The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-13

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BOT OF CITEAUx:
"We advise you, according to the
precepts of the Apostle Paul, to use cum
ming in your dealings with the COUNT,
which, in the present case, should rather
be deemed prudence. 1t is expedient TO
attack those separately who have brok-
en- the unity of the Church to spare
the CouNT OF Toulouse for season,
treating him with wise dissimulation, in
order that the heretics may be more
easily destroyed and that we may crush
him at our leisure when he stands alone. v
But Romanism has found it conven
lent to employ other weapons beside
assimilation and treachery, STOPPING
even to assassination for the accomplish
ment of her fell purposes. HENRY VII,
Emperor of Germany, having failed to
obey an order of Pope CLEMENT ",
was foully murdered in the monastery
of Buonconvento by a Dominican monk,
who received private instructions to ad-
minister poison in the Sacramento cup
to the monarch. Although the leader
of the Romanist party in France, and
the enemy of the Huguenots, the DUKE
OF GUIsE was assassinated by order of
his sovereign, and the Pope justified his
murder on the ground of political ex-
pediency. We quote one other men,
orable instance of Papal duplicity. His
tory cannot point out more devoted
supporter of Rome than PHILIP IL.
of Spain. The Pope, however, feared
his power, and advised ELIZABETH of
England to interfere against PHTLp's
authority in the Netherlands. When
the latter finally resolved on war with
England, the Pope betrayed the plans
of the Spanish king to ELIZABETH and
furnished her with the correspondence
of PHILIP relating to the celebrated
Armada. The history OF the Papacy
abounds with such instances, and Meth.
err succeeding centuries nor the advance
of civilization has wrought change.
Rome inculcates the maxim the end
justifes the means" Hence it is that
crimes have become virtues in the creed
of that politico.religious organization.
The Peace of Westphalia, in 164S,
provided for legal existence of the Cath
Ollie and Reformed Churches side by
side. This was The triumph of Protes-
tantism and free opinions. The Papacy
lost the power to maintain its authority
by the aid of arms and the civil power,
and from that period, downward, its
existence and influence have been pcrpet
uated only by craft and cunning. 1t
has weapons suited to every cycle 1t
is all things to all men. 1t adapts itself
to every people in every cline under
heaven. 1t hypocritically conforms to
AMI supports governments the most di
verse. But whether they be despotic,
monarchical, or republican, the aim of
Rome remains unchanged, and the unity
Of her purpose undisturbed. Catholicism
in only tolerant where forced 20 be, and
prosecuting where it has the power. 1t
processes liberalism in England and
America, it wars against civil authority
in Germany, and assassinates Protest
ants in Mexico TO sum up the charac.
ter of that Church in brief, we may say
that it tyranDized III barbarism fawned
in the sixteenth century, and actively
intrigues in the nineteenth.
The time once was when Rome &C.
complished her purpose by physical
means. Her power served to make her
a political umpire between contending
governments. She no longer possesses
this influence, and adapts herself to the
age. Her ministers are educated to
meet the times. Her laity may be ig.
norant, but her priests, as body, are
educated, scientific, and refined. Ia
their body may be found men eminent
in every branch of literature, and partic.
ularly in political philosophy. Their
education is instilled into tn EN- with the
one single aim of making their order
supreme over the masses. They are a
well instructed and well.drilled army,
Obeying but one superior, and acting in
unison all over the world. Celibacy is
the great bond which unites the Roman
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ual head. They have no ties of family .
Or country, and are wholly subservient
to the Pope. Through this priesthood
the Roman Church is as powerful for
evil as in the days of INNOCENT III.
deprived of civil power for
The time being, it is a mistake to sup.
pose that the Papacy is smitten with
.eebleness, or purposes to forego any
claim which it has asserted or enforced
n the past. PIUs TX, who started as a
liberal and expelled the Jesuits from
Ills States in 1913, is thoroughly i'm
'ued with the spirit of his predecessors,
md since 1850 has devoted all his ener.
,ies to imposing on the Church the ex.
RENE doctrines of the Papacy of the
Middle Ages, As writer has recent.
y said His success has been one of
he most conspicuous features in Europ.
an history and to find Pope who has
o profoundly impressed his personality
lpon his Church, we must look back to