The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-13
THE PAPAL GUARANTEES.
Important Enoycncal Letter of
His Holiness.
he penounoes the italian Safeguards and De-
clares He Never Can Accept Cancellation At
the Price Of Violation of His OATH.

We have been furnished with advance sheets OF
the last Encycllca Letter OF Pins TX. on the Papa
| guarantees which win appear, for the first time
| In any newspaper, to-day simultaneously Id the
| HERALD and the Freemaa's Journal
| Encyc'icni Letter of Cur Most Holy Father
Plus TX, Pope by Divine Providence, TO All
| Patriarchs, Prinl ates, Archbis,lops, Bishop
ind Other Local Ordinnries, in Favor and
Communion with the Apostolic see.
VENERABLE BRETHREN-Health and apostolic
blessing. So soon as, In the mysterious counsels Of
God, we found ourselves brought under a hostile
Power ana saw the cvll state OF the Apostolic See
subugated by force OF arms, and the consequent sad
and butter lot or this our CITY Of Rome, We wrote
you on the LIST day OF November, or the year last
past; to you, and, through you, to the whole
Catholic world we declared the condition OF our
! selves and OF our city, and 10 what unbonnded ex-
cesses OF an implous license we were exposed. And
we testified that, account OF our supreme duty
before God ana man, we wllled TO keep whole and
entire the rights OF the Apostolic See. We stirred
you up, and all the faithful, our beloved children,
committed your charge, to appea.ing the Divine
Majesty by fervent prayers.
Since then the ills and woes which those first
mournful trials foretold TO us and to this city,
and especially to the apostolic dignity and
authority ard to the Holiness OF religion and
morals, have redounlcd on our beloved subjects
SO that in The ever-aggravated circumstances
existing, venerable brethren, we are compelled TO
say, in the words or ST. Bernard, 1hese are evil he
cummings: we fear worse;' for nlquy Is running Its
course, and urging It's counscis. Nor any more
does 1t seek to sroud its most wicked works which,
indeed, cannot he hidden; and now 1t seeks its
finishing spoil, in tramping under foot justice,
honor and religion. In this anguish, which fills
=, anJtv
OF how continually the faith and virtue or
our people are subjected to dangers AM TO snare,
your signal merits venerable brethren and
those OF our beloved faithful embraced in your
care, afford US the most marked and living
the iathfu wonderfully attentive to our exhorta-
tons and following your leadership and example,
have counted it their duty, rom that monrnful day
OF the Invasion OF our CITY to bescge the throne or
Divine mercy by steady and fcrVent prayers; by
public and continued suppiications, by sacred pill,
grimages, by unbroken gatherings in churches ana
1ervent communlons and by 0ther principal acts OF
Christian virtue.
Nor eau these most earnest efforts towards
appeasng the Lord fail Of abundant fruit The
many good results already gained promise yet
others. that we await III hope and confidence.
burning charity unfolding themselves always
Christs faithful for the travalis and trials OF
this Holy See, and OF the Chef shepherd. We
discern such oneness IL un lerstandings and IN
wills that from the earliest times OF the Church
hitherto, never could it be more truthfuy or more
OF them that believed were Of one heart and of
mind" In which array of virtue we cannot refrain
mention OF our beloved children, citizens OF this
CHERISHED city, whose love, OF every rank and de-
gree, towards us, has shone forth, and yet shines
and their devotIon and eeadiastDeSs equal TO the
test and their observation-disclosures not only worthy
but rival OF their foreathers OF old.
Therefore, venerable brethren, we render undying
thanks and glory to the God OF Mercy for you ALL and
for beloved children, Chrlsts faithful, because
| he has wrought and Is stll working, such great
things in you: such great things Ill His Church: and
that he has brought II to pass that whore wicked
| ness abOunds there has more abounded the grace
| OF faith OF love- ana of true confession. ''Whst
glorya Are not you in Gods presenter A wise son
Is the glory Of his father May God therefore, bless
you; and may lie remember the faithful service and
the tender compassion anu comfort and Lonor
OF His Son. in evil time and days Of SORROW
But the Sub-AIpine government meanwhile
| while on one hand 1t hurrles TO make the city OF
Rome the scorn Of the world-l"Uroem p,ooslat
labors to beguile Catholics by pufing up and ar
ranging certain idle immunltes and safeguards
that, ~ Its language, it calls guarantees" to the
sovereignty which, by long series OF IN
trgues and by parrcIdal arms It has robbed us q!
our sentence OH these immunlties and safeguards.
We have branded their folly. their guile and their
to our venerable brother Constantine Patrxi Car
dinal OF the Holy Roman Church, Dean OF the
| Sacred College and acting as our Vicar In Rome,
which was, IN due time, printed and published.
But, according to the manner OF the Sub.Alpine
| Of consideration to shameless contempt Of our
| Pontfca authority ana dignity, and treating our
| AS OF no account 1t has proceeded, In its Par
lament, to act on these aforesaid Safeguards
| as If they were serious, and has had discus
| and advancing them. Notwithstanding the sentence
expressed BY on their emptiness. In This discus
sion full proof was given both OF the truth of our
| those ''safegua,ds' and Of the vain at.
| fraud and malice that was In them Truly, veneer
able brethren 1t lsrhat to believe (ncredb,e es)
,an and against the very foundations Of natural
| law as were uttered OH occasion OF that debate
could nave been put forth IN the centre OF this Italy
which has ever especially gloried, and glories
IN devotion TO tho Catholic religion and to the apos-
| toc see of the Roman Pontn. And:in very deed,
| by the singular protection God grants His Church,
the convictions OF far the larger part OF tile Italians
! are very different. They groan with us and depore
this new phase OF unaccepted sacrilege and they
| assure us day by day, by increasing proofs ana
avOwals that they are associated IN spirit and in
understanding WIN the faithful IN other parts OF The
wherefore we anew address our voice to you
venerable brethren; and, although the faithful COM
mtted to you, by letters or by grave documents In
| form OF protests have shown us how outraged they
at the condition that Expresses US, aud how far
apostolic duty that we should declare So
i not only wSat are Called afeguards anu which
are devised BY the Sub Alpine government but that
all titles honors, immunilies and privileges. what.
| ever shape they take under the general name OF
safeguards or guarantees, can be OF no avail what:
l ever towards securing the prompt anu free use OF
the power divinely Transmitted TO us, towards
guarding the liberty necessary for the Church.
such being the condition Of affairs, we have re-
| peatedy declared ana protested that without the
CRIME Of breaking our solemn oath lat entnroniza-
tom, we can consent to no cancellation which, In
| any manner would destroy OF diminish the rights
OF God and OF the Apostolic See, so now, az OF our
| bounden duty, we declare that we viii never
agree to accept nor can we so agree to or
| accept, those cunnlngly wroughtout safeguards or
| guarantees, proposed by the Sub-Apinc govern
1lent Whatever their device; or any others OF what
| soyor kind or however ratified, which under the
4 form OF securing our sacred power and liberty shall
have been offered ~ IN lieu OF ana In exchange
! for that civil principally with which Divine PIov
| dence willed that the holy Apostolic See should he
| furnished aud strengthened, and which Is ratified
| TO us by legitimate and irrefragable titles
| rs we'll az by possession for more Than eleven
| centuries. For II Is most clear to every one that,
| were the Roman Pontn to be subjected to the rule
OF another prince, ana not to be possessed himself