The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-06-17
TIRE yATFCAN4oFeR PEACE.
The Supreme .POntiH's Reply 70 tie French,
>2' 1 Pilgrims. S'-''.'l ~

IL .. 80 /.
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE THE MOST ,HoR-
RIFLE PLAGUE THAT ArFLICTS SOCI-
BTY-THE Only ALLIANCE THAT his
HOLINESS SEEKS. sbsaI Y 81
On May 5, the French pilgrims
Inowin Rome delivered an address to
the Pope which was read i'll their
name, andin their presence by the
EViscount Damas, president of the
General" Council Of Pilgrimages,
/ MANY Uf5the chief nOtabilities in the
| religious, political, and social world,
WHO were in Rome were present.
1 The burden Of the address of the pill
tgrims was a prayer for peace His
Holiness responded as follows:
! No sweeter word &coula strike up
| on my ear and Heart than that which
I you have just 0 pronolncedAPeace.
/ All together, You and I, and I with
you, desire peace; but in order to OBJ
lyaiip this blessing taiat comes direct
lily from God, it is necessary to en-
! ploy thes1neans that give peace. y"
I III every age, at the approach OF
! war or Internal discussion, the pow
efs have sought alliances; and even
:. IN our days, in the midst of the uni
versal disorder Of society, the pow
| ers. in tue secret Of their cabinets,
|se elk alliantes. The conquerors,
!. whether just or Unjust, seek them in
order to preserve that which they
have won" or usurped; while those
. who have lostaI Or a portion oftheil
: TERRITORY, seek them also, that they
, f,nay regain their autorony-as The
), lwor,l goes to-day-a word originally
! Greek. which has been usurped also
/ like hundred others Pardonabl'
3 theft. ! Would to God that viii
Greek words 50 many men had no
adopted at Che SAME time ''Grecial
!. Efaitiiw # e,., '+ ,'-.' '.'
In fine; we also sought to seek ALI
7finces That may sustain us in tn
Ifmidst Of mrltitndc OF disturbances
Bnt where shah we find them
AMONG the powers: These ar,
. Favored enemies, those douhEfv
y friends, ana Others well meanin
enough, but powerless. let us the
leave the secret cabinet" to do TIA
;, which they believe their best. Le
Q us leave the dead to bury their dea,
Q and the world to deliver itself up &
q prey to the disputes Of the woild',
> Let us seek stronger alliances tina
4. these; let us seek them at the feet {
IS Him who has yoked to his triumph:
/ car the world, hell, and death. It
lie that great Conquror, the Emperor {
T. .emperors, the King Of kings, VIII
re has cried out, and who does so sti
4 at this hour. HConfidite: Ego viz
t. mundnm: Have confidence in me,
h have overcome the world" I hay
r; overcome it by my faith; I ha,
p overcome it by my apostles;I owe
i came it to-day, and l will 'overcon
d, it without ccasing, both by the tnil
D. listers of God and by millions an
millions of men faithful ,itoftheir S
PC cred duties. Fear not. Ego vi
mundum. e.
O+ Many impious men, many an II
: just conqueror, many an nnbelleve
:, many an apostate, have repeated
=, the hour Of their death the saying
= that Emperor-Vicisti Thou ha
:. conquered" = nar =.
- And all the lost souls repeat
" and viii continue to repeat It to Il
!, end of ages. Yes; previous to yiel
%, ing up their life they will cry out
y humiliation: "Vicisti-thou Ii al
~, conquered" - col,
d, Meanwhile he enters triumphant
II into heaven. After having wiped 0
from our forehead the sigh Of etc
nal damnation in allowing himself
- be nailed to the cross, he enters g
- liously into heaven, escorted by N
~ lions Of souls ransomed by his pa
~ sion, at the price Of which he h
- closed hell and opened the gates
! paradise. He enters in, and the q
-. ge1ic choirs shout to him: Gift
your gates, We princes; and ye,
y, =. eternal gates, be ye lifted up: Att
- lite portas, principles, vestras; ct e.
= vamini porta aternales." At t
:: :, voice of these angelic choirs the co
's ", queror of the world will enter in t
- umphantly, and with him innum'
: able legions of ransomed souls. A
~ . he will go to seat himself at t
u right hand Of the Father, to rel
: from his throne from ages and ag
:. 20 Unhappy are those who blasphel