The New York herald., 1874-07-07
THE POPE TO THE CARDINALS.
The PontiR Defines His Position To-
wards tho Italian Govcrnment-His
Reasons For Not Being Reconciled.

From the Catholic Review Of this Week.
The Atlantic cable, it will be remembered, in.
formed the public that on June II, in reply to an
address from the Cardinal Patrizi, Dean OF the
Sacred College, on the occasion OF the twenty
ninth anniversary OF his election, the Holy Father
delivered powerful alocution In which ne de-
clared that the Italians had made him certain
overtures which he rejected. 1t will be seen in
the following translation OF that allocution that
he rejected these overtures with striking vigor
and strength. and that now as ever, the motto OF
Pho Mono Is non DOSSunluS:-
AS aflictlons grow greater, as contradictions and
the internal rage against the Church OF Jesus
Christ and against the Holy See increase, SO also
there increases IN this Sacred College Its frmness
and constancy IN sustaining the rights Of the
The words spoken by His Emlnence, the Cardinal
Dean, prove that with the growth OF evil there
labors to COMBAT ". And II should be So because
it Is your duty to share with me In the administra-
In TACT, at this moment, while the Church is 80
maitreated and prosecuted we see moving to
Rome demands for instruction, for counsel and for
decisions. The congregations are more fre-
quented, and 1t appears that the Catholic world
more than ever mas Its eyes fixed upon the centre
ceve from it light to guide it in the midst Of inc
terrible storms that agtate 1t. And since It has
ninth year Of my pontlncate, this occasion ap-
pears TO me opportune to renew certain acts which
cannot long be so not TO Lead INTO error
the enemy to offer in opposition customs and pre-
scriptions. Then, in the presence OF this august
assembly which surrounds me, repeat the most
solemn protests against the usurpaton OF the tenn
pOral d0mlnions OF the Holy See, against the spoil
the sacrllegious acts committed by the enemies OF
the Church OF Jesus Christ. In renewing these
protestatiOns have, besides, motive suggested
by an extraordinary circumstance. A little
time ago some people addressed me, as well
,snans S s0s to as Establish sy EEs
between US and the new corners. The last letter,
which Is stln upon my table, IS written with much
being the Vicar OF God OF peace, ought to pardon
all the enemies OF the Church and remove the ex-
communications with whicn l have loaded their
And observe here that the revoutionaries are OF
two klnds-one mas imagined and brought to its
term the revolution; the other has adhered
to It while dreaming OF happiness, Of
anu OF SON soe nax nnd eary paradise
tions, tOrments and thousand miseries The
first, obstinate in their hearts, are the Phara0hs OF
our age hard as the milestone; an act OF the great
est goodness would not soften them. The second
ito whom belong those who speak to me in low
moderatlon), seeing that the earthly paradise has
vanished that to wealth.. to riches, to the pros
q deluge OF evils with taxes and enormous op.
presslons. experience stings OF conscience for hav
ing n "a pro TINS state ia Of things
what peace can nave with them2 They expert
ence sungs! And for what good' Saul expert
delivered from them, he prayed the Amaekite
soldier 10 kill him. stand over me and say. mo
since distress overwhelms me-" And the soldier
dared TO Kill him, and took away from HIM that
little life which remained to him, for which he
as the o W DO
an Amalekite soldier or that the Pope should imi-
tate the suicide o. the unhappy saa!s Oh, insen
the Eternal Bishop Of our souls escape the
ash for truce; they ask. say, for a ,nodus
vtuendt And Is . snodus vtcendt 10 way
OF living possible with an adversary VINO is con.
tinualy armed with n.odus nocendt tway OF
hurting) with naodas dufere'adf IA way OF steal
ngl with ,aodus dest,1sendi way OF destroying,
with a nodus occtdendt 70 way OF killIng)f Can
the calm ever be rec0nciled with the tempest
which bellows and rises up, beating down every
thing. tearing up the roots and destroying all that
it finds in Its way2
What shall we do. then, venerable brethren, we
IN atrts don.us Del nOstrs' you stand In the
house ol God and the halls OF the house OF Godlr
We shall be unlteG i, wiIa the Episcopate which ia
luminous proofs Of constancy and hrmness.
We will unite our selves to it and to all the souls
prayer, demanding patience and courage TO combat
our enemies; bat not with sword in hand, for
VIII be our arm, and we snail supplicate God TOR
them, never conforming ourselves to their princ-
nneii their cowardce What viii you DO How viii
you do It p, ~ an limb imoecile question WORTHY OF the
day under the title OF AtlrOtuns Chrssttanoruna,
inspires us. The oath OF May, destined for this
the Holy spirit the Spouse OF Mary. Let this CO.
incidence augment our confidence. As Mary has
protected one Plus, who crushed the pride OF tho
TURKS; as she protected another Plus TO crush q
great imperial PRIDE, 30 at this hour she protects
the least Plus and his See attacked by a thousand
dlnerent enemies, And as she has conquered
dpttd EcaindddS LaS,lds tat the Islands OF fginal,
as she tas conquered dpud Saronam tat savona),
the morning OF new victory VIII come 0pud
.Sd7act,tnn fetyufa tat st. Peter's).
May God bless me, His unworthy Vicar, and you,
my co-aborers ia the administration OF His Church.
And may lie, oy this oenedictlon plunge our
hearts IN the ire OF His love- May the same bene-
dlction descend upon the eplscopate, the religious
orders, and especially upon the poor religious, so
ill-treated and oppressed. May 1t descend upon
families, upon fathers and m0thers--n fine upon
everybody. And may it be the pledge o! the eter-
nal benedictlon whicn God viii give US AT our de-
parture rom the liie. Be7aedtctto Deb &c.
WAS He MISTAKEN