Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-06-14
TO THE EDITORS.


| !, WASHINGTON, JUNE 3, l645.
ohAiLEmEN Have the kindness TO permit me
~ ~ laAe a'0 suojoheu extract from your paper Of
this morning a text TO few remarks:
"The exciting topic Of the Jesus has oee,o;sd hs .,so
mon OF the Chamber Of Deputies Il Originated win
THEIRS, who described the vcssiudes the order ~ Je,s
had experienced since its foundation the motives az can
domination III France In the 18th century, those which
had induced the Pope pronounce the dissolution 81
muniy that Frederick the Great alone all Europe did not
consider dangerous"
Why did Frederick stand alone amongst his con-
temporary monarchs on question which, al the
time, to greater less degree excited interest over
all Western Europe, Catholic and Protestant! The
answer IS plain and conclusive. Frederick was
hing OF Prussia, and not part of it; he personally
belonged to no religious Sect but he respected and
win steady eye and firm hand protected all sects
IN MS dominions. " Hardly seated on the throne'
lMay' lIao') says Pagane in his life Of Frederick
','e ureat " than ne announced to the nation and
ne Worlu that religious tolerance mounted with
MN. Ills reputation as philosopher excited fear
and anxiety in the breasts Of the ministers of the
different sects amongst his subjects, but very soon
these fears were dssipaed. Brand, Minister of
oiate' ana heichenbach, President Of the Conssto-
~ moved by the complaints Of the Fiscal General Uhden
solicited the King the suppression of the Catholic
schools The ought be engraven on tablets Of gold
and placed in view of every who be called to
eide such subject:
'Every form of religion be tolerated The only duty
OF the Fiscal prevent the from ininp each other
1t Is my wish that in my donnions every person be sa to-
seek salvation in his or her own way. FREDERICK"
The three who filled the Papal Chair from l740 to
l774 through the thirty three first years of the reign f
Frederick the Great, were, Pospero Lanbertn (Benedct
AIV.) from l740 to 1858; Cardinal Rezzonico, (Cem,y
Kill tol760; and Francisco Laurentus Ganganell
cnt XIV to 22d September l774 After III. OF Gar
ganell Cardinal Braschi Cor, Pope Plus the VI
lcIN. x~cA. Iynn .l.-
after the death Of Frederick but having had agency SUI
pressing the e uis his administration need not be connected
with the subject before u.s.
On the 9Th Of August 1852 the Parliament Of Paris by
solemn decision, declared the Order Of Jesuits suppressed
Lambern when Pope inclined to reform but destroy
the Order Rezzonico declared null and void the decree Of
Parliament of Paris; but the Roman Catholic world
fact against the Jesu and In all similar cases. the Order
charged with faults rather than crimes and caumniated
Ranke himself gives the opinion that the pronounced
by the Parliament Of Paris could certainly ustf,d
| in legal point of view.
Lambertin, Rezzonco, and Gsnganell the first and ast
particular personal friends, correspondents, and al
miers Of Frederick As already Observed neither Lamberni
Rezonco wished suppress the Jesui but the
and the pure and noble spirit of Rezzonico Clement Kill,
driven from its earthly tenement by the storm Of February
3D. 1859, and succeeded by Gangane, who assumed
the Pope Clement XIV. Though, perhaps humln
has produced another less inclined
ence Of any kind than Gangane yet educated by and be-
longing the Franciscan Order opposition to the Jesuits
made part of his most rooted opinions and with the whole
Bourbon interest in Spain France, and Italy actively hostile
Austria passive the fate of the Order sealed and
the of July l773 the Papal passed and
registered declaring the abolition Of the Society Of Jesus its
offices, houses and institutions.
AS monarchs, from their extremely different positions and
connexions there have been wide difference between
Frederick the Second and either of the three Poes have
named and yet to Ganganel there much Of resem-
bance the King of Prussia. But in the affair OF the Jesuits
Frederick stood aone and why Because his national
policy rendered all Orders his States subjects the laws
" More happy, says his best bographer Pagane than
many other great men, Frederick had by any means
combat the spirit of his age. When he mounted the
throne human in full progress Every thing ia
vorcd the expansion of his powerful intellect Born
respects with the eighteenth century, Frederick of
4 its most faithful representatives"
High this eulogy, states less than the truth The
mind of Frederick not with, but far above his age
century after the of his reign has not raised
human intelligence and liberal thinking level with such
mind The world has produced another utterly
msepresened, in regard freedom Of opinion his peculiar
of mind his views of and conquest and above ALL
| his Underwriting conservative principles a ruler.
Armed with unlimited power, the firmly fixed his
tbrone based national admiration and confidence,
Frederick perhaps the tolerant in Europe To
him, said the fcvd Goethe, human thought its
DOM He began his reign by the most enlightened
agemen OF education schools colleges, and universities
renovated by his countenance and support. Com
and manufactures fourished because they were free
and protected The face of his kingdom presented annually
through his long reign increasing prosperity were dug
morases Drained roads and bridges formed repaired
and from Koensbeg and Mesnel to Embden his spirit seemed
to Undue and give life and vgor civilization
In opinion, the fame of Frederick on his mill
tay character and such is far true, though the mistake
due to the bias of mankind in favor of Such
far from being his opinion. Colonel Carton de Nisas
recent French military writer, places Frederick the head Of
conservative generals. Says Paganel
Let Alexander let Cesar let Napoleon be gorifed a.
conquerors they warriors from infancy every thing
around them beathed Nature itself seemed to have
fashioned them for this terrible vocation. Not with Freder
lex his tase studes and delicate constitution appeared to
Il a. 49,
Mowz did not that warke courage of which he
amply multiplied the proofs in after years with such splendid
ecla Before conquerng his enemies this prince had to
quer himself If after the first entrance the theatre Of
war, he became the intrepid Of men, and took rank with
the generals Of the earth, he stood indebted
for his glory a sublime effort"
sThe King Of Prussia conqueror by reason that
is say, from necessity He only enlarged his dominons
preserve what he received from his predecessors And
what is greatly due to him, however brilliant was hs
military career the character Of the hero was not his most
beautiful and solid title secure an immortal name Fred
erick presents himself to all after ages envoncd with
glory pure, and already equitable posterity con-
firms the Judgment he pronounced upon himself beepe
that IN tceghtng poces The MJors of The Phisopley nil
DC adjudged superior 10 those Of the Warrior. '"-(Vde
Historical and Critical Memoir the Civilization of df-
erent Nations Of Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries
History affords few any remarkable facts than the
inherent aspect OF Prussia at the beginning and close OF the
reign OF Frederick. Bounded every landslide by warke
nauons regarded, though nonnay monarchy, fact an
Electorate OF Germany ii in l740, what Prussia
IN 1856 Let me again call in the evidence Of Paganc
II we attenhvely observe the physiognomy of Prussia
ana the geographical position Of that kingdom when Fred