The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1845-03-07

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The purpose Of more widely importing into
that country the principle which Scbiesel
had demonstrated was mos, favornb!e 10 q
/ monsichicai government. This is the fa.
nous Leopoldlne Association of which, OF
late, We have heard SO much and its ori.
gin the Exile p.ausibly attributes 10 the
exer'ions OF the Jesuis, who came here as
early as 1920.
he writer then adveT,s TO the attempts
/ OF Rome 10 e.obtain the supremacy over
The French Church, IN 1878, and 10 the wo.
tul disappointment which she ust with in
that design, on the 6nsl oyertlru OF her
hIerareby. 10 that coun,ry, N 1880 Next
he COMES To her ~ seecess Ia riUssis ana
TO her better luck 10 BeIsinm, in 1881
This brings him 10 consideration Of The
progress Of affairs in he PapaI States then.
selves, and indeed throughout oil Italy.
Having shoao tina, ,hete is q state Of feel.
ing existing there y hlch is decide dly adverse
to the government Of the Church, and that
the yoke would not reluctantly be ihtoNn
Oh, upon fitting opportunity, ard having
argued successfully, We think, that the dom,
nation of the Romish goseInmen, is oppo
sed IN its influences 10 the advancement, OF
the arts ind sciences, and especially to the
interests, temporal and eternal, of the PEG.
pie, the writer gives a direct response 10
the question with Hhich be started, "Will
the Hierarchy come out Of the contest vic.
torious?" Tho reply may be thus coudens.
ed No:--for ihe faster The power Of Rome
increases, the greater will be It's abuse, and
thence It's sure overthrow such are The
feelings and tcndeDciss Of things in Europe
that mere trfls may al any time work the
overthrow and ruin Of the Hierarchy. IL.
ally must ere long be totally destroyed, if
The Church be not; and il only needs the
withdrawal from her Of Protestant support
TO effect this result.
!" Look a, Spains" (says The wfiier.) oh
night be said tina, Providence placed that
country under the exclusive control Of Ro.
mGnism 10 show the world what effects il 10
capable Of working out for the temporal ia.
terests Of the nations. And wha, is Spain
now a dIeary waste haunted by beggars-
Cross il ltem the Pyreuees to Cadiz, from
the Bay Of Biscay to the Mediterranean
Sea, and you will feel as though sou were
transported into an African counlry: no sg.
ficuliure, no industry, no trade, no means
Of internal COMMUNICATION, no castles, no
palaces. not even ruins OF Christian origin
Lut there stands 10 the middle of tho desert
the Escural, the Fl abode Of the destroy.
ing angel Of lhs laBd. Sill this 10 tho
country Of the orange tree and the nightin.
gale; ihe home Of ehvalry, poetry and
love; where the Moofs reared the won.
deitOl temples, the enchanted palaces of
Andausa, Grenada aid Valencia, gather.
ed all The learning OF The world, and the
best scholars, ar,ificers aud husbandmes OF
the middle ages, who converted il into a
garden worthy Of the magical ALEXANDRIA.
What contrast between the Moors aud
Philip II. and his successors"
Nor is no less eloquent when referring
TO Naples and Sicily, in this connection.
" What" says he, "sre Naples and 81.
ely nov J 60 hack TO The days of your
youth, review the splendid scenes which
he pollty, philosophy, and poetry of Hes.
Derlnand the island Of the sun presented to
-FOUR enrap,ured imagination, and say #
you did not almost believe that tho, para.
ilSe Of Western Greece was land beyond
he boundaries Of this world And when
'ou crossed in hurry The patrimony Of ST.
'eter, and the dvcby Of Rome, could you
eaze that that pestilentia desert was tho
seld Of the long .contested battles, and the
rlumphs Of The republic, the favored re.
foat Of dictaiors aud consus, and The re-
'ort OF the rusiicating nobility OF Rome2
3ut there is the Papal city overlooking the
Melancholy Campagna as if ashamed of ito
isolation, and trying TO escape from the
Malaria Of her own manufactures, the most
ppropria,e type Of the religious system
which buried under her ruins the gods and
oddesses Of the land"
And he goes on TO show and 10 account
Or the hatred which The Italians have for
'opery in the mis- government and miser.
Bile effects upon the character, happiness.
dyancemens, economy and morals Of the
eople. Thence he proceeds TO show the
lcompaiiblllty Of this religious creed with
be political compact of the United States.
hal the greater the constitutional liberty,
he greater is the danger 10 il from Popery;
nd then comes to the subject Of the Chris.
ian alliance recently entered into in our
md for the purpose Of resisting its rapid
dyauce in this country. THIS, with the
respects advericd 10 alresdy, Of a stern
nd successful resistance to the power Of
,oman Catholicism, in continental Europe,
used upon the assumption that the securi.
: Of professionalism and the peace of Chris.
'ndom demand the delea, Of that power.
lie writer thinks will render abor,ive the
',empt now gong on with so much vigor.
} restore the Hierarchy in all its pristine
rengih. Recommending plan OF con-
erled action, and perseverance and deter.
lination IN carrying It into execution the
Exile concludes his task with an earn.
ST appeal in favor Of the cause he advocates;
aking occasion TO record the fact in "P.
!" that during the year, the Leopoldine So
ie.y of Europe has, itself alone, coniribu.
d no less han $500 900 for the support