The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-04-21

L FL, 1872.
! short time in the Frankfort Assembly-to
man Empire, founded on that of the North
German Bund, as modified by the later
agreements with the separate State. When,
however, he found that no complete consti-
tuition was to be drawn up, but that the
constitution of the North German Bund, as
to the acceptance of the deputies, his mo-
tives for accepting q seat, for time, in the
Assembly no longer existed and, as he
begins by saying, 7" it would be impossible
TOT me to unite my pastoral duties to those
OF member of the Reichsrath, except for
temporary reasons" Tie Bishop gives in
full letter which he wrote to Prince
Won bismarck at Versailles, in October,
1871, In which he expressed his joy at the
proclamation of the Empire, and his fer
vent hope that when the new Constitution
cordance with those Conservative principles
which had made Prussia great: Especially
he trusted that the relations between
Church and State would not be left uncer-
tain, or for the separate States to settle as
they pleased; but that they would be es.
that this basis might be found in the Prus-
sian Constitution, which had worked so
we'll. He added that he felt sure that
nothing would so tend to confirm the unity
OF the Empire for the future, as this foun-
dation OF "true sta e Of peace between
! owns, been disappointed in his hope that all
sincere Protestants would join with him in
reprobating the secularization of education,
and would be willing that their Catholic
fellow-citizens should be free to act as the
frussian Constitution has hitherto allowed
them to do with respect to the education of
their children. At the close of the pamph-
let, Mgr. Won Ketteler shows very clearly
how, in spite of the principles Of the Re-
| formation having been accepted in Prussia,
| and the unity of the faith thereby lost to
her, still the old traditional principles of
government had remained in force in civil
matters. Christianity was still the founda-
ton of all social life; the temporal power
was still representative of God, and
therefore bound to protect the Christian
faith and submit to the Commandments and
the Word Of. God, and the Church and the
school were parts of the same organization.
All these ideas were the opposite of those
promulgated by the French Revolution,
which have brought France so low. Mgr
Won ketteler goes on to say, that although
most of the smaller States had adopted
them, Prussia had remained faithful to her
old. world creed, and it was under that
regime that the generation who have lust
carried her flag in triumph through France,
and made possible the re-establishment of
the Empire, was born and bred, and he
solemnly warns those now in power, that,
as 1t is to the neglect Of the Christian ele-
ment In every successive Government
which has ruled France since the Reyolu-
ton, far more than to any other cause, that
her fall is due,-so, now that Germany is
throwing herself into the arms of the party
which represents the principles of the
revolution, her rulers, who have been the
10 shS y her her the way have need
! yanquished France" he says, but French
revolutionary principles are subduing us.
Inc Vlctors are victors only outwardly,n
H., God preserve our Fatherland, and
keep 1t from being poisoned, as France has
Seen, oy the principles of the Revolution!
no one, not even the mightiest Emperor
and the mightiest Empire, can be grounded
securely save ON Christ the Lord
and of these words the German Empire
also will experience the truth"
Tile Poles and Gernsans.-A letter from
Polish Catholic appears in the London
Times, denying the reports of Polish dis
man unity. & All that the Catholics did"
says the writer, 'was to send petitions to
! Parliament in favor of the Pope and the
temporal power. The majority of the Ger
man Parliament having received the first
instalment of such petitions with very an
SAS ASShbSoS oonuo VI Juo ShUuOllC mem OerS
Of that Parliament wrote to the Polish
members that, considering the temper of
the Legislative body, it was an inopportune
time for stirring such questions, and that
the petitions, chiefly coming from the
Duchy of Posen, should be for the nonce
| discontinued. Their letters were commune
Gated by the Polish Deputies to several in
fuential Catholics in Posen, and, among
others, to Canon KoEmiau. They were
seized in domiciliary visit at his house.
It was sought by that discovery to estab-
lish his completely with German Catholics
in Parliament. He does not even know
anyone of them, and has never correspond.
ed on this or on any other subject either
with a German Deputy OF German Bish-
op. The attempt to conclude from this
that there was reasonable scheme to
form Catholic league in all Europe against
the safety of Germany is as malicious as
it is absurd.
No Popery.-The Prussian Government
is busy following up its new war against
Catholic institutions. Not content with at
lacking schools and priests, it has now