The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-25
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AIS Excellence aS u Fault-FindcE
1.-The Loss of Temporal Power
The blessings Of the ApOcry'
pha-Warnings Addressed 10
Kings and EmperOrS-Thc Prls
Oncr In the Vatican.
The Saturday Review of July contains
the following: Pope Plus Plus TX. prob
ably cxcels all ancient and modern prac-
titioners in the art Of scolding, A hun
bred and fifty years ago great scholars
we're in the habit OF making every criti-
cal difference pretext for personal at.
tacks on rivals who might have the mis-
fortune to hold different opinion from
themselves. Some Of their most learned
successors in the present day arc nearly
as candid in the expression OF their one
sided enmities, but secular charges Of ig-
norance, dishonesty and dulIness are de-
ticient in the seasoning Of theological COM
minAlion. The Pope, who, though he
never leaves Rome, is now frequently
seen by miraculous Missionaries in various
parts Of Europe, has in other respects
also assumed to himself some OF the at
tributes OF diUembodicd saint. His In-
tefpretations OF the Counsels Of Heaven,
though they are sometimes perplexing
TO the nnfaithful, are promulgated
with the confidence OF au assessor who
was present at the deliberation. It's in
telligibIe that the signal failure OF his
long pontifcate should appear to the
Pope himself, not result Of error or
impolicy, but triumph OF the powers OF
evil over iault!ess martyr It is, in
deed, not exactly true that he is, as he
says, prisoner; but, as his meaning is
obvious to all the world, his tgurative
language has notendency to deceive. He
has made up his mind that he will
not set foot on the left bank Of the Tiber,
except as sovereign, and the Italian
Government is not willing to comply
with the condition. In the same sense
man is u prisoner il he is shut in by turn
pixies, and is resolved not to.Itay the toll.
The Pope probably suffers as much from
grief and irritation M il he were actual.
" imprisoned; and the physical conven-
fences OF his actual condition perhaps
appear to be too insignificant for notice.
The Encouragement which has alienated
every Catholic Government in Europe,
and which has forced friendly Protestant
Governments into an attitude Of active
hostility, cannot, of course, be attributed
to Pontifr who seems to have almost
forgotten the distinction between person.
al and official infallibility. His faults
are to himself only wrongful su1erings;
nor is he the first who has identified i'll
fortune with Divine approval.
1t is startling 10 find that the neritOri-
GUS property OF bad luck is an exclusive
attribute of the Pope. His loss Of tenn
poral power is proof that he is in the
right, but in all other cases suffering and
death are proofs that the victims are in
the wrong. In his addresses TO the Ger
man pilgrims and 10 the Cardinals, tho
Pope gl0ats over the tragic events which
have 6efallen or may belall his enemies.
He calls attention to the significant fact
that Ratazzi died without the sacraments
of the Church, as it would seem from the
Pope's statement, by an accident. The
disasters which are incurred by the OPP
ponents Of the temporal power are judg-
ments, while the loss OF his dominions by
the Pope is only proof ofhis surprising
excellence. In the case OF Ratta1zi it
must DO comfort to reflect that the pun.
ishment is extreme and irremediRhle,
Piux IL, is thought 10 have been by ma.
ture kind hearted man; but there is q
certain connection between reason and
good feeling. Long practice in selt.de'
Ceiying sophistry seems TO have obliterat-
cd not only the faculty OF reasoning, but
tho capacity Of human sympathy. A
much moro singular boast Of gratiied
vengeance is tho Pope's cxultation over
the deposition and death OF the Sultan,
The next best thing to the death Of an
enemy is the hope that it will soon &C.
cur. The blessing o! the Apocrypha,
from which tho Pope often draws illus
trations, would seem to DO the Satistac.
ton derived from tho death Of .sacrilc.
gious kings. 1t ID not clear from the
Pope's complacent allusions,to Antioohns
and Sepnacherib whether either or both
Of those potentAtcs represents the King OF
Italy or the German Emperor. The Pope
confidently and Cheerfully announces that
sons will murder their fathers and faith
ers their sons, but nothing can be more
improbable than that either the Emperor
or the King should share the fate OF Sen.
nacherib. In the same apologize the
Pope finds a prototype OF himself, or Of
The persecuted Church, in the character
Of Tobias, though the analogy is scarcely
encouraging. Tobias, in the latter part
Of his lie, found it cxpCdient to leave his
home at Ninevah and 10 take refuge nj
Ecba,ana: whereas the Pope has aban.
doned any intention which he may have
formed OF diving in exile, Antiochus, &C.
cordipr 10 the Book Of Maccabees, was
NOT even murdered, hut he failed in the
sicpc Of Persian town which he wished
10 Slunder: no heard Of the defeat OF his
General, Lysias, by Judas Maccabees,
and soon aftcrward he died. Perhaps
Antiochus is held out to Victor Emman'
uel rather as an example than as warn,
ing; for II is recorded that he attributed
his misiortunes to his plumber OF the
Temple a. Jerusalem, and, possibly, II
he had lived, he would have made res!i-
tuition. Unfortunately the King OF Italy,
when he was some years ago dangerously
III, declined to purchase the good offices
OF the Church by submission or repent
ance, At some future time he and the
German Emperor will undoubtedly die,
like AntioChus; but there Is no reason to
suppose that either sovereign will previ.
ougiy surrender his conOuests,