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tore, have no tendency convict ti,,f sa' mere
while the Intolerance and lgo,ry their onnnna,
the necessary Of The exrusye prnr
pies they maintain. Tn apparent results of the pro-
mitigation Of great truth are aien or '',e eqnyo
cal, and en- parndozicni The weight at me eng o.
n cord pa>sinp over pulley follows the hand thas
dfaws it, though moving in contrary direction. ne
true results are slowly developed and II Is sometimes
n fn century between seed time and harvest. Z, Z,
principle never produces IFS legitimate fruits UNI, -
precisely and distinctly cnnncnte and men oiie ,,,
act in partial accordance with truth rom some o,.
and hafunconscious apprehension oil us spirit orI
before any master mind has clearly developed and
If hen ihe character Of the Purnnica' system, as
fairly deducble from pri3r examination of its abb
f stract principles be compared with IT'S actual ten
dc1cies, ne developed in practice, will found that
reference has nor; amply confirmed the Promises oil
ia theory. No whore has here been more of liberty
eld 'pss OF license No Nr.o nor, OF p0blc charity
ara less OF private ostentarion, where more ~
tristan lniIutnce and less of pries,lv pa,;or,
where more Of Heavens best IL, sings and fewer Of
1t. Judgments than IN Pye''ai,lca' New Eneln and.
Nor, on the other-trfnd are authorized 10 con-
clufc that iirise unchariiable and exclusive systems
,"'h are tolerated among us. are harmless in theft
tendencies because they have not vet here produced
the miscbiefs which hav flowed nom them in Euro.
nran countries, and which seem to he involved in
their very principles. Here, they held in check,
and modified IN their action hy the want of nRmerl-
cai force the separation of church and s'nfe the in
encc Of free Institutions the fundamental law uf the
land. Bat he who would know then real charactcrt
/ rs developed in their ,on, must study their work
irgs IN times and countries wherc they have been
least chstruced Intolerance is Of the Of eve
ry exclusive system, and he that holds the necessi
~ of conformity wi. assure,Iv enforce it, wherever
he feels that he can safely exercise he power.
1t is ms have already hned n great error 10 SUBJ
pose that the Reformation was bu change Of rtli-
glon II was equally reformation in the state and
IMPLIED universal political revolution The doc.
trinns to ,,i,,ch I h,,' al l,,, 49,, =, H. -
as equally truhs OF Cur -tlnnitv and of civil poy.
They necessarily laid the the root of arsrocra-
hood which had stoian b, r; a., nror ,i,, ar
roratel The Office Of bal, Jav,sh AMI psvnn brar
rhy boyn, hean f,noi r, h,. nm nsrrn@r l,,ulii..-
cIainn, ia arsat pr,v'o-e natfer hv ara n, nr c
.aeen, If ,,.os ,,1,,,r,I H., ,',,, ,i,-iJ - -,
,yhot t;,ls rho ba,on XIII H.; nr.rnaai;,s fJ ~
VI. u,.'',i Nv ~ Us pe."A1'Nes; anu w;
iri t,n, 80, F -; -. 10y '' 80. e ~.
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,oa,,, ,,,,,,. 80 l. 49,, g., -, '=., IT., VIC 80
,Loii,io, ar ol,os H., r,.ai ~; III 49,, ~ 49, &c
,aa' H., 49, ~ IN'e'"''o" "'d "o'0su'eu III
% D. nun, , eF yt"i . o,,,re 1,.. ..,
.yt ~, b,s ,r, r'r; , 80 - '''.', VI
II ,a,.'.:.' - "a, r"".i > .l't u'"St
~ .'t 'L5. we! "; ";l 'lp hafro"ess
pt -. ~, IL 'L5 VI p'!,atc Julene.. are now
nnr', i; +; rr; e ii;S ~ "a r.,9s ~ ',ee ny
Ln, t., t., ".'iI'l ''!n wat'''S WIN conloi
i p ~, "yTI "ea aeh!si ne pthicpes OF
i,, ne NY 'uucl ma. NE lnthtaI
,',,, ,,,,, ~ i ' .t''y copat!ue WIN we
I5,r H., ~; eI1..'' "a pc' sola' ,V,Io'ii ana ne
i l. H. - 49, " "a. "'1:' "''c''ee'''' uo'u"ie
ds,r,,,;y Wv IL y. Hpp,c.a't- u to't'p'l"H .nc
;,.,,, ~ 'I |Ii ,pe te'ug.'et.9 Tcn ''eS
NJ 80 l..1 ~ 'ue'I a.Ies III tnls unhoIy cause
falti 1,ot., ~, ~
,ano,,l,i - , -; W, ~ i, o ,;.,;a, - 49, i
vbr i ~, ro ~, I,,' , On ,b IN; e T'r,
rsse,, ] ~ tSl iibor, m u I Uu
e - i - -. -. nus : -, ~ u. -, ,"'i1
4 ar,,57- i,..,1s -irocnn,,sl . con,hinej
xiii, ,oro co,iroI ,er me- aror Of L;s n;nbhnr
the o,hSr usos ,l,ra dor,or-acv ne bne9r n f,iob,
en- and rre,erdrd co1eory,,;r az a In-o 70 ~
e1ols ne irio ao1st,cy fro, r ;cnIs
m unoraipd surrender of ar, r.,s,r IL, bani
of thosr ,yin claim, J,;'a ri H., 10 n.ni, 7,
rco.ires not tho ,,. of n rr,,,i, -, 49,; H. all;
q
and no man yersed in b;s,nry on, dh, ,h, ,i -;
utnrh of either r,rtv yauld .iie ;o.. ,h '' g. y,
destruction Of every valuable feature Of Aeric.
cietv Religions conservatism nsl,s us ~ ad,;, ,h,,
the hniphtv has alb caed the rrns Of HE n'or,l anS
snirit nj uovcrrnent and fl,r nrincas I'D -.
are the rrht(ul Successors 10 The yocnnt ',hr"no
prnprr.s arriving n, the same resul, nv d,,,arant
route brncs MS 10 tho, onnrchv nf ~. mnii;tuds
which is io snrc precursor of the caprircus ,xronnv
of the drspnt and the urrelentng ru, of the prest
twill not be arss 10 cast n Glance nj The obscura
and distant PAST and 10 inrlire what we have 10 ain
ny abanlonine'he veneraie institutions Of our faith :
RS and restoring the darl, md Wondering fab, c
that Heavens own vcncef ul tnino lonc since over
threw
The vauncd noriod yh,.o characteristics traits Won
h.d asked Ia revive cxc1 from The eleventh 10 The
sixteenth century from fi brand 10 Luther This
was The hnosred are al rfF-rlry iba 70 den era of
Catholic Christianity wien ,ra tenpo al SUPREMACY
,rthe rich was almosl ruyorsaliy acknowledged ;
Kings submitted - 01r-alalion at the hands Of a
4 monk. and emr-rors held the stirrup of the Roman
lnr reprOach that AGa'l'l had no part the age TO
which the romance and the novelist refer fur the
:, races that ai1rn humanity The historian for The
highest examples Of civil and political excel cncc the
Romanist for the most perfect form of Christian life.
J. But what was The real condition of Europe during
], these five centuries of refinement loyalty heioism
O and Christian devotion? 1t isl matter Of some diff
Guilty to penetrate the thick obscuritv that shrouds the
popular history Of times whose only chronicers were
- the hanl htv noble and the rnsynpathizing monk
i | nut even from these unwi ling witnesses enough can
i he extracted to prove that humanity has and at no
IL time and in no land. gr0aned under heavier burdens
than those imposed on its suffering shoulders by the
i priesthood and the barons of Chr isan Europe in the
u middle ages, The critical student OF mdinva history
3 beholds scene to use those dreadful words of Mil.
n with dreadful faces throneeG and erv arms and
the urd light. that eares from the pile of the martyr
and the incendlary flames of leudal warfare officers
d shew, that behind the gIitterng of king ,y
and baronla life, there lay and writhed a world OF
" woe. The right OF man as man found no advocate
me night ct conscience no defender II was nor YET
discovered mat the ruler the law nakeris oonnd ny
~ me law he promhIgates, ana law i'sel was known,
n moi as the dictate oil reason aiming AZ zee common
good nut as anothtr name 'or organized oppression
~ ot arbitrary Will MUNICIPAL lew indeed except IN
CUES hhu pofo"ehs, winch hau oouS" "'h hne'es
existed ohiy rs measure, moi OF CONNIE" fian' ou'
- OF privilege IN deioga,on OF rsht' ana mere was no
= controlling authority, nut me canonS OF Inc chnrch'
q ana lie viii oi the stronger
n Society pandemomum where every unholy
passion revried without restraint, and the rights Of
IF the ruler knew limits, but that of his power 10