Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-09-24


the University, in which the KING tool
part against them, and an ATTEMPT az ns.
sassInutlon by one of their order was the
consequence. The Punishment of all The
Jesuits, the forbidiing any person 70 re.
ceiye one Of them, under pain of accuse.
ton OF tese MajeSte, followed; but in
spite of such prohibition, these extraor.
binary men held their footing, and the
Kings life was attempted eleven times
through their means. Ii was at this time,
also, that the Jesuits were expelled from
England, on an accusation of conspiracy
against Queen Elizabeth; and also from
Holland. Their restoration 10 France
was afterwards effected by the interces.
sion of the Pope and the entreates of
deputation of the order, headed by their
chief. Henry Nv. suffered, however, for
his lll-judged lenity; he fell by the hand of
a supposed emissary of the Jesuits; tho
Ravaillac, still under the effect Of the ex-
traordinary dominion they always exer-
else over the minds of men, resisted eve-
ry species of torture, and refused to ac-
cuse them as instgators of the crime. 1t
was the twenty-third plot against the life
OF this great monarch. The hatred of the
Parliament towards the Jesuits was reviv-
ed by this tragical event. In fact, the
history of this order in France is only that
of continued oppression by different por-
tlons of the state, and ultimate triumph on
their part.
The genius Of Pascal for moment
confounded the plans of the Jesuits, and
lessoned their influence, but they soon
regained their ascendancy. The pere La
Chalse, and after him the pere LIE Teller,
obtained over Louis XIV. an influence
which daily increased till the hour OF his
death.
The Order found in Damien, who at
tempted to assassinate Louis XIV, the same
uncompromising fidelity as distinguished
Rayaillac. No aYowal that could impli-
cate them could be extracted by the dread
ful tortures.
In l76S, the tide of public feeling, which
was gradually undergoing that reaction
from the superstition Of former ages, which
found so horrible a vent in the impiety
and in6delity of the French revolution
turned strongly against the Jusuits. Not
only were they banished from France, and
their goods confscated, but all the soye-
reigns of Europe had combined to rid
themselves of these disturbers of the pub
lie repose. In Portugal they had been
suspected of attempting TO assassinate the
King. Seven or eight years later, the
Pope himself pronounced the final extinc-
ton of the Order; but they were still pro-
tected by Frederic Of Prussia and Cathp
rine of Russia, who retained them in their
Kingdoms under false name, and with
an altered costume.
During the French revolution, the Vati-
can granted TO the Russian cabinet the
permission TO retain the order Of the Je-
suits, but confined them TO the Russian ter
ritories. Meanwhile, Paccanari, who was
first a stone.culter and afterwards a sol
der, endeavored, with the assistance and
protection of the Archduchess Mariana,
to re.establish the order of Jesuits in
Rome, under the title of Peres de la
Fol-" and obtained the Pope's sanction for
this pretended new order, at the same
time that the Able de Broglie was en-
deavorng to effect the same thing In the
neighborhood of London. Both these en-
terprises terminated dIsastrousy. The
taking of Rome by the French put stop
to the fourishing success of Paccanarps
college, and the Able de Broglie became
bankrupt.
AT the fall of Napoleon, the first step
taken by the Pope was the publishing of a
bull, authorizing the establishment oil
the Society Of Jesuits throughout Christ
endom. But this step, in some countries,
produced the opposite to what was intended
The Emperor Alexander banished them
from his estates two years after; and John
vi. of Portugal announced to the Pope HI;
intention of keeping to the terms OF the
bull which annihiIated the order. The
Emperor of Austria refused, also, to re-
ceiye Them. In Spain, and Piedmont
however, they were admitted. In France
these formidable and subtle enemies o
public peace entered humbly, and wIthou
parade, and spread themselves abroad IN
ostentatiously into all the departments
Their preaching every where attracted
crowds. Rising establishments OF the or
der were formed on every side, and tn
Jesuits existed, in fact and in power, be
fore even their name had been officiali.
pronounced.
Their subsequent history is we'll known
The part they took in the rnisfortunes 9
Charles x, and in the fall of the eide
branch of the Bourbon dynasty, their sue
ceeding opposition to the Government
and their disputes with the University, ar
matters within the knowledge OF ever
one, and now Of eyery-day discussion.
ANOTHER HUMBUG ExPosED.-The to
lowing has been going the rounds OF To
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