New-York tribune., 1874-11-30

'S SeS only sss' strictly concern.
pcpcd By crowned beads He was called On e inter ,
feared Sr dcoquen. Of every ss BY the haushr baron ana
proud well BY the humble va.' and Th.n % @ S
e m =: wages q GGs aps the 1.s.1, knee s s S'
REQUIRES resr,n on se,ersig1 AMI poeo
sn % s, subjects, @ prs s Fds @ BE- ns 's h1sd " e%pa. dis
eS. ONLY with view to settle them and Of
great snCTmds Sou have ,1,I, holding the p,s.
God % but men nov prefer to ha % a" s1s sn dTe
ssrded. anl corrupt usages prevail"
RELATIONS OF THE PoPEs TO THE SECULAR POWERS.
To these excellent comments on power ana rgh'
well understood part Of the public law Oh tne
period and of the quasFederal or United States Oh
which Europe could boast in the middle ages we may
subion the following extract from The British Cr1nc
No 16 D. &c. which is also cited by Archbishop Kenrck
Certainly nothing so hampcrct the free woikins VI
the lawls and arbitrary spirit OF ieHaa as ard their
rulers could not feel that moral rrespOnsoy Snio ~
they have since gained Ihey were Gies. United
Christians to Others and accounta6 20 as NV
the whole Church. There was slandaru, COM ~
all higher than that OF political eGpeuiencNa cV
monty acknowledged law, able 10 feaen anu =, roo
crimes which national laws were reauy " % eertbIy
weak 10 punish. There appeal from All edLtn{
tribunals TO one merely higher. but different IN M gnu M
An annea 10 the See OF me not only virtually an
appeal to the whole OF ChrlstendOm-lt Was a''o III
appeal TO the judgmentseat OF our LOr9 % =, tbe
IS certainly ADDS ey trbu.
nal ~ adjust their controversies and the fact OF its
establishment Is equally pioVed ny yaTed sms With any po
on OF their sovereignty and independence IL was "1
great advantage to their common interests; ..on.
The Archbishop then reers 10 phliosophc s'a'o4h'
mus, sys this latter writer "sgr.e with the Roman school
patton consequence of the policy or ra'ner :" @ % war;.
rmoses and scrups invoked political Intervention anu soog
m m s1ppGf ,SsS ,,sSsOn and wsslne.s Of mind al
though the relations Of the Pqps TO the e1o p0Ss
yessy sgPC5. ,DsU5, %; the but s s, lava to
The subjects n dispute pos authority by eIeesa
6. & @ fGG1 ..s tfI By as%s ILL., hS
sisted bis interference 10 stop the ras G M g S TO ud Of tie
, TO dspue he insisted aahOd to take away ,a
PssS S C SSe be- could on Bis Just 9
tasn & No s o1 sep S .p..s to Ss s.suoa o.
soul deserving eternal damnatOn aud Of The os oi ee
Sb & TO detfoy religious establishments give page the
property for the and advantage OF religions men, 10 op
pr virgins consccraed 10 God"
SECULAR CONCERNS NOT NECESSARILY SUBJECT TO
TIE PoPE's CoGNIzAECE.
The language OF these documents may seem TO imply
CLAIM to authority at all times in secular concerns Us
far as they involve moral principle TO be enforced BY
ecclesiastical yet they do not necessarily sup
pose right the part Of tho PontiR 10 take cogni-
zance OF such matters independently OF the acts OF Tie
parties interested, Of general usage or OF the special
relations Superior ana Judge iu such controversies
The Divine law, doubtless. embraces all classes OF mea
princes and people. and all varieties OF human actos
political as well as personal The Chief Pastor OF tfe
Church placed his high emnence to proclaim tue
command Cod and in His name to instruct ~ Juste
those hat judge the earth AS exp00nder OF he hoYa'
thSrty hS ne sHG"dEs dHSndemniDe all that God has for
hidden, aud intoxicating tue observance OF
Church every one prince subject WHO is notoTousIy
guilty of flgrant immoraity. n he will not yield TO
paternal admonitiOn. But secular not of
themselves subject to his cogniZanCe and The copil
caed social relations which arse from the free acts oi
individuals, or from puDllc law or rom inc aclloh VI
civil authorities not the matter Of his Judgment,
they submitted to him by those VINO are inter
esed. II called on to declare their moral character nc
may Judge Of them by applying to them Christian max
but he can pronounce sentence on such individuals
only subject 10 his jurisdiction In the middle
ages kings and nations impOred his judgment ana con-
sequenIly brought within the sphere OF his authority
those secular transactions ana controversies OF wheh
otherwise he might have said, III the words OF our Re
deeIuer those who called for his interference Nho
hath appointed me Judge over your
In reply to Mr. Gadstone's observations on coilat-
eral point the deponS power we may annex the fol-
lowing passage from he same WORK OF tue lited Arch
bishop referred to. He referd TO the American Decara.
tion of Independence which declared that "the United
pendent States that they are absoved from all ale-
glance to the British Crown and that all political con
necOn between them and the State OF Great Britain s
and ought TO be, totally dissolved. Lhe ArcLo:hop
then observes: Ailnougn Congress ud nov a assuo nn
science 1t certainly set aside as far as In 1t lay.
correiatve duty of protection had fulfilled by
the British Crown 50 far this is precisely case IN
memory of the holy POntK The dep0sng
power essentially grounded the .prIncipo that
ment which is established for their benefit. with liza
bity forfeiture if abused. Lest anarchy should arise
through nrgues Of demagUgues the delicate point
OF declaring when forfeiture was incurred was reserved
in Catholic natIOns to the judgment OF the Pontln"
We may for the moment part company with the rlght
honorable writer aud HIM and through him the
pub c, tuat If Her Most Gracious Majesty Is at any
time IN danger from any enemies abroad or at home,
amongst OF her subjects will she tind any more
wiling shed their blood in defense OF the Throne ana
Constitution than among those Catholics VINO most
steadfasty hold the doctrines OF the Syllabus. Dis
loyalty to he attributed 10 those VINO support he
divine origin OF authority, but Rather to those VINO
would SOW dlscOrd aud religious rancOr.