The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-02-21
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great and holy .Pontlf. FOR whom ,all Christen-
dom weeps to-day, never eeasea during nearly
thirty two years, to point out the errors ef, the
aH sy sy es @ esss Tes ah 4 h1 Liz fSea aaohsf Hef as
he has caused TO be heard the accents of voice
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over nations and Kingdoms to root up AMI 70
destroy, 70 disrsrse. to build up and to 81, plant;
pillar Of iron and wall Of brass.
This great voice whleh spoke TO Il she ,stp,si Wh9e
,hp ienorant,to eorreetsce this ereat voice has
eeased to be heard one consoa5lon Tema,ns ,,,, 10
his inhumerahle children, scattered over ine me-
face nf the earth II Ia the remembrance oi MS
virtues. OF the glorious career be acromplished:
IL is the touching recollection Of life 20 FRUIT
n IN good wgThs a aat y yhe m msh Dehs sraiap and
Il il also The secret hope, entertained py
ELL o. hsi1g qse ene day Nybh 3 tfpsef tbes noT tg
pay a him Rnpfi ppfisaeV w. This depgihegs viii doubt
less @ not be enjoyed BY those iii the decline, q
viii BE- granted to those, who shall come after
ua. And future genera ions. will be able, to IN
woke The name of Plus the Ninth naSned1 'S, 1.,p1 ,upon
o enr ah aff e., ue he geea IF ankind win continue
y protect that Church whah he ,9ssa s1 Se fen
taking is flight to heaven .,.
Tie following is the
PREAMBLE
When. in the ceurse OF Divihe dsppnsationss,
II rleasea he Almighty to reeal from this world
ore o thase great mn whS haes esfn Who bs
their services. either in peace or war. and by
the maniestaton of any sapar-eaeas'IIsn,fis a /, ,i
arts. or by grand examples Of self -saetiileies Lee
and extraordinary exhibitions Of virtue, charity
aud holiness have endeaTeha l h shesesest ts s9 TIE Re
Providence; ii bas been the usual custom
among all paqns end ia ~ age agss t for thoss
II their oes by public demonstrations due tn
the memory Of The illustrions dead and sootho
ing to the hearts Of those who have been lett to
sns "n re ov11 eS w he h dthacs q ps
ana, upitea States of Ameriea, with aunA others
,,s as gueste or Visitors, acting under spen-
taneous and self oriainatIng impnlsse, reg pect-
ofuy submitted however, to the direction. sanf. ne
Grace, Napoleon joseph eerehe, arehbshop OF
this diocese. and In conformity with q usage
tionai Importance aud solemnlty in the run Of
Oh thls day, The 2oth ,oi Febt,n.ary,
bnpJ1es IN hs ass sssa and o The seSe pSe
pendenee Of the United states the one hundred
@ ns II seqeh as signal is and and suitable manner as pos
sihe the death of ene whose sphere OF action,
~ a reeiope and moral I apsitq,de ,ss ,l,. was not
earth the death Of Plus the Ninth, whg. lately
Ksan an chuseh q aud the spiritual adviser aud
guardian Of 9oe,oco,cao Of human ward7-of
Plus the Ninth whose sncefdotal ancestry is To
centulies. and long and august succession Of
2b5 pcntfis. ...........a
Whereas, In our opinion, the best tribute Of
Justice and veneraHon we ean pay TO the memo
ry OF our Holy Father, and the best reasons we
can give for the depth ot eur & grefl a. ms loss M
life whose grandeur is unsurpassed by any
other.
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we unanimously. hold the following faete to he
} eelf-evident truths:
have been marked by the finger ol God to &C.
comnish the mission he has fulfilled In the
world From the simple pFiest t9 the 81 supreme ,a
sa sess he and ssR sy sss VIII VIII
beneyoIenee SyYshu tr,y eeriptpral Much tiled bs
land and sea, either In sickness OF In health,
Either u Or psapssM5f Y he nye
temper, and never ceased II. combine the cour-
age Cf the hero with the gentleneaa OF the dove.
AZ tempors ruler h when permisIed to re-
peeed to grant to. his subjects al. the political
compatible with the maintenance Of moral and
civil order He was even reproaehed at fret
by many with leanine too much towards eonces-
, sicns Of a liberal nature dangerously harmon
igiDE with the excessive spirit OF innovation
now agitating Europe,
8. a
Catholic Apostolic end Roman Church, he was
as innaxibte and unyielding in dischatRing
his sworn duty to naintain unabridged, bis
able n rights f il Ike church as he had been CON
ciliatory and indulgent in the exercise Of his
l. stripped Of al earthly possessions. he waa
rich In the love of the innumerabe flock whose
shepherd he was all over the regions of the
whose devotion to him Increased in proportion
to the persecution Of which be was the object.
Under his admtnistrat,cn. M Of, . BY his E. aesnergy BY
inse the Church has risen, to q degree Of
sublime and spptlees splendor yhieh, it had
sessea end Il ms S has lie d u ee
hem. eulminatin Ing TO the zenith Of the eelest'al
atmosphere, shed over the world q brighter
effulgence, alowly penetrating, although againRt
obstinate and fierce opposition. into the very
elevation to better deatinies..
4 Through him and through his Affections
we have been permitted TO see the most sublime
snectacle that can be, presented 70 the world.
the tncessant strYggle, under he -, aasg.ces. @ o.
the earth against the powers of heaven-a
struggle against the insane attempt of man to
God, amenab'e only TO his own tribunal, accept
tain conec ence of his own eeetistiea eelf in hIe
animation re ufen'ts e % aterua annihatien. On one
side the inexplieable conspiracy Of the arts and
ecieaeea striving to debase and m,a,te%rieli3e ,s, %
lion asainst the Immortal and intellee-
nsl nature cf that h very soul f. which
tence. and .aa,btions to prove themselves
nothing but the eecrettons Of periahahle mat
ter. On the other side an cldlman, a prisoner
between four walls, physically. as feeble .as a
child. whose life seems to have been rroyiden.
TALLY prolonged beyond the usual term allotted
to human existence towering up. as the cham
pion Of God. under every, blow aimed at his
flung 10 crush him, ascending h CHER and
higher with the assistance Of the very. pile of
missiles accommodating before him, until reach
ing the Alpine altitude Of moral suhlimity, with.
out ainching under the multiplied crosses of
human injuries. and looking down far below.
he serenely smiled. forgave and blessed his
enemies, and pronounced these words of eter-
nal duration and truth: F." Peter. thou art rock:
and on that rock wilt build my church: and
the gates of hell shall not prevail against it, =
G. Summing up thia necessarily concise view
of the merits of our Holy Father, II remains for
us 70 condense into one phrase which dispenses
with further expressions Of eulogs and admira-
ton what we conceive Plus the Ninth TO have