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

~ De-
GENTLEMEN Have the kindness IN hermit me
10 make the suoJoined extract from vonr paper of
TINS morning text to few remarks
The exciting topic of the Jesus has oceun;d the s,ten
non OF the Chamber Of Deputies II oru;na,eI with Al
THEIRS, who described the vicissitudes the oI &c I;
had experienced since its foundation the motives ~ carr
domination IN France in the 18th century, and thos which
had induced the Pope to pronounce the dissolution Of com
mun that Frederick the Great alone in all Europe did not
consider dangerous"
Why did Frederick stand alone amongst his con-
temporary monarchs on question which, at the
hme 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,
wi,n steady eye and firm hand protected all sects
~ ms dominions. " Hardly seated on the throne.'
MAY, l74o,) says Paganel, in his life of Frederick
tne Great " than he announced to the nation and
.ne world that religious tolerance mounted with
MN. Ills reputation as philosopher excited fear
anu anxiety IN the breasts Of the ministers OF the
dinerent sects amongst his subjects, but very soon
these fears were dssipaied. Brand. Minister Of
State, and Rechenbach, President Of The Conssto-
ry, moved by the complaints Of the Fcal Genera, Ibde,
solicited the King to the suppression Of the Catholic
schools The ought be engraven on tablets Of god
and placed in view of every who can ever be called 70 de-
eide such subject:
Every form of religion must I've tolerated The only duty
Of the Fiscal is to prevent the from inng each other
It my wish that in my dohnions every person be
seek salvation in his or her own way FREDERICK"
The three who filed the Papal Chair from l74O to
l774, through the htyhree years of the reign az
Frederick the Great were Pospero Lanbern, (Benedct
XIv.) from l740 to 1858; Cardinal Rezzonico (Cem,y
Kill tosl760 and Francisco Laurentius Ganganei fi
ent XIV to 22d September l774 After III. Of Gar
ganel, Cardinal Braschi Cor, Pope Plus the VI
tlaO tnfA,,
after the death Of Frederick, but having had agency SUI
pressing the e uts his administration need not be connected
with the subject before
On the 9Th Of August 1862 the Parliament Of Paris by
solemn decision, declared the Order of Jesuits suppressed
abern when Pope, inclined reform but destr,
the Order Rezzonico declared null and void 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 taumniate
Rank himself gives the opinion that the sentence pronounced
by the Parliament Of Paris could certainly be ust.
in legal point OF view.
Lambertni, Rezzonco, and Ganganeli the first and last
in particular, personal friends, correspondents, and az
Of Frederick As already Observed neither Lambert nj
Rezzonco wished suppress the Jesu but the
and the pure and noble spirit of Rezzonco, Clement KILL
driven from its earthly tenement by the storm of February
ID, 1885, and succeeded by Gangane, who assumed
the name Pope Csment XIV Though perhaps, humn
nature has produced another less inclined 10 vo
ence any kind than Gangane yet educated by and be-
longing the Franciscan Order, opposition to the Jssuts
made part of his rooted opinions and, with the whole
Bourbon interest in Spain France, and Italy actively hostile
and Austria passive the fate of the Order sealed and
the 2ls of july l773 the Papa sentence passed and
registered declaring the abolition of the Society Of Jesus
offices, houses, and institutions.
AS monarchs from their extremely different positions and
xon there must have been wide difference between
Frederick the Second and either of the three Popes have
named, and yet Ganganell there much of
bance the King of Prussia. But in the affair Of the Jesuits
Frederick stood Alone and why Because his national
policy rendered all Orders in his States subjects the
More happy says his best bographer, Paganel than
many other great men, Frederick had by any
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 Borni
respects with the eighteenth century, Frederick of
its most faithful representatives"
High is 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
regard freedom Of opinion his peculiar
of mind his views of and conquest and above ALL
his underwriting conservative principles a a ruler.
Armed with unlimited power, the most firmly fixed his
tbrone based national admiration and confidence,
Frederick was perhaps The most tolerant man In Europe To
him. said the fervd Goethe, human thought its free
DOM He began his reign by the most enlightened
agement Of education schools colleges, and universities
renovated by his countenance and support Com
and manufactures fourished because they free
and protected The face of his kingdom presented annually
through his long reign increasing prosperity canals dug,
moasses Drained roads and bridges formed repaired
| to Undue and give life and vgor to civilization
In opinion, the fame Of Frederick rests his mill
tary character and such is too far true, though the mistake
is due to the bias of mankind in favor of Such
far from being his opinion. Colonel Carton de Nsas
recent French military writer places Frederick at the head Of
conservative generals. Says Paganel :
"Let Alexander let Casa let Napoleon be glorifed
conquerors they warriors from infancy every thing
around them breathed Nature itself seemed to have
fashioned them for this terrible vocation. Not with Freder-
lex his tase studes and delicate constitution appeared
devote him to the walks Of peace His the field of
Mow did not that warke courage of which he
amply multiplied the proofs in after years with such splendid
ecat Before conquerng his enemies this prince had to
war; he became the most intrepid Of men, and took rank with
the generals of the earh he stood indebted
for his glory TO a sublime effort.
The King of Prussia became conqueror by reason that
Is say from necessity He only enlarged his dominons
preserve what he received from his predecessors And
what greatly due him, however brilliant was hs
military career the character Of the hero was not his most
beautiful and solid title to immortal name Fred
erck presents himself TO all after ages envoncd with
glory pure, and already equitable posterity con-
brms the Judgment he pronounced upon HIMSELF beLere
that, IA ,cegng Uoice the MJors Of Me Phisopher wH
De ndjudged superior 10 those of The Warrior sn-(Vilcl
Historical and Critical Memoir the Civilization of the diff
feent Nations Of Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries. u
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 wake
nations regarded though nomnay monarchy as in fact an
Electorate OF Germany, il in l740, what Prussia
IN 1855 Let me again call in the evidence Of Paganc
III we atentivey observe the physiognomy of Prussia
and the geographical position Of that kingdom when Fred