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| truths
| Z. When it insidiouslv disturbs the relations
OF Inc lMth Of those whom It cannot but con
si1er as believers in Christ, BY proselytne
| spirit.
| I. When It does not respond with heartie1
sympathy to genuine picty outside Of its own
borders than to merely formal and doctrina1
| concurrence under its own banner.
! =. When it cannot participate without reserve
| in the common acts of devotion and public wor.
| ship with all who hold both the Father and the
Son.
| 9. When it would not in small village OF
any pre-e4sting anu spiritual body than to par
alyzc and divide into inefficient fragments BY
! spirit OF contention and separation.
H. When it unnecessarily disparages the doc
trincs or modes OF others, or does SO In the
@p IL Whsn II f It Dc does not reoicc X
Instances OF public aud private virtue amons:
others, and when it does not fecl greyel to hear
o1 the opposite. When it rejoices In their ca.
lamities it is born Of Satan, and leads to spirit
u1l death,
II. When it is not willing at suitable times to
unite III public demonstrations Of Christian
affection, III which demonstrations distinctions
arc for the time helu in allegiance.
THE PAPAL SUCCESSION.
GOING TO AND FRO AMONG TnR CARDINALS,
WITH 1STlMATloSs or COUP D'ETAT.
J ueIc usAS ucEu u ElE ucal VI 6OluE " sAt4A
fro among the Cardinals at Rome, says the
London Spectator. That interesting question,
which cannot be kept for three consecutive
weeks out Of the Roman papers, the state Of
the Popc's legs, is Of course again On the carpet;
and it is understood that lie himself, in view OF
the conciayc which must at no great distance OF
time assemble, Is making various prcEarations
with respect to the appointment OF his sue
ccssor. The Cardinals have, it is said, been cou-
suited, and have already expressed their opinion
On one important question touching the
election OF the future Pope. pio Nono
invited them to consider what change,
if any, circumstances have made with
respect to the right OF exclusion
which France, SPUN, Austria, and formerly Ma
pies, as the chief Catholic Powers OF Europe,
claimed to exercise at papal elections, E:ash Of
these States can, In theory, say t.Nay" to the
appointment Of one Cardinal who happens to be
dlstastcful to it, 1t is right rather rarely used
in fact. the only two recent cases in which it
has been employed arc the eases Of Cardinal
Scyeroli, who was excluded in 1923 by Austria,
acting through Cardinal Albani; and Cardinal
Giustiani, who was In 1881 excluded by Spain,
acting through Cardinal Marco Catalan. Still
the right Of exclusion has subsisted for ceutu-
rics, aud it might, in certain crcutn stances, bc
of 1nucll consequence. At the last Papa} e1cc-
tion, Austriu deemed it necessary to use its
power to exclude the present Pope, and, but for
the fact that tue election was remarkably short,
and that the Austrian agent arrived 4
s day Gaaa late ,assa %Saa 'SaSs hayc s besa s
vetoed, aud Cardinal Lanbrnschini. would
tlayc probab'y been elected. Who can tell
whether these Catholic States might not at
sumo remote period OF their history believe it
TO be Of priceless Importance that they should
be saved from the curse OF hotheaded Ultra
mon.apc Pope! They have, as rule, used
their power in recent times onlv Tor the second
ary purpose OF getting rid Of Cardinals who, rs
Nuucios at their Courts had co1ne to know too
much to be safe Popcs. But this has not always
6cen the case; and we live in days when the
right Of exclusion might appear to Catholic
State, anxious for its internal peace to be
matter Of vital consequence. According to
well-informed correspondent OF the Aeputttque
ion-not definitely, but proyi>ionaly-that this
right Of exclusion has vanished with the Tenn
poral Power. 1t was, as they s'iew IL. a cofl-
cessiou to the powers Of this world not out OF
place when they really did protect the
anuc!ifonisnl, when *.thc prisoner OF tho
Vaticau'' ~ is deserted alike By France, Spain,
and Austria, which acquiesee in the destruction
Of the Temporal Power. This reasoning seems
to us very sound, 1t is historically 5ustitisb'e;
the far larger rights Of the Empcrors with re-
spect to the Papal elections arose at time
when the Church became clothed with secular
privileges; the right Of exclusion Which sue
ceeded the extensive right Of ratification clasnl-
ed by Honorus and Charlemagne arose, Us
Herr Lorcnz shows in hls learned work On tue
"Papstwahi," not III any ancient contract or
grant, bu: out of the fact that the Conclave
was, on general considerations Of prudence
glad to secure the approval and goodwill of the
great Powers Of the earth. 1t WAS the price
paid for 4 friendly policy. But apart from his
torical considerations, it would be monstrous
for these Statts to claim to regulate the cleo
tion OF the Pope. aud yet to deny to the
Church OF Rome all couutcr-clains against