Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-11-13
CHE RELIGIOUS CONFLICT IN GER.
MANH

broadly limited that the Emperor's
course was hostile to the church, and
the Emperor replied disavowing hos
tility, but plainly intimating that his
policy could not be altered. Ofcourse
the correspondence was couched in
friendly terms and mutual wishes for
each others welfare, but nevertheless
through their elegance Of diction was
plainly observable an irreconcilablc
difference of opinion.
One Joseph II. Reinkens had been
installed Catholic Bishop of Prussia.
The oath of Office was as follows:
81, Joseph Hubert Reinkcns, swear
on oath to Almighty and Omniscient
God, upon the Holy Evangelists, that
!, having been raised to the dignity of
q Catholic Bishop, will be subject,
faithful, obedient and devoted to His
Royal Majesty William of Prussia, and
to the legitimate successor in govern.
ment, of His Most High Majesty, will
advance the interests Of His Most High
Majesty, according to my ability, avoid
injury and prejudice to them, will
particularly endeavor to achieve that a
feeling Of awe and fidelity towards the
King, Of love for the fatherland, of
Difference to the laws, and all those
virtues which denote the good subject
in the Christian, shall be carefully fos.
tered in the minds of the clergy and
communities entrusted to my episcopal
direction; and will not tolerate that
my subordinate clergy shall teach and
act in a sense opposed to the above
More especially l VOW that will not
entertain any association or connec-
ton, be it within or without the king
dom, which may be prejudicial to pub
lie safety and, should I become aware
that propositions shall be made any
where which may result in injury to
the State, that / will signify the same
to His Royal Majesty. l promise to
fulfill all this the more irrefragably in
that | am persuaded that my episcopal
Office obliges me to nothing which car
be opposed to the oath Of loyalty and
fidelity to Ills Royal Majesty, or Il
that Of obedience to the law of III,
land. All this swear, SO help me Goo
and his holy Evangelism"
To this, we append an extract from
$ the Imperial patent of recognition o
= the Bishop:
"And, accordingly we command on
/. Upper Presidents, Presidents All,
70 Provincial Colleges, as well as eacl
and every one of orr vassals and sub
Is iccts, of whatsoever name, position
,, dignity, or condition, herewith, gra
i ciOusly and earnestly, that they shall
. recognize and respect the said JOSEPH
y Hubert Reinkens as Catholic Bishop
U and let the same possess, have and en-
II joy, fully and without question b,
!. anybody, all that which may be exact
!, ed in virtue thereof, in the way O
!, honors and dignities, profits and othe
" displeasure and heavy inevitable re
s. prehension without prejudice, how
IT ever, to all that belongs to US and on
royal and territorial princely privilc
q ges."
This is something new in the man
ner of installing Bishops, and ha
), aroused much feeling and excitemen
l. among Catholics. The plain settin,
d forth in this form of installation of tn
:. pre-cminence of fealty to the Empero
q over and above that of fealty to tn
i Pope is new deal, and His Holmes
q felt called upon to correspond
+, with the Emperor upon the subject
Q This puts direct issue between thes
!. high powers, and presents confiic
q that the world will probably see mor'
Il of in time.
s AS an evidence of the feeling arous
ed by this action Of the Emperor, Their
was posted upon the wall of buildin,
Il there,a magnificent drawing rer-esen
. ting a vast cathedral with rop
# around it,which Bismarck was pullin
a down, and to one side the devil i
h standing. The explanation OF the pic
" ture is found in the following dialogu
II appended thereto:
,f "His Satanic Majesty-What tn
~ d. are you doing there?
Bismarck am going to pull dow
the church.
L. I'll. S. Minded, you are going t
10 pull down the church! and how Ion
:. do you think it will take you:
u "Bismarck--About three or fou
le years.
"H. S. Minded. Well l hay
been at the same job these 1880 year
:, and have not accomplished it yet.
u, you do it in three tor our years, wi
d resign my Office in your favor"