The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-25

would "treat with due respect (lie,adgerGiD the
Holy rather is the august representative he says
what he knew, and wished IN his heart, would
same page and given above prove IL; aud had
armed assistance from italy been forthcoming ne
his Catholic fellow countrymen."
NAPOLEON ILL., AND THE POPE.
NJ Favre gees over the history OF the relations be-
tween the government Of Napoleon Ill and the
Holy See, aud shows what every one acquainted
peror was not among the warmest friends OF Plus
TX. He, too, would gladly nave allicted the ''ven-
IKE NJ. Favre to have discovered some excuse for
system of loyal neutrality He tried hard to
Sps
festo the subject to the Legislature In the session
Emperor's missionary spors in endeavoring to con.
vert the Pope to 'li0erallsm" and modernzed Chris
aani1v All Thrown away I'm spite OF , tneir cyl,
the remarks OF the imperial missionary In the docu-
ment above, "those declarations modified IN nothing
the dispositions Of the Court Of Rome" Quite true.
THE CONVENTION OF SEPTEMBER, 1864.
Mark the manner in which NJ Favre speaks OF
tilt gave Rome to Italy D while imposing on the
Italian government the obligation OF absainlng
Sow h0me to s
Convention Is lasting monument OF the most ap-
palI,ng bad faith And nd, again. II Il gave Rome
ing from the only means she could use TO get what
was thus given, does 1t mean that Napoleon in
order 10 give 1t to his Italian ay9 The words OF the
Convention will not OF course, support NJ. Fayres
interpretati0ntay reserves to herself TO cause 1t
1.-THE COnvention) to be respected by whomsoever.
whether having 10 do with instructions from with.
pursue, within the conditions of the Convention, the
Cancellation OF the essential interests Of Italy with
those OF the rapacy on the basis of Of the separa
the State and OF the Church.'' 10 the mind untu.
SSred IN the diplomacy and philosophy o. which NJ
so many moro are disciples, the above. extract
sounds like the most unmeaning jargon and in fact
every line Is in contradiction with the next follow
ing. Italy Will cause 1t to be respected by whom
soever" No other Power dreamt OF attacking the
the essential interests Of Italy with those Of the Pa
pacy has as much common sense In II as TO talk OF
conciliating fire and wafer. To secure rec procal
liberty 10 the moral and civil powers OF any gov.
eminent is to unite them In common interest, not
continue. The effect Of the Convention upon the
Holy Father strikes our author as unreasonable ana
party to this ConventionMand why not ire
piled by violent declaration Of warn-agalnst Ma.
poleeon and d ys9r not nt n
interopers who took course Of action without
s % ns sges
not against society" out against ''men who apply
e inc ana esrd
only dong what N. Favre must acknowledge to be
w 81 those , e N ana
representatives. So much for reciprocal liberty"
oftne Church. &C. Next we come to
and the attempt made BY Garibaldi. Events at this
time certainly show now farcical was the famous
lifted finger while the Emperor Napoleon. wish.
ng no doubt, to spare the feelings Of the ltaian
expedition to protect the Holy See" THIS we are
S meet ee sss
% All ali 's as GaSinss Of Europe sh Spnsa
suDecs OF the Holy See. NJ Favre says they dc.
clared unanimously that congress could sanction
no other solution than tatt already brought about
clear unless thrown out as sarcasm on the Sep.
TEMPER Convention which Italy plainly showed wee she
Prussia ana Austria were particularly explicit in
their replies. Napoleon therefore, stood alone, ana
capped the climax Of his Involuntary heroic att.
| tude as sole defender Of the Pope by uttering
through his parliamentary organ, NJ: Rouher, the
| Imperial move manifested an evident naa,atSe,
THE FAMOUS ECuMENICAL COUNCIL
ABOUT for MEANS to an
Emer. was aided number o. per
Part OF the plan was TO demand, among other ex-
rraordinary things, that representatives OF France
Council The sixty or seventy french bishops al.
ready there went for mo-. nothing or could not be
knows that the various demands were refused. in
all this NJ. Favre believes the imperial government
to have been actuated by the nOblest motives. The
Minister for Foreign Aairs Is described as "a sin.
by way OF ayenglng himself, the Immediate with.
| This the willy Emperor dared not do aud thereupon
| the Count, "oonsulling out delicacy rare enough
Favre delights to honor such men fhe Counts
| successors, The famous Emile Olivier and the no
as e Pope ana IN @
soundly moved by ''socltude for the. Church"
and Tor .our INTERESTS and then abandoned the
untractabe and ungrateful eccesaStlC5 ''This
policy" says N. Favre "was not proud but II was
wise" The Holy See was Iert 80 The responsibility
OF Its own actS.' Then came
| The DECLARATION OF WAR.
| 1t has been seen from the events described that,
Notwithstanding the obligations assumed by Victor
Emmanuel In Inc September convention, tneEmperor
| Napoleon iet compelled to save Rome aud the Holy
M eoa We Know what wod
pened had not Rome been occupied by French
troops. The Scillan raid ana annexation would
have been repeated In the teeth Of this that 'sn.
to Withdraw the French troops, ana was
| de Gramont. Equally persistent were the efforts OF
those three Ministers 10 oyerawe the Ecumenica
Council, moved, as they declared, by 'socituue Tor
the Church." u soictude which depicts very
striking colors the species ofiberty they desired 70
accord TO the Church and Its august chief pastor
Had not the war occurred at tnat CRITICAL moment
there IS much reason TO believe that the Efforts Of
the French Ministers would next have Deen directed
to attempting to close anu dlsperse tile Council by
force; anu, looking at tine opinions AMI dispositions
Of the various Cabinets OF Europe al the time, "
| must DE feared that the attempt would have sue
ceeded. Not having made THAI attempt, having per.
mlited the Council TO proceed to vote on the ques.
ton OF Papai inailiDlllty, and not having with.
drawn the French troops coupled with the affair OF
Montana, were among Inc inexcusaDle plumbers
(,natdd1'esses. in the Judgment OF NJ. Favre, which
deprived France Of ItaIian aid. The conclusion Is
by no means warranted Tor ne tells US Iurtner on
page 1897 that Italy and Prussia were bound to-
gelher by a treaty winch Napoleon mad fully sane
Toned Further, that the Italian parlIsans OF unity
attributed TO Prussia all the honor OF the or
| Venetia, while bitterly denouncng France for not
aiding Italy at CuslOZZa and for constantly occupy.
ing Rome. NJ. favre, who went to Florence at The
emu OF September 1885, 10 study the situation, knew
perfectly well that In any event, Italy would never
| break with Germany IN order 10 aid France.
| FRENCH TROOPS WITHDRAWN FROM ROdE.
Finally, the French troops were withdrawn by
| the Duke de Gramont, whose despatch ON the sub
| ject TO NJ. de Bannevile, French Representative
OF Rome Is very characteristic the most
salient point OF which IS that II France
| were victorious the Holy See would be