American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-23
The Late Pope and Mr.. Davis :

" hen the most tremendous al d
gallant Struggle of modern times
closed in gloom and despair at APP
pOmattox,a and an army of heroes had
laid down their arms by command
of their idolized leader, tien'l r. F.!
Lee, and our President Jefferson
Davis immnred in the loathsOme
of that modern bastlle.
Fortress Monroe, fettered and bound
in the iron gulses of political hate
and oppression when despair set
tied down upon his great soul and
no voice of that sympathy that
sprang spontaneously in the bosOms
of the eight millions of his coz
guered but devoted people was per
United to be heard 10y the illustrious
captive, there was one, who of
all enftff'S magnates, alone, gave to
IL brave and gallant people, strug-
Cling for the great boon of personal
and political liberty, his recognition
and sympathy in an autograph let>
Ter, the peroration of which was the
sublime message of the Great Lord
of all p: "Come unto me, all ye who
labor and are heavy bnrtlenedy and
l will give you rest" How like the
gentle dews of Heaven came this
solemn benediction from the illus
tlious and most holy father, Pho
Nino, to the burthened heart of him
who, through the maddest malice
and bitterest persecution, was made
Il VicariOuS sacrifice because his peo-
pie dared maintain the high and
holy principle of civil, religious and
political freedom.
The Catholic UnirerSe, published
at Cleveland, Ohio, and edited by
Mr.. Manly Tells, in its issue of Mar
It'll, contains an elaborate descrip
ton of the Papal obsequies at Mo-
bile. 1t also publishes the following
interesting notice of the letter re-
ce1Fed by the editor from Hon
Jefferson Davis relative to the late
Pope:
ain a personal Fetter the editor oil
the Universe has received fl ON Hon.
Jefferson Davis, there ours the
following tribute to the Holy Father
which " f, ell we cannot err i'll max
ing public.
1--WE shall pass no comment on
the eulogy of Mr.. Davis, nor on the
incident he narrateS. For our feels
Jugs are strong with love for the
dead Pontlff, and strong with love
BIZ ternesS desOlation received the
confidence of the common father
of the oppressed: :"
l grieve with you over
the dccease of the great and nobly
good Pho Mono. In common with
III who honor true piety, that which
begets universal charity. feel the
loss which the Christian world has
sustained IN the departure of this
OuO - nav RNAOOh-
al obligations added to the common
cause for mourning.
You have mentioned many char
acteristic acts of that sublime man !;
let ne add one, of which you might
not otherwise learn, for it was as
privately as it was graciOusly done.
When our war had closed in the
defeat of the South, and l was in
generated with treatment the most
needlessly rigorous, If not designed
~ cruel when the invention OF
malignants was taxed to its utmost
to fabricate stories to ,lefaIne and
degrade me in the estimation ot
mankind; when time-servers at
home as we'll as abroad joined in tn,
cry with which the ignoble ever
pursue the victim; voice came
froma far to cheer and console me
in my solitary captivity.
The Holy Father sent to me his
likeness, and beneath 1T was writ>
ten, by his own hand, the comfort
ing invitation our Lord gives to all
who are oppressed, in these wor0s:
Venite Gd me OnInes qui ld6o1Gt S,
ct ego ref lam Dos, dicit Dominus.
That the inscription was autos
graphic was attested by Gal Cardir
nal Barnabo, Dec 1866" under his
seal,