National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-26
bismarck ana Tie Church.

SIR: In my communieation OF the lin inttAnt,
in reply to "Veritas," asserted and proved by
the highest authority Divine and human laNs)
nat "the Church is Divine Institution estab-
ushed by Christ in the world, separate and dis
tInct from the civil State;' that power was given
to st. Peter and his successors, including
the Apostles, the Roman Pontin and the
other bishops and clergy appointed by eeelesias-
teal authority; that these constitute the herr
afchy, and in them, and them alone, is The sum-
NIT and plsnitude Of jurisdiction in all matters Of
religious faith and morals; that the keys were
given to ST. Peter as the evidence Of power and
authority BY Christ himself: IAN power in
Heaven and on earth is given unto mel "As the
Father hath sent me, 50 send yO1;" II shall be
with you always, even 70 the contamination OF the
world;' 100 teach all nations, baptiIinE them In
the name Of the Father End the Son and the Holy
Ghost" Whose sins you shall forgive, they are
forgiven them; whose sins you shall retain, they
are retained;n My Kingdom Is not OF this World;''
Upon this rock, Peter, will build my Church,
and the gates Of hell shall not prevail against it
and earth shall pass away, but my words shall
not PISS aWay"-these are the expressive words
Of Christ in establishing the Church and confer
and been exercised by the Catholic Church for
eighteen hundred years, and which Is to-day the
holy and apostolic Church. Her founder estao-
lished her universally, and her power, "Go teach
all nations" &c; 'As the Father sent me send
Hence, a. 1 said before, the public laws OF the
world declare the Church ITO be q divine institu-
ton separate and distinct from the civil State.
The municipal or civil authorities have no rights
within the Jurisdiction Of the ecclesiastical public
laws of the Church or the moral laws Of society,
neither has the Church any right to trench on
the rights Of the State within Its rightful jurs-
GSsD he said aRsndsT unto cnSsF ths t6nRs
that are Caesars, and unto God the things that are
Gods"
want TO exercise all divine and human power,
merge Church and State in violation OF the laws
Of God and the civil laws, acknowledged IS sa-
the earth except the German empire, under the
despotic sway Of its present rulers. As justin
cation Of the prosecutions and the outrages com
mitted against the Church, IL is falsely charged
at one time that the dogma of the Papal infalll-
bility makes Catholics disloyal; and, again, that
the late war between France aud Prussia was
utterly false. There is not one Of the three hun
dred millions OF Catholics in the world that does
not know in his heart that each and both OF these
that large proportion Of nOn- Catholics are salts
ned there Is no truth in the accusations. Every
Catholic knows that obedience and patriotism are
cardinal principles Of his faith, and In vndcation
Of this assertion / could proudly challenge .
comparison with Catholic Vslor on any field that
was fought and won for thousand yearsi II the
Franco-Prussian was brought about by Papal or
Jesuitical influence, why was it that the German
Catholics were as loyal to King William as
against France and the Pope? This proves how
over, how unjust and ungrateful to so loyal and
brave part Of his subjects by requiting their
services by tyranny and persecution
The Papal infallibillty is no new doctrine of the
Church. An tnfallible Church, founded by an
inlallible God, investing the supreme power In an
infallible head-St Peter and his successors
having the summit Of honor and pleuItude OF ju-
risdiction-is, repeat, no new dogma. 1t is true,
Its official. publication by the Pope is Of recent
date: Neither Is y new weapon 70 asSaii me
Tory SANDER, revived by Bismarck and Glad
stone-lies Of tyrants in justification OF wrongs
The GathoIics Of England, by direction Of MT
Pitt, one Of her noblest statesmen, submitted
queries to the faculties Of the most learned uni
Versities Of the Catholic Church in Europe, viz:
"Csn the Pope, or Cardinals, or any body Of men,
or any individual of the Church Of Rome. absolve
dispense with his Majesty's subjects from their
oath Of allegiance, upon any pretext whatsoever
same, and for want Of space will not give them.
The Sacred Faculty Of Divinity Of Paris gave the
Catholic Church by which Catholics are justified
in not keeping faith With those who differ from
them in matters Of religion. The tenet that it is
lawful to break faith with them is so repugnant
to common honesty and the opinion Of Catholics,
that there is nothing Of which they complain
more heavily than the malice aud calumny Of
their adIersaries In imputing this tenet to
them" sc.
The faculties Of Donsy, Lovain, Alcala, SaIa-
manca and Valladolld gave Substantially the
same answer, and yet Mr.. Gladstone, after lapse
OF nearly q hundred years, revives and reVamps
the old and stale Islander to concliate the tyrants
Of the German Empire! John Bull bows down
before the oyershadoHing despOtism, the Nebu-
ehadnezzar of modern times! Mr.. Editor, when
1 wrote my reply TO "Veritas" thought would
drop the subject, as in It showed BY the highest
authority, sacred and profane, that Bismarck was
q usurper and q wicked, prosecuting tyrant; that
he had wickedly and without shame assumed the
government of the universal Church; that he had
prisoned them; that he had fined and imprisoned
bishops; that he had robbed the Church OF her
rights and ancient patrtmony; that he had closed
the religious houses and turned the various orders
of the good Sisters into the streets, eonfiscaIng
their property and deprivtng them Of their sup
port and the country OF their holy influences, and
various other acts Of barbartty in derogatiOn of
the rights and liberties Of the German Catholics
and Of the common rights Of the entire Catholic
world. To all this "Veritas' makes no just or
truthful answer, but falsely asserts as news mat
ter that the massacre Of st. BarthOlomeW's Eve,
when over one hundred thousand Frenchmen
were bTutually murdered, in honor Of which
Gregory XIII caused the canon Of the castle of
st. Angelo to be fired, commanded public reioic-
iBKs to celebrate the triumph Of the holy causes
and then published jubilee throughout Europe,
in order" he said, "that the Catholics might re-
joice with their head at that magnificent holo-
caust offered to the PapaeT by the King Of
scarcely know how to characterize this false
hood, in support Of which there cannot be pro-
duced one fact Of impartial or truthful history.
Instead Of being massacre on the score Of re-
ligon, II in direct violation Of every tenet of
the Catholic Church. It was not commended by
the Church. There was no connection between
the perpetrators and the Church, except that
they we're Catholics. Every person eonYersant
with the history of France knows that IL was q
butcheTy for political purposes. Something like
our own late warrior power, political power!
French monarch and TO establish Republic.
The unfortunate wars that devastated that tiHe
country had their origin in this political circum-
stance. The Kings wished to keep their power
the Huguenots desired 10 strip them. England
always the enemy Of France, and now super
adding seetarian hate to heI ancient animosity-
privately tnstigated them and gave them assist
Ance. On this the historians Of France and Eng
land agree. The King OF France wrote to poten-
tstes OF Europe that this massacre was an act Of
selfdeience. He represented 1.-The Huguenots
as eoDspiring to massacre him and his court, and
as having even made an attempt 10 commence;
but that he felt himself unable to repress his
loyal subjects, who were compelled to slay their
enemies 10 save themselves"
It was represented to the Pope "that the OBJ
ject was the determination Of the Catholics, and
this having been pr0videntially discovered and
Disconnected by the death Of the conspirAtors the
thanks Of every good man were due to God BY
the death Of the eonspirators." This affair took
place about three hundred years ago, when men
were not humane and enlightened as now, and
still We had little conspiracy few years ago
against the life OF our own Chief Magistrate and
his ministers, and we know how summarily they
were dealt with even BY process Of law; what an
eDraged populace would have done to them can
be imagined. In reference to the jubilee pro.
claimed by the Pope It mad nothing whatever to
do with the unfortunate affairs in France. 1t was
the titieth year and the year Of jubilee.
As to the number Of victims in this reprehensi-
BILE affair IL is well established that there were
not more than ave thousand in all, and that was
fiVe thousand too many.
Sir Thomas Wright, q Protestant historian,
Who has written the latest accurate history OF
France, states The number Of Protestants who
persisted in Paris during this tumult has, no
doubt, been much exaggerated by some historians.
The Protestant population Of Paris cannot at
this time have been numerous, and OF the twelve
hundred gentlemen Rho accompanied their chiefs
to Paris It has been supposed that net one hall
persisted. These Of the contemporary writer's are,
perhaps, nearest the truth, who state the number
Of victims to have been about two thousand
wide, page T44)
These were domestic troubles in France. She
has had severer trials since. No nation has es.
capped them. Even ourselves, with written and
happy Constitution and liberal lsWs-With every.
thing TO blese and make rs happy-have had our
domestic turmolls. Our late rebellion, in which
over q million men persisted and countless mil
lions Of money were expended-a national debt
created Whish the Grandchildren Of the youngest
persons now living will not see paid-Was only q
political riot, sort Of massacre
Perhaps the Pope had something to do with It.
1t was before the dogma Of infalhbility was pro
claimed so the disloyalty Of Catholics did moi
then exist, and did not cause II! will submit II
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