, 1873-12-28

which Ute tic isw viii IKE ia uo'Irne mge aTep rho
ground upon which this Htop las boon taken is,
nnat1a 1at ths eoMsnane9 @aa Of the Archbisn in a
tona;'ce OF public ORDER case for which spocial
provision Is tnado In tho enactment ahoyo men-
| toned. The Court to which the question. .iu uow
TO DO re1arIo-for tliore eau be little doubt tint
tho Arohblhllop will hold ont to Tho lust
consista OF oloyon mon,bers, six ut lonat Of
| whom must DO logally.qunliflcl Judgos but \
| quorum Ia formed by eevon 1nen,bors provided
that four Of them belong to tho legal profcaeion
Tho pnrly nrrafgned hRH, Of eu,irBo, the ytgl,t 10
legal aaBlatancc, but tho scnscnco Of tho Court is
| III nil cascB nnl.
t. Tho Archblshops special organ, tho K,.,vc,
Toxnnnski, IN announcing Lilo stop talsen by tLo
Chosen nnd Of Poson wero convokod In lot
seops assS raseo 4ho eg so Aio or
two hours anl, although tho particulars have
not trnnspited + T. certain TINT both these
by their superior. Tho decsivo moment has,
then, ut Inst arrived /! cries tue Catholic print ;
Ia solemn. moment, in which It bohoovea oil Of
III NJ to show, BY our apirft Of zeal and obe-
ottlaiol by our beloved Archbishop And then
! follows tho expression OF piUus homo thai tho
oyont may not lcad to al,y loplorable outbreak
Of pSPalar P',n ;a,as resentment: tn ,a,t;., n
Archbishop to hold out to the last In
his struggle with the Prussia,l Govern
nont has. Of course. no i1nmediRto REFER
once to tho matter In hand, Us tho doc1l-
| mont itBolf Ia dated tho 5th Of November, al
though It may DO considered az anticipativo Of
some such climax, Which, MS you will ro,nembor,
| waa currently reported to bn In contamination
about mouth ago. Tho Hoyority OF the Press
laws ia auoh that no paper hns ve,t,lred upon
tae publication OF more than fragment or two
"Since tho above was writer, ,alI doubt. IL apv
oxietod. respecting tic cot1rBo tobo taken by tho
!, Archbishop las been not at rest by, \
le has already made known his intention
to yield to force alone. From thts 1t may
ho Inferred tlAt llo will tako no further notice
Of tho intimntion to resign or of the sumn,ons
to appear before tho court in Berlin. He insists
doubtless be gratitied. So fur nll is simple
enough, but what next? Tho question is On en-
| bartassipg ono to answer. suppose TINT tho
Government aeeB its way through all this, but
ono would say ut tllo frat blush that it Inns been
had tho time or the forot'lought to lay in It's
stock OF winter ,gear. 1t III possible, and by
many regarded ,as probable, that, rs
counter-movc to Tue deposition OF tho Arch
under an iutcrdict,-a measure tho effects Of
which, upon IL fanatic Polish peasantry, must
not be Judged by purely Berlin standard. All
tho Offices Of religion, with the exception Of
phpk6m, would De o. once suspended through
ont tho condemned district. lilo church bell
would no longer call tho congregation to
prayers; there would be no marrying OF giving
III marriage, nnd for this want tho State has, as
we know, mado no legal provision; the last
sacranlanta would no moro be conveyed to
tie bedside Of the sick aud dying, and tho wretch
WHO has BLutl1cd off this mortal coil must bo con-
signed to hls mother oarth with no more core
mony than if he wero dead dog, It may be
doubted whether tho Papacy will aftor ali, ve1,-
turo to incur tho odium Of q resort to this bar
barous form Of reprisas, With all tho foarful
consequences which it would entail. But tic
thing il at all events possible. It has been
talked OF before, when tho strife was in q far
millcr stago than that which it has reached ut
perhaps TINT the prospect of Buch threat being
carried out may induce tho Government to give
MRY ut the eloY0uth hour"