, 1876-04-15

although, when Rattszzt was Mtnistor. En 1H60 |
TIM most sweeping laws against tho Church aud |
bs forgotten TINT tho irss article OF tho
statute, Tho Catholc religion IL Ms re-
H9ton NJ Me Htnte, ren,alna uncancscd; aud that
tic King IL ono OF The dovoutest Catholics that
Of tho old Venetian Nernhio used to my, "ye- |
nottan lrat, knd then catholic, 40 Yiotor En-
manuel, by tho force OF circumnt&Hccs, has boon
compelled to make hin Catholic hympa!hics SUBJ
sotvtont to the unity Of Italy.
hcpeatediy excomnunleatcd, apoatrophtxed
and inBultel In all tho ropea speeches. hl-
asesses, srd hszangues. ho literally obeya tho
Christian precept to offer tho second check whom
assuming tho orown Of unttod Italy, lbs songht
and compelled all eucceRatve Administrations 10
sock \ raal1zatton Of Cavour's ideal, IA Freo
Church md . FREQ stato.''
thu inrs applied to occonlsssical property elae-
where, tbs King snd tho 1ovornmant, On taking
foEcbo poaBession OF Romo, net themselves 10
SECURE to tho Pope aud Church tho vorJ utmost
aud lhe. Tapal guarantees wore rstnea By
tho Italian Parlikmcnt, and tlcse tnsnsc
to tho ropo the absolute and unlimited spiritual
authority oyor Ill tbs faithful. flls pe1aon 70 ~
and Ambassadors to tho rapai Court enjoy tho
asmo privileges rs lhoBe as thoao nccrcditou 10 the
Qusrinai. LID has private post aud telegraph.
Whereaa 4 certain number Of converts EaFo
DN6H EllUpIGHbGNs A1t Cu4IHGEkGA WILL
tho donorala OF tli1orent ordors have boon to-
served for them, With tho iunls for their main-
.enanco Tho CsrdinalH retain theif position OF
Princes OF the Church. The right OF sanctuary
poraon, oven ma'cfacsofs, may tasc rofaga there
from tlo civil authorities. Moreover, tho 1tal-
inn Go7ernu,ent, assnHiug tho wholo Of tue
Ponsldcal debt, guarantees a civil list 70 tho
he nceopsea these terms With a good graco thera
would have boeu no lln,ftB TO the concessions
made by the Government.
Fortunately for the future Of Italy, plo Mono
WAS in his youth; aud nov, given .ovof, almost
entirely TO tho influence Of thu Jusult D. No"
posst'lHs-yulgo,
NO coMpnoM.sE-
IL hts watclword. lie hos declined 10 touch
f.rthIng OF tho thee millions; which, however,
interest md compound nterest, aud viii con.
tinus to do go up to September, 1876 wheu, II still
unaccoptod, they will bo forfeited. Tho Popo
shut himsolf up In tho Vatican, where tho !apal
organs pronounce him to be prisoner; where,
1u ope souae. he IL so, for ho himself very soon
| became tired Of LIS voluntary martytdon, nud
would long sinco have boou out and about In
Iolnc, and havo spent tho hot months ~ hlH ia
yosite aumnlor-rcHldence at Castol Gaudolfo,
/ md his spa-Bde villa at Porto dAuzio4 lad not
the JcsultB kopt hiM III DURANGO yile In order to
mako mouey out of his supposed suTorings and
priystions l9 70 unaosatana n, 'na At tho
While tho hopes Of reconciliation lasted. tho
Government, mort anxious to giye no onense.
gaye tho rroleataut missionaries tho cold shonl-
dor; and, indeed, the frat iuhtaltnent Of bibles
Was ectzal III tho atraeta and ut tho railwaY-ata-
| ton, aud considerable ctfticutt!os woto mado TO
tho opening Of schools. But uhcn 1t WAS found
that no conceaalons aottencd tue heart Of tho
! priaonor at tha Vatican, things wore allowed to
mado to Protestant propaganda. socio-
" OF Americana, Eng1isD, and 1taliaus.
published an edition Of D'odatis, Bible
in Home itself; elao. more ooutly edl:
| tion, called '+Iho foulan Family Bible. !"
before tho entrance Of tho Italians. the
Proteatanta weEo only allowed to perform public
wo1shlp In chapels outside tho Porta del popolo
aud Pope Gregory XVI, almost On bis DEATH
ton Of tho Holy scsi,tuses into tho yalgxr
tongue, under tho ptetenHe OF popularizlnG
them, "a though they could be iutelltsible With
out proper Interpretation, to persons OF all coii.
Old men, to ignorant duputauts." Tien: after
approving all the edicts nna otainnnces OF 10y
ola against tho hetota trausiatorn, md confirm
Ing all tbs bu!!a Of Ills predecessors he enjo1ns
all tho l,.hlos published in tho vulgar tongue,
all books proscslbed aud condemned to the In-
dox. Thea lie condemns by name tho
"ChslstiAu Alliance " Of Nun York. aud 1eneaa
I'io Mono, especially after hla return from
Gaesa, Was down at o1tco on "that crafty doyice
Of Blble Bociasce,, which undermined tho worry
foundations Of relfGton.' Honce thu rncEo fac;
Bbo in Rome vas IL itsnf gres: triumph. and
funds were immediately raiBcd by the various
sects for churches and ollapols within
the walls. Tie Established Church OF England
tic rorta dol popolo; aud, as this ras consider
ed too High Church for many protcstants "hs
nou took up their residence In Ion1e. 4 nov
Protestant Episcopal chnrch wns butt in III!
Church, outaide tic popolo, arc tho buildiuga q
the Eutablisod aud Fico Church Of Scotlnnd
aud tho Americans Bill hold thur Services Il
thoir old auartelB, III tint viclrIty, until thei
cesB OF erection In tbs Via Nazionalo. shall b
completed. 1'hoy have also d Unlon Church Ii
Via Gondotti. Tho uaptists opened now cnapc
iu December Inst In tho Piazza sAn l,orenEo j.
Luuina, aud tho Alothod'hta little uoshlo eds
tice In tho Tlnzza Poll. From material poin
Of Wow, this Ia fai. list fof Gss ysafs OF Liberty
nur IT WOULD DE UNTRUE
to pretond that Professionalism has takon any %
rlous hold Oh the llolnan population. Elther u!
Romans cling TO tho faith Of their fathers viii
stronger tenaeisy OIL account Of the suppose
persecution Of their ctio&, OF they throw reiEio
ovo!lonrd altogether, assuming that sll priest
must be mpostoIH, and sli ofeeds faSlos- !
) wss remarkable fact that, at a lato trial whlc
causell great seDsation throughout Italy,
, that Of l.ucani for tho murder Of Itkfraoile
| Bonxogno-a number of Witnosses refused Il
take tho oath, becauso requested TO swear o.
, the Dib!o.-i. O., On the Old Testament in Latin
wilio, in Home, ~ elsewhere iu Italy, has beel
subytituted for tho cruc,lx. On bont, ptesso
for tllor reabonB, all, men and women, asBlgne
tho samo causo i: that they mcra Ffeo-Thlnkoru
| They we're t,icd and condemned for contems
Of court; but nevertheless 1t becoInes oyory ia
: aQuestion ot iucreastng popularity, that Of IT,
abolition Ut tho OATH
! The only chance that Protcstants have c
spreading thetr religion IL by occurring tho net
r tions and guiding tho Intelligence Of the youn
, generations. And oyon hero they must DO Q,
.. tse.noly careful tuat tho instsuctlon given l
tllolr schools 10 up to tho mari, k,-romemberln
tint instruction In the municipal schools in ltou
i Ia now ut n yory high mark luflsed. Morooye
= they mnnt avoid evan tho appearance Of into
- eYauce or htgosry.-acokEng rather to inst,ll che
n doctrines W iudrsct n1eans, than to msko thel
- tito Binc qua non OF the instruction impaired.
7 THE yALL or TIE MINlHTRY.
4 hid lust boen about to record ths closin
OF tho Vatican University and OF Various uen'
. nhrits by tho present Minister Of Public II
. structiot, Rignor Dopgh. and now must aco.
- out tho word, aud put tho tats Minister, for u