The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-05-20

Eternal City, during the happy reign Of Plus
the Ninth, had become the asylum Tor genius
Thousands of visitors, many of them from the
most remote regions of the habisaoie Glooe'
poured into her open gates. Schools: hbraries,
and scieuces were established, enlarged and
encouraged. Hospitals and asyl1ms for the
Az moor Of the sick, the poor, the infrm and the
afflicted, embellished and ornamenteu every
ouarter of the city. Her hundred magnificent
6asiiicaE, grand models of Catholic arehiteot-
ure were allied with devont worshippere, Pi!-
grims from every nation OF the eartn. on nis
memorable accession to the papal throne. even
the prison doors were thrown open and those
confined for political offenses released and set
at liberty. The golden age OF materlal pros,
perity had dawned again upon the Seven-hiii
City IS like another morn risen on mid-noon,
when the corrupt and goddess lealian klng,
Jealous and envious of the happiness enjoyed
by the suhiects of his distinguished neigh oors'
in violation of the most solemn treaty ooiga-
tions and in defiance of the will OF Christeh-
dom, with force and arms invaded and occu-
pied the unprotected Pspal States. ana wltn
the game av sricious greed for the fifty iucre
that Judas displayed when he betrayed tne
Saviour of men, this vicious tyrant suppressed
and abolished schools for the young, the
homes OF the aged and inhrm ;n the hospitals dans
which Plus the Ninth had founded. Inc
nrsurper confisoated their properties aud ap-
propriated the proceeds to replenish the empty
exchequer of bis bankrupt government. but
thanks be to God,
THE DAY OF RETRIBUTGoN IS AT HAND
"They who take the sword shall perish by the
sword" saith the Lord. Victor Emmanuel Will
soon learn that there is an avenging Nemesis,
even in this life. that dogs the steps OF the
impious, and pursues with unrelentipg fury the
enemies of the human race. The tocsin OF
war is sounding along the shores OF the Bos-
phorous. The Turks are leaving their haFems,
mosques and temples, and hurrylng to the
tented field. The Gear of all the Russias, in
the name of Christianity, sends forth his le-
gions to commit the most strocious crime
hnmau blood. The great bear crashes his
teeth with rage at the sight of the Crescent.
The children of Mohammed are backing on
! their armor and marshalling their forces with
| the same religious enthusiasm that nerved
| their arms and fred their hearts In days OF
yore at the glamour of their prophets name.
| Europe stands agha6t at the terrors or war.
! Two continents are about TO be delugea "ite
| blood. The great powers await with fear and
| trembling the progress of the conflict they
| have vainly endeavored to avert Inc men
bers of the Peace Congress-, who imagined
that they had discovered g panacea for inter
| national disputes in commissions and arbitra-
tion tribunals hold mp their hands in horror
and dismay. The whole map of Europe may
| soon be changed, and every great power In
volved in this gigantic contest. I" wish for
peace" ssid the illustrions Gen. Won Moltke
in the German parliament few days ago,
| " but the times do not permit suoh q hope on
the contrary, the day is not distant when
every government will be compelled to strain
all its strength for securing it's existence:
The reason for tbis is the regretable distrust
| of governments toward each other"
THE PRISONER OF THE VATICAN,
secure in the love and affection OF his people,
| looks down upon these evil days and the
| great events which are transpiring around him
with the wisdom of the sage and the equnni-
children, regard these ''wars and rumors of
wars" as theinterpositiono of Divine Providence
| in the affairs of men, and We may reasonably
hope. fellow Catholics, that ere the smoke or OF
| Enrope, the temporal power Of Plus TX. over
the P9pal Dominions SO essential to his Inde
/ Epsrdence and the universal welfare OF the
| Church. will be restored, and the impious CON
! uueror cease to torture the consecrated child
| rem of God. Oar Holy Father knows full well
| that the integrity of his boundless empire, "on
commands, which the lapse of eighteen hum
dred years has not impaired, and the faith OF
his subjects cannot be destroyed by revolu.
tlons wars nor civil commotioDs.
The immut table Fl 1t has gone forth Thou
art Peter; upon thee build my Church, and
the gates of hell shall not prevail against it,
1t comes sounding down the corridors Of time'
gathering nav force as the world advances,
Increasing with its increasing years, stronger
to-day than when these gladsome words
fell from the hallowed lips of the resurrected
Redeemsr.
Turning our gaze from the Old World to the
New, and as Catholics We have much cause
for congratulation. True it is that in the
South American States the spirit of persecution
exists. Those gallant soldiers of the cross
the members of the Society of Jesus, justly
styled "the body guard of the Church." have
been pursued with remorseless vengeance. and
expelled from the care of their loving hocks
through the macbiuatious of secret political
societies. which love darkness rather than
light" But
HERE IN THIS GIANT YOUNG REPUBLIC,
where free thought and free speech are tht
fnndsmeD tai principles of the gov eminent, tbs
humblest Catholic can worship God and prac
tice the tenets of his religion nnresGrained and
unfet cred by the interference of the State
The unprecedented progress and growth o
Catholicism under the benign influence of fre
, government and constitutional liberty, show
that the church is now, as she has alway
been, the peoples best and truest friend AM
refutes the maliguant slender that che is, o
has ever been, the advocate of arbitrary pow wer
or the fatterer of kings and courters. Sh
! teaches her children to "render unto CSSar tn
things that are Cesar'e. but unto God th
things that are God's.' The spirit of religion
intolerance which first manifested itself in tn
proscriptive laws and constitutional enact