The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-14

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Phv,Il,',,tinn. whose tendency 10 TO olq.ne
...a,,ti"a in the garb Of religion, as Ma
to, nsat did. and give to its selnsn
n9 ha.,,as tbe name OF the cause Oh tou,
s ~ IA arouse an enthusiasm anu Ia
ns'ua,,aiain which merely human powers
no,ilH never hope TO enhind.e. s
such was the meaning OF the 1anous
sentence. put by Sha ..ss care, ~ ,,n a,e
a. nv shnll 1.-THE or toll In my dominions."
gunh also thelmeaning ofthese words ut
tarad In later years by an English states
man. "You are about to diaestabltehl
the church In ireland but you VIII
have nation ruled by foreign
power: the Pope is an n apso
than Disraeli tho fallaoy of hls asse a,
ton, but he knew that 1T was sne i vs
party cry TO stir the blood OF pau .oMo
Enplishmen. For the same reason.
some years ago, Mr.. Gladstone to,o nhe
House Of Commons that the lrish uhl,
yeraity bill was defeated by Car9lnai
Cullen. under mandate, u course, IRON
Rome and the cry was echoea ehrousn-
out the world. ,, , ,,,.ra
THAT came cry is muttereu even , me,e
In certain parts OF our own MN 1, ~
hest calculated 60 arouse popular teel-
iny' The Catholics wish TO. surrender
liza country into tho hands Of the Pope
How Ia II possible to convince people
that all these allegations are utterly
and maliciously false A Thousand
times they have been denied :
hut the violent opponents OF
ultra. montanism. by which they
mean Catholicity, will continue TO
clope their eyes to the truth that the
Church has no. connection whatever
with politics. askrolitics simply. But
where politics. advances to tfamp.e
upon religion, of course then the quesA
tion chanpes. and 90 O matter of course
religion must have its cay. and must pe
taken into account. The Pope Ia intal..
lible. and 40 was Peter, when our LORD
made him the rock upon which ne
should build his church, Plus | X is en-.
gagged in the same conflict with modern
empefore which fell TO the lot OF Peter
with their pagan predecessors, anu Ie-
ter was placed In that conniot, nov Sun
ply because he was Peter, Inc neau o,
Tho church on earth, and tho Vicar OF
Jesus Christ. but because be was the
true follower of his divine Master. and
every Christian who Ia faithful To the
law Of his crucfied Lord 10 bound &c
sav TO the State Il cannot when TIC
State would have him deny his Master
and break loose. from the teachings o.
the Church, 1t is not the Pope these
men are fighting, IL 10 Christianity. Yon
slider those statutes enacted by modern
society. making the divinely instituted
sacrament Of matrimony a mere oivi
contract, and enionipg disobedienoe te
the lawful pastors. Were the Pope tt
die to-day. and were Ii possible that 81
interregnum should ensue, which
Ia the ardent desire OF many
that fact could not make th'
least difference In tho opposition
OF Catholics to these State measures
Wrong would be wrong still the laws
God would remain as binding as ever
and to hinge the Catholic faith, In TIL
manner, on the Papaey is Transporter
trick. The Pope teaches what Jesu
Christ. practical hisstofya " x9aPfRer M M
be used. begins with the coming OF til
Messiah. All the rest, IA far. al theorie
of government, OF the RELATED b Of tn
individual to the Slate are Concerned
may be considered as blotteWout, aB
fdbalu fdsd, and the world, IN the mora
order. began anew. Before the comm,
OF our Lord, there was no government
In the modern sense Of the word, outsid
OF the Jewish nation there was onl.
laws which should enter into every re
lation OF the life OF man, and could no
be mistaken. These laws were Just al
binding on the monarch as on the sub
iect, on the government as on tho gov
erned: they guided and helped IL. ant
infused into II the first principles of free
dom.
Now, 1t seems obvious to common
sense that, II Christ loft a law TO tn,
world. he left 1t In somebody's keeping
Vlh Il
representative OF himself. This repre-
sentative Is the Pope, whom all Christ
endom recognized for 30 many centuries
not rs king of this mundane world, but
rs the supreme head of the universal
Church OF Christ. Here it Ia then. that
Catholics bind their faith In tho Pope
not In Plus TX as q ruler of Rome, but
IN Plus lA as Vicar of Jesus Christ, as
his living representative on earth.
When. therefore. Ohristendom departs
from Christianity, and devises measures
or promulgates doctrines In opposition
TO the law OF Christ, Catholics look to
the decision Of him with whom the
Word abides to say IL this be- true or
untrue, right or wrong. He pronounces
and they believe and obey.
The tendency OF governments to-day
is to say: I'VE bow to no law, we
recognize nothing higher than our
selves" This Is going. back to the
ante.Christian era, and reviving the
worship Of force. Disbelief in Christ,
and consequently practical disbe-
lief IN his doctrines, such Is the
tendency OF the nineteenth century.
And, therefore, to be Catholic is to DO
anti-national in tho eyes Of the State.
when in reality it is to DO the most de-
voted citizen Of the commonwealth.
Rome employed Christian legion and
though in bravery and fidelity to the
empire mat legion knew no superior,
many OF Its members were martyred
because. they recognized spiritual
power higher than the State. From the
foregoing considerations we conclude
that Catholicity, dating from Christ
believing in Christ. and built upon
Christ, will follow the State In all things
save where 1t transgresses the COM
mandments OF Christ; hence the non
posS,tntHS.
Catholics cannot consent to the doc
trlnp that in tha dominion AZ . l.; ,r>xi.l