The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-30

MESSENGER SUNDAY JUNE
have accepted, ey - DttAf anahssiasms the T.
new Ger.as EmpsreJ tfnity shpst isiahtsd3
rulers had not chosen 10 thro sthemSeayeei
heart and soul into the defence Of hesesy1
and schismj tsiisteniDg hsoa eEedutcu.ay - |
direct intctestia pelSosding chem .thss Ahe
cause of feligiouse sevols swassalse Ahst foe |
German nationAlit1s SAy lcttes GffomaRonss
to the Correspondence 2tls dG6sece' consalne
some remAfks so ssron ely ceattr 1aoory o.
this position that we cannot do better ahao
no self-deception," the writer says "oneit
single step,more Of the samo kind Re that
which thet telegraph announcer" - the
measure directed against the Bishop OF
Ermeland--t.rand it is all over with the
new Empire. Union is no longer possible
when a defnitive breach has been de-
clared between the Prussiau Government
and the Catholics of the whole world. M.
de Bismark is subject t0a strange delusiou
if he believes thar he can by his contriv-
ances draw with him the whole Catholics
of Germany, and induce them to renounce
their faith. 1t is of no nse for him to say
and cause it to be said by publicists in his
interest that the resistance to him ,is
owing only to the spirit of party; however
much he may pretend to believe that the
Catholic opposition is, a.maneuvre; of the
foreigner, it 10 difficult to suppose him the
matter of fact, the German Catholics, In
| the joy of the triumph, might very we'll
have allowed themselves to be attracted
towards German unity. To gain them
would have been all the easier, inasmuch
as the liberty Of the Church, as it then ex-
listed in Prussia, would have appeared
boon to the subjects Of the other Govern
ments. 1t is not true that the Papacy
protested, either openly or secretly, against
the idea Of q German Empire under Pro-
testant sceptre. It is certain, on the. con
trary, that q great number of German Ca
tholics, and some very eminent ones, we're
warm partizans Of the Pruseian hegemony.
1t is from NJ. de Bismarck's side alone that
the obstacles have come his alliance with
the despoiiers of the Sovereign Pontif
the war which b. has declared against this
or that article of faith which he dislikes j;
the support which he has lent to the de.
niented propagators of q new schism and
a new heresy; and last of all, his preten-
sion to force the inalienable rights Of the
Church to give way to the imaginary
barriers which stand in the way of German
uni6cation, and they will be insurmountable
40 long as the Prince Chancellor chooses to
maintain them" After speaking of the
different state of things in Italy, where
there is an absolute incompatibility: be-
G tween CuO ToatlzatlOu VI 6CCOSuAuS w
revolutionary ideas and the divine promise
in which Catholics believe. the letter con-
tinues:-"In Germany this antipathy was
utterly unnecessary. Nay more there
f we're plenty of Cst66lica, even ont of Ger.
many, who would havebsen glad to prove
= that their hossilisyt italian unity arose
simpIy from reifgf0us motives. and the
creation of thesnew Empire would have
l furnished them with an opportunity O.
proving it. Now it is quite otherwise ,
: and " when priests, victims to their apos
tolic zeal, are seen standing between th,
Sovereign and his subjects, it will be IL
vain that the Chancellor will evoke tn
. spectre Of Pauslavism, or of Iesusci
. tsted France, or that Of the Inquisi
ton, or even that Of Canossa.there will b
. NO longer q united Germany" The lette
> concindesj with a Just remark that If "
3 were hostile on principle to The new En
a pire, we should be only too glad to witnes
g the extravagapces to which it seeme abou
? to commit itself. It's enemies are delighte
9 ut them and this 10 an indication whic
p should not be neglected.