The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-05-02
Sire. the future belongs to- no man.
The future belongs to God.

The successor of Leo Kill will not dash
his head against the rock Of the new iedas,
for the general direction Of moral powers IS
determined by the fundamental interests OF
society, and these interests are those which
are represented by and personifed in the
young party. Out-of- date conservatives by
counting on the morrow and on reservations
to regain their vanished power and the pre-
ponderance which they have lost. That Is
Why Leo XIII. does not hasten or grow mn
patient. His prudent reserve the majesty
Of his PATIENCE to use George Sands class
ical phrase, take their source In the knoWi-
edge Of this moral law and in the nope OF
a new civilization. Rivarol would say:
"You cannot shoot down ideas" No one
more. than Pope Leo has studied ]; in the l
land of revolutions the transformations or
peoples and of states. That gentleness OF
conduct which enthusiasts call weakness is
the characteristic Of the tacticians who zoos
ems the reins in order to give his policy.
more roundness and consistency; Ideas
spring up in the whirl of the storm, Just as
the earth grows green under the tempest
But this 60. q,
PATIENCE DOES NOT RESEMBLE
WEAKNESS. +.
Gentle and circumspect in manner, Eco
7XIIT r. .ilflexible for the substance, the
sdoctr;nal and reforming gains of his reign
When last year the emperor OF Austria as
sisted by Cardinal Schoenborn and the dig
ni.aries OF the court Of Rome demanded
that the social democrats of Vienna. should
be. disavowed, the Pope was intractable, I'M
coerceable, immovable. He. resisted the
formidable league of interests and OF influ-
ences in order not to discourage the work
men of the first hour. When a few days ago
Cardinal Kopp, the ecclesiastical chaplain
OF William H., pleaded in favor OF the con-
servat;ves against the young democracy OF
the Rhine and Of the south, Rome promised
. nothing. %. When in Holland the majority OF
Catholics seemed, to- grow bitter against
Able Schaepman, chief Of the valiant and
intellectual democrats, the Pope wrote let
ter to him to strengthen him. encourage him.,
incite him to continue his work OF light and
progress. In spite OF the Intervention OF
\ the king, the pressure Of the government,
and the steps taken by its patrons, the Vat
lean did not condemn the Belgian democra-
cy OF NM. Jourdain, editor Of the Patriotic;
Kuerth, professor lat the University OF
L:ege; the Able POTTER, NM. Levi, paens,
yerhaegan, and Harlez. III France Leo
XIII. has redoubled hts encouragement to
the "young party" the democrats and the
eocial Teformers. Whenever. q bishop. or
an economist, or a group has asked Tor
praise or blessing, he has been silent in
all languages. while he has layished them
on MN. = Harmed, Veniliot, Naudet De
Nun. and their broth efsi In arms. shows
the same strategy, at once gentle and
I strong, lin italy, In Spain and u Portugal.
ONLY England seems to be going back ward,
because Manning, the great innovator. left
,,o school like the lofty oak Of the forest,
.siIe 5onlys allowed shoots To- grow sunder his
B hade: but the seed which has fallen rom
sfhis tee s has crossed the ocean ana routed
in two, worlds.
had protected the past and iss s retreg de
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sfhat sall hipan nrcess should unite AGAINST
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