New-York tribune., 1871-01-13
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ane9risn which has dated and feasted there iii her
the very middle Of the peninsula and years aco
separate art sproad 70 sSa and dividing Il into two
the seat OF an exclusive, independent ond foreicn
Of faI1 fes & let me repeat within heSoyercsn,y
ner dominion, was another sovcrtl i'm, not only not
responsible TO her but alien in IT. origin not ony fSreig
IN its origin, but absolute in its preienson not opy
SDsonte IA ts PretenSons as proprietor and ruler
superiority not over italy only, but over the world
Now, let me ask any statesman or lawyer or even any
sovereign state to exist in tie bosom Of another syere1
statei Do they not exclude each other by the very
definition or sovereignty Docs not the very suppos
! ton imply conflict and dsorderi Must not the ono
even II their feelings their principles, their institutions
destructive rupture What has been lately own
with the same language, laws trades, political systems
and destinies the bare assertion Of two Incompatible
would it be, thenhow must II be, when these sovereign
tics arc not harmonious either in structure design
without sympathy OF feeling purpose, and borno
onward by totally opposite impulses and inspratIonsi
How inevitable, In such case, the outbreak, discoTd,
| hatred, aud internecine and unending war
DOUBLE RoMrsH GOVERNMENT.
Now that Is the of Italy 1t has happened in tho
of events that this principaty OF Rome-orgi
naly dependent duchy OF the Roman empre-then, by
a revolutionary movement Of the people in the eighth
century, when they broke away from the empire tho
"Republic of Rome" whose government was conferred
by the people upon the Bishop Of Rome; and hna
by the eonqnests OF PpPn and Of ChaIienase te
"Church and the Republic OF Rome, this p1nclpality-
say by these events acquired double character IL DC
G GnarSh bn sS %S eT
we'll spiritual power and by this dotble capacty
the feelings, and the interests OF Italy a nation
Italy nation has experieneed the same
and whch from age to age have nited tneih GSf ol
tton TtaI ika he
and powerful breath Of freedomi which has loosened
industry and trade from their ley letters; whlch ba
secuarzed politics. taking them out of the domain 0,
bgotry and persecution; when mas emaneipSn'on nc pS 80
TO that glorious consummatiOn. when the equal ana
sacred manhood OF every child OF the universal
shall be the pervading, inspiring, Organizing truth OF
political and social lifethe frontal truth of all your
States the redeeming truth OF all your Churches.
Rome, on the other hand from the neeessss OF her
position a double Government has been hostile TO au
more liberal forms The political theory which, as the.
ocracy, she Is compelled 20 adopt Is not she t,0y OF
modern though put Is enIe @ ~ ~ MINI
pies adopted by modern science, and recognized IN the
practice Of all the enlightened modern nations. That
theo ~ that God himself has TWO powers
to govern the wOrld--the spiritual power anu lhe I'm IN
atter by the King But the spiritual power IL the SUM-
while the temporal power is the ear,h tho one 10 tue
peror to the other the b to the earth or the soni
70 the body; and the temporal is responsible to the p
Heaven preserSo u.s. az Paul Louis Courier used to say
5GSEa og %S SS HS sSs any @
imn
is e1e-that IS incapable error. inca.
| pable OF amelOration.
RoMIsH RREsPoYsBnrY.
Deriving its authority and its powers not from ts peo-
pe nor any class OF s people, nor yet from the larger
constituency Of Chrlsendom, but f.Om q special and
direct gift the Almighty It's agents Of course re-
spOnsble only to Him from whom they hold their trust
No human law may call them 20 account; no human tri
bual subject their acts to ITS scrutiny or t
condemn. Again. under such theory and constitution
Of government, the spiritual ends must take prccedebco
OF the mere temporal ends rights must be subordinate
duties the most formal and the chlef business
admins tration become, not the detense OF person a
property, bu the definition Of dogma and the promotion
| Of an external worship. So.
Accordingly the government OF Rome, OF al the gov
ernments in the civilized world is the post absolute ani
at the time the most absurd 10 Isl goyenment ol
priests in which laymen have no voice and no uses NOT
an of freedom exists there by rgh-Only by eonees,
sion. Not solitary public press which IL not controlled
its sanction and not book be circulated, even tho
Bible nor the Father OF all worshiped but by
authority constitute sacrilege mere sins and personal
vices become heinous crimes and are more often pun
call question the acts Of the hierophant who = aiso
the judge and the en- haDeao tne dungeon
Need we wonder, then, that the Roman people, paces
under such power, should become retiye and rrtaber
When the thorn is in your fesh will you not pluck u
out When the maremna is inclosing your neds ana
drain off its staenant pools and open its pe8ant bogs
air and sunlight OF heaveni Well then can you be
of times driven their prince, who only restored
in most by the points OF foreign bayonets turnss
| against the breasts Of his faithful subjeetsf
| THE DAGGER OF ROME.
That howeyer is not all. This Roman pr1ncipaity fs
NOT only an anachronism petty local tyranny trans
lated out ninth into the nineteenth century, ana as
such scourge to its immediate subjects. II is besides
tbeocratic monarchy and such obstacle and clog
10 the progressive development OF the whole OF laly
Representing vast outside constituency, Is has aims,
feelings policy and principles that are wholly foIeigl 70
Italy All its external aons managed with refer
ence to advancement and not IN reference to the
sists whether coalescing warning with the Grek
Emperors whether coaescing or waring with the Lonl-
Frank Mayors OF the Palace whether eoaescing or war.
ring with the artocraS rspubes sta sne nas
tries it's conduct has Invariably been determined py M
ests ito Italian connection itay has often BEEN
pawn In its game. IL has been the Coz 49,,
her deyeiopment her progress, her conc nraon and
strength were never the end ON tho contrary, IL wH'
daton ana strength. Fra Paolo sarp who in the hrst
years Of thc seventeenth century took the part o '
cell one night was stten down by the hand Of an as
sassin--smtten, but not killed Drawng the "e9p'n %
beneath it, The Dagger Of Rome" SO upon every bat-
fed and unsuccessful effort OF the itanah oPo 20 ai
inccribe the dagger OF Rome" She has iessted anu
ted ATTEMPT from vstt the @e eH.,e ol ,e Her dark
emsssries like the weird sisters OF Masbeh, G d..
are and without SEX" have ever clrcled hD"us '' NV
| tiny of Italy with toreboding ana ysuc ste cry Vi
r,.e Ne%Si ssin esHGs .19 s.aIdsoa SaSSl.'
| and by their incantotions made ,,y
| pome say has resisted every forward anu upwsra
m"xement; she smitten It openly "hen Sne eos,'
he has stabbed It secretly when she could hO,i ph,
sbopn cod she has not killed IT, for nov after eehtns
Of trial and dispute, despite her M hns',o"s aa W.
trisnes comes the completed trlnipPs ~ Ill" 4.
sns 90 Of your address. may exciaim iono, -
3ee! Italy is ope and Rome the ancient 9 I'M .,'rt " -
ror,d is her capital more, not oy .ne ft,,t "a
toDeisn legions, but the free choice oil INC i'aAn
| people" -. .,DnrO0
HENRY WARD BEEcHERs ADDRESS
,bia
VIC nurpose. 1t no. to consider the theology
any poe ~ a;scuss the ecclesiastical politics We