The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-08-24

his chagrin ut the failure of the ''Old. Ca
| tholic" agitation, were all incentives the
stronger to close with the national Liberal
party, and repudate former principles and
alliances. Hegel, vauntedNy his disciple
| as the greatest of modern philoso pliers,
hated the Catholic religion to the last with
the rancour of a bigoted Lutheran. while
in his philosophical writings on Catholic
doctrine he showed that he had as confus-
ed and laundering an understanding Of
| the subject rs a man we'll could have. In
all this his school are faithful imitators of
their renowned master. What more signal
|, proof oft than the Lsndtag debates on the
new church laws7 But they also proved,
that in such Parliamentary opponents of
these laws as Mallinckrodt, Windthorst.
the Reichenspergers, &C., the Catholic
cause in Germany may justly boast of
orators in whom the genius of She'll and
an O'Connell seems revived in all its SPLEEN
dor, an earnest, surely, of n like glorious
result in store for them of triumph aud
emancipation. One of the leading authori-
ties of the National Liberal party in Ger
many is DR.. Emil Friedberg, professor of
law at the University of Le,psic. In all
Germany there is not more deadly enc
my, than he of the Catholic Church. He is
initiated into the deepest design of his
party, and Bishop ketteler considers him,
along with some Catholic apostates, as the
most confidential adviser OF the Prnssian
Government in Church affairs. DR.. Flied
berg views the uestion between the Catholic
Church aad the State, not as one of right
and justice, but as one of power. He is
decided opponent of those few Liberals who
are for separation of Church and State
on the American principle. 1t would be,
in his opinion, the worst of all. The grave
crime of the Catholic Church in his eye is
this, that she has become much too bound
up and identified with the people, that
for thousand years she has rul ed over
the people, and would know far too we'll
how to use her power in order to obtain
complete mastery of the State. To the
North America DR.. Friedberg points as
warning; he shows from statistics how
twenty one priests have there multiplied
70 5000 IN country, moreover, where the
Catholic Church naturally has no historical
basis. What he asks, would then be the
case in Germany, if the Church were freed
from the surveillance of the State7 The
spiritual power of the Church on the soil
of liberty is the true bugbear of DR.. Emil
Friedberg and all his party, and "Delanda
est Carthage" is their cry, This is the
spirit of DR.. Friedberg's book. "Das
Deutche Reich IN d die KathOlische Kirche,"
a complete programme of the principles
which inspire the new Prussiau legislation |
for the Church, where her utter destruction, |
like stream condemned to he dried up, ia
sought to be accomplished, and along with |
her destruction that of every Christian
of Christianity itself. In this way the
Council of the Vatican is to be put to shame,
the failure of Julian, the apostate, after
the lapse of 1900 years, to oe made good,
his manes TO be appeased. The Gospel of
Christ is co give way to Hegel's gospel ac-
cordng to Strauss Hegel's State is to re-
place the Christian State Gods ominpo-
tence to be eclipsed by the Kaiser's What
more dazzling enterprise for man of
Prince Bismarck's soaring aspirations and
mighty abilities He appears deliberately
% have undertaken it's execution. The
hroes of the mountain in labor have al
'eady become violent. Who can doubt of
/ corresponding result Z The Catholic
Church certainly not.-Yours, etc.,
ZETA.
Munich July Is, 1873.