The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-30
CHURCH vs. srA.TlE: !. I :
The Pope to the Emperor .ofGerma-
ny and the Emperor Of Germany 70

CHURCH ES' SIAHtEesSf AHtEesSf
The Pope to the Emperor of.Germa'
ny and the Emperor Of Germany y
the Pope.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.-The following
tive, letters lreeently passed between Ith'
|Emperof and the Pope . Their content
were briefly stated by cable a few day
ago . ,o.so
VATICAN, August Z, 1873.
"YouR MAJESTY = Measures which
hayer been adopted BY, your Majesty
Government sior some time past all ain
more and more at the destruction o
Catholicism. When l seriously ponder
over the causes which may have led t
these very hard measures, l confess thai
I am unable TO discover any reasons fol
such course. On the other hand, an
informed that your Majesty does moi
countenapce the proceedings, OF youl
IGoyernment, and does mot approve The
lharahness ofthe measures adopted against
the Catholic religion. If then, 1t be true
that your Majesty does not approve
thereof, and the letters which your
august Majesty has addressed to
me formerly might sufficiently de-
monstrate that you can not approve thai
which Is now occurring;if, | say your
Majesty does not approve Of your Gov
ernment continuing in the path 1t has
chosen OF further extending its religious
measures against theg religion Of Jesus
Christ, whereby the latter Is most iDjuri-
ously affected, will your Majesty then moi
become convinced that these measures
have no other effect than that Of under
mining your Majesty's own throney ]
speak with frankness, for my banner Il
truth. i speak 10, order 70 tulfll one oi
my duties, which consists in telling the
truth to all, even to those who are not
Catholics, Tor every ono who has been
baptized belongs In some way or other
(which TO define more precisely would be
here out oi place. belongs, l say, to the
Pope. : : ~ i w
IL cherish the conviction that your
Majestywill receiyemy observations with
your natural goodness and will adopt
measures necessary In the present case.
While offering 10 your mos gracious Maj
csty the expression o! my devotions and
esteem, pray to God that he may eniold
your Msjesty,a and mysGii i'm one and the
same bond OF mercy. Plo."
The Emperor, replied as iollowsa Z
"BERLIS, September 8, 1881
~ am glad your Holiness has, as In for.
mer. times, done the honor toSwrtte TO me.
rejoice more atithis, since 'au 'opportu.
nifty is thereby afforded me Of correcting
errors which, as appears from the contents
Of the letter Of your Holiness'ot the 9Th of
August, must have occurred In the com.
munication you haye ecelyed relating to
German affairs. II the reports which are
made 10 your Holiness Prospecting Ger.
man questions only stated the truth, II
would not be possible Tor your Holiness 10
entertain the supposition that my Govern
ment enters upon path which do not
approve. According to the Constitution
oi my States, such case cannot happen,
since the laws and Government measures
in Prussia require my consent as soyer-
eign. To my deep sorrow portion ot
my Catholic subjects have organized for
the past two years a political party which
endeayors to disturb, By 1ntrigues hostile
to the State, the religious peace which has
existed In Prussia for centuries. Leading
Catholic priests have unfortunately not
only approved this movement, but joined
in It to the extent Of open revolt
against existing laws. It will not
have escaped the observation OF your
Holiness that similar indications manifest
themselves at the present time in several
European, and in some Transatlantic
States. II Is not my mission to investi-
gate the causes by which the clergy and
faithful OF one oil the Christian denomina.
tions can be induced actively to assist
enemies o., all law, but 1t certainly Is my
mission TO project the internal peace and
preserve the authority Of the laws in the
States whose government has been In.
trusted to me by God. ] am conscious
that owe hereafter an account OF the &C.
complement Of this, my kingly duty. l
shall maintain order and law in my States
as long as God gives me the power. l
am in duty bound TO do 1t as q Christian
monarch, even when to my sorrow have
10 fulfill this royal duty against the ser
wants Of y church which l suppose &C.
kuowledges no less than the Evangel.
ical Church that commandment that
obedience 10 secular authority Is an
emanation Of the revealed will Of God.
"Many ot the priests In Prussia subject
to your Holiness disown, tony regret, the
Christian doctrine In this respect, and
place my government under the necessity
OF extorting obedience TO the law by
worldly means. I willingly entertain the
hope that your Holiness, upon being in.
formed Of the true position oil affairs, will
use your authority TO put an end to the
agitation carried on amid the deplorable
distortion of.truth and abuse lot priestly
authority, The religion Of Jesus Christ
has, as | attest to your Holiness before
God, nothing,to do with these intrigues,
any more than has truth, to whose banner
invoked by your Holiness, ! unreserv.
edly subscribe, >. ~ a ss-sys. r..uy
"There is one, more expression In the
letter of your Holiness which ] can not
pass over without contradiction, although
Ii Is not based upon previous information
but upon o belief OF your Holiness,
namely: The expression that every one
that has received baptism. belongs to the
Pope. The Evangelical creed which, as
must be known 10 your Holiness, /, like
my ancestors and the majority Of my sub.
jects, profess, does not permit Us to accept
In our relations 10 God any other medi-
ator than our Lord Jesus Christ A DIFF
ference OF belief does not preventive from
living in peace with those who do not
share mine, and offering your Holiness
the expression OF my personal devotion
and esteem. WILLIAM" q,
In reference to the above correspon-
dence the London Daily Telegraph Of Oct.
10, has the following comment; y =
In view OF the great public interest
which has been excited by the correa-
pondence between the Pope and the Ger
man Emperor II may DO interesting to
give foundations OF the exact text OF the
extremely important documents. and
speeches connected with the recent ccre'
] NJ ~.