St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-21

Gladstone visited Naples he found
cruelty, poverty, ignorance and beg
gary SO marked that his statement Of
facts, in series of letters, startled the
civilized world. All this time the pope
claimed to be the infallible ruler. He
should have been in the forefront of
progress. What did he do? He re-
depended first on Austria and then on
Louis Napoleon to uphold with bavo-
snets the papal throne. The greatest
men in Southern Europe were Silenced
, or eXiled. Garibaldi was travelling the
i world over an exile. Mazzini was hid
ling in dark places or living in distant
LAND. Victor Hugo was an exile OH
ddistant island. Liberty was throttled
$50 far as outward appearances went.
But God was with the spirit of progress:
it was not dead.
Time worked wonders The German
Esoldier, singing 1.-THE Watch on the
Rhine" had entered the gates of Paris;
( the throne was shattered. Garibaldi,
: to Italy and was received by popular
uprising. Rome surrendered; the flag
t0f Victor Emanuel was lifted above the
{ Quirinal within sight of the pope; cities
were drained ana made respectable;
schools were established, and now new
: life began for Italy. And in all the long
struggle the Catholic hierarchy stood
as rock against every movement that
meant better conditions, physical or
mental, for the average man.
But this is not the end. When the
last gun had been fired, new scheme
entered the brain of the hierarchy. II
they should call an ecumenlcal council
and assert in solemn cOnclave the in
fallibility of the pope; if the clergy, fired
by this assurance, should take on new
life; and if so taking ON a new life Ger
many, by proselytism and through her
school children could be won back; and
if the zeal created by the action should
spread throughout the world, then the
church would rise to her proper place,
and the holy father once more DOM
mate the princes of the earth. The
council was called, and in the Church of
st. Peter, with lightning flash and thun-
der peal making the hour more solemn,
with the glad chants of priests and nuns
rising from the outside, with the holy
a crown as the emblem of his power,
the pope of Rome was declared super
human being, the direct recipient of
Gods wisdom, and [ submit as fair
conclusion that if man believes him to
be all that, prince whose wisdom
stands above all other wisdom. and then
does not place him above the American
or any other government that man is a
traitor to his church! That is the log
ical significance of the action of the
twentieth ecumenical council.
Of significance, also, is the immediate
result of that action. Spurred on by
the zeal awakened there, the teachers
and others connected with the public
schools of Prussia became so bold that
they made the school house the arena
OF the most vigorous work to gain as
tendency in the state, while Jesuits COW
cred the territory and piled their trade
as long experience had taught them
well to do; but the prompt action OF
Bismarck packed the trunk of every
jesuit, relieved the school inspector and
passed laws that met the demands OF
the hour. just now it will be we'll to
remember this.
And with this I am done. cannot
but feel pang Of pain when L realize
that the sentiments herein expressed
will ALLEVIATE friends for whom | have a
sincere attachment; but the time has
come to put on the armOr and stand
ready to guard every point OF national
defense. You have seen what the spirit
of progress means to the age; you have
seen that the Roman hierarchy has
throttled it at every turn; and the most
ordinary man must see that if the hier-
archy and the republic are to work in
harmony somebody must change. And,
viewing the hierarchy for century, do
we as people want to see America con-
trolled by power that looks upon the
intelligence of the masses as calamity
and popular liberty for the masses as
dangerous gift?