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: a 5 ig | ! t The Right of Questioning the Decrees of POLLINTER’S BRCLARATION, the Ecumenical Council. POPE INFALLIBLE? Is THE DOLLINGER’S DECLARATION. flis Protest Against the Infalli- bility of the Pope. BXTENT OF THE PAPAL POWER. He Asserts the Right of Questioning the De- erees of the Ecumenical Council. THE BISHOP OF MUNICH’S REPLY, “Be Who Let Will Not Hear the Church Em Bo Unto Thee as a Heathen and a Publican.” Dr. Hollinger Sustained by the Uni- versity of Mu The following ts the letter addressed by Dr. Di- Tnger, the Chapter of Vienna, to the Arch- bishop “eaten and Freising, wm explanation of aa at Word Hic position F Fru The now Articles of Faith are based upon the texts { al res, St. Matt. xvi, 18, and St. John xx: infallibiiity w® concerned, upon the text,’ St! oe Walch the tame, biblic: Uf bave twice sworu, to accept riptures not otherwise than according to the nt of the tathe the 1 t as far as the Holy 8 wuantmous co Charch ave alt hie is to secur if Ido uot, ro ta ar e643, when. proceedings, but to hi pared to prove before thia meeting the follow- ©! are of decisive importance for the present erman Church, as well as for my personal vith respect to the decree of Papal vlency has asked me in two letters to explain h respect to the Roman decrees of Juiy 18, veen din the circle of your Cathedral Chapter | t antention to proceed against me with such | 1 ublished by you: are used only agalust such priests as hare ‘moral crimes, aud hin a certain to the two new articles of faith, as to otit) Power and infalltbility of the Pope. vei ame ime that a council meeting of German aida. place shorty burg, the honor of an invitation was e: uf, and f took part im the proceedings. Your id perbape arrange that 1 iu -ht be allowed in 18 about to take not this time to an audience fur a But we are dound b: The fathers of the » explained the texta in ferent meaning to the new without en Questions v8 pew Inge totally dt deoreds, aud expecially in the text St. Luke xxif., 82, have fonud anyluiye at an infallibility given to the Pope. fore, were 1 withoni whict ing fro There- ‘accept with the decrees this explanation, every biblical basis to the same is wanting, I (s oerjury. And, as I have said, I am pre- ~» tia to the bixhope in council. al episcopal pastorals and notices which | ared ‘the assertion bas been made, or the | that the new docirine now proceed- historita proc! sought tetlbcana bets the ‘nutverss! power of the Pope over every wingie Christian, and as to the Papal infallibitit giciona in the OL through a! already ip satray thelr ideas during given tn these p tistorted, | shall favorile works of modern Moral Philosophy of 8. Aiphonsus Liguori" degucd by the Ou the question ns to the po bis infallibiinty, aud that toe decrers of the are inthe most glaring contradiction to tl lore, comnot possibly be couslcered as Linding. ¢ that | shall Pes le ox eo many oh Ly Gormns iage: te at. Tonly ask tv: mae and forever, bas been 3 the Pope) Cardom ‘and of Bishop Galiardi, which am Rome during the Council: Lat two General Councils and several ireau® Occiied in the Biteenth century CoLee jatus Officio,” the Syllabus of Pius IX, Popal declarations and laws, which are now Secoptet as infallible decisions, and’ are in irrecon- ~gonueta to the laws of the country. tbe opinion ready to ablde by the arbitration of any alty whica your Exceliency may be pleased in de- was well known and — proved me, | as well as by Gratry, that Thomas bad been deceived en bat seltom | by a long series of invented testimonies, as, indeed, he bas meeting of ali the German bishops | eb on matters of faith froin the begining, | neraliv, or at le: prove tb. ps of the Latin jouth America, France, who formed the immense majority at Kome, were, with ‘their clergy, by the classbooks from which they took their seminary edneation; since the provis 6 are for the Most part false, invented or prove thls, tirst, with the two prinelpal and theological achoois and semiaa- as regaras the treatise contained 1 with “Phe Theology of the with tne writines of the further, J 2 sndy analy. ty prove in Popes bave by solemn decrees, rmed by the Popes, 1¢ Pope Of the Viencsse Theologian to the fact, whien Tam read; aciis, repeated extent of ‘coni able to prove that the new lucompatible with the constitu. ctam” a with y. I appeal on jivem by the iegal fatty in conditions for the conference which I have or raiver prayed for—the first, that my assertions, age’ lew to 12 of scientific tohe ‘Bbouic tal ese a er with cay counter assertions. shali be recorded, with Subsequent publication; the second, that a culture, to be chosen by me, snail be al- t at the cunference. be unaitainable before the (German bishops in ‘Fulda. I venture caost respect! uily to profiler another request, i may please your Excellency to form out of the mem- Of your Cath dra! Chapt Dita my cause in the way above mentioned. ‘Of these renecabie gentlemen are doctors, and were former! professors of theology and at the sam peboare. i may Bata to treat wit whicn I Several ‘committee, befor ume my former ope that it would be more agreeable to me in quiet argument, to confute me, if with reasons and facts, tan to'draw ap, upon the = pabmnit tir same (0 be Seylog. te it Bile Mt this ‘cout criminal sentences against me, and to vour Excellency to be fulminated, as the Eveeliency will consent 'to pre- ‘and will condescend to cor- errors into which I may have fallen in the prefar to thee uw mori nobie, © attripate tn Saoaid 1 be convinced by vestimont Yor it Bocesnes ot the ‘think asi do, aud les of faith. Up w this day In advantageous to the Church and the peace of 4 not myself alone, who am concerned; cle our pastoral power, { may still hope that oy | employ ja the first ‘place towards me the most benevolent and most Christ- thls power—namely, the teacuer's offi is and facia, T eng ‘all that I have writen io myself. iv any case the rgy, hundreds of thousands of the laity fad’ kt impossible to accept the new arti- ‘not a single one, even of those who hare SSirard & deciaration of suimission, has said to me that hi Feally courtnoed of the truth of these theses. Ali ape ‘al r of the procee sings, will in t wikich sO raany long for. Excellency will refer me to the Pastoral Porbaps your recently teeta caxtfuction and correction of m ‘ oumtess that it has had exactly the ‘pposite yourself, as a source from which I can opinions; and I am ready to prove that there is of misunderst distorted, mutilated, mouies, which. taken together with the most important facts ana counverproois, al picture of the true traditi ersan to whom your Exceliency intrusted th mn. It in cer- fase did Mt vont these faisifications, but has borrowed them im good fab from others (Cardoni, for instance), but were ts = ogy (9 wrerament be and “ed to Dew to defend bis work at the proposed confer- aid find me ready to pro sade a io prove my asserion in a few i. would oniy ask for one dite \- coe of the importantance the matter~ ——a ty doing 80, to make public ., that the WW a statesman, learned in ecclesiastical matters, to attend the confer- ‘As the case is one of the highest importance for all ents, may be assumed that this request would not 0 sent of precedents in the . whieh ecow that my proposal i in accordauce with Perccayies wv well as with the practice of the Church. nference of * sessions under the presidency of the im- ‘State, Marcellinus ‘ofbeer ears wot wesc the latler decided fn om in the year 1483, Bohemian history of the Ta Catholic and 279 Donatist ‘and the disputed doctrine ixtines a| Basel, ‘and a decree which had re beiore by the Synod of Con- yea ‘ten, 8 $0 ibe Communion in one kind, us ind, was now sub id examination, the result being lodged by ibe Papal chatr) i ‘undamental concession uference, 80 cele. suop Du Perron, of statesman and oor /, Du Pleas we ia the year 1000, at Fontaineni Lf 7, vad it w bios fornay had falsified or iucorreet of authorities in bis book pon ut |, and the most em _/ nome of the lniver, but ~ Furabie of eat for the Catholic Cause in the excited minds of . Gott Vensratvie Archbishop, ‘I leave enurely to your own ‘wileh form you will give to « conference 80 much + eatablishment of the + a | theologians have acknowi «© \eh 8 matter for to the verdict of te most eminent historians of the qutio® apd of the Catholic talth. Such men as Hotler, Arneth, Kampschulte, Cornelius, ognie, Apel » Bestoricaliy right or pn new decrums contain the truth, the to the ‘80 welcome to multitudes of you will invite to at- yous to me; fn your Mocese there is certainly no ‘Who will be gind to accept —& fact which ‘And in this historical proof, fam gladiy ready ‘hb, may Judge whether my proofs be to honor my book was pleased { ormner: of the Church Apostolical with your ap- | and degraced wh was generally considered among of 8 true picture of the time of foundation, | wud sustained the an itramontane party let | pass without cen- Thaw of havins entirely arepre. tue ‘That eutire section of my Ag | Synod of Thieves NEW book which soncerns the constitution of the earlier Church, description Of the relation in which Paul and the ‘Rhontien stood to Derails fundamentally wron 1 to book, an veltier understood Lake's acts of the Apusties nor inelr Own tire leary power (totcm plenitwdi we. ¥ por ple: Dishops¢ power which ie to represcat im ywer wi truly ‘episcopal, ‘ahd again the specitically Papal, power Maa ey eciscietine, which shail reuch every oD m te ‘ n y one sora tathe day laborer, and can punish, command and forbid him, ‘The worsing is. 80 iy thas Gther position and authority remains for the {hat ol Papal commissaries or delegates. And Den as every one acqualnted with Ch With the Faibers will confess, the’ episcopac Chareh i seca ieet edemonh of Te ob eat mnpotinoce an auiboriy isthe Church is dua, is sul bod! a low. eae oe pe wii think it possible that there should exist pine wo be ra game diocese, one of whom ts at the {ime Pope, the other being simply « bishop—and a laps He or tsconan commissary ie Hot & bishop, is no AuccoRsoT wiotke dpoetios, he may, through the powers conceced to lm from Rome, be fnty so long aa his principal allows | from Rome vos in ihe same way asd Jesuit or mendicant bim to rulshoim the Pope bas grauted abundance ol {yiv!- [ence aleo possesses creat power; and I well know that such anextension ol their powers has be pect to of the early institution e tathers, the hij "a held out tp pr the bishops in Rome; that they have been told, “1 trreatatibie the Pope ‘the stronger shall ye be, for the rays of the abuudance of his power shall fall also'on you." The tainority have penetrated the delusion of deratood clearly, as the “Analyt ey he Synopsis" shows, that On As the universal episcopacy of the Pope should tablishea they might indeed contiaue to be diguitart the Chureh, but no longer true bishops, You yourself, venerable sir, took part 1p the deputation wnich made such’ urgen! counter representations ‘Pope on the 15th of July, 1870—representations which Mayence)’ soucht to emphasize by pros- these representations were fruttless. en to the biahopa’ mourning the loss aity was coniine tion piscopal power ia ” t we Bishop Von Ketteler tration! We know thi ‘The soie consolation ¢1 ol their ecctesinsti in the decree that the ‘are accustomed. to 1}, ahathat the Pope canonists are accustomer express }y wns 0) re it to be his duty rs support them, this being vouched by = mutilated saying of Uregory the Great oy a passage which, if it, with others, had been quoted in Its en- Urety, would inueed have proved to the world that this Poy Of the teventh century put away from himself with deepest Lorror such a untversal established, considering tt a Dit 4 ‘Nor bas there been any lack of prayers, representations and warnings before and during the Councll, You yourself, venerabie sir, took part in the same by your signattire. T! bishops of the minonty have deciared in an address to the Pope, on the 12th of January, aigned by yourself, that “the declarations and acts of the Fathers of the Chureb, the true docaments of hisiory, the Catholic etucational system it- zented the mést sertous diticulties in opposition to the prociamation of the doctrine of infallibility.” They were, they themsrives said, afraid even to discuss these aificul- 4 prayed the Pope to relieve them from the necessity discussion—4, ¢, to relinguish bia infaiitbility, | But ‘ope insisted that the Courcil ehouid occupy Itself | therewith, tue German bishops demanded on the 1th of March exhaustive conferences on the quertion of infailibitity, to be conducted by deputations chosea from both sides. | These were not granted, and they bad to content themselves with speeches tn the Aula, where any reguiar discussion was an impossibtitty, ‘As to the indiepensability and urgent need of such con- ferexces I would only quote here one instance. A consider. able umber of Italian bishops demanded in # since-printed address that Papal infaliibiity sould be raised to » dogma | of ith, because two men, both Italians and both the pride of theit naiion—Thomas Aquinas and Alphonsus Liguori, shining lights of the Church—has thus aes Now, y | bie teaching in this instance aimost exciusively upon such | {aimfcations and never upon genuine passages of the | Fathers or Cou ‘And ax to Licuorl, @ singie glance at bis itings is sufficient to convince any practiced theo logian that bis dealings with falsified passages are still worse | than those of Thomas. My exposure of the fraud to which the latter had succumbed had created great sensation in Rome, The author of a pamphiet publisied there, and di- | rected against myself, says that a great cry hed been raised on the subject round about him. [t ought, therefore, to have been indispensably necessary to examine closely into the matier, Itistruethat such an examination, carefully and thoroughly begun, would have ied very far; it would bave re- ted 1n the proof that the theory of Papal infailibility had | deen introduced into the Church ‘solel; lated inventions and falsifications, ‘and and maintained by force, by the suppression of older teaci- {ng and by the many meaus and artiices which are at the disposal of the ruling power. Allexertions, representations and petitions, then, were fruitless; nothing was conceded, and yet the example of the s0-often quoted Council of Florence was before when the assertion of the Greeks, th: a the Fatners were laid before them, led to examinations and Giacussions lasting many months greatest care. It ‘the most careful a ‘and carried on with the suredly known to your Excellency that pe considemtion of tradition as in variably been required of any true (Ecumenical Co about to issue dogmatic resolutions. How great the contrast in this respect between ‘Trent and that which occurred in Rome in 187/! Certainly the treatise of Archbishop Cardoni, which was accepted at once by the preparatory commitice, and which was to be considered by the aasembled Biauops as 8 proof, could not have supported examination for one single jour. In the whole history of the Church I only know of one General Council in waich, as in this last, those In power pre- vented any thorongh discussion of the tradition, and this was e Second of Ephesus, in the vear 449; there, in the ao-cailed (Raubersynode), this was done by force anu by tumuituous tyranny. In the Vatican Council the or- cer of proceeding imposed on the assembly, the Papai Com- Toities) and the wail of the majority, suffered no regular and critical examination to be made’ Such an examination would assuredly have brought to light inany awkward and unpleasant maiters, but it would have preserved the Church from & state of confusion which must appear pittable to yourself. If you notwithstanding assert that the Vali- eau assembly was entirely free, you take the word Stree" ina’ sense which” theologleal eircies do" not eneraliy attach to it. A council is only then theoiogieally ree when free examination and discussion of ali objections d diticuities has taken piace, when exceptions bave been admitied and examined in accordance with the rales for as- 5 | the Ecumenical the foundation of endless, ruinous between State and Chureh, between ‘and laity, cannot from ‘this the results were the ruin the old German kingdom, would, if governing the Catnolic part of the German nation, at once lay the seed of incurable A leat Sot MuNiow, March 28, 1871. Pastoral Letter of the Archbishop of Munich te Bis Archdiocese im Auswer to Dr. Dol- linger’s Declaration Agaiust the Infallibility of the Pope—Dr. Dollinger Placed Without the Pale of the Church. The following letter has been addressed by the Archbishop of Munich to the priests and flock of his dlocese:— qi by the grace of God and postolic See, Prey op of Munich Prelate of te. ou bee an and Coun- Stocese, salvation and heasing ta the Lords A ‘Dr, von Dollinger, Dean of ihe ‘Chapter and Professor eo \dressed to us, a Th ‘on March = to the Ecum his posi which he, at the same time, meine Zeitung for publication. ft the extra suppl a f wal he ven bul Sen ee ee Rs ee oe vy ty jocument an oD ite author without the pale of the Roman Catholic Church, in case he should ist in es. The author demands, Pernt—that he theall acai Itted to prove ‘r ie to fm an assem: bly of bishops and theologists that the decrees of faith of the fourth sitting of the Ecumenical Council were neither con- tained in the Holy Scriptures, as understood by the fathers of the Church, por in the writings handed down according to their true history; that the latter bave, in fact, been falaiied by forged or mutilated documents,’ end that these same documents are in flagrant contradiction with the more ancient ecclesiastical decisions, Bt the author has over- Tooked that there is no question before us which is yet 10 be decided, and therefore carefully to be examined. The [meer pone egally question has already been decided. A convened, voluntarily assembled and directed by the the Church, has, after careful examination, explali mulated and defined this article of faith,’ Every Christian Knows at present what the Church prescti believe, The Church which Jesus Christ has promised to the end of the world cannot bid us believe anything else than ‘the revelation of God Himself. Whoever, therefore, opposes the declaration of the Church opposes God. ‘He who will h Church let him be unto thee as @ heathen anda jatthew, xvili., 17, author asserts that a purely historical ques- here only in the case, which could solely be re- ‘same means and rules as apply to the research ot any other historical fact. means the laced under historical examination. The decisions of ti arch are aubmitted to the judgment of the last historical writer, her divinely ordained ouice to instruct is sot astde and all the Catholic truths placed under controversy. Let ‘aclence take up the Catholic teachings of faith and examine them by all human means and they will stand proof against all contradiction. Let the acience of tnfidelity revolt against God and fis revelation, tthe Church and her decrees of faith, it will never be ab! ¢ the rock upon which the Lord has built His Church, Third—The author declares that the decrees of July 18, 1870, are in contradiction with the constitutions of European States, but particulariy with that of Bavaria; that this article 6: belief has wrouclt the ruin of the old German empire and wouid, if prevailing with the Roman Catholic portion of the German nation, plant the germs of a lingering and incurable malady Into the constitution of the new German empire. Against this entirely erroneou and hateful accusa- tion we protest with & loud voice and deciare it an unfounded charge agaiust the Cathoife Chureh, her Head, her Bishops and all her members, who will never cease “to render unto Goosar that which ts'Ciesar’s and unio God that which 1s ode Dearest memvers of the diocese, the views and judgments alleged in this document, of which we have only pointed out to you the most notable ones, have since the convocation of D lated in many booke and be confessed with sorrow that this the highest probability to the supposition, that the author |of he spiritual head of the the Ecumenical Council newspapers; it mus document bas given long entertained ~ sad this.“ deciaration 4 whole movement 101 which bas caused so much confusion in the minds sciences of Chrishana. ‘The equally numerous writings proving this heresy ound, alas! 0 ear with those circles hoatleto the Church. Now, however, the open opposition Of a man, who haa hitherto deservedly flied high positions in the Church and State, has given the matter the aspe:t ot a formal revolt against the Catholic Church, Dear brethrern, we are weil conscious of our duties as ehief pastor of the diocese, and have therefore not delayed in addressing to you these grave and wi and in taking the now necessary measures. sieps which we shall be obliged to take will be in no less de - ree governed by a single view to the dangers threatening fiehureb in Germany and fove to the erring brother. ahall not break the bruised reed or quench the smoking flax." —Matthew, We shall, however, know how to from ‘error and temptation. priests of our archdiocese we exclaim, with Paul, Timothy, keep. that 1s committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain ‘and oppositions of’ science falsely so called.” |.» 20, 21, Pray, however, my dearest brethren, on of the author, jeopardized by that unfortn- jon; pray for the ‘holy Church, particularly in our dear German and Bavarian Fatheriand: pray for your sorrowful pastor, who blesses you‘in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Amen. The present pastoral letter is to be communicated from the pulpit according to the wants of the faithful. +4REGORIUS, Archbishop of Munich. Muntou, Easter Sunday of the year 1871. he Professors of the Munich University to Dr. Doltinger—The Doctrine of Intallibility Strongly Denounced—Dr. Doliinger Repre- sented as a Champion of Outraged Truth. The greater number of the Catholic professors of the Munich University—forty-four out of sixty-two— have presented the following address to Dr. Dollin- ger. It reads as follows:— certaining the tradition. That not even the mos: modest beginning was made in this direction—that, Indeed, the im- | mense majority .f the bishops trom Latin couniries wanted qituge the will or the power to distinguian truth {rom falas. peated in italy and were distributed (a home-for i ‘ace, those of the Domtnican Bishop of Mondori, nd furter, by the fact that hundreds o/ these bislopa could without bidsiing rest thelr case upon the unassailadi thority of A!phonsua Liguor. It is weil known that the Jesuits, when they had conceived the of establishing Papal absolutism in Church and | State, in education and admunistration, as a dogma, invented the ao-called *'Sacriticio deli’ tatelletto,” and asstired tueir ‘ia that man, renouncing his own spirit- ined understanding and discernment saonld throw himseif with blind faith into the arms o' our unerring Papal magistracy, as the sole sure source of religious knowledge.’ And this religious order has indeed had great success ip raising in the eyes of numbers intellectual indolence to the dignity of a religious sacrilice full of merit, and has even moved men, whose culture would have enabled them to enter upon an historical exaimination, to abandon the same. But as iar as we may judge from their pastorals the German bishops have not yet descended to this point of delusion. They stili con: cede to human knowledge, to human search and examin tion, & right, to exist and’a sphere of activity. They them selves appeal to history, as does the pastorai which bas av- peared under your name. ‘In e pastoral letter which has just been sent to me Bishop Lothar von Kubel in Freiburg “says, on pape 9 ‘Doen the Pove receive new revelations? Can he create new articies of {3 in ual light of self. faith? Certainly not. He cap only declare that doctrine is contained in the Holl iptures and in tradition, therefore, ts revealed by and = must be bedeved of all.”" Ido not doubt that your and ail other German bishops are fuliy these words. But the question is, then, in the present con fused staie of the Church simply ‘a historical one, which ts to be treated and decided upon according to the means in our power, aud to the rules wuich are applicable to every bis- toric search, to every discovery of past facts—that is to say, of such as Uelong to history. There are in this case no spe- cial oF secret sources of wnich ths Popes alone have the right or power to avail themselves. Both Pope and bishops must fn thiscase necessaily, if I may use the expresmon, place themselves under the common law—. ¢, tt’ their resolutions are to endure musi ‘adopt that course; must initiate that examination of — wit- nesses’ with the requisite sifting and critical Proo! of evidence | which ione, in the judgment of all men of capacity in historical matiers, is able to give us truth and certainty. There were, therefore, and remain yet, $wo qu 0 be answered {0 accordance with this cours: iratiy, Exceliency with given to them namely, that of an infallibitity and boundless Universal power granted thereby to the Popes? it true that the ecclesiastical tradition of ail time fn the writ ings of the Fathers and the facts of history prove the general acknowledzment of this dousie right of the Pope ? If these questions must be answered in the negative it 1s not permissible to appeal, as Bishop von Kubel and others do, to the assisiance of the Holy Ghost, as promised to the Pope, and to the oved'«nce of faith due on tl account to him; lor what we ure to examine into historicaiiy is just_ whether this tance as been promised to him. And where pas thi done? Not in the Council, for there, as Cardoni's prin- cipal treatise proves, even falsitications were not shunned, and an entirely unreal picture of tradition baa been given and @ suppression of the most striking facts and counter testi- monies, And it is precisely this waich I am ready tu prove. ‘And here I beg your Exceliency to consider that the doc- trine which we are now to adopt forms by {ts own nature, and by the declaration of the Pope himself, by the confession Of all infallibists, a fandamental article of’ faith—that it isa question of the’ regw’s fidei, of the rule which mum decide wnat isto be believed and what {s not. in future every Vatholic Christian could only answer the query why he be- rt hat as follows:—"I believe or deny it because the infallible Pope has commanded me to believe or to deny ALM Nor can this ira principle of faith, aa the Holy Serio tures necessarily should most clearly show. ever have been doubtful in tne Charch—it mast at every date and among every people have the whole Church like ® brightly shinin star--must have been laced in the Tront of all instruction; and we wall for an explanation how it is to be cieared up that only af! 1,880 years the Church has started the idea of making an ar- ticks of faith of a doctrine which the Pope cali, ine letter ‘addressed to your Excellency on the 28th of October, 1 Sundimartrle princivinm Crthotici fide ae dactren ow ‘can it have been possible that the Popes should have, during centuries past, exempted whole countries, whole schools or (ueology trom bellet in this “fundamental articie of faith ¥ | And, may T add, how is it that your Excsilency yourself strove a0 long and ao persistently against the enunclation of tuis dogma? Because it was not opportune you say. But gan Werer have been “inopportune” to give to believers the key of the whole tempis of Yaith, to announce to them the Fundamental article on which al ine reat depend ? We stand of us giddy before chasin which o fon of Seip teat pened before us on the He who wishes to measure the immense range of these resolutions may be urgeatly recommendei to compare tho- To the third chapier of the decrees in Councti with the and to realize for himacif what a syatent of auiversal overnment and spiritual dictation stands here before us. 2 tis the plenary power over the whole Church us over each feparate member, such ae the Popes bave claimed for them- aoiven since Ure J, sich as ie pronounced in. the Bumerous bulis siace the "bull “Unam eanctam,”” which is from hence/orth to be believed and acknowledged in his lite | | by every Catholic. This power fa boundiess, incaicula’ ican, ae Innocent iIf. ania, atrike at sin everywher can punish every man, silows of no appeal, s sovereign and trary, for, according to Bonifacius VIIl., tue Pope carries ail rights in the surine of bie bosom.’ As he | Now become iafaliibie he can in one moment, with one little personal or corp freedom; or, as tne canoniste say, the tri « that of the Pope areoneand ti The apse => 4 same. This} 8 ite Romish origin on fis forebead, and will never be able bristian, to penetrate in jermanic countries, As @ theo! histori ® citizen us for with the pial poaties; It purposes just that establiah- ment of the kingdom of this word which Christ rejected; 18 Claims that rule over ail communions which Peter forbide to all and to himself, Not as theologian ; for the whole tradi- tion of the Church is in irreconcliable Opposition to tt. Not aa a historian can I accept it; for as such I know that the Permistent endeavor to realise thie theory of kingdom of @ world bas cost Europe rivers of biooa, has confounded i@ countries, has shaken the beautiful o ganic architecture of tue elder ‘Church, and has begotten, fed ‘orat avuves in the Church, Finady, as a citizen, | must put it from me, beet yi, the claims on the eubmission of States and mcnaren: of the whole politival order the Pi wer, for the clergy, it id by the excevtiona. position winch it clalms ings In accordance with the other bigh schools of Germany we protested, eight months ago, agninst the resolutions waich fiPatwemptea to force upon Catholic Christianity on Sul last year. Since then the work of force inaugurated in’ Romé has been continued, and at a time when the German nation conquered onthe battle fields the firat he nations of the globe the bishops of the rman nation assumed the task of oppressin; the con- sciences. In the service of unchristian tyranny they have brought confusion and distress into many honest hearts, Toeir object is to persecute the tirm believers of their faith and to enchain us all as much as it is in their power in the irons of absolutism, which is functions of reason’ and right, the Holy Scriptures, Whither will’ this becinning lead? What will become of the Catholic world and the Fatherland when it 1s no longer ited within the pale of the Church to unite aclence, culture (Aeiduny), sincerity of beart and Ifberty of conscience with religiousness? In these limes of danger, when all exterior pillars of suprory are breaking, it behooves the high schools to cling to the last and, God's help, unbreakabie plank of o' trush. Upon you above all, reverend sir, have the eyes of pation been Gtrected. You have fulslied the general expectation; by your declaration of March 24 you have given a piedge of the salutary deveiopment; you have upheld the right of free sclentiic examination and inserted m page of the highest historical importance in the annals of the Munich University, You had to decide between « huriiiat- ing submission, without man regard to right and truth, as de- ied of you, and s difieait, but indispensable duty, and Jou bare chosen the right oath. Versevere in the siraggle, Defead youraeif with the shining shield o may it be a shield of destruction to ali those who hristianity. At this crisis of our Christian desti- nies we remember the question of the coura; reverend SOLACE FOR THE SICK. Presentation of Pictures to Bellevue Hospi- tal—Warden Brennan's Appeal to the Public for Assistance in Making Pleasant the Home of the Suffering. It has long been a cause of regret to well wishers of the city public institutions that so ittie interest has been manifested by the public in making the bomes of the sick cheerful and bright by the pre- sence of pretty articies, pleasant to look upon. Warden Brennan, of Bellevue Hospital, has seen this want for some time past, and is now excrung himself to supply the hosptial under his charge with the desired objects, A generous lady recently pre- sented Bellevue Hospital with a namber of beauti- ful lithograpns, and, inspired by this action, the Commissioners of Charities and Correction nave sent to Mr. Brennan 200 lithographs and chromos with which to relieve the dullness of the hospital wards. In so large a building as Bellevue Hospital the number of pictures alone alluded to must seem very small; and while there can be no doubt about the advautage of ornamenting the wards with pic- tures, the question arises whence they are to come. it would seem that the supply of these articies as hospital furniture ought to be at once provided; for every one who lias spent any time in a hospital knows the tedium and monotony of the life. War- den Brennan hopes that before long the public will supply Lim with such a number of pictures as will be sufficient for every wai in Bel- levue. It is not expected that the gifts will in any one case be large; even one eid will be received gladly. Those who have n under the kind-hearted Warden's care at Betle- vue should remember their own time in the hos- pital and prove their estimation of the services ren- dered them by making some present in response to the Warden’s appeal of the description here reierred | to. The chartiable purpose of making pleasant the home of the sick will no doubt cause many Lo re- spond to Warden Brennan's appeal. JERSEY CITY FINANCES, The First National bank of Jersey City concluded Negotiations yesterday for the purchase from the city of twenty year bonds to the amount of one million of dollars at par, with accrued interest from the first of May next. This justifies what was stated In yesterday's HERALD of the Board o1 Finance, who are gradually extricating the city from the financial embarrassments into which the manipulators of the bonds in the late Board of Alderman had plunged it, The very last oMcial act of Mr. Bumsted as chairman of the Commtttee on Finance was the sale of @ large amount of bonds ata rate lower than that at which several panks would be willing to take them. This was done without the Knowledge of the members of the committee ana on Mr, Bumsted’s sole responsibility. The Board of Aldermen passed a resolution calling on him to ren- der an account of the transaction, but he evaded the question by resigning, as the new charter had ain the meautime, according to its pro- visions, he, as a member of tue Board of Works, could not noid any other oMce, To this day he has not rendered to the representatives of the peopie any account of this transaction, Which has provoked @ Universal complaint throughout the city. His fail- ure to secure the chairmanship of the Board of Works deprived him of @ seat in the Board of Finance. His successful rival, Mr. Gillett, and Mayor O'Nelil—who is a member of the latter Koard—are Malnly entitied to the credit of repairing the mischtet of the past. Tis is one, at least, of the benefits 5 Griaing from the result of tue Cleclion Last ialie BRAZIL. Reareta at the Resignation of the Usited States Minister—Chief Mate of the Bark Cricket Washed Overbeard—The Yellow Fover at Buenos Ayres—The United States juadron. - Rio JANEIRO, March 25, 1871. ‘The Brazil and United States mail steamer South America leaves this port for New York to-morrow morning, at ten o'clock, and 1 am disposed to send @ mere mention of such items as may be matters of interest, for Rio affords just now not much glean- ing which may be of value to the HERALD readers at home. By the South America, which came in here on the 19th inst., we learned of the near resignation of our late Minister, Mr. Henry T. Blow, of Missouri, and of the tmprobability of his returning to Brazil. ‘This is no light cause of regret, not only on the part of the American residents, but many foreign and native families as well; for the course pursued by Mr. Blow won nim the confidence and esteem of all with whom he came in contact, while the friends of his peculiarly charming and hospitable family embrace all those who have had the pleasure of meeting them. Much anxiety 1s manifested to know who his successor may be, very many expressing the wish that the post might be filled by Mr, Munroe, the late consul, whose resi- dence here is remembered with pleasure by both omicial and private families and individuals. The bark Cricket, Captain James Kean, of and from Baltimore, arrived here safely on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 22d inst. The Cricket left Balti- more on the morning of the 6th of February, and on the 15th encountered a gale in the Gulf stream, Just before four o'clock on the morning of the 16th Mr. Preston, the first officer,,came on deck. The vessel had the gale apd a heavy sea on her quarter, and was shipping much water, Mr. Preston, in order to avoid the water on the deck, stepped up on to the house aft and threw his arm around the spanker boom. He had hardiy done this when a heavy sea swept the vessel's quarter deck and took Mr. Preston with it, sweeping him beyond the possibility of succor. At the same time it swept away two men who were lashed to the wheel, but they saved themselves from going overboard, Mr. Preston was from Baltimore, was 4 young man of much promise, had the esteem of his employers, was personally beloved by hs cap- tain, and will be sincerely mourned by all who knew him at home or abroad. The English mati steamer Oneida came into this port yesterday, from Montevideo, and reports a frightful p:evalence of yellow fever at Buenos Ayres. The epidemic nas come upon the city quite sud- denly, and rages feariully, the deaths one day amounting to over two hundred, Business is almost entirely susperded, and more than ten thousand persons have left the city, and all who by any means can get away are leaving. A thirty days’ quaran- tine at Montevideo on everything arriving from Buenos Ayres is almost equivalent to a severance ofthe latter city irom the rest of the world. At present the city of Montevideo is free from the fever. The American Admiral, with his snip, 1s lying off Montevideo; the United States man-oi-war Wasp also. The Portsmouth, Captain Semmes, is up the northern coast. ‘Thus city, having only a few mild cases of yellow fever, may be considered free from it. There are a few cases of typhus and typhoid fevers, but there have been only a very few deaths. The city gene- rally 1s in @ healthy condition, though it remains sul quite warm. ATTEMPTED BURGLARIES, The Advantages of Burglar Alarms—A Warn- ing to Housebreakers Generally. Un Saturday morning, about two o'clock, Mr. Henry M. Heiser, residing on the corner of Ninety- second street and Eighth avenue, was violently aroused from sleep by the ringing of a “burglar alarm,” which was fastened to the window looking from his back basement into the yard. Knowing fuil well that a burgiar was either then in the house or endeavoring to get in, and being also aware of the precise spot where to find the thief, his son and himself rushed down stairs, with revolvers allready for use. Mr. Heiser, Sr., led the way, and was the first to open the door of the back basement. As soon as he did so he thrust-in his arm which held the pistol, when a Voice instantly cried out, in a tone of resignation, ‘Don’t shoot; 1 give up.’’ Both gentlemen then ad- vanced and secured tueir prisoner, who gave his name as Patrick Foley. ‘They had now to find a policeman into whose cus- tody the burglar could be given; but in this simple matter they had a much greater difficulty than they apprehended they would. They hallo and called out “Police!” and “Watch!” until they were hoarse; but no policeman came, at least not trom the direction they expecied. When they had almost given up in _ despair of getting il gy My ia em, Svtre omicors Pettit aud Hitchcock, of the Twenty- third precinct potice, who had heard the call for assistance in ith avenve, a distance of nearly three-quarters of @ mile. The question might perti- nentuly be tere asked, Were all the police of the ‘Thirty-first precinct, in which the residence of Mr. Heiser is, asieep at that hour of the night, and if not, where were they? * Yesterday the prisoner was arraigned at the York- ville Poitce Court by the before mentioned officers, and gave his reason for sromedas to rob Mr. Heiser to. be that he had been out of employment for several months past, and that he had nothing to eat. He was locked up without vail. In his posses- sion when arrested were ound a brace and pit, a bottle of vitriol and acandie. He looks more like @ laboring man than a thief; but the quality of a book, the old adage says, cannot be always judged trom tts cover. ATTEMPT TO ROB A DRY GOODS STORE. John H. Young, alias Matthew Young, was yes- terday brongnt before Justice Bixby, at the York- ville Police Court, charged with having been found imthe dry Board store of Godirey Gottschalk, No. 604 Weat Fifty-first Cee on Saturday morning about one o'clock, with the intention, of course, it was presumed, of robbing it, He was hela to answer without bail. This Yo seems to bea desperately bad character, if the report given of him by the police be true. Some monihs since he was arrested and brought to the above court on a charge of highway robbery; but the complainant not appearing agaist him he was aiscnarged. About ® week subsequent to this he was again wanted, he having cut a man’s cheek open with a knife; but this time he escaped by fleeing to Hartford. This ume, however, he has been caught “dead to mghts,"’ as the police say, and he will certainly go up. He is but fifteen years of age. ABDUCTION OR WHAT? A Queer Case in Jersey—Curious Charge Against Railroad Employes. Last Wednesday, among the passengers who got on board @ train on the New Jersey Railroad at Rahway, was a Newark wine merchant, named John B. Vonah, and a young girl about fifteen years of age. The engtueer of the train, prior to its leaving the Ranway depot, saw Ihe two on tne platform, and Vonah apparently urging the girl to get aboard. Shortiy after, while the train was speeding towards Newark, an unknown lady created considerable ex- citement by cailing lustily for the conductor, the gentiemanly Bragg. He came, and the woman de- ciared that this man, Vonah, was acting in a most ungenuemanly way towards his girl companton. On the arrival of the train at Newark Vonan was handed over to a policeman. In ascuifle on board the train he claimed to have been relieved of his wailet, containing $100, but by whom he could not say. He was heid for some time at the depot under guard, but was subsequently released. In the Meantime the girl, whose home is at West Newark, and not Ralway, disappeared in the crowd, Now comes the sequel. Yesterday afternoon, on & warrant issued by Justice Dean, of Newark at the tustigation of Mr. Vonah, conductor Kragg, his engineer, the baggage master and the policemen were severally arrested by detective Haggerty, but immediately released by giving their ruie to be in Newark on Monday morning, at justice Dean's office. The charge against them 18 assault and battery. Mr. Bragg, who 1s one of the quietest and least quarreisome of men, declares him- seif totally at a loss to comprehend the matter. The impression prevails that Vonah was attempting to abauct the girl. The affair is, however, so thor- oughly mixed that it is scarcely possibie to make head Or tall Out of It as it now rests, Disappearance of a New Yorker from on Board 2 Hudson River Stenmer. Information was left with the police of Yonkers, ‘Westchester county, yesterday, to the effect that a well-to-do resident of New York, named Fitch T. Birdsall, nad mysteriously disappeared from on board the steamer Connecticut, when opposite the former pl afew nights ago, it being supposed tharbe had jumped Overboard, It seems. that the mit man got on b and before reaching Yonkers was ing irrational questions. When the stea: was about passing the latter piace Mr. Bird: walked into the pilot house, and, after remaining there a few moments, left, no traces of him having been discovered, except that his dress coat and hat were found on the hurricane deck of the steamer Bhortly afterwards. It is understood thatthe un- fortunate man was just recov from & protracted illness, Which left his mental faculties somewhat hm- paired. Mr. Birdsall was about thirty years old, five ieet elght inches high, jight complexion, and had on @ blue vest and light blue striped panta- joons, THE WIDOWS" AND ORPHANS’ FUND OF BICOKLYN, The annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Widows, and Orphan’s Fund of Brooklyn was held on Friday evening. From the reports read it appears tne receipts during the past year amounted toptable and ‘he oxpenthvutes $7,978. The total Amount of tue fund at tue Dresent Une ld $80,030, “YURK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1871-QUADRUPLE SHEET. NEW GERMANY. The Catholic Sentiment of the German Empire. MAGNA CBARTA OF RELIGIOUS PEACE Never Vote for Laws Which Are in Vio-" lation of the Laws of God. A FREE CHURCH AND A FREE STATE. Liberal Amendments to the Constitution Fought for by the Ultramontanes. Brnwiy, April 5, 1871. As was shown inthe recent debate on the throne address, the central or clerical party are determined to stand isolated from all the other members on such questions as aiford them an opportunity to push forward, openly or clandestinely, the interests of Catholicism. When we speak of the latter we do not refer, of course, to the liberal German Catholics, but to the submissive shepherds and flocks who look to Rome as the only and infallible source of salvation, It cannot be gainsaid that the aivision between the ultramontanes and the adherents of the Dollinger school ts daily widening, and that either a great modification of the tenets or a thorough split in the Church must ere long ensue. When writing to you from Fulda, a few years ago, I had to speak on the same snbject and cite the words ofséme of the Catholic professors at the seminary— words which emphasized the elasticity of the Romish doc- trines, their double capacity to stand as an adamantine rock, unmoved by the waves of thousands of years, and yet to yield temporarily, while inevitable hurricanes are blowing and dashing down other frail institutions, only to stand erect afterwards with enhanced strength and vigor. Judging from the EXCITED DEBATES of the last few days in the Reichstag on the new constitution of the German empire, ft would seem asif the aforesaid ca- pacity might soon be put to the test, inasmuch as all the de- mands put forward by the clerical members, who form a very respectable fraction, were swept away in the final vote asif by a hurricane. 1t must not be supposed, however, that the clerical gentlemen evinced any restlessness or weakness under this signal defeat. On the contrary, they looked tri- umphant, and constantly assured their opponents that noth- tug in the worid, leastof all afew written paragraphs of a secular document, could in any way a(fect that Church which St. Peter was told “the gates of hell should not prevail against.”” It was Monday last, and after the President had communt- cated the reply of his Majesty the Emperor to the throne ad- dress, when the discussion of the government draft of the constitution, which had commenced on Saturday previous, was resumed. It ts necessary to mention firatan amend- ment offered by the Polish members, to the effect that the former Polish territory should not be tncorporated into the German realm, becayse, said they, the unity of Germany is due only to a new victory of the nationality principle. For this reason the Poles saw fit to renew their claim to the preserva- tion of @ nationality of their own. “Though we have but Uttle expectation,” said Deputy Von Zoltowski, the leader of the fraction, “fortune mizht smile once more upon Poland, and we wish openly to declare that we are, and intend to remain, Poles.” Prince Bismarck replied snarlishly that they had seats in the Reichstag as repre- sentatives of Prussian provinces and German citizens, and that be was loath to repeat to them the provisions of treaty stipulations made half a century ago. If the Germans had treatea the Poles as other nations had been treated by them (the Poles), there would not now remain a vestige of them in existence. His further remarks were eo cutting that another Polish deputy rose and protested against these attacks as unjustified by the terms of the Treaty of Vienna. Bismarck retorted once more that the twenty odd Polish deputies had no right to speak on behalf of the Polish people. Tt was just as false to attribute to him the words, “Might be- fore right," which be had never uttered, as those other words, “The Poles are not a people.” But he could tell them that they had only pen elected to further the interests of a Catholic Church, and not to represent a Polish nationality, as their constituents are good German citizens, who fought as bravely in the war as any of thetr brethren in arms. ‘THR AMENDMENTS of the clericals, having for their apparent object tne entire parity of all confessions—the ultimate effect of which they hope to turn into @ protection of Catholicism not only in Germany, but also of course atthe fountain head—formed tne next topic of discussion. Deputy Von Treitsehke, the renowned Heidelberg Professor, opened by expressing his Tegret that the spirit of harmony displaye! in the glorious war which united Germany was not also developed in the Reichstag. The debate of the throne address had already shown the seessio in montem sacium, we still see Copedave ri republic and Guelphs, attacking the new Germany. It wa vain attempt to remove by an amendment of four lines tn length that deep gap which for cen:uries has exisied be- tween Church and State. Atter the vast exertions and sacri- fices it were better to allow Germany some repose. Look at andamental righis offered to you by & party’ which Op! 10 owever, iaplas Christian “virtue of viet eee we, 4 endurance. Instead re 30) @ stone. Tevive reso- lutions framed 7°the Frankfort Parliament ret politically babies. Why er articles of that stillborn are civil authoriues it was when the nobility and clergy the free cities. ‘Then the Bisho) of Marwnce had 8 fy Parliament oF Could send bis ry ir. Now we have the joy to sce ere elected by universal franchise. We call hu an immense pi ¢ gist of the amendment is to allow the Catholic Ci the exclusive control of its affairs, which might be expedient in Prussia, but which in smaller Stat with @ numerous ‘Catholic population, would entrust every bishop with a pow- erful lever of opposition to the government, Ruch course without due deliberation would perpetuate confessional strife in Germany, The independence sought for by the Catholic Church would require an entire revision of the reiations be- tween Church and State. (Lively appiause.) ‘The next speaker was THE “BIG GUN” OF THE CLERICALS, Deputy Baron (ON KETTELER, Bishop of Mayence, whose principal arguments were as follows :—You have been asked not to vote a law which might cause bishops to revel against— the government. Let me tell you a way to prevent such @ danger: never vote for laws which are in violation of the laws of God, (Nolse.) Then we will never rebel agatnst jaws of the land. You have been asked to vote against the sel{-administration of the Christian contessions, and the same thing mates be asked of i with respect to all other lawa gravting liberties, under the pretext that these liberties might be abused. What we ask is but j) asaist in gk 9 @ great, magnificent and powerful many, in the spirit of our Emperor and master, who always given tue gloryto God. Our army, too, different it the French, was icepired with that this pfous spirit should our constitution, that it guarantee respect for religious ‘convictions. motion isthe Magna Charta of (Hear, hear;”’ noise.) The confessional purity. 1848, at a time when wo were free ;" “Marriage legalized, by the seas aes represent ¥ hada seat in ice. We want should Our it to the right of every: is rather freedom of thought. (Hear, hear.) Religions are associations, and for ‘these we ask freedom of action and sel{-administration. You have in the Prassian constit.ition, article fifteen, guarantee- ing religious parity, and we demaid it for the whole of Ger- ‘* +" * ‘This discussion is watched with great inter- ent by the people of Alsac us not injure their religious feelings. (Great uproar. Cries of “You injure them”) A FREE CHUROM IN A FREE STATE. Deputy Count RENARD—The members of the clerical party Dave railed to explain to us the contradiotion which exists 1a fF own party, 1 Yon of the catholic church, fn tavor of an absolute power, wil Mberal institutions. I differ wita Deputy Toeltscuke in one point only. I beileve we will have in uture free Church in & free State. We reject their amendments on the ground ot the treaties with our South an breturen. (Appiause.) Deputy Father GueiL—The overthrow of the episcopal jon is foreign to this debate. I will not stop, there- fore, to show that the charge Is unfotinded. It was Cavour ake first of @ free Church in a free State. The motto came from Italy, and its sound was so bewitching that it deceived even Count Montalembert, But just IN ITALY 16 THE OHUROH THE LEAST FRER. Tofposed till the last moment isavaria’s entrance into the new realm (Hear, hear); now, this having taken viace, I will labor honestly with you. f have been shocked to hear on thia tloor distinctions drawn bewween the different cou fessions, I shall never approve of such, Never! never! Ti (Great hilarity.) I have heard ft said that the ve not here witn fettering the Church, either by « sovereign or a party or @ Reichstag, will be an insupportable conaition. By acceptin; ur motiod you will vouchtute to Germany bota ‘union an ry. T pERSONAL LIBERTY OF THE INDIVIDUAL. Deputy LORWE-CALUE reminded the clerical pariy of the necensity of embracing in their work of retorm the school. ‘The movers of the amendment were aware of the advantage they have bad over the evangelical Church in this direction. Whaat was most need the personal liberty of the indi. viduai, and this fundamental right they might have found in the constitution of °48, which says, “No! 4 is obligea to make known his religious belief.” ‘Another important mat- ter must be seltied between Church and State, viz.—the laws concerning marriage, And why bave they left out that alto- Fsiher towel, contained io the aroresald constitution of fe48 Y ler did not want the State to make would force men to rebel against the laws of just now, when Infallibility is causing 80 great fe in the Catholic Church, what does he call The pro amendments embrace also the Uberty of the press and the right of assembiage, We of the Fortachritt party reject these at present, only because they are brought in inopportunely. REVIVING OLD RELIGIOUS PRUDS. Several members of the conservative and liberal parties spoke against the amendments, showing that the ciericals had no right to al party on tne floor of the House for the purpose of reviving old reli- gious fenda. They ever so often the very rh Deputy Von Kei Jawa whic! sem call themselv ‘would name them 0 King o1 varia has retuned the placetum regium to tne infallibiity dog- ma? Dothey ask an intervention of the new an reaim in favor of the dominion of the Pope? Their demand be independent in its internal affairs. Pope an internal affair of the him for a foreign Power, and ask ay hi RT. The clericais were constantiy on the in warding off th #, in which they were assisted by the particularists fro over and @ social democrat or two. The Pol stood quite aloof, owing probaviy to the browbeming Wes had atthe hands of Bismarck. That ald Sn, neg an neo ama fo tion with article L of the consticution, to the effect that the old Gi Bund atill existe ae jure, and that tue new wing driven away flaw in its title of har de) over had not yet con- (Hijarity,) “There is no reason to laugh, con- ' for what [ say here is opinion of my constituents, Prince Bismarck denies having saad, “Migh fore rig! ‘not done 40, bi what ts much worse, he has acted accordingly. ena ‘THE POBITION OF THE POPE. Deputy Vor MALLINCKRODT, who rose to favor the amendments, dented that the dethronement of the Pope waa a oy aaa of hs Came’ n a emer aus a of justice for the wi of burope. of Chureb im ‘State would uot be desirab.e; both might co-operate re- ciprocally. Bann. (oclal democrat {rom Saxony) thousht it Deput; surphasngly strange that te new realm shoud ‘be la urated by religious squabbles, For him, who had broken with all religious dogmas, It required a listen to all these expectorations. The ie iasd "the people Liberte onthe ago yn the war prom! @ peo} al 'y. The Reichstag had better remind. tim of bis\promise Instead of ‘wasting its time in such debates. The democrats having ap- Wied our amendments (0 those of the centre, are now no [ese thau they opposed on all sides of the I ground of the inopportunen Teally scea that the men of 1848 were babies iu politios when they inserted m a constitution, at the head of which stood = Prussian King or German Emperor, absolute liberty of the reas, unlimited right of assemblage and similar fine thin Torexpect there at {he hands of « sovereign wax puerile. Tho interests of sovereigns and veoples are always in contradic- tion. (Noise.) It seems in yupertluous to discuss the rights of man unless we are determined in case of need to gelte thern by force, ‘We shall never obtain them in German: ion't if we “Give them to us, or we will take them Another reason tor the opposition of those gentlemen ts the fear of that uropean revolutionary party to, which I belong. Thetr drend of it drives them into the urms of reactionary reramenta, Some years ago Bismarck was aakeu whether ¢ hoped to come off victorious in the internal contitct then raging. | “Pshaw!™ he ie aaid to have replied, “the Fort; scbritt don’t hate me as much as they fear the revolution.” We will never obtain fundamental righ!s by your debates here; but we will have them ere the close of the century. (Laughter and derision.) ABARISM AND COMMUNISM. These ultra sentiments did not elicit Immediate replies, being disposed of by Deputy Miguel (national liberal), who ud that sovial democracy knew but two ileas—Corsariem iad Communism. The same Deputy then launched anew ‘accusation againat the clerical party, viz,—that they had deen confessedly op] to the union of Germany; bad never had, previous to the outbreak of the war, a word of sympathy for the national cause—nay, had even reached openly treason against {t. It will not do to treat the Gathotle Church simply as a religious atsociation; {t Is litical power which requires, at the hands of the State, di Ferent management thau,that awarded to the ordinary’ Tura. vereia. DISSENSIONS IN THE CATHOLIO CHUROH. eputy Baron VON STAUFFENBURG dilated upon the con- fusion which would arise in bis own State (Bavaria) if the amendments of the cericals were to become laws, In the Bavarian constitution we di gious, purely secular and mixed concerns, and these well uated matters would be changed into chaos, The dissen- sion In the Catholic Church is dally increasing. We stand at the commencement of & movement which will become as worid-historic as the Reformation. Though the right mam has not as yet made his appearance we are sure that Provi- dence will send him at the right moment, Ere long we may hear the question raised, WHICH I$ THR TRUR CATHOLIC CHURCH? (Noise from the horritied clericals.) T do not. ws offend any one; but it fs one of those things which must be said. Youwill sooner find the square of the circie than re- concile Romish pretengons with that religious liberty which you affect to ask for. * Ler ALL ORREDS RE AG FREE AS TIRY ARKIN AMERICA. ‘Another South German deputy, hike the previous speaker, aliberal Catholic, expressed astonishment that the Catholic Church, which had always laid the greatest sirese upon unl- formity'In belief, should now be pleading for liberty of creeds. We are wiliing to give {t to them on the largest acale; we will everrallow it to the full extent granted In America, But, mark you, the clergy there cannot ait in the Legisiature. ‘Applause from all aides, also from the gulleries, Preaident impson ooking daggers and seeming ready to have them cleared.) this to THY FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. The previous question was now voted and the debate closed, the president only allowing the social democrat ceputy Sonnemann, from Frankfort-on-the-Main, to {petty his amendment respecting treedom of ‘This Deputy unveiled = gloomy _ pic: ture of press persecutions, under which he. bim- self an editor, had severely sulfered. Contiscations of dally issues, tines and incarcerations of editors were constant oc- currences : and though the courts in the majority of cases pro- nounced the parties guiltless, it was done aiter weeks and months of delay, and no indemnity was given for losses sus- tain THR CONSTITUTION ADOPTED WITHOUT AMENDMENTS, ‘The roll of the House waa now called, and the vote being on the adoption of the constitution without any of the amendments, it was carried by 293 yeas againat 59 nays. THE AINS OF THE CLTRAMONTANES EXPLAINED. Tt might well be asked wey this ultramontane party, whose shrewdness is acknowle: ‘should have chosen Germany as the scene of this conflict. ‘Th however, natural, as they have suffered great losses through ation of their temporal power by tl {ofore they have claimed that. temporal and religious power work together harmoniousiy, and hence juced: conclusion that the temporal ruler of dominion should also be raler of the His throughout world, an far at least ‘as the religious interests of these people coincide with their worldly interests. Experience has taught them otherwise, bowever. They now try to retrieve their jin politi- cal influence in Germany, which they can only do by attack. ing the principle of non-ntervention proclaimed by that Power. As in the olden times, they would have the Emperor march to Rome—with this ditference only, that in- stead of Emperors having gone thither to receive their crowns out of the hauds of the Pope, Her, should now go thereto place a crown on the head of his Holiness. They ey 4 ‘waited to see what turn the war of 187 would take. jad ft not resulted in favor of Germany they would have gone to France and organized their new operations there. But the Romanic races of oo and Spain are probal less ft to be worked upon than the more soli Germans, with whom, all, religious sentiment 19 leas cial, and where many Of the functions of State, such as the solemnization of marriage, baptism, record of deaths, oaths, attendance at church, &c., are entirely or in part under the control of the Church. Here they had undoubtedly good reason to hope for a certain measure of success, and so much the more as they intro- duced their operations under the pretence of religious Uberty, purity of confessions, and with the extraneous as- sistance of some popular democratic ideas. Their defeat has been as aignal as possible; but with thelr prover! erse- verance and the numerous means of agitation always at their disposal, they may be expected to continue the struggle and to gain ground, ff not by long strides, at least by degrees, under the present vacillating Cabinet Minister of on and Public Instruction. A MAN MURDERED AT HIS OWN REQUEST. The Murderer’s Confession. Some days since we gave an account of the sul cide, in a house of ill-fame, of one Daniel E. Hedden, acierk in the paymasttr’s department at Omaha. It now turns out that, at his own request, the girl who was in the room with him—Cora Clinton—fired the fatal shot. The following full particulars are from the Omaha Heraid of April 18:— Last night, about nine o’clock, the woman who calls herseli Cora Ulinton, and whose name ts fresh in the public mind from her connection with the late awiw tragedy in this citv, sent for Captain Dutcher, of the police force. He went immediately in answer to the summons, accompanied by Lieute- nant Frank Schuiter, also of the police. They found Cora in the same establishment where Hedden lost his life—Hester Baldwin's, on Twelfth street, known as the Cedar Rapids House. Cora at once entered invo conversation with the two officers. She told them that sne had shot Hedden with her own hand; that she wanted to be taken away from “this place,” meaning Hester Baldwin's establish- ment, and that she did not wish to have @ word said ‘until she was gone from the house. Captain Dutcher gave her in charge of Lieutenant Shulter, who conducted her to jail Captain Dutcher remained at the house a short time to see if he could learn anything further from the mistress or the other inmates, and then came away. The city editor of tuis paper then visited ine jail. Cora came out from ber cell, and was told that the report- ers were present and that if she had nothing to con- ceal she had better reiate the circumstances. She was dressed in plain biack, was pale, but aid not appear much tated. Turning to us she said:—“I contess that I killed him.” We asked if she meant Daniel Hedden, and she said, “Yes.” She con- tinued:—*-He said he had taken laudanum and asked me to shoot him. He wanted that I should save his soulfrom the sin. 1 thought that the pistol he had was the one Le usuaily carried, and that 18 a seven- barrelled revolver. 1 intended to kill mysetf with the next load. After I saw that there was no other load then I threw down the pistol and ran out.’” “Did you say anything or make any noise so that others iu the house knew that you had Killed him ?'? we asked, She hesitated a moment, looked down and auswered, “I don’t know.” Up to this time she had spoken freely, and acted as though she meant to tell the whole truth, Afterwards sne said tnat she had been determined to take her own life, and had on Svnday night used chloroform tor that purpose. Cora ts, when properly dressed, a8 she was last night, a fine looking woman. Her face 1s broad and full, and has an intelligent expression. It conveys tue idea of thoughtful intelligence rather than delicacy or re- finement, but is now, at least, free from that leer of defiance andj.reckiessness Which so often marks the women of her ciass. She is not @ lady, she never was in the highest sense 18 & woman of marked and strong character. She is capable of heroism as well as sin, ‘There was, we think, something of the former rising through the cloud of infamy and degradation under which her better qualities have been buried, in the answer she made to the question we asked her, why she sought to take her own life. She replied, “Because I bad Killea nim.” Little is known of her history. She came, or was brought, to this city last May, under romise of marriage, from Madisun, Cora, Brinton is not her real name, She was deceived and betrayed. Then she went to live at the nouse of Low Harpel. Captain Dutcher learned of the facts and insisted that she should not remain there. Tuis was agreed to; but just af this time she was taken sick, and was seriously {ll three months, On her recovery she made acquaintance with Hedden. In her he met his fate. And she gave up to him and to hia Keeping the little of life and tonor and happiness Uhat was left to her, ha) or the term, but she HEMPSTEAD PLAINS. A Difference Between A. T. Stewart and the Queens County Agricultural Society. It is betng generally regretted throughout Queens county that a difference should exist between Mr. A. T. Stewart and the Queens County Agricultural Society regarding a proposition for the exchange of some land, Mr. Stewart has offered to transfer some land on the north side of the Long Island Rail- road for a few acres now occupied by the Society, which somewhat interferes with bis original designs. He oners bt od the transferred property tn a8 handsome condition as that which he desires ‘There seems to be some Opposition to the principally on personal grounds. The work proving the plains is temporarily sus- aed. The improvement of this locaiity is a bene- tw the whole of Queens county. It will bring them in more direct tntercourse with the greas me- tropolia, and lighten (heir present high rave OC tama om very materially.