The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-08-20
VOLUME ~.
m,rning Star and Catholic Messenger.
INV oRIFANS. sUNDAY. AUGUST 20. 1871.

m,rning Star and Catholic Messenger.
sEw oRLEANs. SUNDAY. AUGUST 20. 1871.
~~~----->~~- >~>~>~>~>~--~-~~-~--~~>~
M1scELLANEoUs ToRx1eN NEWS.
FRANCE.
The Great Debate in the Assembly on the
Occupation of ROne.-The great debate in
Versailles may be thus summarized. The
Assembly voted on two motions, and re-
fused to listen to a third. The first mo-
ton represented the Government in alli-
ance with the Left, the latter understand
ing the vote in an unfavorab1e sense, and
the former in a favorable one. This was
thrown out. The second motion represent
Moderate Catholics who, like Mgr. Dupan-
loup, put their trust in M. Theirs, and to
this, being the best course open to it, the
rest of the Catholic party rallied itself.
The third proposition, to which the House
refused to listen, was that of NJ. de Belcas-
tel, the best Of all, as it adopted the con-
illusions of the Committees reports, which,
as will be seen by the summary Of them
which We print below, were of thor
oughly Catholic character. The debate
was full of incident. The reports of the
committees were loudly cheered, and when
they had been read NJ. Theirs began to
speak. He said, what was very true, that
emit disasters both of France and Of the
Pope, aud he had always thought the En-
peror's Italian policy fatal to France, and
thought SO still. Italy had, however, the
support Of all the rest of Europe, while
France, though reorganizing her army, had
quarrel. Under these circumstances, he
entreated the assembly to trust him to do
all he could, short of provoking war. He
was followed by the Bishop of Orleans,
who appears to have made q speech worthy
of his reputation, which is saying good
deal, and to have carried the House COM
plete]y away. He compared those who ca
Illuminated the clergy to the Communists
who slaughtered them, and expressed his
certainty that French Assembly would
never consent to the successor of st. Peter
becoming an ind'fferently paid chaplain to
Victor Emmanuel. He reminded his hear
ers that no royalty had ever succeeded in
establishing itself in Rome, that neither
Constantine, nor Theodosius, had chosen
to try the experiment., that Genseric and
Alaric had pluudered the city but had not
remained to reign there, and that Victor
Emmanuel had, as yet, only ventured to
put in an appearance. He concluded with
sense of justice of the Assembly, and an
expression of confidence in the intentions
of M. Theirs. This, the Chief of the Ex-
ecutive declared, in most complimentary
terms, that he was happy to accept on the
understanding which he bad already indi-
Gated, viz. that he would not "compro-
mise the policy of the country, and that he
would support the independence of the
Pope to the utmost of his power" AT this
point of the debate NJ. de Belcastel, the
Catholic Deputy for the Hante Garonne,
vainiy endeavored for nearly quarter OF
an hour to obtain hearing. Tive orders
Target, Of the Right, that g the Assembly,
relying on the patriotic feelings Of the
Chief of the Executive, referred the petit
tions to the Minister of Foreign Affairs )"
the other by M. Barthe, that, "reiying on
the patriotism and prudence of the Chief
Of the Executive it passed to the order Of
adopted the latter in consequence OF 1ts
containing the words prudence and patriot.
ism. He was probably also of opinion thai
it committed him to less than the Other
did. Hereupon NJ. Gambetta announced
that, in consequence Of the wise and patrl
ecutive, he should join him in accepting
the order of the day. This brought out M
Keller, the Catholic deputy for Belfort
4 who said that, if M. Gambetta voted TO
! it, he and his friends would not; explain
ing, in answer to N. Theirs circumstances
that what they expected from the prudenc
4 of N. Theirs could not be the same as tina
which NJ. Gambetta hoped for. The Bishol
of Orleans proposed to settle the difficult:
by substituting for the end of the sentence
referred them to the Minister of Foretg
Affairs" Here M. Gambetta made mat
ters much worse by declaring that tn
"order of the day " would signify the re
j lection of the petitions, and, after an indie
scribable tumult, NJ. Barthe's proposal wa
thrown out by 403 to 264 votes, and til
order of the day, as proposed by NJ. Tai
get, was carried by 447 to 81. NJ. THIEF
voted with the majority in each case,
Favre with the minority in favor of
Barthe's motion, and not at all in the sec
ond division. NJ. de Belcastel has sins
published in the UniverS the speech whiC