The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-02-21

discharge Of a speelfl. mission. to safely e end
e en from ~ III
Finally Plus the Ninth may be said TO have
Mbs hasd s sosefesn and % h
It ia well known that no one, whether mem
her of his church or not whether rellgtously IN
out feeling under The. charm Of the magnetic
Influence which issued from that benign heart
and that ehasey hliant intellect i, Al Ia n eyl III
world en'ertains for the memcry of Plus the
Nn we Rpsa hev te .hpss ss, anag bs a q
ql snens Wsan we vithest hhee 'SR dpeon o m
nationality and religious creed, tn show how
deeply they. sympathize with the Catholics not
church, but also to pay nlerited homage. .tg
the character Of o man who, by his virtues and
his world wide henevoehee, was an honor to
the human race; therefore,
fspsoired That the Catholics OF the State of
Louisiana assembled In this immense fnass
meeting to commep,o,ate. , as above stated the
dole from the depth Of their hearts with the other
members ppf theit great tgathol family
y The I'D e. and wshnss as h,ana
they have expressed on this melancholy ccea
sion recorded where + may remain llastins
pr. the memory of their departed Spiritual
Father and Of their impetishahle attaehment to
Resoited, That our beloved archbishop he re-
spactfully s,lppicated to transmit to the proper
authority In Rome O transcript Of these pro
ceedings and resolutions, to be preserved i,
whch has been for nineteen centuries the seat
and the heart Of the Catholic Church for the
purpose not only to show our appreeatipn of,
and yeneratioh for, the merits OF Plus TX i; but
also to put on record that. az American Catho-
plies. We desire to be prominent among our
btethren throughout The, world Ia otir deter
mination to comply with the last recommenda-
ton Of his dying LIPS to his flock: lSve the
Church as have loyad Hn !. hsr;i h1 ;isa aAvAunr
Chairman Committee ON Resolutions.
The following addresses had been prepared
for the occasion: o
ADDRESS OF n. BERMUDEH, ESQ. Q
The great and holy pontifT whom Chrisen-
don, has Just lost, is known in every part OF the
globe. His biography has been repeated ", I,
thousand Instances; every religious paper, the
secular press even. has appreciated the beauty
nnd the grandeur Of hfs character the part
he has played In this l century. which will be
Il is therefore useless to supply additional
details relating to this very remarkable life, to
Will be. more Important to enter into the ennsid-
GRAFTON Of the TEMPORAL power Of the Popess,
and to disstpate numerous prejudices which
exist In its regard.
The telegraph has been informing us. for sew
eral days past Of AL that Ia being done, or I'D
that is TO be done in the Conelave. We see that
there are two lists Of candidates for the Papaey
such O. one is an ultramontane, another is lib
era. Good God Is II possible to push absurdity
fnlther2
demned by the solemn proclamation Of the alb
s,nlu!e rights qf truth. In modern I'm times the
sisnification of no other word, In the language.
this tegard, even among Catholics, who beliese
dupes of o disastrous Illusion ! ~
opinions, whch inyuiye neitlpar faith nor
ora be Reral i esn T. yGnp shgd ght i Is ypYr
tEaI dam pf what lift IN hip1paIf roltu
hia religious belief. The .sehisnatic IL sep
atatine himself from the Church, by reIusng
places himself Under The government Of his own
will he can but approve, In others, the inde-
pendence he arroaates to himself The hereto
from among the store Of revealed truths. ii he
hitting another lie cannot refuse a. similar
eistencY, II has enthrenea the apotheosis OF In
dividual reason, which he would fain elevate
above that which is divine. +.
If the temporal throne of the Pope he given
up to those who covet is possession. what will
become Of the Sovereign fontiff2 He becomes
throned him, Of OF any other which may offer
him. an asylum. Occupying, such q position,
would his liberty be full and unabridged A
bic: : II would be necessary that the. protecting
government should throw no obstacle In the
way of his administration. eheuld promulgate
sbb
That would indeed be a miracle; and we know
that Il did not happen In Italy during The past
that such a miracle has occurred. there would
remain another difficulty. and to keep catholic
unity together, a miracle greater even than the
tfermer one would now pc required + would
lies and OF their rulers deep seated, unmova-
hle conviction as TO The complete Independence
Ct hs psps e e an % e s p5 yps
whom their Legislators call Foreign Sow
ereign,"' they are SO jealous Of taking part
Worshp hrouabeut m M thep domnIons fhat It
would require. but very little to cause them TO
suspees! that the protecting power had directly
the decsions Of the pontincal court.
ALI this would suppose too complete de-
parture from the lave of moral order. 1t would
be permanent miracle, which we have no right
to expect. What then would happen? Each
government would go. on enlarging the cirtle
Ct its interference IN the admin'stration of pub
allowed TO intervene seriously. because. he
would be considered the instrument Of 9 rival
government. His protests would be seized at
the frontier, and after a few years, instead of
the Catholic Church there. would be u certain
number Of national, official churches, and the
religion which. Of old emancipated Europe.
of an uncontrolled despotism.
The foregoing arguments may be briefly re-
eapitulated as follows; In the first place, the
b wxor has aae
for, the benefit Of the revolution; by what right
is tha contlacation maintained IN defiance OF
ali law. divine and human BY the came right
which the Thief m ,arr2gates TO himself when
or your Iifel'' Such an accomplished fact will
never be sanctioned by eternal Justice noumore
than the murder of the Just Abel, whose limo
cent blood cries out increasingly for vengeance.
In the second place, II requires no demonetta-
ton TO prove that the temporal power eaR alone
enee. which is necessary to htin In the exercise
of his supreme charge: the arguments in sup
port Of thia thesis are exhaustive they are
crushing to the free thinker especially. who ia
not So weak minded as to believe in a miracle.
the existence Of which, however. he would be
compelled toS,dmit. If he were TO suppose that
the, Pope could enioyo complete Independence
and be. at the same time, the subject Of any
government wbatsoeyer. On this point. we are
fortified by the confession of the great general
OF modern times. whose perceptions were 80
clear, when they we're not blinded by, colossal
istic precision, the Pope must be neither al
Madrid nor at Vienna, nor at Paris his place
ta al home" 0 "A u matter Of course. he meant
Rome, before the Vatican had been transformed
into prison.
The Papay alone can heal modern society
haaa,sa nlnIVh ii rpmety the evil Th.prreat