The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-02
PROM ROME.
THREE HUNDRED ROMAN MOBILES VISIT THE
POPE.
His Address To Them.

| The Roman aristocracy has renal ed faithful
| to His Holiness and wavers not from the
| allegiance Enthusiastically manifested ever
since the Breach of Porta Pia. Each year the
Roman mobiles renew, their declarations Of
feasts or anniversaries. On the Goth of June
about three hundred leading mobiles repaired
to the Vatican to pay their homage, and
present an address which was read by the
Marquis Francesca Cavalletfi. Senator OF
Rome: The Pope's reply to this address was
as follows:
"Your constancy in repeating every year
acts of flial love towards Justly afflicted
Father cannot but afford me consolation, es-
pecially as innumerable multitudes follow
your example, and thus an augury is presented
to me of a future less gloomy, which may
| eventually conduct rs to q more tranquil state
| of society.
| " In seeing you. am reminded of the friend
] ship of j Jonathan for David. David was nptustly
| prosecuted by King, but Jonathan, that King s
son, regarded David with tender affection on
| account of the amiable qualities which he
discerned in him, and therefore he exerted
himself in his defence, took part in his Difficult
ties. and rejoiced when in any manner he was
| able to alleviate his distress. In the same WI "
You, like Jonathan, come to console an afflicted
David, who mourns not so much for his per-
sonal sufferings, as for those of others and the
Church. Who can deny the existence of evils
and of bitter contradictions You are come
| too day, and to-day especially, with greater
effect, to lessen the weight of these sorrows.
say to-day because yesterday, or the day be-
fore yesterday Il forget which), certain events
happened which might have prevented your
coming here. Your visit is proof that yonr
affection is firm and constant, and that yon
fear not the machinations of the wicked. |
need not relate the events to which allude,
demonstrations, one by day, the other by
night. The, daylight demonstration was
spontaneous and voluntary, flial and loving
Its cry was IRA Its desire was for life. The
nj phf do ofrof inv, t,r<xn 1I1.l
from considerable distance, deafening the
streets in it's passage with discordant, threat
ening, and brutal cries. The lurid and dusky
glare of torches, composed of pitch bitnmen
or other internal ingredients, Illuminated the
path for this tumultuous crowd, whose cry was
Morte- Death" Herein yon see the difference
between the two demonstrations, and the truth
to be derived from them. They who cried out
in the light of day uttered cries of life and
love. They, on the contrary, who shouted in
the darkness Of night, uttered cries OF death,
hate, and impions folly. The children of the
light walk by day, those ofsdarkness walk by
night.
The designs of the mllnght demonstration
are known to you. and need not repeat them
these events l received, by a strange coinci.
dence, letter frcm beyond the Alps Offering
to me hospitality and ample accommoda alton
in place whittier and mine could repair TO
escape the many dangers which according to
the writer of the letter, menace me in Italy
Now, if instead of you, who form SO pleas
ing circle around me, had before me those
peninsula, 1 would say to them: In SNIFF of
the guarantees, Suspicious and apprehensions, en-
tertdined beyond the dips that the fopc is insecure
Haty, teH me then pray 'chat is your opinion
ON point so important for me- But would not
wish to embarrass them and will myself reply
to the question, lest their answer might he
oontradiGted by facts I would answer and
wandering in error they are still my sons), Ills
now Jour gears since hare been, roluntarily at
first aud noto necessity restricted to the Yatcan.
aa at present SorrolCful actness to the eriLs of
every kind ,chich Cypress Rome this famous ciiy
rhich they try to bring beneath the dominion of
error. hare remained here up to the present time
Here 1 remain and ,riH continue to remain until
the moment in ,chich God himself shall Ycreal His
tciH and the order Of His Dirine Proridcnce' But
it will be objected, perils every hour incress-
ing wait on us. l answer, what of thatf Did
not Panl, going mp to Jerusalem, know that
perils and misfortupes awaited him ? Perlls
did not detain the Apostle who went on hi,
way in the name OF the Lord. exc.arnlns:
Neither do count my life more precious than rig
self. And that language is ours ALSO my dear
children. We follow, by the aid of God aud the
mediation of the Queen of Heaven and Earth
and with the protection of the blessed Peter
aud Paul, the example of the latter Apostle
aud are not afraid.
Such would be tho answer would give to
those persons were they here present. The
reply which am giving to my far-off cores
pondent, is to this effect: God what hap
pens and what will happen, but TO us the
future is wholly unknown. Therefore we
must leave ourselves in the hands and power
of the Almighty. Let us take care meanwhile
to uplift to God our arms, and with our arms
our hearts, and wish our hearts our ever fer
vent and constant prayers, that we may obtain
dellverance from The evils which surround us
and from the wicked designs of our enemies
and that we may be preserved safe in bod v and
sound in mind. And to this end let us repeat
with Holy Church: 0 God, tcho knowest that toe
by reason Of our human infrmity ,could not be
dbe to stand amid the great perils ,rhich surround