Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-02-23
THE DODGE CITY TIMES.
DODGE CITY. SATURDAY. FEB. %. II.
Plus TX.

To the Editors OF the Times
In view OF the recent death OF one whose
career a. both Spiritual and temporal
Sovereign covered spac. of time preg-
nant with eyonts OF vast historical iDPor-
lance not only IN the old but in the new
world. 3 period IN which the down trod>
den masses have at bref intervals made
brave and determined effoIts to advance
theiI claims to civil and religious liberty
whom letters they have worn for ages
have been broken by force of intelligence I;
When reason like . young gladiator Isaped
into the arena of political and theological
discussions. and whilst claiming all the
natural rights for mankind, although not
yet within reach of the goal of its final
aim and fervent asper atiODs; has nobly
gained and firmly held au advance posI>
ton In its attack on the superstitiOns and
dog Bas hitherto considered venerable by
age il not sacred by precept. aud that
have for ages entwined themselves around
the lives or nations with adamanfiDe
strength; when natI0nalities long Sums
ber,ng have sprung into new life and
crushed the efiete despOtisms before which
they had hitherto hstlesslv bowed. when
Teutous. Latins and Heilenes we're revi-
viie6 with the patriotic thought. and
neryed TO desperate action by the remem-
brance of the heroic deeds of their long
buried dead: when nations boundaries
were so rapidly changed that the map OF
chr,stendom required annual alter ations
10 present geographical truths; and when
evsn our own country WAS nearly rIven
asupder in crushing the last remnants of
an institution enRrafied there OriginsIly
by moDaTchisl despOtism and foeiered BY
. race for lucre: whose death dirxe was
the victorious shouts Of free mon, min
gled with the sroans and signs of tbous
sands of freedOm's slaughtered sons. who
willingly forfeited life that liberty might
skesch of him who for near . third Of
century WAS ono Of the principle act0rs in
this historical panorAm ., might prove Of
some little interest to your numerous
readers
Pho Nino. or Plus TX. tGivvsnni Maria
iin The march OF Fermo) ON tho 13th of
May. 1879. and was 4 son Of Count GIrOla>
mo Solazzi. He remained under parental
care I'm til his eleventh year. and was 1t
that age sent to college At VOlteTrA
During his residence Vi five years at this
place. his grave yet mild depor,ment,
studious habits, AID fervent religious
temperament, were. even IN his youth
evidence Of mind inclined 70 clerical pur-
suits And II 1905 he was sent 70 Rome,
that he might have greater facilities for
pursurng his ecclesiastical studies.
In the same year tho French imperial
forces having Overrun the greater portion
of ialyl General AiOliis with . French
army took possession Of Rome. ana on the
9th of July the following year, IN Obeis
dience to instructions from tho Emperor.
ordered General Rudet to take possession
OF the Quiriuai, which was accomplished
between . and o'clock in the morning Of
tina. dsy, and tho then Pope. tPIus Wiz
remover by force to Grenoble. sfserwaIds
to Sayona and eventually to FOntsine-
bIeau. Indignant at this treatment of The
Sovereign Poptltf. young Mastsi hastily
left Rome. returned to his paternal home.
REMAINING there until after Napoleon Be-
naparte's sbdication in 1914 lwhen the
Pores doninions were again placed under
h,s temporal control.l In the summor of
which year he returned to ROme. resumed
his long interrupted theological pursuits.
and in December, 1918. received holy or
ders.
1929. and Plus VIII from 1879 to 1881. were
comparatively tranquil. and durlnR this
period AastAl WAS gradually advancing IN
church prefermens. He visited Chilli,
fin South Americsi In 1873 u company
with tho apostolic delegate. A0nsignor
MnEe, and passed two years in santiago,
tho capital of that republic. employed in
teaching and preaching. or more properly
perhaps instructing % many native
preachers we're under his guidance and ad-
vice. In December 1876 he returned TO
Rome and received from the Pope. LEO
ALI Tue 8ppOtotu10ub VI R108tO0ut tuo
bospitsl Of St Mich.el. and in 1897 was
made Archbishop Of SpOIsfo. In this
tewn he founded an asylum for orphans.
In February 1881 Gregory XVI Wa elected
TO the pOntiiciai char. and IN insured,
ton broke out IN B00gns and other places
in the pspsl territories. simulIaneously |
with risiugs IN various para Of Europe.
during these DIS urbsnooo he (nAstai, in
duccd 4, 600 insargents who bad taken
refuge IN Sp0,et0 70 surrender to the Pa
pal authority. and u the ssme time en-
trusted ID interim with the civil sdminis>
srat,on Of SpolsSo and perugis. In
1872 ne vss transfsrrsd to the Archbis0p-
re Of ImOla and received the cardlnals'
hat in Dscenber 1859; this appointment
was reserved in pettO until 1870. Whist
Cardinal, ever anxious - do good, ID.
vance the cause Of his church, end give
vent 70 his feelings Of charity and bsneso-
lsncs, he founded as lmola oollsg, for |
eccissastioai students, an asylum for both |
sexes, and house for fsm.le Denitsats IN. |