The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-02-17
NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY H. 1873

seat aud compose himself while. fewI
minutes after, he returned to his post accom-.
lpauied by two Cardinals, and when the lsstI
name had been uttered, that name WAS MIS- Tor
the thirty seventh time, when the college, as|
one map, rose mp and, with one voice, aooiaim-
his kness, and with head bent in ailsnt com
munion with his God, his brothers ask him|
whether he accepts the trust Raising TO hee-
ven eyes brimful of tears, he finds no answ or
|but the aspiration of the prayer which biz
Master has taught to all Z" Thy will bo donei'l
They ask him by what name he is thenceforth|
Ito head the hierarchy. Meekly. gratefully,
the Ninth. Plus the Ninth Nomen ct smen Y
Ia name which, linking him with Pins theI
Seventh, threatened more than the heroe ous
!rsges of Napoleon Bonapar.e, enlarging into
the lawlese spoliations of Victor Elnmsnuel
Ian omen sadly prophetic of the more than NOR
ltal sutferings of the predecessor, unmurmur.
|iugly oourSsd and borne by the successor ;.
Fierce and repeated assaults on the cut hori
|ty of his predecessors, and on the sanctities or
lthe church, had sent into exile or INTO the
dungeons of the States more than eight hun
tdred political offenders. On the 10th OF July,
exactly one month after his elevation. ponti
lfcisl brief wac plaosrded on the wails Of every
3pohlio struokuve of Rome, juat at the close of
ldsy. In the gloom of the evening a lew way
!farers attempted to read the proclaim alton.
.L.iEhted tapers were brought, atuck on the
walls, and 8 thousand. then five thousand, zen
lthopAapd, read ths universal amnesty ioI
Then took plsce one OF tue
gmosU extraordinary scenes ever exhlDiGed ny
the mobile CaprioeS OF the popnlaoe. From
every quarter Of Rome-ftom the slopes OF the
sAventine TO the novels of the Trausteyerino-
more than one hundred tboussnd Romans, in
wild delirium, pressed up the scclivities OF the
Monte -Cavallo, and thrice, in that memorable
Sai y ht their huzzss called out the tender and
sloSiug hearted man with his berediotions, and
athr;c their lusty throats hailed him. then
and truly: as the Father Of his people," .
The doings of soch o man, wbo, by decree of
providence, seems to have received special
u ission to which every gentle Gfectiou, every
ldev oted zeal, and every inspired wisdom was
lunswervingly applied, must NIL large sAd re-
ssps ctfui place iu tho history of the age, with.
Sont the narrower considerations of opinions
land creeds. To thu better informed, or 1eSs
prejudiced, he must be the perfect expression
sof = choice individuality, apart from the
|sobemes of petty rulers and the pettin.ss of
9aumAn policies. In the traue- work of that
aage, however it may be shaped, the apostolate
.of Plus the Ninth fills up the space Of hall
century of the most stirring events OF earth,
/ to be Judged in the hereafter of man's time
before o Judge, from the decisions OF whose
aonly supreme decision there is no evasion MOI
aappeal In that framework. with the oonfes.
gsions Of the present and with the ratifoationt
of posterity, ne will stand As the great organ
izinK, yet conservative, Pope OF the ptnoteenth
century. He will stand as the inexhauetlbly
mai utainer cf the truth as laid down In hii
syllAbue which is but vipdioator of sounde'
science and an asserter OF pursr morals IL
shorter words, no will stand In that franc
work Rs q loving, pure and wise Pontih
adorned quito IS much by the tiara az he wac
honOred by the triple crown. his riRhtfui due
of fidelity to bis Master, greatness OF coal Ano
reverence of his children.
Through all these well-eRrned end noblJ
learned titles, the body of the Churoh will
henceforth admire in him the steady and On
daunted ohampionShiP Of her anb in,th' aud 70, R'
Longevity OF Pontifio ate which has made
naught the warning, annSs Petri non rtae6ls
by the suspicious prolonRation OF his frnttin
atrust ia God, she balls him q revered
patriarch. A Prophet, she halls him for hiI
ifoTssIght of the spiritual requirements OF mel
sfuture and for the foreteitipg of catAstro
phies now coming forth out of the current
events of the dsy. Shepherd, she halls hin
Nor those iDexhaustible homilies, breathing
With lovirg & kindness, which day by day, from
the inspirations of the Vatican, he sent ont Il
bis worldwide fscks. to comfort, encourage
suide and sustain them. An Apostle, sht
halls him, in lineal deecerdency, for the ap
lpliances Of o resourceful and multiplied zeal
which, in little more than thirty years, iron
1.-The centres of civilization to the heart OF bar
bArism, instituted, with several apostolic vi
oArships, more than one hundred biShopE1ca
extending, by oDe'eighth' the area OF tnoir ~ "a
bors in tine dissemination of the truths OF he
faith. A Confeesor, she halls him by right
those u ustsrsnces of divine effect, which n
bumau words could silence, and which, from
the Vatican, as from Mount ThaboT, geV
ont to tho Catholic world an earthly tsRnSfG
aEation OF eternal truth. A Doctor who
with the assistance of the most enlgbt9no
bishops of the Church, sitting in sWo Gcc
menic Coupoils, determined, and bipdin 81
deoIared into dogma, two of the original b
liefs of the Church. A Martyr, she halls hiu
for the glorious privilege of the persecution
which BRnotihed his PontiecSte into hviu
|C.ntb Instrumentation which, with th
betray ais of an imperial Pilate and the butfe
OF royal uuderliugs, sent him, thankfully an
exuItip ely, to the Via Crucis of bis Master,
1Rthose rewards that are found only In tae tEeA
uries of divine justice.
And, now, his work Of duty and lCvs don
a on earth, those who loved aud revered him fe