The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-21

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| and of The patrimony of St Peter, yet remained
personally his steadfast friend when that King
| sisted with f.etnan armess. whose every prof
fer Of reconciliation eptaIias the seer llee o. q
e f hs Non nae aaa Inst
whom he had. In pain and sorrow launched
the lesser ana heina Of the Church, 10y up ,n
' he art hllad with tenderness and a'aetion be-
slowed upon that King the Ap9sttole eenetl5ia,
gn and payet t. the Ab II to forgive
Endowed with an Intellect as bright ns. the
noon day sup, and with an innate love OF is AL
| endeayofing to uproot them from the human
heart. as the bright orb Of day aispes, dat r.
asstroyng nosh ' ~, bn sh s,tang a te
| Overlooking with benevolence he cast the man,
| lie Of charity over the faults IF others, cpd
Tae + gs dbrss s9hh nrsb ppan eeph q
| knet before fellow man, IN hunb confession
Of bis sins as an individual. a..
| dove. spotless IA the snow upon meunlelh
| top, and guileless the newborn babe, Pius
* stands forth monument Y TIE a9ps 9Th 9Th
| ever live upon the page Of history as the great
and geod man Of the nineteepth century. j.,
| Fortunately the duty Of eulogizing the Illus
| trioua dead devoves upon oabler minds thai,
my own, and have perhaps ALREADY trespassed
hsir nt w bs feea no and
fael fineipg through my frame that iuexpress-
be emotion which ooursed through my veins,
a. Wa ,fs'PR as ng ae pon me and nine reeoe
ton witch in the dark hour when shall PASS
from time into eternity will llmImi ,1,s, the w., way
After making these remarks Mr.. Lafltte
stated that owing to the inelemency, ct the
weather. Hon. Charles Gaya,rfe would read
only the resolutions framed for the occasion.
and that the other speakers, though they were
obliged to bend to the circumstances. would
| defer tho reading Of their ofatlons On account
| Of the stormy weather.
| our Right Reverend Archbishop Perehe
then arose. and stepping toward the platform.
| blessed the assembled. 1nultltude our be-
loved prelate chanted the hymn p, ,Ee Domi,,
me- with q remarkably clear solemn s.nd
steady information. and sending Fast blessing
TO his devoted flock he retired.
symphony by the band present terminated
| the ceremonies Of commelnoraton which
were put to such sudden and much regretted
termination by adverse weather.
| Memorial. ...
| ptEs X THE OBJECT or ADMIRATION or THE at
MAN RACE TN TEE MIDST or PROSECUTIONS.
| No man is necessary here bellows nothing is
mere true 1T must be adsed howesea ns
whose exit from earth. create s an immense void
This great void Ia to day felt In the five regions
seen NJ The The death Of Plus tx came not unet-
| psetedly. why, then, this unparalleled eghoing
the ,om IL va re- ssrs aa
greet :. Never. perhaps, sipee Tie great im.no-
latlpn of Calvary, has the death OF q single man
| produced so great an impression on the human
| race Not only sincere Catholics, mourn a
| fathers descent into the tomb: but other hearts
| more or lesH foreign to religious Impressions.
dignity are awakened 10 feelings OF secret ad.
Wbat ~ Is The cause ~ Of ths Universal adj
| mirntinn for Plus the Ninth2 1t isetle courage,
repate with mildnesa, no dsplayed With pm
| yeats he has been attracting the gaze of all the
peoples Of the earth. AT the, commencement OF
bis reign he Thought he would be abe. ~ mag a
limits Of truth and justice the, movement
stamped on modern society but he was not 10
tionary spirit which sought to overleap every
barrier The moment was solemn and al ma
tons we're in expectation. They s9nEhtt IN
the secret Of establishing their security aud of
pursuing their career b, divorce from The
paed hefse as mhe p eSsas to soo
deatnies; In their ehimerieal delusions they
expected to be able TO construct the world o. o.
| liberty with anti-feligious paseions: OF order
with permanent rsyolts; Ct Justice WIN nasthnt
v v9s afo II nsh5 Ii te union Oh
Benighted dreamera or Intelligent demosh-
era, they only hron 1t about confusion 81 ideas
Nsvertheeas many s Of them protested to be ap.
mated BY better Intentions they believed In the
triumph Of Catholicism, but they believed that
| what rigid dogmntisn into O philosoph broad
enough to contain what they found good In
eanol Stiopa between ineredality and faith upon
| what they termed tho neutral ground OF reason.
Tho social shock of 1873 was we'll calculated 10 e,
In o part Of the masses. by disinheriting them
Of faith IN the dogma of u future life. Many
adeed fund IN their eons9ienGTe Gr In their
can preserve liz from q frightful oataclysm ley
us give to II more place in the education OF
respect. for it among the people BY our own ex,
amplee But TBS Unrest being lullad, tpstsh "a
done to remedy the evil. they desired to impose
Diplomacy said to the Vicar of Jesus Christ:
franz vi haxe se Of o. pg Witch n
sapping with fury all Its foundations religion.
properly. family and power Your holiness d, Il l.
ing the masses. but IA to what relates to tom
pora and political Interests involved in ma, the
don the traditions Of the past. which cannot be
revived she should reeonauer her precious in
Concessions Hp imperiously claimed "
We know what are the concessions claimed
| we know also with what wisdom and ilrmness
BILE Nom poss,uuus;' ambition and impiety
howled with rage: but admiration and love of all
that is honorable, in gil ranks OF sosSietyewent
pontiilcate tho Eucyclieal Quantn cura and
the Syllabus appeared on the eighth Of Decem-
Dor, 1894 with one voice the leaders of modern
politics exclaimed: The papacy has published
its death warrant"
Meanwhile, since that epoch what have we
seen? What do we SEQ now2 We have seen and
we daily see. the Papacy gaining in the univsr-
sal opinion all that its councillors land It's enc
mics have lost.
On the verge of sinking intcean abyss OF
blood here under the shock OF the innumorable
armies to which policy appeals for 2 solution, of
the complication provoked by iR blind caleula-
merahle armies OF anti chrisian socialism.
Europe terrified turns instinctively towards
Rome. Even those WHO do not recognize Ia the
of the words OF eternal life. begin to see that he
remains the only iStrepid defender. religionsly
PILES Of the temporal life ofindividuas. families
and nations They enquire whether this power
which has successfully delivered Europe from
apagan barbarism, from the barbarism of the
middle ages. and from the multiplied assaults
no, Id, ~