The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-12

Some of our contemporaries remark on
the tone Of the Catholic press with regard
ing unfavorable to Repubiicanisg. Posi-
oily, If the average Americas. journalist
were less hopeless,yo provincial than he
seems to be, Republication would be to
hum less vague term, and the name and
the thing would be less easily confoanded
ism is, that the viii Of the majority Of the
people shall be law for the whole, and, in
certain circumstances, as, for instance,
where the Cathoiic Church had long enjoyed
the free exercise or her right to teach .
people, the will OF the majority might,
doubtless, be depended upon to be in the
right. The essence Of Republication
might we'll enough co.exist with the mon.
archicai form OF government, as, indeed, all
things point to the belief that 1t shortly
will, both in France and Spain. Repubit.
can institati0ns, as they are called, or the
cumbrous, expensive, and generally deiu-
sive expedient OF frequent elections for
government ofacfals--an Gexpedient which,
as the experience Of our own county goes
far to show, moro often than not gives rs
corrupt Legislative and donbsfui executives
does NOT necessarily belong TO thet gov
,ernment Of the people by the people aud
for the people,. Oar eontemporar'es,)w who
are too much, in the habit of judging all
things 9. from an American point of yiew,"
might do worse than devote an odd halt
honr now and then to considering whether
God, and not the people, be not the fount
of power, and whether the people are more
than lie reservoir In France and Spain,
the common eense and the religious feeling
Of that majority Of the people who ought,
| really, to have o voice in deciding upon
their ruler, is, pretty plainly in favor Of o
l monarchy. TINS plgrimages, and the relt
gious revival generally certainly have, In
this sense, q political significance. Bot that
such Significance shonld appear SO odious
4 o thing to journalists, w ho have for now
three years been exuldng in the anticipated
downfall Of the Church, by the help OF the
new German ecclesiastical laws, the Swiss
| persecutions, and the Old Catholic move.
mept,, is not quite creditable to either their
intelligence OF their. consistency. Why
should not people who for years have
their daaress rights have in view tue end
of regaining those rights by political
| means3 The re-establishment of the Ten
poral Power and the humiliation OF the en-
emies of the Church are undoubtedly Po-
Itical ends which all good Catholics have
at heart when they rejoice over Carlist
victories and join In spirit with the French
pilgrims. The disgust OF our cOntempora-
| ries at the means We employ toward our
| ends, is more readily comprehensive than
their objection to our ends themselves. II
! we propagated our ideas Ia Cromwell, or
In Cno Dlsmerk1Au laSploDS "o S1n " GA. Aha
agine we ehould hear less against them.
But o man like the Count dc Chambord,
who adheres firmly to principle while he re-
solutely refuses to raise q finger toward "a
sorting his rights, add depends solely upon
the prayers of his people, the will Of heaven,
and the benedictiOn Of she Holy Father, IT,
doubtless, anything bat o pleasing sight to
people who talk about God much more
than they believe in Him, and who have
much more confidence in heavy artillery
than in the power OF prayer. The Power
which" reaches from end to end nightly
and ordereth all things sweetly J" lie Power
not easily compgehspsjblesI and His hand
Il is too evident la the European reaction
which sdistnrbs !the gPratestant press, ca
Ioaye their minds quite y.-GdtkoNt
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