The Roman State: From 1815 to 1850, Band 2

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J. Murray, 1851
 

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Seite 374 - A perpetual Confederation is established between the States of the Church, of the King of Sardinia, and of the Grand Duke of Tuscany; which, by the union of their strength and action, is to guarantee the dominions of the said States, and to protect the progressive and peaceful development of the liberties granted in them, and of the national prosperity.
Seite 69 - In his heart, the Pontiff always came before the Prince( the Priest before the citizen ; in the secret struggles of his mind, the Pontifical and priestly conscience always outweighed the conscience of the Prince and citizen. And as his conscience was a very timid one, it followed that his inward conflicts were frequent, that hesitation was a matter of course, and that he often took resolutions even about temporal affairs more from religious intuition or impulse, than from his judgment as a man. Add...
Seite 68 - Pius IX had applied himself to political reform, not so much for the reason that his conscience as an honorable man and a most pious sovereign enjoined it, as because his high view of the papal office prompted him to employ the temporal power for the benefit of his spiritual authority. A meek man and a benevolent prince, Pius IX was, as a pontiff, lofty even to sternness. With a soul not only devout...
Seite 68 - Aware of the numerous vices of that temporal government, and hostile to all vice and all its agents, he had sought, on mounting the throne, to effect those reforms which justice, public opinion, and the times required. He hoped to give lustre to the papacy by their means, and so to extend and to consolidate the faith. He hoped to acquire for the clergy that credit, which is a great part of the decorum of religion and an efficient cause of reverence and devotion in the people. His first efforts were...
Seite 68 - ... because his high view of the Papal office prompted him to employ the temporal power for the benefit of his spiritual authority. A meek man and a benevolent Prince, Pius IX. was, as a Pontiff, lofty even to sternness. With a soul not only devout, but mystical, he referred everything to God, and respecked and venerated his own person as standing in God's place.
Seite 406 - RighctU, who descended after him, remained behind, because the persons were in his way who raised the outcry, and who, brandishing their cutlasses, had surrounded Rossi, and were loading him with opprobrium. At this moment might be seen amidst the throng the flash of a poniard, and then Rossi losing his feet, and sinking to the ground. Alas! he was spouting blood from a broad gash in the neck. He was raised by Righetti, but could hardly hold himself up, and did not articulate a syllable; his eyes...
Seite 404 - ... constitution, refused to give them any orders. Several of his friends came and remonstrated with him against such an exposure of his life. " To all this he answered, that he had taken the measures which he thought suitable for keeping the seditious in order, and that he could not, on account of risk that he might personally run, forego repairing to the Council according to his duty ; that perhaps these were idle menaces ; but if...
Seite 335 - They killed with musket-shots, and if the fallen gave signs of life, they reloaded their arms in the sight of the people and the soldiers, and fired them afresh, or else put an end to their victims with their knives. They hunted men down like wild beasts, entered their houses, and dragged them forth to slaughter. One Bianchi, an inspector of police, was lying in bed, reduced to agony by consumption ; they came in, set upon him, and cut his throat in the presence of his wife and children ; the corpse,...
Seite 335 - Amat, who had given notice of his arrival, came the day after ; and the armed commons escorted him to the palace, at the very time when the villains were continuing their murders. There were no longer any judges, or any officers of the police ; those who had escaped death either had fled or had hidden themselves ; the Civic Guard was disarmed, the citizens skulked, the few soldiers of the line either mixed with the insurgents, or were wholly without spirit ; the Carabineers and dragoons in hesitation,...
Seite 68 - By this he was greatly stimulated and encouraged, and perhaps he gave into the seduction of applause and the temptations of popularity, more than is fitting for a man of decision, or for a prudent Prince. But when, after a little, Europe was shaken by universal revolution, the work he had commenced was in his view marred ; he then retired within himself, and took alarm. In his heart, the Pontiff always came before the Prince, the Priest before the citizen : in the secret struggles of his mind, the...

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