The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-09-28
S..-n,ae Star and Catholic Messenger.
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France and Germany.


France and Germany. VI
aprussia. ~ said Mgr. Dupanloup sis not de
i. great nation it is great camp. e OF OF
t .ha fierce R anti Catholic persecution now
raSine through all the wide domain OF the
German Kaiser, from the pleasant hnine-
land TO the frozen Muscovite plan, rom
.ha Raltic to the Black Forest. The Em. m
, ray and his Prime Minister have trod ca
faithfully in the footsteps OF the founder o' II
Prussian greatness. Intoxicated ny for, +
align conquest, hngging with 1niatua.so
caresses the laures OF military gSo nor to ' he
boupi to the chsins of an iron despotism.
The Emperor William is, In fact, as weii as {
IN title. Cesar of Rome. On the ruins OF
" nneouaied despotism. Berlin is to day I
what Rome was eighteen centuries ego. ~
the time Of the Roman Emperors INC me
and liberty Of every man in the EnlP.re
depended on the smtles or 1rown u Nus .h
civilized world. 1t was law by the ffith
~ Forth it was law amid the sands OF
Paiestine. The Sovereign lowered aoove
the people, omnipotent ana alone. Lheae
" s.ssm nh to resist his whiuss no clergy to
moderate his passionate impulses: saco
las the system of the old Roman Empire.
And the resulta That although the stare
was SO wealthy o an% 80 was maintained
a. it never had been maintained In Inc
stormy days Of the Republlc-that A.
though some of the Emperors were among
the best men who ever hvea-neSer .s was as
intolerable, never an epoch at which the
burden Of life was 80 heavy.
Tho Hohouzollern Caesar ia, we say, en-
deavoring to set up regtme.exaesLy par
the new German Empire the Sovereign is
everything, the People nothing. Ihe EN-,
peror has destroyed Prussian freedom, and
is destroying the liberties OF the minor
aConstitution still RENAME, the sovereign
is alone supreme. Whenever he thougat
proper he has laughed at the contr0a4o, Tue
laws. Whenever the terrified Lower House
exhibited spark of manly spTN ne I Ms
4rampled it into silence With iron heel. he
has dealt with the liberties Of the Press a.
he dealt with the liberties OF tarhamen y.
At present @ Prussian journal can on.
purchase it's safe existence by siavish aou
lation Of the powers thas ne: ne he h hnn
role of q branch Of internal police. Alon
between the Emperor and absointe aomt ~
ion there stands one power-Shs S sa y
Church. To break down the iass ne Sa, :,
stitution Of Prussia Is the passionate "esil
Of Prince Bismarck, his associates, ana ~ ~
master. The glove thrown them ny u
Government the Catholics of Prussia nav
picked up. Most willing to give unto us y
To render unto God what is GODS. r. :.
Eatherlapd they bled at Weissenberg Il
Fatherland they watered the Lore WI.
their blood. To the liberties of their ChuIe
fley now cling with dauutless tenaclt:
The hest and most obedient of subjects
temporst matters, they refuse to place the
spiritual liberties in the hands or an
earthly prince. Hence it is that there ri
to, day occurring on Pruss'an son a sSen :
with Which our own annals have maoe
only too familiar.
The Berlin correspondent of the Times
NO friend or advocate Of German Cathohcl
has recently given the world an epiton
Of the Penal Laws which seiSNe All -;
ment has adopted ut Prince Bismarck's oi
ding. This code 10 entirely almed ae q
STRIVING the liberties of tho Catholic Chnr
and making 1t in its most spiritual relatio
the slave and shadow OF the state. +
example, according to the new laws,
nriess can be appointed to any living wit
out the consent OF the Governments.
bishop can censure priest without obtal
ing the consent of the Government d
theAe and other kindred enactments 9
eclipsed by the provision with regard
the sohoois and seminaries In which
Catholic clergy are educated.
A clause In the new laws enacts that
State shall have supreme control over
programme and management Of these
atit1tions-a law which would be eXac
pnralleled if Parliament declared that +
fiab Protestant gentlemen should have
absolute control and supervision OF the
ucation at Clonliffe. And 1t must be
man,Sered that these laws are not in
nature of q mere brutum fulmen.
sword Of persecution has been drawn an
extended over the neck of CATHOLIC G
many. The Prince Archeishop OF Bref
a strong ecclesiastical Liberal, who
ono of the leaders of the Inopportunist'
the Vatican Council-found it nee. ssar!
ezpel from his chapter his dean, the !
Baron Won Rikthofen, who had publ
Tn0Vemenf.
Government has replied by declaring it
mot recognize as legal any agpointmen
a living made by the Prince Bishop till
restores the Baron to THE. the Archbis
of Cologne has been cited before Grim
tribunal, to answer for having suspen
certain priests who had Joined the
Catholicn movement. A similar prose
ton has been instituted against the A
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