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

This Is the tatal consequence whfeh !nust ,oe
| drawn from modern politics; God has been de-
place, he may well curb The brow. which brutal
Silence ite We he viii mpgss await III sr e make n Use him
| self of that same force .
i ths Panaey were 70 abdsate its lnydePen n,
/ 8 national church; that unity. which is the
most essential eharaetelistle of ghrlstIaI, soel
ss would hafs " oa hsas sppag o p
menfs. II is evident. therefore, that tue TEN
pprel M is naspensabe 81 to she aar
Of '. perfect 1i liberty to The Individuality of nations
9 iamilsa and IF inpxdNas e n a seis ls o I'll
f" frozen sss yesiopg @ q Ill blbssia p spe q bs
Prassap aspet q . whh lat b. wad t ss an oanps m
spite Of the Asiatic despotism which Gays to
him II will have YOU butehered BY ny, execu-
despotisn. which cries out to him; Die. for, It
is thou who preventest me from ,91evourihg the
nassea, IN peace, IN the name OF liberty ,
independence, @ Il win exercise e lts beneicent in
nuences on all glasses. Of society; then vii, 9
TsE Tevs9ea s be to the
ifpate by fire and sword, the remaining yes
tigsss cf Christian civilization, ,ouo, ,u =,
struetion which fermepts among popular
ebaaIng ahy,hIns 5Ht eras , q{fspp9in,,sR,t pp i, y,
for nearly century already, during which II
has gone On. from revoluti9}n TO-, tp revolution;
has not ceased G fye exaHy i 4e q
in ~ enioyment. constantly becoming more
marked in lieu Of that equality SO often prom
wars wars a. deadly as they are costly and barren,
,ishering in their wake, at the present time,
nteparatipns for a war of eStermination, The
''Iy ''tISyttr de etuce.s The prophecy has been liter
ally fulfilled, Heaven grant, that we maj. be
sowe to Titnaas the realsaen Of tn that Si the
| impatiently awaits and whom the Holy Ghost
win assuredly grant her speedily, Lwnen de
Mr.. FtsNEY's ADDRESS.
Your Grace, Reverend CLERGY. Ladies' and Gen
tlemen.
Strange indeed wopld IT be, did !, not ae-
| knowledge the titnidity which feel in ap,
| me Of giving expression to the deep and heart
ielt eriet oothe multitude that That, sn,rounas ,1 me
| reverend clergy. and to such of you, my fortu
| nate friends aa have been blessed by the sight
| Of him whom we now mourn. end to you. my
| friends. whose love for our. holy father was
| measured only by your capacity Of loving, this
occasioD must bring feelings Of awe az well az
sorrow
Gan you. Monseigneur. recall the scene when,
at the feet Of him whose earthly frame is NOW
laid away forever you received the sacred IN In
saa a Of pS know peraps
could imagine
When in The beauteous halo which surrounded
| the benign Pontitf whom all the world ack nowl-
| edged good and great. did not yout. grace and
you, my friends, feel as though you breatheed an
atmosphete unknown elsewhere Il On earth =.
| addressing YOU who have seen and known him.
and been the recipients Of his favors |, not SO
honored, should attempt TO say a,,ght to In
crease yout love or Augment your grief.
We are told that 1t is the nature of grief to
keep its object before it, to present 1t In the
minutest circumstances that attend it: TO dwell
II M a n
4! fold psrfeeions
willie each one Of us. may have chosen the
phase most brilliant In the life OF our beloved
Pontiff: while each enc eulogizes bis glorious
deeds, we all. minging our tears with our
words of praise, eadmire The past regret the
present and trembl inRly await the future Par.
taking Of this universal sorrow may afford
some consolation by holding up aud keeping in
view few Of many great and glorious deeds Of
His life, the world already knows, and it were
useless task for me te recount i here;
its centre by most violent political commissions.
Tie existence. cf every Christian country of
Europe seemed to be threatened by the adyanc-
Ing hosts Of the dread army of lnndelty.
Thrones and those who sat upon them became
the playthipss Of a mob infuriated and bereft OF
reason. Law and Justice seemed to have bdden
the world. for a time at least farewell. Uni
versal gloom appeared TO have settled upon and
enveoped as with pail everything recognised
as sacred by the good and virtupus
yes op h b H. maritime % I s s s R sassss safsntss was
born OF parents noble by birth. aud universally
es asa G ass Mera dsvanp nG1f fta
Isidote Mastai Fetretti. shall not dwell upon
the tenderness and fond devotion of the noble
care and anxiety that she might do her duty
we'll In her sacred character Of mother, and lead
her boy toa complete and grateful knowledge
Thus inspired BY the teachings cfoa truly
whsh bis b. ans %na b eTsp s ss % @ M 2r ss sr a, e s
the world erringly believes can make life happy:
THE decision once made was piouslly adhered
Filling every grade in the church from, the
time he put Oh The clerical dress to his elevation
to the cartlinalate. with marked briliancy. we
nnd him .at The age Of 81 eleeted to the pontiaeal
throne. His elevation coming SO unexpectedly.
seemed for a time to dismay hin, and fully con
Il s bs seh m
tered upon the discharge OF his solemn aud
awful duties.
new PontiE would be aetuated, but In a short
time he manifested such liberal ideas In the Rd-
mtnistratop of the affairs Of the States of the
| Church, that even the radical Maszini lauded his
course. No ruler in Christendom go devotedly
looked after the interests of his auhiects. nor
| sought more lovingly for their welfare and the
| Improvement of their condition.
Within q month afther his election, in answer
| to the .promptinga of his generous heart he
produced the wildcat 10y throughout Italy, This,
with the reforms already inRugurated, and
! thoas contemplated, created such intense en-
| thueiasm that the Pope felt compelled to counsel
moderation.
| eThe orator then spoke of the reforms inaug-
nrated by the Supreme PontH which reverber-
| ated throughout he whole word and were evsn
| commended by q special act OF the Legislature
| OF Louisiana %
He next vindicated the necessity Of restoriH Hg
| tho temporal power Of the Pope. quoting in
| support of his argument from tho eloquent
| protest of Danose CorteS. made In the Spanish
chambers.
| We now come to the assembling Of the vati-
can Council an'bwhieh though not called for the
that Peter spoke by the mouth of Plus" that
| the head Of the church, inspired by the Almgh-
| ty in expounding its doctrines, could not err.
The deflnition of papal infallibility was but
an assertion Of the exclusive right of the Church
to interpret the Word Of God and an absolute
denial of the right of private Interpretation:
| Nor does this rule differ from that established
by governments in the admin pistration of earthly
affairs. Ia the individual opinion of each sub
iect to be allowed in the Interpretation of the
statutes of his country or is not the viii of the
wherein i i lodged that exclusive authority?
| OF is laoc nhla thnr Tint oftnrr