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Show Tue boltixu Democrats have had their little convention'in the Maryland uaiiutc, he fulminated against the gnl ocnuoa.have prepared their HS3 a may now return to their vanoushomcssMUfied that the car of Hol party, the, arc mco but nobody cares much about tiicm. The Poie and the Liberals. Pius Nono undoubtedly feel?, in the very marrow of his bones, the continued con-tinued pressure of the liberal Catholic portion of the world. Germany exerts an irresistible force while Italy slowly but surely tightens her folds about the Holy See. Cardinal Antonelli may deplore de-plore the approaching enforcement of the law suppressing convents in Italy. He may exclaim against tho constant encroachments upon the rights of the church, yet we cannot doubt that he sees the shadow of coming events, and that when he inevitable approaches ho will swim with the tide. Protestation Protesta-tion from the Pope to foreign powers is availing but little. By; recent dispatches dis-patches wo notice that Bismarck is ! moving for a conclavo of cardinals to : come to an understanding with governments govern-ments interested in tho Popedom. Even if this result in a compromise, it means nothing but a postponement. Tho stout miuistcr may find it policy to move slowly. Neither Germany nor ttaly is likely soon again to bow in blind submission tn Pnnru nf linnii |