[175] Under Moreno, Ecuador attained the distinction of being often mentioned, with solemn commendation, as the one and the only Catholic State in the world; the one in which the principles of the Syllabus were applied.
[176] Priv. Pet., iii, p. 3.
[177] Civiltá, VII. viii. 490. The inscription on the bell in question is as follows—
Invocata—Immaculata
Pius Nonus—Pastor bonus
Per Concilium—Fert auxilium.
Mundus crebris—tot tenebris
Implicatus—obcoecatus
Per hoc Numen—et hoc Lumen
Extricatur—illustratur.
[178] The term verbo is employed, which in Italian has about the same effect as logos would have in English writing.
Mustering, and Preparatory Stimuli—Pope's Hospitality—Alleged Political Intent—Friedrich's First Notes—The Nations cited to Judgment—New War of the Rosary—Tarquini's Doctrine of the Sword—A New Guardian of the Capitol—November and December, 1869.
While the chiefs of the Curia and the leading prelates were testing their diplomatic skill, and the former were, on that field, meekly winning the prizes, the rank and file of the hierarchy were flocking in from all the winds of heaven. The Roman nobles in many cases gave up their palaces to the Fathers of the Council. With his habitual personal liberality, the Pope freely offered hospitality to all who would accept it. This simple act, natural to his station, and still more to his disposition, was smiled at as a good bid for votes. About three hundred bishops made themselves, in whole or in part, dependent for their daily expenses on the bounty of the man upon whose exaltation they were to decide. The Civiltá, as if to emphasize their dependence, told how they were lodged, supported, and assisted by him in all the necessaries of life. Hence the mocking name of the "Pope's boarders," which greeted any manifestations of opinion on their part. It is said that his expenses for the entertainment of the bishops amounted to one hundred pounds per day.