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PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 



whatever privileges shall be accorded to one belli- 

 gerent within the ports of the United States shall be 

 in like manner accorded to the other. 



And I do hereby enjoin all the good citizens of the 

 United States, and all persons residing or being 

 within the territory or jurisdiction of the United 



And I do hereby warn all citizens of the United 

 States, and all persons residing or being within their 

 territory or jurisdiction, that, while the free and full 

 expression of sympathies, in public and private^ is 

 not restricted by the laws of the United States, mili- 

 tary forces in aid of either belligerent cannot lawfully 

 be originated or organized within their jurisdiction ; 

 and that, while all persons may lawfully and without 

 restriction, by reason of the aforesaid state of war, 

 manufacture and sell within the United States arms 

 and munitions of war, and other articles ordinarily 

 known as " cpntrabrand of war," yet they cannot 

 carry such articles upon the high-seas for the use or 



service of either belligerent ; nor ctin they transport 

 soldiers and officers of either, or attempt to break 

 any_ blockade which may be lawfully established and 

 maintained during the war without incurring the 

 risk of hostile capture and the penalties denounced 

 by the law of nations in that behalf. 



And I do hereby give notice that all citizens of 

 the United States, and others who may claim the 

 protection of this Government, who may misconduct 

 themselves in the premises, do so at their peril, and 

 that they can in no wise obtain any protection from 

 the Government of the United States against the 

 consequences of their misconduct. 



In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand, and 



cause the seal of the United States to be affixed. 



Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-second 



day of August, in the year of our Lord one 



r 1 thousand eight hundred and seventy, and 



" ' 'J of the independence of the United States of 



America the ninety-fifth. U. S. GRANT. 

 By the President : 

 HAMILTON FISH, Secretary of State. 



THE VATICAN COUNCIL. 



CONSTITUTIO DOGMATICA DE FIDE CATHOLICA. 



PIUS EPISCOPUS, 8ERVU8 BEKVORUM DEI, 8ACRO AP- 

 PROBANTE CONCILIO, AD PEBPETUAM KEI MEMOKIAM. 



Dei Filius et generis humani redemptor Dominus 

 Noster Jesus Christus, ad Patrem ccelestem reditu- 

 rus. cum Ecclesia sua in terris militante, omnibus 

 diebus usque ad consummationem sreculi futurum se 

 esse promisit. Quare dilectse Sponsse prresto esse, 

 adsistere docenti, operanti benedicere, periclitanti 

 opem ferre nullo unquam tempore destitit. Hseo 

 verp salutaris ejus providentia, cum ex aliis bene- 

 ficiis innumeris continenter apparuit, turn iis mani- 

 festissime comperta est fructibus, qui orbi christiano 

 e Conciliis cecumenicis ac nominatim e Tridentino, 

 iniquis licet temporibus celebrate, amplissimi pro- 

 venerunt. Hinc enim sanctissima religionis dogmata 

 pressius definita, uberiusque exposita, errores dam- 

 nati atque cohibiti ; hinc ecclesiastica disciplina 

 restituta firmiusque sancta ; promotum in Clero sci- 

 entise et pietatis studium, parata adolescentibus ad 

 sacram militiam educandis collegia, christiani deni- 

 que populi mores et accuratiore fidelium eruditione 

 et frequentiore sacramentorum usu instaurati. Hino 

 prseterea arctipr membrorum cum visibili capite 

 communio, universoque corpori Christi mystico ad- 

 ditus vigor; hinc religiosre multiplicatae familise, 

 aliaque Christian pietatis instituta ; hinc ille etiam 

 assiduus et usque ad sanguinis effusionem constans 

 ardor in Christi regno late per orbem propagando. 



Verumtamen hoec aliaque insignia emolumenta, quse 

 per ultimam maxime cecumemcam Synodum divina 

 dementia Ecclesise largitaest, dum grato, quo par est, 

 animo recolimus, acerbum compescere baud possu- 

 mus dolorem ob mala gravisaima, inde potissimum 

 orta, quodejusdem sacrosanctse Synodi apud permul- 

 tos vel auetoritas contempta, vel sapientissima ne- 

 glecta fuere decreta. 



Nemo enim ignorat hsereses cjuas Tridentini Patres 

 prpscripserunt, dum, rejecto divino Ecclesise magis- 

 terip, res ad religionem spectantes privati cujusvis 

 judicio permitterentur, in sectas paulatim dissolutas 

 esse multiplices, quibus inter se dissentientibus et 

 concertantibus, omnis tandem in Christum fides apud 

 non paucos labefacta est. Itaque ipsa sacra Biblia, 

 quse antea christianse doctrinoa unicus fons et judex 



A DOGMATIC DECREE ON CATHOLIC FAITH. 



( Confirmed and Promulgated in the Third Public Ses- 

 sion of the Vatican Council, held in St. Peter's, 

 Jiome, on Low Sunday, April 24, 1870.) 



PIUS, BISHOP, SERVANT OF THE SERVANTS OF GOD, 

 WITH THE APPROBATION OF THE HOLY COUNCIL, FOR 

 A PERPETUAL REMEMBRANCE HEREOF. 



Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the 

 Eedeemer of mankind, when about to return to His 

 Heavenly Father, promised that He would be with 

 His Church militant on earth, all days, even to the 

 consummation of the world. Wherefore, He has 

 never at any time failed to be with His beloved 

 spouse, to assist her in her teaching, to bless her in 

 her labors, to aid her in danger. And this His saving 

 providence, unceasingly displayed in countless other 

 blessings, is most clearly made manifest by those 

 very abundant fruits which have come to the Chris- 

 tian world from oecumenical councils, and especially 

 from that of Trent, although it was held in evil days. 

 For thereby the holy doctrines of religion were more 

 distinctly defined and more fully set forth ; errors 

 were condemned and restrained ; thereby ecclesias- 

 tical discipline was restored and more firmly estab- 

 lished; zeal for learning and piety was promoted 

 among the clergy; and colleges were provided for 

 the training of young men for the sacred ministry ; 

 and finally the practice of Christian morality was 

 restored among the people by more careful instruc- 

 tion and a more frequent use of the sacraments. Hence 

 arosOj likewise, a closer union of the members with 

 the visible head, and renewed strength to the entire 

 mystical body of Christ ; hence the increased num- 

 ber of religious communities, and of other institu- 

 tions of Christian piety ; hence, also, that unceasing 

 zeal, constant even to martyrdom, to spread the 

 kingdom of Christ throughout the world. 



Nevertheless, while with becoming gratitude we 

 call to mind these and the many other remarkable 

 benefits which the goodness of God has bestowed 

 on the Church chiefly through the oecumenical coun- 

 cil, we cannot suppress our bitter sorrow for the 

 grievous evils which have chiefly sprung from many 

 aving despised the authority ot the aforesaid sacred 

 council, or having neglected to observe its most wise 



For it is known to all that the heresies which the 

 Fathers of Trent condemned, and which rejected the 

 divine authority of the Church to teach, and, instead, 

 subjected all things belonging to religion to the judg- 

 ment of each individual, were, in course of time, 

 broken up into many sects ; and that, as these differed 

 and disputed with each other, it came to pass, at 

 length, that all belief in Christ was overthrown in 



