New-York daily tribune., 1842-07-29

frantic Atheism of Clcoiz, ~ the neathen Dei-n
nj Robe.nierre. Nor. in making the church su-
prerne was n in the power col man T. maze all ll-
,ric.thool of one mind. To disq.ali'y dis'e't
VA. rot 10 prevent schi. accordingly We
.eanda.aI. dispute, between Jesuit and Janseni-i.
while producing none Of the good that arises from
Iisseni. produced all the evil 'hat CONES from
division They opened breach 20 c-uiempt' oni
no vent TO- dissatisfied opinion. We are convinced
ila' u wa, o. toe corhrmation ol q" one ats"u'e
church in France that So May srace the principal
-au.c of tnc irreligious spirit which ae,ecraicd
the land under the Reign Of Terror.
Thus then the very policy OF Biche.i leu, ~ ~
completeness and yigor. followed up as I "as' 10
eIth, object. b, Loui- XIV, prepared me do"n-
.al e the two Institutions II h1d been devoted q"
establish For IN the nature Of o1,o.uti-n ineie
d something inherently Incompatible win TIE t""
AGENTS OF civilization. Industry and Lciter'-
There j.. nothing necessarily pershaDle ID aD'o
ig.i.m itsel'; but it must Hnd society hdapied
10 is existence. When kicheheu favored com
,nerce. and encouraged letters when middle
class and thinking cln'l were permanent! 's-
tabli,hed two powers were called INTO active H''
utterly incompatible with that suppression oi oplA-
ion which j. the essence at ab-o.nie power An"
therefore II wa. that. as VI. Guizoi well ob-erves.
al the Close Nl lt.F ifl-H 'i i+'+tN - '' '
VAS A. decrepir a, the monarch. The -plent ID
prosre.. Of at and mind which characterized that
nobl. reign. announced that anomaly which always
end, IN gigantic iunoyatou,-vlz. "a moving poPu-
aion and stationary government
Eut 10 return to our view Of the Anti-resious
and Republican spirit that was abroad. the inie!-
ect Of The time naturally directed itself against
ibe abuses or the time. Religion having ceased
10 maintain IN. holy and reverent Influence, IN
France. having lett little or nothing except 'ho
mere husk and she'll of corrupt church al once
defes,ed and daspi.ed. the intellect oi the age be-
came material and scepiis: monarchy unchecNed'
,d ,,nnorinp ifs antiGuated rrcten-ions no longer
A q, arm. and treasure. but Dv the Lcire de Cachct
ind the Ba,,ile. presented features which no one
roud defend and which the intellect Of the age
attacked bv the common consent OF men. he
rnas.c, were the last, perhaps, affected by these
attacks foI. amongst the intellectual intellect
must first lind iis audience. Accordingly, IN the
educated (comprchending the hiehborn) oiasse''
intideli,y and liberalism found the earliest favor
The DISCONTINUED courter became naturally pc
lever in the C0nfrat S0ciGi; the unbcnehcod
able was naturally more familiar with the Lncy-
clopcdi,t. than the Fathers Nay, more than half
the nobility were disaectcd by the nature OF their
own po,ition; for there was the most inyidiouS
li.tinriion between the old nob.essc and the new
10 enjoy consideration it wa, not enough 10 be a
m,rarlis: the question was, Had your ancestor
been a marquis POO years ago Legally The
new noble shared the privileges of the old -o-
ciallv and morally he was sill ParreaH; thrust
from prefrrrnents and honors. mortified and CALLED
by the contempt Of the circle he had sought TO en-
ter. while obtaining the envy and the hatred OF
that which he had deserted. 1t was IN short, tne
nnharpycondition of the French Government and
Constitution to cngcuder. a things of course, the
two most irresistible foes VIZ. the 're0'M of com-
merce ant The cuergy Of ia'eileot iof these
very powers. which are ever struggling ior dis-
finrion. were the very powers to which an le.l'i
mate avenues of ambition were beset with dim
.nlty and humiliation. The doctrines thus io--
-,red and rocessiiated. gradually and inpercePu-
III, descended from the higher and more learned
70 the lower an! less educated classes; and from
the saloons of the royal Orleans, and the learned
Nalshefbcs. and the respectable 3ailly. passed
tnose sentiments which never become finally dan
gerou. and destructive until Incorporated with the
interests and animated by tha passions OF the pop
1ar body.