, 1874-05-16
But the, State Determined to Limit tho
Alggresssons Of tho Clergy upon
the Secular Authority.
frr,.,nn,,<nc1 Of tn, Chicago Tribune.

Tho forwardnoss Of pcttol ch1dron, that they
couid perceive tho hand Writing their doom
hence their lofoat Is as Overwhelming as tnolf
sr1rpriso WAS groat. Tor tho result cannon oe
matter Of doubt Indeed, from Tho outset it Tae
clear to nil who wero not doluded by fanatio
hopes or blinded by abioot f.par, Graf Ledo'
ehowsli has boen dopoaod from the BlBhoprlo,-
not by Tho authority which bus httherso eset-
eiscd that right but by tho secular law Olose
on tho hcels OF this almost mortal stab follows
anothor thrust, which cortnlnly, is maater-
stroke. Those Of tho c1ergy' exercisnR
tho,r Office In way contrary to the law |
will DO shown over tho bounaarios,; In other !
NC rts, Germany will disown sud expatriate all |
clerical citizens who preach foroign god's. btll
authorizing this procedure ia now und.T consid-
orntlon, and will undoubtedly bocomo u law Gro
this letter reaches ita destination. As ihs o1ocu
tion will be "a rigid as that Of those pracoding,
Tho confusion Of tho U1tramontanca will BIO COM
plotc. Excluded from all part In tho education
of the German youth; ;evon their own priests to
bo educated and thoir installation sanctloned'by
tho Government; the pulpit TO-, be no longer
used as political rostrum, verify tho Catholic
clergy in Germany will mourn
THE LOSS OF THE1n ocCUPNr1oN.
Tho present contoHt in Germany botwoen the
State md Ultramontunlsm cannot be regarded
as having been forced on the latter through
uaurpationB of tho foruor, but is inalsputedly
the result Of efforts made to introduce hero the
autooraoy Of tho Pope. That which they stig-
matizo as porsecution-which conception Of tho
action Of the German Govornmont in the case, l
am sorry TO understand, prevails to, souao con-
siderable oxtont in the United states--is posi-
lively but the struggle Of q nation to guard
itself against tho insidiousness OF foo whose
watchword is the absorption OF nll In tho Ao-'
man Hierarchy. For tho assumed sphore :of
Catholicism is not purely religious one, but is
strongly political; and this political element
must be recognized in order TINT tho
nature Of tho present strife be rightly
comprehended. AS tho Liberal atatesmen OF
Germany AaYo oft asserted, there le noe.
cr,1Baao against tho Church religious orgnni-
zntion: tho State has only attempted ito limit
tho boundlosa uggresBivenosa OF tho Catholic
clorey against tho hegemony Of tho Secular! In
contrad!stinotion to the occleaastical authority.
Tho celebrated Majgostozo, which, arc equally
.nnhnable to Protestant ORGANIZATIONS, wefo con-
ca;vod In this SPIRIT tho three most prominent
rroyis;ons In the aamo being the regulation OF
churoh Notwithstanding ms DR.. Thompaon
forcibly Expresses It,, tho putting OF Q. man IN
purcatory here, and annaing him to He4 here
afsor;. the subjeotion OF tho training and oduea-
don Of the clorgy. to state inspection; and the
obligatory Glf1l-luuIEAhbo 4@hf~pAA ~ "AA~A
not fall to havea :, i,
uEAlrHY 1NF1uENcE UPON SOCIETY.
The position of tho Catho]1o party IN .Prnsnia
hitherto has been such that Some excuse might
:bc found for tho ungracoua manner with which
,t1ev meet tho rcnotion,7 Undor tho governments
s ,of Frodricn Wilhelm ~, tho Ultranontanca-
pBo tlo words Ultramoutane and Catholic as
synony,uous, as they really aro to-day, If indeed
A distinction practically, ever did e1ist-had
GRADUALLY advanced from ono assumption to
another, till it seemed as il the baiwark Of Pro
.testantism of Continental Europe WAS about to
capitulate without a protest Tho Queen was va
,thusast;o supporter Of all tho societates
de- propaqanda jido and, through the influence
OF iler personal charms, as yell aa OF nor meai-
enal deeootions tue hs %rS 90 atronu
fnnthold here and oxortcd' their Influence with
such subslety that inaensihy tho whole Govern
1nontmachnery Was woIked tnfoagn R Il, tnom' aa,
sonnenco Which ras allowed thorn in tho palui'
oat dsys OF tho Roman Sec. What was not asroo'
abe to thcu was aDrogatea ns io1 IN nhtapSe 1a;a Se
fore DC dosispstod Governmont officials; and also
ono forbidIipg the erection OF parishes without q
The CONSUL Of the Goyernnent. ABOUT the
Sumo tine, 1sbO-co tho, condemnation . % o
onns' obsses waa f far irotn entertaining ~,
fayorlblo opinion Of freedom ofppeeoh. ! At lhi
-perio1, also, the position OF tile Ultramontan
,ent from that 1t occupies to-day. Instead :. 9
n,tiye Supporter Of tho 0ovornment,-a pieoo 0
not to b. wondered M 4 A. Ma9y o. On
then on tho Threshold of their poIltlcsl oafeer
%, for ins.anee, He.r Won Malinclrodt, Angus
md Potter, NoichonepoSrrger, Alox. Von Ii'mel Thin
Friedrich Wilhelm w., and under tho reign c
tho present Emperor, that tho
MOST DANGEROUS INNOVATION :
xyae {ntroduced--tle appointment Of a Dlrecto
bv the Pope, to whom tho suporintendence G
Catholic interouta In Germany: was sintrusted. I
him I'll tptriEqea emanatoa e,sf "a st ieags reeoiyo
~ Catholtcis1u In prussia; 1t hRd attained to
@,owar which made ltsclf falt In the Miniateri
6abineta a. we'll az in the everyday te ot i
humble artsan ds Tne 5otun Was us muoh
@ntyad az whon tho sway Of tue Okosicr e1te,l
ed nyor civilized Europe. Eyen with tho !
auguraon Of the prosont Ms sthons ho @ss1Ssst o;
contrary, they wero treated with great deal
allowance, as Wilhem I. vas DESTROYS OF -
naniug on good footing with INC me- aGpo. y; o,,.t M
tho rapid strides which rruas s r. ~
oyaw mora aid moro pronounced. Tha strugt
fn 1866 for tho hoge,uony In Germany afo9t
their fullest synpathios f9r-Anstr1a; erasglp
Tie head Of tie dormun B4nd would 10 tht
in tho iioHh OF the Catholic body poiitioi anu
ayert this catastrophe, thcy scrupled not to
sort to all sorta of
usDERuAND h1EAsunEe:
The prs,sBnn Government found 1t eyee nee
enry to place the NAH Of tho DowagerQue
o Wilo, since m tho deuth Of nor oonsort, haa ;.
living III xatrcment ut DroBdan aud P9ade
under sury stance, % sho had IRRESPONSIBLE
resnoptcuco with the cnemy.
,Iho intorim between tho Battle of Ktol
eratz and the declaration Of war by Nn9p,l
Vas marked by no prominent ts sotions on theE
Of the ultramontanea IN Iatsaas.,nm the German l.,
iitn doetrine Of 1nfalIlbllIty, and tho syllabn'
1n1o failed to provoke any dofonsory n
MOS nros on the part Of tas aovofumeat age
4 viccgoxsnt Of dol." The year lS71 das