The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-02

snot favorable, as he believes that thu
Protestants Of Canada may take alarm Al
such request, and that the line between
free trade and protection in such a case
would fade away, and give place to break
between the Protestants and the Catholics
Sir Hector takes cautious view Of the
question, and says It will be better tc
strengthen the pope's position here by
other means, by carrying out the gigantic
scheme Of colonization in tho northwest
proposed by their glces, ArchbiShops
Lynch, Tachean Others, by getting pos.
session OF large share Of territory which
Is estimated TO be capable OF maintaining
$4,000, 900 people. The only probable bar
to the proceedings will be the final attitude
Of the sovereign pontitf himself. He has
received several propositions from the
Quebec conclave, and his second reply,
which clearly defines his position sets forth
that the subject OF most engrosslng care at
present with himself and his advisers Is
another residence for the head Of the
church. That, instead Of the breach made
between the temporal ond the spiritual
powers in 1913 Closing,it Is every day grow.
wider. That France, which from time i'm.
memorial had been the churCh's champion,
and which thro' Pepih, had endowed the
spiritual arm Of the church with tempo
raj power betting its dignity, and which
thrp' Charlemagne ratified that Conferment,
and which in 1910, tho harassed by inter.
nal dissensions, struck the SCepter from the
hands OF Garibaldi and Mazini-has now
grown cold, closed her religious schools,
driven out her priests and given her gov.
eminent and the regulation OF her eduCa.
tional system into the hands Of infdels and
impiOus men. That, therefore, no help Is
TO expected from France; that Spain, tho
faithful, is powerleSs, and that no matter
how jealous Catholic the king OF Italy
may be, he is entirely in impiOus hands.
Meanwhile, he says, the head Of the church
is a prisoner in his own palace; his person
and his officers are exposed to the insults
OF the ungodly, and have been reviled
and assailed in the very streets OF Rome.
The pope, therefore, thinks the time for re.
moval has come, but where 10 establish the
imperial city is the perplexing question.
Had faithful Ireland control OF her own
affairs the papal court would be established
in Dublin, but that, under the circumstan.
ces, Is impossible. In South America the |
spirit Of discord is too rampant, else Lima
or Santiago might afFord refuge. He next
points to the United States. That country |
he says, has always been liberal to the
church, uRdiScriminating as to creed, the
Catholics faring as well in the distribution
d offices as the dissenters. Still he says,
he United States is u Protestant country,
ler chief magistrate and her customs are
Protestant, and her statutes ignore the sa-
red church festivals. For these and other
'easOns he has been unable to give consent
o hesoliCitations Of the cardinals and some
Dfthe worthy prelates Of the United States to
X his abode in the republic. He then
discusses the feasibility Of the Quebec
project. He points out that the province
$ small, and, necessarily, poor; that in the
Thole dominion there are less than 2,OOO,-
100 OF the faithful, that while its prospects
d development are good, it is yet only in
IS fancy. He does not fail 10 remind
hose interested in his pastoral welfare that
he expense OF maintaining his court, in
'ludlng the cardinals, who share his palace
With him, would be very great; that where
ever hegoes he is compelled to give audi
.nces, receive deputations, and incur other
heavy OUTLAWS, and that the exterior digni-
y OF the papal seat should accord with the
spiritual supremacy OF the church. He
aid stress, also on the Catholic colonization
scheme, and limited that, in the event of
he papal see being removed to Canada,
from Italy would be encour-
aged. He concluded a long and searching
etter with u blessing on those who re.
the Holy Father in his extre-
nifty, and asked for further information
IN subjects mentioned only briefly in the
Quebec letters. This communication from
The pope sharpened the zeal Of the Quebec
bishops and their fellOw-workcrs. They at
once resolved to put themselves in commu.
nication with tie bishops Of the United
States, with the archbishops OF Dublin,
Cashel, and other diOceses in Ireland in
viting their cooperation and advice in the |
turtherance Of the project.