, 1875-12-08

Bpatn. and II, In Tho naiona! churches Of tho
ln1dIo ares, tho arbitrary cIaims Of lsome vere
stout1y antl oftsh snccernfullv orrnsed, II Is no
loss srno that op:'n,'ed thoy will hs il, TIM spain
Of to.hny. Accortlnn@; TO thu telegram from Hpme.
Ehich II published h, thu G"vtrnnloat Journal of
H7nin, Tho Vatican re ply IN The natn Of tho Mn
iesry in to the following effect
II. That ,ho ConeN1dat, made in tho time Of
The ltto queen, ought nut 10 he changc1 III any
particular"
be it remembered that by tia. ConcorJst
spatn Was placed al1solntely at tho feet IT tho
papsl Hoc Not England under King John. nor
Franco under Philip Augustus, *aa mora All
Ject!y Inundated, Nv Tint Concoldns tho lilorty
u tho prcsA, Of c,,nBclcncu AMI public vornbp
q otl,scalun Of Eufscal optnfon nay. even tho
lbaFty of tnu civil law, nigh. ho cultai!ed snd
I'll. lint tia Holy Sen Ge.ir.s to help the
sranisl Government, bu. o',t7 condition s!iut
shht aacrsd lnot, winch nas over bEen the glory
Of Spain, tcma!b un1o0aeJ.
"1fI. That tho religious unity which tue
Vatican eujouA, and Nlic!, Bonle statesmen
would miKt a4nuly abolish, in n torch to rt1 ds,
and vii! prove a ncIp and bleAs!ng 10 tile Gov
ernment and tin nation At large"
Then Gomez llo ponpous aud conttmptuous
"tF. That II, driven 10 such cnurAc by 4 ri.
prcnle ana urEeat ntctsr,ty and distress, tin
Spanish Government should deem tit to af:er
tbs &ernE OF itH allegiance. tho Vatican would
feei d'spoacd to tent al the matter aud recun-
slider the question Of making souu notifications
In tha terms of the Coucordat
"V. That only after cutd,al and recinfocal
statements will the HOLY Sec coLsdo1 whet4nr
or not It il abe 70 accept tue new cuustitut.oua al
BcAetue.
"yl. That, the Government Of King Alfonso
XII. having expressed i:s deaire to ue on terms
Of cota.ni1ty md act IN concord with His Holt
hess, Iiih lItliaess btgs 10 express, on his psrt
a like desite."
TIE roPg's Address TO rnEscu r1InR1Ma.
pAnsa Nov. i3-Ihe Pops, on receislug tbs
addresses of tho provcncai AID sendean pilgrim,
un SUNDAY, dweit I'll Tho attempts 10 make Isukue
axaiu PngAn; or ~ least iutldel, and went On to
| cav:
"The profauasions see esery day In this holy
| city, the capltal OF the Catholic world, nre ho
| great aud numesouR. as alAo tile si.oIatlons and
[ that hcncetGrsh shero is na longer doult az to
| tue fixed design Of destroyinx Catholicism III I'll
contre Yet tho hyl ocriBy accompanying this
| inceseant persecution IN buch thst people Wait
! it to DO believed Ia distant countries that at
Rome everything Is order. peacs. and tran
| guilhsy. While tie eacrifsgioub haud touches all
ihat IL most dear aud slcted TO tie Loru and lB
UNA aorthy Vicar, While it Epol!s ali Ca.ht.,c i'll
antutons in Older to desttos ttc,n, peol'le Will:
to have it thought that A. Romo everything Ia
| proceeding nth regularity, aud moderation IL
boosted ct; but that moderation dlsuppeafs At
| lnat, ehen We peo the Italian Rev vJiutlsn baud
the kneo before tue most powerful prosecutor Vi
| tho ChuTcn. clearly showing by that RcE tuat tne
end contemplated b. both prosecutions is exactly
tho sAme, though The menus pArl!y differ
| eut."
After this hllusloa to the German Emperor's
Tislt, the Pope "arued tLose WHO at,ompttd to
elect Bab,lo Ion on the ruins Of "h4t mas most
sacred. thai Gud micnt he driven to renew
against them the anAtuet1as nud maedlct,ous
uttered ages ago by Josuua asa,nnt Jerltho. He
retired TO Vendoe as lenor ned aud constant to
its holy principles.
BnlEF ~ ITALIAN CATHOLIC SOCIETIES
RohE, Nor. lY.-A brief add,e.sed br tho
| Pope to tue prcstdenta Of the Italian Catho1ie
societies IL published to-day. In it uis Holluess
! rejoloeH at the resuitr OF tho Catnollc Eon.
| CROSSES, whose programme concernlns the par
t.clpatson Ut Cath 1!lcs III the administrative
elections for the defense, by legal nesus, u. tho
r1gLts Ut tAe Church. Ia in conformity With she
washes Lis Holiness has several tunes expressed.
C.nso .3uently, the Pope calls upon all members
Of tia Catholic socetIcs III 1taly to labor ze4i-
ouslr to attain the above object. aud thus essen
tha owls Which threaten to rum religion and
morality