Mobile register and journal. [volume] (Mobile, Ala.) 1841-1849, 1845-05-07
THE TRoIIRLES IN SWITZERLAND.

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THE TROUBLES IN SWITZERLAND.
A eorrespnndent of the Charleston Mercury trans.
ates from French Journal the following account of
the troubles IN Switzerland. II will be read with
interest
The troubles of Switzerland originated in Lucerne
-one of the three or Al Cantons, aud which divides
with Berue and Zurich, the Presidency or Directo-
rial power ol The Coniederacy-each Caution in turn
holding that power for two years The Legislative
Council Of Lucerne had determined TO invite IA NUM-
Der OF Jesuis into the Canton To take charge Of their
principal seminary. The country people rose in
arms against il, and we're put down by the auhorI-
ties. The instruction had been planned, and was
aided by the radicals Of the neIghborlhg Canlons,
who sent volunteer bands--Free companies as they
were called-to support the insurgents Of Lucerne;
and il became evident that under pretext Of pre-
venting the introduction Of the Jesus, the radicals
aimed AT political ndiederal revolution, the gov
ernmen, Of Lucerne took Of safety that in
creased and extended the fermentation. Her posi-
ton, as at The moment the Drecioral Canton, gave
additional importance to her local affairs.
At the beginning Of the present year, the Drec
toria power passed from Lucerne TO Zurich, and
the new President, in consequence OF tue universal
ferment in Switzerland caused by the late events in
Lncerne, thought il best 10 convOke an exiraordIna
rv Diet Two main queslions were 10 he submitted
to this body-lst, the legality ii the Tree companies,
and 2nd, the invitation Of The Jesulis 10 Lucerne.-
Upon these two questions then, the Legislative As
semblies Of The Canons were imvhed To deliberate
and determine their final instruc IONS to the Two De-
puties each canton sends Ia the hei, and who are
also elected by the Legislative Assemblies.
The frat oil the twn questions proposed by the Di-
rect0ry-that et The Free Companles-w"s too plain
Tor dispute. BY the Federal Compact, the Cantons
guarantee lie integrity of each others territory. The
invasion of one Canton by armed bands from another
is then palpabe breach of The compact Even in
Of internal troubles, the federal iorct may not
interfere except requsition Of the Canton-much
less volunteer companies Of one Canton against the
proper authorities ofanotlier. 1t WIS proposed and
the proposition general, adopted ny the Legislative
Assemblies, that ,al such Free Companies should be
declared illegal, and every Canton be hsd RESPONSE
BILE and liable To indemnity cor the acts Of such
panes raised " thin its limits. No doubt the Diet
will confirm this.
The other matier-thal of the Jesuits- lis far more
difficult to settle. religious and political ques
ton, here tangled together; it is not merely the
Order Of Jesus-it is the Federal Compact that is
in dispute. There fact that should be stated
in the outset that is, the general dislike that the
Jesuiis inspire in almost all the Cautions Except
ing the four where they acknowledgements. du
Vaais, de Schwartz and de Frybure J. all The other
Cantons have showed openly their deep and legiIi-
mate repugnaace to the Fathers. But many of the
| States, protestant and mixed, az Geneva now, and
Vaude before its last wild revolution, however ready
| To express their natural senimens Of hostility
| 10
sacrlbce to THEN religious and political anipathies,
principles that the very t0undalinn Vi the Con-
| federation. Tie question was raised i'll lS44. At
that time Argovie proposed in the Diet the general
expulsion of The Jesuils, and rlap)ry of II voices
-one OF the most decisive votes we have lately seen
rejected he proposition. 10 De sure the Protest.
ant States lhtn voted against their synpalhies; but
they yledel to. and they strengthened the bases Of
the Federal Compact The question is the same now.
On what ground do the radical States justify Them
selves for attempting TO force lucernean indepen-
deni and s"ereign State like lheInselves-io expel
! the Jesus fem her territory? On two articles of
| the Constitution: the LIST of which says that the
twenty two Cautions ''uniie for their common safety
and Tor The maintenance Of order and internal
peace;" and the Sh which says that "the Diet shall
take all necessary for the security, iuter-
| nal and external, Of Switzerland. But these aril
cles "a e applicable only in special cases, and TO
give them general and unrestricted sense, would
he 10 substitute Federal despuism for Cantonal
sovereignty. The Catholic and the moderate canlons
consider, and with reason, the question Of the Je.
suits as one Of internal regulation, that each slate
Is Tree To decide according To its own convenience.
To pretend that the C III oil the Jesuits TO Lucerne
endangers tie peace of the Confederation, is pun
ish the legal authorities for the guilt of those " no
| revolted against them Lucerne has made agree
| meni with the Order Of Jesus, according 10 which
Jesuiis were to come al the end Of the year, To di-
rect the studies Of the Seminary; on which The radi-
Gals OF the Canton, aided 10y synpathisers over the
being beat in the public square, changed their field
OF battle to the bosom OF Il Diet, and complain OF
disorders OF which they The first insti gators II
they had been conqueIors and overturned the esab-
| llshed government VI Lucerne, we should see with
what warmth they would defend that internal sove.
reigniy OF the Cantons they trying to de-
| struy.
| When Argovie shut up The converts, banisbed the
monks. and confscated their goods, and the Catholic
cantons raised uuIciy against it, did not the radi-
rails uctI fu hoTfh 4
~? And yet the question then very differently
presented; the destruction of the converts was a
literal and fragrant violation ofhe compact for their
liberation was formally guaranteed by the 9Th article
and 1t was only on the strength Of that guaranty thai
the Catholic canlons had conse ted in 1915 TO enter
the confederation
The Vororl OF Zurich, spite OF his hostility TO the
Catholic cantons, acknowledges that the compact
cannot bear so wide an Interpretation. So he adyi-
SEES mat the Diet should limit itself TO amcabe,
pressing request 10 Lucerne to reconsider her inv-
tatlon of the Jesuiis-and tins on the ground that
The latter, as one Of The dicatoral cantons is pecu-
harry interested In allowing federal to predominant
1 over cantonal considerations.
But every coercive measure will be manifest usur-
patton; Tor u there is in Switzerland a principle of
federal public right indspuahle and since tho Relor.
nation undisputed, il is that The cantons are bound
TO respect each other : religious independence. 1t is
the fundamental basis of the confede, alton
Now, the right to admit dismiss religious Soci-
CantOndl
sovereignty and religious Independence The PROTEST.
ant States woull moi allow the Diet to regulate Mt its
discretion, the mode Of instruction in any Protestant
slate; why should the Catholic? And il is IN this
regard that the really liberal Pedestrians shew their
dScernment well as Just ice in refusing TO authorize
coercive measures against Lucerne; the cause ia
their own FOR u IN fact il belonged TO the Diet
that is, TO simple majority, IL oi the 20 Cautious
thus to interpret the Compact the liberties of all
would be in constant peril In a country like Swift
zerland revolutions are frequent, and the power of
majority may pass II ON one side TO the other in
year. At this moment the ultramontane party are in
min0riiy-who knows that they will not be in n,,-
jority IN one or two years! And then, who shall say
what use they will make Of their power justified by
precedenls that offer such tempting motives to retail
laton! Once establish the principle, and IA simple
federal majority will have the power TO regulate The
religious or political organization of each Canton to
prescribe It's worship, or mode Of nstruclion-even
its constitutional; TO introduce or prescribe societies
Every religion and every opinion will in its turn be
psrseculedJ to-day 1t is the Jesults-to-morrow il
will he the Calvinlst or Methodist Bible Societies.
Thus the question OF The Jesuits loses itse in one
vastly greater, that of the maintenance of the Com
pact aud OF the sovereignty Of the Cantons which is
its basis. This Is so true that by apparent anonoly
Protestant Cantons are led To support the cause Of
! the Society OF Jesus, and even the minority in L,-
cerne, who rose up against the introduction Of the
Jesuits, now rallies round the Government 10 pro-
tecl the Independence and sovereignty of The Canton
The relig iou4 question Of se dangerous enough
without being embroiled with the poliiica There is
4 a fermenI in the Catholic Cantons that will not be
easily Gained. The Catholic populations are con-
vinued that their religion is aimed at. and they are
deeply excited. The war has in truth been waeed
for several years-the CaniOns assaiiing and retort
ing by internal revolutions. Thus in I.ucerne. three
or four years ago, the radical ty was put down;
the reaction showed itself elsewhere, in the Canton
Of ArgovIe, by the demolition Of the Converts. The
Valais replied to Argoye by revolution that crush