The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-07-21

advocated workngmen Unions. anal
ogous to the guilds of the middle ages.
The policy of Leo Kill throughout
his pontiticate was coneiliatory and i'm
harmony with modern progress. He
restored friendly relations with Russia.
Germany and Switzerland. He threw
his personal influence into the scale.
when Cardinal Lavegerie solicit, d from
European nations Il common declara-
ton against the revival OF the slave
trade In Africa. f,e closed his long
standing controversy with Bismarck
by an amiable correspondence with the
hrst German Emperor of modern times
he recognized the French Republic and
ulsclaimed any right of Interference
with forms of government referring to
the United States as growing greater
ana greater everyday" Accept the
Republic" he said that Is to saw.
the power constituted and existing
among you: respect 1t. and be submit
ted to 1t as representing the power that
comes from God"
In his relations with the United
states, Pope Leo XIII was peculiarly
fortunate and accepted the trend of
modern IDEAS in his appreciation of our
institutions. On the occasion of his
sacerdotal jubilee, President Cleye-
land, through Cardinal Gibbons, sent
MIN copy of the Federal Constitution.
ana in his reply, he declared that liber
" was guaranteed by that instrument.
when Monsignor Satolli had been ap-
pointed his personal representative. in
January 1885, he addressed n letter TO
the Archbishops and Bishops in the
united states, in which he referred to
our national growth, and to the des-
tihy to which we seemed to be tend
ing and expressed his wish that the
catholic Church should mot only share
In but help to bring about this pros
pective greatness" He uttered words
of warning against the turbulence of
strikes, while approving of lawful COM
blnations among the Industrial classes.
and bade Catholics to Tabor for the
tranquility of tho Commonwealth" to
"obey the law" to "abhor violence"
and to seek no more than equity and
justice permit" At n still later period.
he alluded to the fact that both Prot
estants and Catholics were among the
Regents of the New York University
and added: How then can I complain
Of the institutions of America? The
more l study them. the more they
please me. I have admonished all the
people In America to refrain from strik-
es, never to resort to violence to re-
dress a grievance, but to appeal to the
law and the constitution"
This great man in his attitude to-
wards the secular world, towards the
mass OF human beings everywhere, was
1 practical and powerful statesman,
md, better than many other great
men, comprehended the quality and the
significance of the American Govern
nent and of American civil. cation. He
avoided the interblending of Church
ma State and used his faculties for the
benefit of mankind. As Gladstone once
'aid of Daniel OConnell, he had "a
passion for philanthropy" which did
lot, hoy'eyer, blind him to facts or OBJ
cure his reason. His most intense
Iesire was that his policy should be
'erpetuated after his death, and he re-
'eatedly evinced his interest In the
hoice of his successor As "Crux cru
IS was pathetically applied to Plus
X, when he sank to lis final sleep, so
lumen In coelo" will lie the halo with
Which the world will invest the name,
he character and the influence of Leo
iii.