Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-10-29

The POpe's second Letter.
LONDON, Oct. %, A. M.-The Times
this morning publishes a note from Arch.
bishop Manning enclosing an extract from
Mainze's Journal, in which 1t is stated that
The Pope has written second letter to the
German Emperor, and that this letter has
not been given to the public.
Failures I'm LOndOn-Three Persons
Killed.
LONDON, Oct. 28.-An accident occurred
to-day on the Metropolitan underground
railroad by which three persons were killed.
Some mercantile failures are announced
to-day in the city.
The ParIsfan Pot.
PARIS, Oct. 2S.-M. LefeVre, managing
editor of the Rdphiel, was tried yesterday
on the charge Of participating in the acts Of
the Commune and acquitted.
The government has prohibited the cir
culation in France of the Vienna Free
Press, because it has published attacks on
President Mcmahon.
2I4,OOO Men Required to Keep the
Peace.
ROME, Oct. 28.-The law for the reor-
ganizstion of the Italian army is promul-
gated. The strength of the army on a
peace footing, is fixed at 214, 900 men.
wilhelm and the Pope.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-The following
two letters recently passed between the
Emperor of Germany and the Pope. Their
contents were briefly sta:ed by cable few
days ago:
Vatican, Aag. 7, 1S73.-Your Majesty:
Measures which have been adopted by your
Majesty's Government for some time past,
all aim more and more at the destruction of
Catholicism. When seriously ponder
over the causes which may have
led to these very hard means,
ii confess am unable to
discover any reasons for such q course.
On the other hand, l am informed that
your Majesty does not countenaDce the
proceedings of your government, and does
not spprove the harshness of the measures
adopted against the Catholic religion. If,
then, lit be true that your Majesty does not ap-
prove thereof, and letters which your August
Msjesty has addressed to me formerly might
sufficiently demonstrate that you cannot ap-
prove that which is now occurring; if, l say,
your Majesty does not approve OF your gov
ernment continuing in the path it has
chosen of fu;ther extending its vigorous
measures against the religion of Jesus
| Christ, whereby the latter is most ipjurious-
| ly affected, will your Majesty, then, not be.
come convinced that these measures have
no other effect than that Of undermining
| your Maiesty's own throne? l speak with
| frankness, for my banner is truth. l speak
| In order to fulfill one of my duties, which
consists in telling the truth to all, even to
| those who are not Catholics, for every one
| who has been baptized belongs in some
way, which to define more precisely would
be here outi of place-belongs, L
say, to the Pope. cherish the
conviction that your Majesty viii receive
my observations with your usual goodness
and will adopt measures necessary in the
present case. While offering to your most
| gracious Majesty the expression of my de-
votion and esteem, l pray to God that he
may enfold your Majesty and myself in one
and the same bond Of mercy. Pro.
The Emperor replied.
Berlin, Sept 3, 1S73'-I am glad your
Holiness has, as in former times, done me
| the onor to write to me. ! rejoice more
at this since an opportunity is thereby af.
forded me of correcting errors which, as
appears from the contents of the letter of
your Holiness of the 7th of August, must
have occurred in communicate 1ns you
| have rece' we'd relating to German af-
| fairs. If reports which are made to your
Holiness respecting German questions, only
stated tie truth, it would not
be possible for you to entertain
the supposition that my government enters
upon path which do not approve. Ac-
cording to the constitution of my States,
such case cannot happen, since laws and
government measures in Prussia require
my consent as Sovereign. To my deep sor-
row portion of my Catholic subjects have
organized for the past two ears political
party which endeavors to disturb, by in
| trigues hostile to the State, the
religious peace which has ex-
listed in Prussia for centuries. Lead
ing Catholic priests have unfortunately
not only approved this movement, but
| Joined in it 10 the extent of open revolt
against existing laws. 1t will not have ex-
capped the observation of your Holiness that
similar indications manifest themselves at
the present time in several European and
| In some transatlantic States. 1t is not my
mission to investigate the causes by which
| the clergy and the faithful of one Chris
| tian denomination can be induced to
assist the enemies of all law, but it certainly
| is ny mission to protect internal peace and
preserve the authority of law in the States
| whose government has been entrusted to
me by God. l am conscious that 1 owe
hereafter an account of the accomplishment
of this, my kingly duty. l shall maintain Or
| der and law in my States against all attacks
as long as God gives me power.
am in duty bound to do it as christian
monarch, even when to my sorrow have
| to fulfill this royal duty against servants Of
| the church which suppose acknowledges
NO less than the Evangelical Church, thst
commandment of obedience to secular
authority is an emanation of the revealed
will of God. Many of the priests in Prus-
sis, subject 10 your Holiness, disowD, to
| my regret, Christian doctrine in this
prospect. My government under necessity
| is supported by great msjority ofmy loyal
Catholic and Evangelical subjects, Of ex-
torting obedience to law by worldly means.
l willingly entertain the hope that your
Holiness, upon being informe of the true
position of affairs, will use your authority
| to put sn end to the agitation carried on.
Amid the deplorable distortion OF truth and
abuse of priestly authority the religion of
Jesus tso oSsOoS W yCOA A@OAA-ASo71
before God nothing to do with these in
trigues, more than has truth, whose banner
is invoked by your holiness, l IuDreservedly
subsc ibe. There is one more expression
10 your letter of your Holiness which l
cannot pass over without contradiction, al
though it is not based On previous informa-
ton, namely, the expression that every one
that has received baptism belongs to the
Pope. The Evangelical creed which, as
must be known to your holiness, l, like my
ancestors and the majority of my subjects,
profess, does not permit US to accept in our
relation to God any other mediator than
our Lord Jesus Christ. Difference Of be-
lief does not prevent me from living in
peace with those who do not share mine,
and Offering you Holiness the expression of
my personal devotion and esteem.
WILLIAM.
bismarck Re-apPofnfed.
Prince Bismarck has been re-appointed
President of the Prussian Ministry, in place
of Gen. Won Room. It is understood bis
restoration to the post carriers with 1t the
effective control Of the whole Cabinet,
which he demanded previous TO his resigna-
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