Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1845-09-24
FzoM TuE y - Yoax ALISON
TIE IESIrI.rS

TIE JESUITS.
| This order NAV fix the attention Of the
CAV rs well as the serious; Is mystery and
romance excite curiosity and pr,vs,ke m
quiry. When It Is remembered thar ths.
Orier of JeSuits is spretd over Enghna.
where It possesses in Lsnra>hire clone.
three nagnih~ect esfab'Ishments--thaf n
rules desPoticaly behind the Ep.s-npal
seats IN lreland-lhat II has but llss sirrea
/ Switzerland 10 revolution. battle. and
Notwithstanding can appear mare in
'erestlng, and come Upon as more unex-
pee'etly, than ITS suppression n France.
There II hid ABSORBED, su0 r,sa, the 81 aols
| power IF the secular clergy
al the gay est and most powerful Members
of sOciety-d0ne battle with the Uniyer-
sity Of the Government, and driven md
the greatest literary charac;e-, and one Of
the chief Ministers OF Fraace-M. Vile
nain-fram fear Of us vengence. II. Ia
fact, hurled him down from the ministerial
eminence TO attain whi-h aH The energies
of his life had been employed for tweuty-
five years.
One OF the most traly pjous aaI en-
1 lighiened PopeS that ever welded TIE
p''wer OF the triple crown, absiiaent Of
sleep, had ordered his ''cameriere1' 10 wake
him, even during has few hours o. repose,
whenever any new event occurred IN
Rome. One night, the cameriere =
shook him. " What's the matter - asked
his Holiness. " Holy fathcrl one OF The
great officers of the JeSuiIs has eloped
With the AbheSs De Ia PoEia.n Is thai
alp" said the PsntlE = | tod yon uals d
wake me when sSueihiug extraor,isnarv
occurred Th,ss nathiBg WIS cxraoF-
dinaFy taat came frum thc Jesaits. alil.s'
/ openly b. y sci ON Scand 1ilzaf sri-tv -
| They. n contrary, employed {. cry mraus
TO tascina'e 1.-THE genIleSi and the 49,
rs well "a the most naginaiIye ml1-s De-
ing equally their duFeS; ghev eZer-ed their
influence over the most volatile ac1 smia-
BILE members o. society, with 4 charm AK
that which the raytleSnake = said = cxer-
else over It's destined victim. every
means was made aVailah'e for their pur-
pose. When Lauis XIV was yuaug. and
liked dancing and theatricais 10 a f,..i', the
Jesuits profrS>ed dramatsrgy and ,hor0-
\ graphy, and Farmer P0ree, the tirsf fusir
OF Foliaire, wrote on these sshf- = he
most elaborate work Nhen Lnuis XIV.
was old.s they rul q his mind tAsa-lsa hss
4 mis- re~>eS-a favOrite means 81 power
with Them; and IN this manner they ae-
tainei so complete mastery Owe BIN.
that he drove his N ~ n slsiri Us s u ec,s.
the Prstestants, into exile. o. snrich athsr
lands: white, thanks % their dark dasi -ns
/. mi rs..,f - ...- 49,. II --- 20 49,
, reign went down amidst cloads ami lsn-
pests, m utter disa-ier. Deep curiosity
: must always prevail "a tins tops, tram
the wonderful power which has Been
: welded hy this order, whose ssPP-es-sau
, Kings, Emper'rs, Popss. hive 10 vsin
& warred 10 aceomP.I>h-sttk.ng lhefr slses
I in the eff.rt, and lnsIng them Grea,
: statesmen have mare than once taough'
i they had shack ed AMI laid down their
{ cabals; L was the greatest baast as q
: CholSeul AMI a Pomaal, ta2t they la
: done so; bat they rose agaia-as again
: they will rise.
2 Maintained o. sneh genius and ssrh
: charity as thev have shown Ia The r1it.or
. of yoftb. and IN the establishments ~ ths
+. m 81 remarkaale and INST triuusphsn
D comm lnitir~ amongst the Mid indians q
South America-thus giving examples o.
: their powers ct civIliZIng nsGnSiud-thry
etnPlas ed TIE reflected P.swsF ihas quar-
g Ell, an thriving SoveTpizn- and natisus "a
9 10 that lethal " and IN. Sgnrric sleep. e.
/ which theS know 81 well hox q take az
!. vantage; Ike the vampire. - kiug ihs
very hearts biond Of their victims, shils
'hey were tanning h m into trezeherous
: somnoIence.
One cannot sfu'ly too oifen the his'or,
: of such an order, whether seeking onii
: the granica,ian Of cur sisy. or pursasn.
: ohje Is OF higher nature, n 'he Stsfis .
7 history. History IS written, bli y m'iSi 4
read; and as there are 50 many ~ho "a,
too rapilly to reflect, We must tell them e
fore hand that the explanati1a Of the po~
erI The Jesuils have welded o. memSsr
Z, heir own order-warping their -
3 and intellecis, and absorbing 81 ihei
sFenergies, whilst they gave them na,air.
tantamount in resnrn-is found &c the Ec;
that human mind becomes readily enRm
I cured with mystery, an with The idea Q
any influence approaching % the super
:, natural; so much 81 that in TIE eays-lt I
but yes,erday--when the highest, As ~el
as the vulgar, believed in eonIarers an
witches, hundreds OF wreiehes have ssoo
o. the rack, and fortunes Of all kinds, f'rgei
D. ting all in tn pleasure Of being th1agi
g by their fellow-men possessed q pose
o., above them.
A short sketch of the rise and pr'gres
Of an order to which such deep a. are
u interest is a .a-hed. vii not be in,rprrr
81 ate I, fhe .oo,aent. every r. tire - i