The Express. — 1863-08-22 (London, England)

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CONGRESS AT  MALINES.  At the meeting of the Congress, an Wednesday, an interesting discossioo took place onthefollowingproprritionof the committee :—" That as it is incontestably proved by medical observation that suicide* are promoted by imitation ; that as the publicity given to the occtu Lance of suicides may Goose. queotly exercise a disastrous influence the responsib".ty which cannot be 'assisted by the Christian conscience ; the Cower hopes that catholic journals will refrain from publishing suicides, unless they should have an historical importance which would neesmitate their being made known." M. de Bans, rector of the University of Louvaio, proposed to add to the proposi, tioa of the committee that "mimes, disasters, and accidents" should be suppremed. This proponal was opposed by H. Dipird, who said that • catholic journal ought to be like any other journal, but under a more moral editorship, and exercising • stricter sripervision. A jolllJv' was an organ of publicity, and • joirmal.st shotod be bound to per over in silence inch which were the talk of au entire town. There were eons and daughters of Eve who only looked for crime., disasters, and accidents. People enjoyed them, and looked to that part of the jooroal when they were to be found. A paper most be re. rapidly by people who were busily employed. In consequence of these observations, H. de Ram 'Adm. his proposition and the resolution of the oommittee with regard to the publication of suicides was adopted by a large majority. The presence of Prince A. de Broglie and H. de Montalembert was hailed by the most enthusiastic applause, while the names of Garibaldi and his chaplain, Pantsleo, which were referred to by K. Nardi, auditor of the Rota, in Rome, were received with hisses. At the evening sitting AL de Montelembert addressed the congress on the subject of " A Free Church 'a a Free Stets." He complimented Belgium on her constitution, which was the best and least imperfect of any in oxidises. Though showing great veneration for the church, and love of religion, the speech was an exhortation to catholica to push forward on the track of liberty. Except in Belgium the catholic, of thine days had not taken tidy/atone of the great revolution which has founded modern society. They regretted the ancient regime, but the ancient regime whatever ire grandeur, had one capital defect—it was dead and would never be restored to life. The democracy existed in the half of Europe, and would to-morrow erist in the other half. They must not fall down before he sovereignty of the people any more than before the right eh ;as, but they could not help recognising the forces which were moving society. He was not a democrat, and still leas en absolutist, bat as a politician and an historian he consulted the past, he contemplated the present, he interrogated the future, and everywhere he saw the democracy—the deluge rising. As a man he should be tei rifled at this, but as • Christian he felt no fear, because with the deluge he saw the ark. Therefore he boldly laid down th's amnia—catholic, had nothing to regret in the ancient —nothing to fear from the new regime. Catholics must frankly accept liberty—entire liberty— not merely political but religious liberty. They mrst temper the democracy by liberty and reconcile catholicity with democracy. They most absolutely renounce r" kinds of privileges in favour of catholicity and resist every backward tendency which irritated modern society. There was no other rat left in these days for a theocracy. In the interest of spiritual freedom let them boldly proclaim independence of the civil power, as the Belgian bishops had often done. Count F. de Carcil then spoke on the subject of the harmony of nations, and the pmaistence of nationalities. The 4th section of the Congress, to which was assigns 1 the consideration of the question of Christian Art, decided in favour of the liberty of art, and in opposition to 01 icons. ;lam.