Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-11-27


buaai, Tho real source of mental -. '''
version among tho Spaniard.. s--,nrS',,
htusy sseribs many OF The evil, m;' ~
which the nation has been .fi,.,.a ~"
"The original lnquis,.ion," ,,y,h. D..
viewers, whose powers were ,onsssI
TO the Dominicans for the des,,nons%
ofthe Albigenses OF France, aud IN W.
kingdom Of Aragon, and which l,0' WV
hose Countries penetrated into Ca,'ta
about the middle Of the 18th csn,u."
t found the enemies OF Christ,sni,v ~,
those Of the country perfectly ,Ge0'; '
fed in tho public opinion Of tia, kim
don. BY a reciprocity OF ideas, ~
tremely natural in rude military ~.
pie. tho religious adherence, WIKI psy'
national snlmosity bad directed .y.in.,
the Moors. involved all who, Ike Them
were branded as enemies of Ch,i.1."'
ity. The distinction between a hs,.
tic & q Mahometan is still LOO nj, a 70.
mort Spanisrds, especially OF the in,..
rios provinces The church como. ~
ned them both; and i, was every ,,;'h
full Christians part to hold them in
quail detests'ion. The inquisItors them.
BE- YES made no distinction between ~.
relspsed Mahometan convert, the Law
who secretly Practiced the ceremon,..
Of the law. and the Christian reformsr
who, with the Gospel in his hand O,o'
tested against the innovations Of N.
church Of Rome. All were bound r.
the Same stake. and persisted BY IN.
same fire. Their names we're crowdsa
together in the public inscription which
carried the name Of the sufferer, with
| shame to pos Gritty. Their children
and their chlldren's children were a,
,ndiscriminately thrown into a dsp,,.
ded cast, which could never recey..
from lotsmy. kshgious zeal had n.ysr
possessed weapons IKE these. The,m.
portance which persecution give, il,
victims had often defeated it, effor,..
and the honor which firm endurance
EFFORTS for all martyrs bIun,ed tn,
keenness Of the tortures and bsfiled to
cruelty Of the zeaiot Not 80 with
the lDquisIuoD OF spain. Her cen.
sures mad, al once, the power to class
the learned and sincere Chris ian. who
loved the Gospel in is original purity.
nnder the same prsdicsDent as The
Movr and the Jew who rejected it: and
to devote him to tie eaecration and
contempt Of his county"
1t will easily be imagined, that .
system which empnyed tho united
force Of bodily and mental torture,
would produce powerful effects upon 3
community, especially such 9 60 mu.
nifty Is that Of Spain, 10 he begin.
mag of the 10Th century. "the Impulse
VIII, h the human mind had received
throughout Europe" was felt even N
spain, not wIihstanding Tho increased
trrrors OF the ln4uls.tion, then rsOf.
6 mis- d int hr ill., Of iDgeD'oLs 4 ell.
cen, sys.em OF persecution ever devils
ed by man" Accordingly war was
wsged against litera uIe, books and
manuscript were des ,r"yed, Libraries
burnt, and Thousands Of Hebrew Bibles
persisted in the flames. A fact is how.
ever stated by the Reviewers, which
we had not before met with. VIZ. " hat
tho German reformation made its first
active and sincere proselytes at Sc
vile p" The Lu her,an principles pre-
vailed at that city, and at VaiIadond;
Q. the former place q protestant church
contained at the lime Of Its exlrpstion
more than 500 members, at the latter,
the new sect was joined by numerous
females, among whom where many Ia.
dies of quality. BY means of the 10.
QUESTION. this attempt at reformation
was crushed, and the details of the bar.
barities practised by tie Holy Fathers
are shocking to the feelings evsn at
this remote period.
"The fatal end Of Maria Gomez, the
widow, who. in state of mental de-.
rangement, betrayed the pr estan.
cong regation OF Seville, is too affecting
to be passed over No sooner had she
recovered her reason, than the P'Oies.
tant doctrines resume their former a..
tendency In her mind She was dcub-
iy united by tho ties Of blood and reIi-
gious feeling with Leonor Gomez, her
widowed sister, and three unmarried
daughters Of the latter, Eivirs Ne"sz,
and Theresa and Lucy Gomez, whom
Notwithstanding ,he difference in their
sirnames, she had by the same husband
q physician of Seville. One Of these
young women being arrested, every et'
fort Of cruelty and deceit was employ
ed to ex,ort confession duplicating
her mother, sun' and sisters. But she
endured the rack in perfect silence. An
inqu;sitor piqued at this extraordinary
tirmness, took tho determination OF en-
TRAPPING tho prisoner b, affecting de-