthy
representative OF our Redeemer the lecture OF which
makes every honest good-hcarted man proud or his
Species that II st exhibits one at least who has The
manly courage OF standing on the eternal iounda-
ton OF truth and justice ana bidding defiance to all
tile powers OF nell and Of the wicked OF this world.
His position may to the eyes OF the world appear to-
day hopeless; the same has been before; but pres
emily the Master snail arise and sim the surgng
waves and lerce storms OF Wickedness. and the
Church VIII again appear in increased splendor and
vgor ana power. hen the storms have abated and
the dark clouds OF mi quIiy shall have been swept
away, there can be no pact between truth ami
error justice and lniqnty, between Heaven and
he'll; no communicating, Concessions or 'accommode-
mentn between The pure, beautiful Bride OF Christ
ms holy Church ana the Church OF the world or the
deyn. The warfare between the seed OF
The woman and. the seed OF the. ser
raanl nf hlfrt 1r fbn
world, shall continue until its end. Almighty God,
through the blood OF his Divine Son, II Holy
Church, her sactameDts and her never-ceaslng sup
p cations and increasing and untrlng energies, en-
dcavoring 10 gather ana lead to the bright abode OF
heaven tlose cnlldIen Oh men, 10 De WIN whom -
GODS delight, anu Who are as dear to Him as The
| apple OF HIS eye.
Whe the arcl-lend ana his satellites. The sworn
! enemies o. our race never cease never tire, IN
bringing into play all the immense resources OF their
hellish and lcndish ingenuity TO drag US down To
the foul pit that they may gut over our eternal tor
| lures, and AGAINST whose never-ceasng machina,
! tons nothing bat the grace OF GOD can save us,
/ which grace can only reach us through HIS estab-
| lished cnannels-lhe chances Of His uoly Church
This warfare between heaven and hell for the
| possession of the human race il the great power
| hat is at work to-day III the world. ever has been
| and ever wll and reaches rom the greatest mon
arclis OF The human race down TO the smallest mol
| Sidua acts OF each and every Individual member
| thereof We cannot but admit wnle We deeply de-
! picre that the powers of iniquly are gaining
| our unfortunate race.
Woe 10 the world when II shall have obtained
nc MYSTERY, we nave bdu ~ lie teirioie nIso
French revolution an example OF what 1t leads to
another example in that iendlsh struggle now going
| on in that same unhappy country, ana VIII proba-
| bly, have more terrible example when that same
| dreadful element now vigorously driven on by he'll
| In unfortunate Italy ana Spain shall have reached
its climax, 10 which it no DOUBT svOn WILL from pre-
sent appearances.
! The salvation and protection Of the human race OF
! Christian civilization lies with The preservation Of
! tho Holy Church or God-the ark Of Gods grace
| and blessing 10 man. Wo to the human race-wo [!
| 10 the worid-wlen the tide Of inquity shall swell
| and surge up sufficiently high TO menace the total
! submerson OF the Rock Of CHRIST.
| But at that dread moment Christ, in conformity
with Ills divine promise, shall not allow the gates OF
hel to prevail over ner; but WILL in Ills might and
power, roll back the threatening, feaI il tide, and
hurl 1t into chaos with the entire world and llme
| shall be no more.
ron may consider me moralZing, In which even l
do not see harm; but The grandeur and magnitu ic
| or the subject nave carried me on, and my few
words will have the effect OF insprln. one single
| good thought they viii have been worth my while
| 10 pen them and yours to PRINT thcu. FELIX.