, 1875-11-07

FAPAL oRATOHY-EFFEc- or GRANTS SPEECH.
The correspondent Of the New York Tunes
writing under date Oct. II, has the following en-
tertalning facts
Many +" pilgrims continue to ar1ira in Roma fsu1n
8arau counties to tease the Pope through his prison
baIa. The Holy Father has been for time client
but the visitors from Belgium, to whom he gavs au-
dienee few days ago drew out of him speech which
Is Published IN the neW1lapera. It must at least be
sad that Plus IL In these discoursea does not make
good hgure as Christian pastor. He has only
70 a1gue him down, md only hleaaings 9or members
Of hia party. You antPapists al children OF
the es one and you who hold On obstinately for my
cau1e arc the elect Of heaven It u short sN1y Of
settng the atter II in this it can ever be &ettled.
might II well give citation from this Last speech
specimen 81 Pal oratory, especially sinee It has been
noted that the Holy Father speaks with inspiration
not given u the COMMON run Of mottals. The Pope
It grieTes me, while sm overcome with the joy
produced By your tnely-expressed ASSURANCES well
= = those th.t come to me from o.he9 parts nat am
sadness on account Of the condition in which the
Church dnds ITSELF. But am able to use different
sentinel in the mystical vineyard! With tho help
of God. may His Vicar be reduced to the con
tnon .at q :, dumb dng: e. On may ts whels world
II u because God commands me, and it is my sacred
duty to obey Him. The Church, robbed, oppressed,
peaaly to fhoss Who guide the desaies of nations,
md ziaing CRY of anguish repeats the words of its
Divine Founder,-eur me eGdh; Why, in ceztain
are my childrenthat il, children Of truth, h,-edled,
tined and condemned to the misery Of prisons Why
6as given me freedom 70 teach % and 10 select
the priests to form the hierarchy; and why HIN
der tho Bithops from removing the stains and
tuaFY. rendering them fmpotent, not only to pun
ash, but, more than that distributing rewards and
honoss to those Who merit exemplary chastisementY
Why ts # Termitted hero, here IN Rome, IN the centre
Of Catholicism to exercise freely every tsse religion
allowing to the masters Of error to tesch all sorts OF
heres1, and at the time to poster and torture
teachers, and especially uuns with treacherous
sy NOV nothing following heq e aasas
eontol of the ecclesiastical beences claiming to have
received them By Inheritance; not remembering that
authority 's not to he acquired In such way, and
aEe the demands that tbs Church malae to which no
response u made or, any with satirical diarespect"
public school instruction hare bean received tdre with
general capping Of hands 1t is discovered that
the people Of the United States are to be dragged into
everywhere raised The Liberal party hail with glad
ness the to their ranks Of robust IN ally
An eeem 10 be convinced th.s the worst has not yet
reached after conflict Of material forces in war
which tha Roman Catholics 1nboring to bring on.
TT doctrine preaehsd BY al faithful to the Vatican Ia
G.nshed. and must uerer be given up.
The struggle. As all so we'll know, Is ono BE-
- f-4eEAN0o
present and the scowEng superstition and implacahle
kuhfton to raie the side Of the hierarchy. The
Is u oring hard it to keep the
pesc and u willing to let the Pope scold 1t 1t. and
II everybody and everything long his words do
not have the Effect to bring scratching and biting
conflict Tho italians, through their Journals, IRE
trying TO laugh the Pops out Of his foly Of opposition
to ths pFogress Of society," but far with httle effect
I2peesl jourus those that freely examine and
c1dcee everything which tlaw is to be found,
n the largest numbers yet The stricteet members OF
The clerical party do not read them Now, former
y, Ill but orKans Of the Vatican faction way Of think
nK re prohibited By the Pops and priests,
Etink of taking into their hands Newspaper
under ban than they would the writings Of strauas
Reuan- Very little confidence seems to be felt IN the
moral force or reasoning power Of those brought up
under Pnpal influences; and 20 they are treated not
men, but children, always TO be kept under pa
ezna To b sure, the windows Of the hoska in
which newspapers sold. alwaya titled With carl
atres Of the priests, and teec are constantly staring
hem in the fscc, and BY such means Illusions have
,een disspated In the popular mind. There Il no !
loubt some danger Of going to wrong extreme, but
ocety here everywhere else is taking ita chance IN
hs struggle forces let looee BY the text to which the
9rincpla u6 individual Iherty and responsibility ID
2rought. And here elsewhere, the tr1e ministers
II religion will he walked up TO see that larger de-
usnd made for the exercise to the utmost Of evey
Eind Of moral influence