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4 The President Davis—Pius IX Confederate Episode: (Continued from Page Three) ment. It is addressed to the ‘Illustrious and Honorable Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America.’ -Thus we are acknowledged by as high an authority as this world contains to be an independent power of the earth. I congratulate you, i congratulate the President, I congratulate his Cabinet,—-in short, I congratulate all my true hearted conn trymcn and country-women,—upon this benign event. The hand of the Lord has been in it, and eternal glory and praise be to his holy and righteous name.” Then Mr. A. Dudley Mann goes on to re late that, the document is in !’ • Latin lan guage, as arc documents prepared incur by risk the Pope, of its md says that lie will not the capture at sea, and that lie would retain it until he could convey it with entire certainty to the President, Then he goes on further to relate his own opinion of the matter as i'ol lows: Sovcreign'llVrttiff, ■'-> “The example of the if I am not much mistaken, will exercise a salutarv influence upon both the Catholic Protestant Governments of Western Europe, Humanity wifi be aroused everywhere to the importunce of its early emulation.” Then lie proceeds to relate that lie had studiously detvoi d to prevent the appearance of any telegraphic or oilier communications in the newspapers in relation to his mission, “the ua tureof it, however, is generally known to or more journals.” lie states that in his opinion, the ought to be officially correspondence published at Richmond, under : call for ;he 1 by the one or the other branch of Congress, and in the: m< latino lie should proceed to “communicate to the European press, probably the London I inns, the substance of those letters.” Thcn he concludes bis letter to Secretary Benjamin bv saying: “I regard such a 'ccare as ol primary importance in view oi the nteresis oi peace, and I am quite sure that he limy Father would rejoice at seeing those ■ uteri.';s benefit ted in this or any other offer ive manner. N°w. there it is, in the time ot war, otir Ymiederate Government was negotiating and coquetting with the Catholic Pope, through ; this intermedium, Mr. A. Dudley Mann, osten siblv h r the righteousness of peace, and for the sake ot humanity, hut: really for the pur-' pose ot gaining the official recognition of the Catholic Powers of Europe, and to "cate impression favorable to die Confederate Stales] in a desire tor recognition b\ Lie Powers m Europe under the influence ot the “ Ho<y, Pope” and his Catholic Chmvh. 1 hen who was tin* secret emissary, ibis _ Special I'.nvoy. Mr. A. Dudley Mann.' I ne ; letters oi I ope i ins IX were arltuHy “ brought j to the attention” of President Davis, then letter was prepared tor Mr. Ik vis. to Most I eitf raid- ( Im i ol the Iloly See and Sorm tyn Pontiff of ihe Homan ( alholicl dnarh ll.cn a specu.1 comnuss.on to Mr.i A. Judtc> Njami a> Special Linoy to carry. f !e .V:' r 1o and ll,eh "" (1 ; , 'j (, i'iption; by tbs spec,.' 1 Her earner about Ins grand advent to the \at,can, and the sanctimom ous reception and interview, m which it ap pears that this Mr Mam. was the more volt. hie of the t'-o, and then Iris superlative adnla tion of dii.loma: the I’ope. and his excessive empiricism! as a ,.. hi, exuberant expressions of his own opine s with regard to giving pub-1 licity to Ins mission to the Pope, following Lis' statement that he had studiously endeavored to prevent the -.ppearaucc of triegraphic or other communications in the newspapers in relation to his mission, and, at the same to sav that the nature of it, however, wasi ’‘generally known to one or more,” if he had »o studiousR endeavored jo prevent it? |t 9 cents that Mr. Mann was undulv and extreme ly elated in Ids estimation of lli.s own impor fence in tins peculiar special mission. lie jeems to have formed the idea that his visit to the Pope made a very profound impression and influence upon Ihe Holy Father,” and that the special, ceremonial, and conventional ?orm of address to the “Illustrious and ■Drable Sir, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, Richmond,” was of itself tantamount to a special and ef ject ive recognition of the Southern Confeder icy. The contents of the letter of thc-Popo not indicate any such intent or purpose, timply shows how Mr. A. Dudley Mann wa s Sn impulsive and egotistic “special ind was not familiar with the real art or icience of either political or spiritual tnacy of a cunning and conventional Pope. These of the circumstances are some some of the events of history during the Civil War, whatever may have been or may not havo been conditions before the war. Mr. Davis and bis Cabinet of the Confederate ernment wanted the recognition and tion of the European Governments. The Pope and his “States of the Church,” and Prelates, signified a desire for peace in America, through a special communication from the Pope, and forthwith it is to the attention” of President Davis, (was it by crafty design or casual acident?) and at once there is begun a voluntary correspon- THE COLUMBIA SENTINEL, THOMSON, GEORGIA. dence, special letter by a special carrier, for negotiations with the Catholic Pope, “Most Venerable Chief of the Holy See, and Sover eign Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.” Was not the design and purpose of such special correspondence simply to ingratiate the Confederate Government into the good graces of the “Holy Father”, in the idea that he would inaugurate the plan for recognition by the European and domination Governments, Papal under the Priestly influ ence of and power! You know the proverb or adage of Mahommed and the the mountain. Our Con federate Government could not make a de raand for recognition, so it must of negotiate for it by the devious method of plications to be “offered at the foot-stool of our Father who is in heaven,” though the sup plication is to be made through the medium and mediation of tin “Holy Father” of Catholic Church, and Lis suggestions and di reetions to his Archbishops, “John, Archbish op of New Vork and John, Archbishop of New Orleans, (the two Johns,) and the clergy mf their faith and church. ' Do you not see that the cause of our he ing obliged to receive the ambassadors of the Catholic Church, and the sinuous viceroys them, of and the i seech Pope, is themio because offe our people’go toi j « - prayers “our Father < ho is in heaven”, t C deliver us from the evils which environ ns on every and step, then of course it follows that and do, demand recognition of their am-] hassadors, as representatives of the Sovereign ’ Pontiff. Ties incident of the Civil War may gi . e; some idea of our conditions with reference to influence and power of the Pope, and whether such conditions eixsted prior to Civil War or did not exist, it is nevertheless| “a conditiin and not a theory,” that confronts; ns now. The Pope and his priests are moY-j ing upon ns. But was not that a peculiar incident of the Civil War, with a Protestant President, anti a Set rein rtf ihe of' Slate who was an English Jew, in West Indies, and’ft man, A. Dudley Mum, who acted as Special Letter and who informed the Pope that he was not a Catholic, though he did not disclose what was his own “faith and order,” writing letters to Pope Pius IX, as Sovereign of the Stales of the ( Imrcli, way off in Rome, Italy, and go ing to him, to ask his humble prayers our country, for restoration of peace in Amer ica, and utilizing it as a. means of obtaining the Pope's influence to bring about the media tion and recognition of the Confederate Gov ernment as on independent Government and as a nation. Taking it as granted that the letters of Pope to the two Johns were alike, or to the same purport and intent, how could these Con politicians imagine that the p,,,,,. might give special unction to their desires recognition, and at the same time listen to p) ( > as 0 f “Lincoln and Compiling” as ho to the President of the United States, to grant their petitions that the Confeder should not lie recognized as a nation? ' wind did “ Lincoln mid Company Archbishop ” do then ahnut t!l , ,, (1]IC ,’ S !oil , r to “ (Jo hn, of Vo ,-k” ? Itwas a peculiar and curious n ,H-Lii• ■ Ot Papacv, priestcraft, “Judah-isin” M11( , <, J:n idudderv of politics. In other words, ** a lhl , UottU * of fish,” as we sometimes say ]u , ,, 1 10 commencement ot this letter, J r did !"’ , .[ onU ‘ in, ' la, ° ” OJ 111,01 }°. ,,iake 7 *°. ? ’ ’ ()1 ° (]li ^ $ irtinent^ ^. as 'L™ Xj " ^ (1(litorials peuineni to m t inis is tonic topic, ■ 1 r ,m,st , vou 1 ° me tor m F udm S »» • vo,,r J‘ a '7 ' f tor , l " s rcad,n r «- lf 1 • U 'i 1,10 h * . con-ospondence , of the f e e " Jf 0 1 * " pe ’ he Present, t,M the ‘SSecretary ( onfpder f. of te btate” S " ,,JS al,d ,7° > th ® V * l „ with he letters , - ,d Dudley f 0 ,, 01111 Mam, "; man-the his parvenue diplomat with exuberance of ego a,ld 7^ }lat 7{ ^/Ue ,Ial v l,atll f r ’ U 7" , ld g,ve S ,T° in tere8t ! Il « - ,eadui *’ but euollgl1 now - and P erha . P 8 to ° mut ’ May the Lord love you and abide with - 011, Sincerely vours, e ‘ llirno,d ’ ‘ >X- ROBERT L. RODGERS. We must not forget that the Roman Cath olir Hierarchy dominated European Goto re¬ ments during the period referred to in the foregoing letter. Mr. Lincoln’s government, as well as the presided over by Mr. Davis, court ed alliances with European countries, and my opinion is that neither Mr. Lincoln nor Mr. Davis entertained the slightest idea of form permanent alliances with any European When Mr. Davis wrote to Pius IX, the King, Victor Emanuel, w r as simply the ruler of Italy. Pius IX was the chief in temporal affairs, as w r ell as in spirit uat. It was not possible for Mr. Davis to ob tain results by sending letters to the dummy Victor Emanuel, because Pius IX ruled Italy until September 20, 1870. Neither King Victor nor the people played any part in the making of laws for Italy. The entire temporal power rested in the hands of Pius A Board of Councilors was created by the Pope to head off any advance towards Constitutional government, self-rule, etc. In creating this Board, Pius IX said; “I have' not the slightest intention of lessening the power of the pontifical sovereignty.” The statement, just quoted, revived old issues, and the people demanded a new gov ernment: “Italy, freed from the Austrians! Give us a Constitution! Down with the Priests!”, shouted Italian patriots. Pius IX defied the people of Italy, who wanted to govern themselves, and he boasted that two hundred million Roman Catholics throughout the world would respond to his cal! for men, to take up arms against the revolu tionists. But, the people were determined to run their own government, without dictation from the Pope. Italians maintained a settled that their best and dearest interests demanded an independent Constitutional gov ernment. Pius IX told his people that a Constitu government would violate the divine law. The rebels shot back this reply: “What of the United States!” The Pope’s opposition to free government was an indictment of the popular intelligence of the world. During the Middle Ages the people—the multitude—were trained to obedience and by the united authority of Church State. But, Pins IX was unable to maintain the old order. The people followed Garibaldi and up a new government under Victor Eman and Pius IX found himself helpless. The French government, then ruled by the silly Ixmis Napoleon, sent, an army to Italy to up the temporal power of Papa—Pius IX. Evidently, the French contingent of the Pope’s “two hundred million” responded to Papa’s fire-alarm. This French army defeated the which defeat produced tempora ry indifference, or apathy, among the revolu tionists, but it did not intimidate Garibaldi, Louis Napoleon made war on Prussia, and the French ruler soon realized that his infamous work for the Pope and against the Italian peo pie hurt himself more than it did the Garibal dians. He withdrew French troops from Italy, leaving between Pius Prussia IX without and foreign h troops. ruined The war ranee Napoleon and gave Pins IX a terrible blow. That war was largely responsible for independence; and when it led to Sedan, the capture ot Paris, the loss of Alsace and Lor fmne. and a big pile of gold, the Italian people pjckod Napoleon’s up new spirit. machine, The which collapse could ot not be war rejuvenated in time to save Pins IX, to the Italian patriots, who to rule themselves. \ idor Emanuel acted frankly toward tiie Pope. Himself a Catholic, the King offered to ,n eet tl, e Po P e ° ]1 half-way ground. He wrote * . j'\‘ . beginning with these ‘ a f. l 1>I * '**], 1 °t a Catholic hut with Lie dig ’"ty . ot King, 1 this He a present statement.” 8 <*l hi« appeal, as follows: \ our Holiness, 1 11 deliveiing Rome Dom foreign troops, in . j 1 continual peril of being the (H ‘ m S ! ! ,),n baMJehetd ot subversive parties, will have ae , ’ 01H P, ' e, a oiarxelous work, given peace to 1 \ * u,< 'b 1 a, }*‘ Miown to Europe, shocked by thp , hoi T°. rs ot war, how great battles can be 7'“ 1 ?™° rtaI victories achieved by an act ot ^m, 1 S Mu , K P irnnneo ro ° Sed a the t , following: f „ • T The , , h - sl,0 1(1 throughout , f Italy ! P s a p were to be ?. ive n fal and fr « e exercise of their ecclesias tical , functions; , . all nations should have free ac ceh8 to the Pope; ambassadors to the Pope were to have full immunity; and the cardinals "’"p* " 0 * 'Vx"] treate<1 ^f’t TT KlUg mth mtense scorn. He avowed his personal infallibility—Pius IX was the first Pope in the history of the Church to do such a thing—and it led to his Waterloo. Pius IX convened the “Council of the Vatican”—ruled by the Jesuits—and this Council proceeded to enact the doctrine of In¬ fallibility, over the protest of many Bishops, including several from the United States. The Pope then seut Victor Emanuel the following farewell-go-to-hell epistle: < i In the name of Jesus Christ, I tell you, Victor Eman¬ uel, that you are all w'hited gopher wood, et cot.” Nothing else to do, Victor Emanuel and his troops took possession of the city of Rome, in the name of the new’ Kingdom of Italy. Papa sent his Zouaves against the King’s troops, and said Zouaves got the worst beating THE ARZANER SOUTHERN NURSING HOME. An Ideal Institution for the Treatment of Epleptic and abnormal children; Adults who need care more than physic. 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From St. Angelo, Pope Pius IX sent this message to the King: “I know my rights and I intend to con serve them intact, and re-enter at the pro per time into their actual possession.” This document was signed by Cardinal Antonelli, who called himself Secretary of State,—the same Antonelli named in Colonel Rodgers’ letter to the editor, Pope Pius IX continued to send fierce 'anathemas to King Victor Emanuel. The Jes hits dictated his policies. They extorted from the easily imposed upon Pius his celebrated and Syllabus, whereby he damned of speech, of conscience, and of the press. The new government paid no attention to the ravings of Pius IX. His mental explosions did not disturb Victor Emanuel, who permitted the Pope to return to Rome unmolested and take up his residence again in the Vatican. To win sympathy from the faithful two hundred million Catholics scattered over the world, Pius IX called himself a prisoner. Which as¬ sertion was a iie, of course. He imprisoned himself in the castle of St. Angelo. Instead of accenting defeat, he continued to throw' mud on the new government. He wore his life away nursing wounds, and every once in a while, he would send additional anathemas to the King. The King imposed no restraints upon the Pope’s actions; he could open and close the Vatican at his own pleasure. He en¬ joyed liberty of speech and writing. I In view- of the foregoing outline of the legal status of Pius IX, President Jefferson Davis committed no offense in the sending of letters to the Pope, in 1863, because the Pope then had full authority in all temporal and spiritual affairs. Mr. Davis sent no letters to King Victor j Emanuel, good because deal -the King, in 1863, amounted to a less than nothing, Papa—Pius IX—was the whole show, in Italy. Prior to September 20, with’the 1870, all nations dealt with the Pope and not Kino- of Italy. It Mr. Lincoln sent eomunications to the Kalian government, they went to the Pope and no t to the King. At that period, there was nothing else to do. Yai But, the Pope no longer enjoys both tem p0 and spiritual infallibility, etc., etc. Why, then, did President Cleveland per ul ff the Pope to send an ambassador to the United States, and why was that Papal trou ble-maker permitted to enjoy international li cense in this country, in violation of our Con situation? Why did President Taft send a secret message to the Holy Father? And wliv did Woodrow- Wilson ki«Q G-o «ld Pope’s foott p s The work “Messages and Paners of the Confederacy, ’ by Richardson, sustains (<o] - Rodgers, all the wav. HABERSHAM FARMS FOR SALE. Wo have many good farm?, and homes tor sals. Prices right. This is one of c-gia’s healthiest and best counties. Home of the red apple, Write or see us about your wants. HABERSHAM REALTY CO., Clarkesville, Cia. 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