od men labored to bring about this most desirable end,
others, such as Frederic of Prussia, and Joseph II. of Austria, by
ill-advised measures, and the countenance which they gave to unsound and
even irreligious doctrines, sowed the seeds of anarchy and unbelief, which
failed not, in due time, to produce fruit according to their kind, and
well-nigh accomplished the overthrow of society as well as that of the
Christian Church. The Austrian Emperor appears to have understood the
situation, and has generally maintained friendly relations with the Chief
Pastor. Germany, besides, has not been without able and pious men, who
have nobly sustained the cause of Truth and Union. Among these are
particularly deserving of honorable mention the Counts Stolberg, father
and son, whose writings have exercised a salutary influence. Whilst many
other noble laymen contributed, like them, to the regeneration of their
country, others, who were noble only in the ranks of literature and
science, vied in their efforts with the learned of noble birth. The elder
Goerres headed the Catholic movement when Prussia so cruelly persecuted the
Archbishop of Cologne. So good an example was not lost on the son. The
younger Goerres ceased not to emulate his worthy parent until the day of
his death, in 1852. Another distinguished author, who, by his writings,
greatly contributed to inform and encourage the Catholics of Germany, was
Mr. Francis Joseph Busz, already mentioned in connection with the
associations of Pius IX. He was a native of Baden, and an Aulic Counsellor
of the Grand Duke. He had also been a member of the great National
Parliament, which assembled at Frankfort for the purpose of restoring
German unity. The best-known of his works are: _Catholic Association of
Germany, and the necessity of reform in the instruction and education of
the Catholic secular clergy of Germany_. Some of his remarks may be
appropriately quoted, as they throw light on the present (1877-78) state
of Germany, and explain in great measure the extraordinary relations
between Church and State in the New German Empire: "The year 1848 proved
to us Germans that we could not rely on our governments. Both diplomacy
and bureaucracy are, and will remain, incorrigible. Our misery is, indeed,
great. Dissension prevails among our good citizens; the ill-meaning are
united. The Revolutionary War of 1848 and 1849 was a war of principles,
but without results. It was repressed, but not exh