National Republican., 1875-12-08

prfestly authority all marriages that are not sac
ramentally contracted, free school, free hust-
the authority TO define itsow civil rights and the
right to employ physical force to secure the same.
In LSndon, October aSo4 he G who Is now Car;
Kensington, and, speaking for the Pope, said;
81 (the Pope) acknowledge NOT civil power; am.
the subject Of no prince; and l claim more than
this-I claim TO be the supreme Judge and direct
or Of the eonseiences OF men-of the peasant that
tills the field and Of the prince that sits upon the
throne; Of the household that lives In the shade
Of privacy and the legislator that makes laws for
kingdoms; am the sole, last supreme judge OF
what Is right and wrong"
own country: The Bishop Of Pittsburg said:
Religious liberty is merely endured until tho
opposite can be carried into effect without peril to
The Archbishop of st. Louis said: ssIf tho
Catholics ever gain-which they surely william
immense numerical majority, religious freedom in
this country will be at an end"
The Catholic RerieU said professionalism of
every form has not and never can have any right
where Catholieity Is triumphant, and therefore
we love the breath we expend In declaiming-
against bigotry and intolerance and in favor OF
religious liberty or the right of any man to be of
any religion as best pleases him."
And Father Heeker, of New York, said,
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
numbers one-third of the American population,
and If its membership shall increase for the next
thirty years as II has for the thirty years past in
tax this country and keep it. There is ere long
TO be a state religion in this country. and that
state religion is to be Roman Catholic tSee
Clark on the AQuestiOns of the Hour" pages 90
and T0.)
Thanks, reverend fathers; thanks to the plot
ting Jesuits; thanks to the Sovereign Pontif: yOur
language has the virtue of frankness and we are
bound TO receive your statements so clearly and
boldly made! You have failed in the Old World,
and you are now seeking to retrieve your lost for
tunes by fresh eOnQuests in this country. We're
you Gallicans, VIC would not fear you; but you are
Ultramontanists; you have ruined wherever you
have reigned, and we listen with deeper solicit
tude to the sound Of your coming.
THE THREE HOPES.
Three great facts give me hope for the future Of
our country, and inspire me with courage and de-
termination:
l. Great evils in the history Of nations come not
abruptly but slowly. They come on apaee Like
the coming storm, such ealanlities hang out their
warning signals Their awful portents preeede
impending doom. The fall of Jerusalem was not
the work of q day, nor year, nor a century.
Through 800 years, the causes Of that great his
torie tragedy were working out their fearful re-
suits. Inspired seer and holy bard announced the
fall of the Holy City. and the Roman eagles were
seen in prophecy ere they had gathered where
the carcass was"
The rise of MOhammedanism was the out
growth Ofthe centuries. The way Of the impostOT'
Of Arabia had been prepared by the corruption Of
the Church, the secular aspirations of rival bsh-
ops and the attempt to unite in one the spiritual
and temporal power. In the visions Of PatmOs
John saw His coming, and. in earnestness moro
than human, warned the leaders Of the Church to
keep perpetual vigils.
The tOcsin Of the American revolution rang out
its terrible peals while yet some of the revoIu-
uOnists were in their cradles. The shadow of tho
great event was projected on the dial-face of
time. Our fathers succeeded in the fearful
struggle because their hearts and consciences had
been schoOled for the conflict
During halt century the far:seeing and
anticipated and foretold the late. war for tho
Union; Its causes were remote; its effects were
1t the Father of his (fOuntry who has given
us the wise maxim, Eternal vigilance is the price
Of liberty Secondly, hope is animated and
together Ofthe great Protestant bodies Of Christen-
dUm. Separation Is only the accident, and not the
principle of PrOtestantism- All that is fundamen-
tai in morals all that is essential in doctrines all
that is beautiful in charity, common in education
and grand in aggression, is characteristic Of
Protestant Christianity everywhere. Aroused by
the coming struggle. Hook out on the great moral
battlefield, and / see o column advancing here,
another there and a third yOnder. They bear
on high banner, and on 1t is Inscribed: s.Render
unto Cesar the things that are Caesar's and unto
God the things which are Gods" The voice of
leaderships is heard in triple tones. Bismarck in
Germany; Gladstone, in England, and another in
America, combine against a common foe, while
one hundred millions of Protestant Christians re-
spOnd to their call. Their weapons are not carnaI
but spiritual, and are mighty to the pulling down
Of the strong holds of the devil and the Jesuts.
The worlds Christian alliance is an immeasura-
BILE power for religious freedom, and the ex-
preston of a unified force that will defend the
ElHuls OF conscience 10 inc l1sI.
Thirdly. The progress Of religious liberty is q
sublime fact. The peoples of the Old World arc
wheeling into the line of reform, and are march,
ing to the music of universal freedom. The last
decade is the most fruitful of reform the world
has ever seen.
LvENTs CROWD on EACH OTHER
so rapidly that time seems not to move fast
enough. And in all these events you may see the
silent but potent example of our country.
Wherever the people gain the aseendeney they
appealto the United States for hope and insPira-
tiOns.
A hundred years ago no country in Europe pos
sessed n form of government adapted TO the
highest development of man. But behold tho
change! The religious aspects Of this change are
Of the greatest moment to us now. Russia has
felt the mighty impulse, and has responded to tho
voice of freedom. Protestant Prussia rises tri-
umphant over the foe, who is soldier in the dis
guise Of priest. The land of CarOur is true to
her noble son. Twenty-Five years ago there was
not in all Italy, a single Protestant church, or
school, or eolpOrteur, but now they are every
COncOrdat by which all schools were in the hands
Of the priest; all books were subject to prestly
at the altar of the Church, and all churches were
exempt from taxation, and the State was taxed
for their support. When the bill for dissolyinS
for his signature, the Emperor exclaimed: Il
must sign this or abdieate my throne" And
when the Pope complained the Emperor replied:
II can allow no man to stand between my con-
science and my God" Brave words for Haps--
burgerl
Sthte cnuTcncS nO lOnBeT cAlsI III Jllc DIllloh
Provinces; they are dead in Australia, they have
ceased to exist in England, they are dying out in
Scotland; and England will soon heed the voice Of
her people.
Hark! bark, The voice of religious freedom
comes over the Pacific from Japan; it comes from
the vast Empire of China; IL resOunds through
India from the SHOWS Of the Himmalayas to the
cinnamon groves Of Ceylon; 1t rolls in musical
thunder along the banks of the Tigris and Eu-
pirates the Nile and the Jordan, the BosphoruS
and the Golden Horn, the Rhine and the Danube
eFaith, hope and charity, that divine trinity IN
human form, arc making their triumphal march
around globe, and soon ii nations shall Join IN
the glad acclaim, s'Alleluiah, for the Lord God
Omnipotent reignethr'