, 1874-12-30

or Importantly on all torfns OF fellB'o11'
whotlor Christiau, jewish, or llcntllcn tint
tle education Of youth is tho business Of tho
Stato,-tlcae n,,tl other well.known principles
Of modern political soionco aro condemned by
the Ultrnnontnnes, nor il it lawful for
nny llomnn Catholic to adhere To them.
Indeed, mn institution clninling To be divine,
10 possesa all truth, religious md 1noral, md
to DO commanded by God to toach tl'oln TO
mankintl, cannot hut condemn t]loln. III the
eyes Of et,oll M institution, tho Stato cannot
10 absolutely sovereign In secular affairs.
lis power must bo limited by tho teacll-
ings of tho revelation lilo Church offers
totncn Not utility, bnt the principles of NOR
MS Which. 1t inculcatos must DO the criterion
Of political rs well M Of individual morality.
1t cannot admit as its equal religions which it
teaclles nyo simply false. 1t cannot atllnittho
sovereignty of the people, or that Government
is nothing moro than an agency, in tho sonso
at least in which these principles aro nc
copied by tho vast majority Of those who
hold them at al1. Sovereignty md power, IL
still holds, oomo from God, Of whom 1t is tho
representatives from man, not from the
people. In fact, tloro is scarcely principle
Of modern political scionco which tho Catholic
Church nccopts, for the roRson TINT they do
not squire with tho doctrines Of Christianity
as interpreted by it, md Of Which it claims to
be sole authorized mud infal1iblo interpreter.
Whnt is called modern civilization, nnd some
titncs in Europe tho Revolution, is not
III harmony with U1trnmontanism. Tho
The Church opposes it whore it can, bears
with it where IT must, approves it nowhere.
Tho modern Stato, which legislates for tho
Church rs for any corporation, ignores its OK
istonce, or dcpriyos it Of Tho freedom to cxer-
else what it considers its innliennblo nud
necessary rights,--of which it declares it is the
Judge, antl not tho statc,-itis mud must, from
its worry constitution, bo ut war with. It still
holds that there aro certain Of its theological
principles to which political constitutions
| and Legislative enaotn,cnts must conform.
Tho modern State denies this and rnany other
Of its claims. Here is tho CAUSE Of the conflict
between tllcm in nearly every country III Eu-
rope. The struggle will DO fierce one. Tho
opposing parties aro equally determined
! Neither will yield The Church cannot Tho
State will not. What tho conflict will end in,
it is hard to forcsno; but, from this side Of
the Atlantic, it will DO watched with interest.
| This is not the place to discuss tile rclntiYe
merits of tho two sys3oms. Suffice it to say
| that the modern science Of government and
| politics rejects tho Catholic State doctrine.
Fortunately, the contest is not likely to
spread to this countly,--at least not at pros
cnt Tho State and Federal Government
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tect it equally with all others; and, never hav-
! ing been III tho asccndonoy in this country,
with these it is Mt present satisfied. How tho
| caso would bo wero MA ajority Of the citizens
Of this country members Of the Roman
Catholic Church we cannot predict; and, as a
futuro contingency Of TINT nature is very i1,,-
probable, we layo 10 grcnt reason for
| alarm. Besides, should such contingency
arise, We con 1cavo it to our great-grnnd-
chi1dren's grandchildren to deal with as best
they may. 1t is moro than questionable
whether the distinctively American principles
Of freedom, Of consoionco and Of worship,
freedom of speech and Of the press, tho right
| and duty OF tho State to educate its youth,
tho absolute soyarcignty Of tho people, and
othera, arc recouc1ablo with doctrines which
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