New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-11-23
VOL. VIZ. 1874.

tons End n d.ciors yressye when you consider
tha Oh the appendsges Of your travel are new and mod
ern~hiie all around you hosT with The frost Of tina
The iron horse draws you rapidly on AID y.u pass 90
the right band and on The lsi cities towns battle feds
churches-plsoe5 which have been signsissd by vsor
conseersted ty learning or peiy rendered memo
rable by treaties which have given peace to the world
would not have you understand. however that such
The only view obtained Of the country for made
many apsu.e-gszec upon many a spot f.med in hi.,o
~ and psid my devotious many an altar. ButssI
said have NOT time must hasten to Switzerland
The only Republic n Europe seems on the tbre.bold
Of bloody civil The alleged cause Of cou,rover
% Is IN measure religious, namely. The expulson Of
tue Jssis from SONS OF TIE Csntons The real csuse
however il political The Canions u Switzerland % In
number sre very unequal 10 population. The Canton
Of Berne which Is the largest has population OF about
100000 that Of Zurich the 10 about go O0O
while on the other hand the Csr'ons OF Zug and Ur
have population Of only about 1900 each TIE repre-
sentsiion 10 the Diet VOron H. however equsithe
same as that OF the States in the Senate Of tho United
States. 10 other words the Councils Of each Canton
elect two delegates and these delegates compose the
Diet or Vorort IL viii a, be perceived that the
popular voice be heard only indirectly in the lsgis
leOn Of the nation. II may be Observed also that Il
not until recently that the popular voice heard
in the Local Councils of Of the lsrges, OF the
Csnons. Prior 1890 the whole legislative electoral
and administrative power Of Berne in the hands Of
few Of the old families, who constituted, under the
namo OF republicans real aud exclusive srisocracy
So II YVES IN of the other Csntons Revolutions
have from time 10 time been eeced-someiimes peace
ably, sometimes by force until now, 10 the larger Can
tons the rights of q q citizen of republic are
asserted maintained and recognized The three large
ant the population Of Catholics being In Zurich about
Ia 200 IN Berne about In 10 ana In Vaud about 10 co.
On the other hand In Zug and Ur the population Is
almost exclusively Catholic. So It's In Lucerne which
contains about ll6 600 inhabitants and the most popu
lous and powerful Of the towns which compose the
SonderbuRd. This compact confederation OF the
small Catholic CantOns formed avOwedly for the
purpose of resisting the aggressons Of the let aud Is
not unlike the compact which South Carolina endesvored
TO form in Nuhcstion days among of the Southern
States. Ia the principal Catholic Csntons and especially
In Lucerne, tbs Jesu In power and control
ing influence This influence believed by many Of the
leading and liberal Of the large Cantons including
many of the Catholic population Of those Csnons to 10
hostile to the pesce Of the country and uDfrendy to
popular liberty in S~itsersnd The Diet by majority
of votes given by the large Cautions requested the
Catholic Csntoos TO expcl the Jesus. The Catholic
CanOns formed the sonderbund for the purpose Of re
si.ng any efforts Of the Diet TO compel such expulsion
The Diet then calls upon these Csnt1u TO expel the
Jesuits but dissolve this consideration being
contrary the letter aud spr, Of tbs original Federal
Swiss Compact snd toe ston peace turns
not upon the expulsion Of the Jssus but upon tho dis
solution continuance Of the Sonderbund
The Diet have said that If the sonderbund was not
dissolved, 1t would be for for the calling
out of The troops OF the Republic to compel such disso
luton. And indeed the troops have already been order
cd for the purpose and mastering. As yet
the Sopderbund ia not dissolved Now it canuo, be
.he Diet have the power 10 say to Lucerne for in
sspce You shall expel the Jesuts from your terrific
ry" That must be subject for the Councils and people
of Lucerne to determine for themselves On the other
hand 1t clear from the reading Of the articles of
Confederation under which the Diet acts that the Son
derbund Illegal and revolutionary, and that the Diet
have right to suppress it, But observed above the
expulsion of the Jesui,s which originated the
versy is not the true end and aim of the large Csnons
Ills In short equal distribution of power in the
General Government according TO the rank and popu
ls,on OF the Cantons II is a movement OF men who
have manclpeted themselves at home 10 their Can
tons and who now wish TO make their influence more
directly felt Ia the Councils of the nston. The people
of New York may be very well content 10 meet Della
ware in the Senate of the United Ststss equal foot
ing long ss the former have their popular rep.
resentstIon according TO their numbers, in the 9TH
er end of the Capitol But II the Government OF
the United States vested exclusively ia the Sen
ate would be long before the articles OF Union
would be altered and especially II al opinion wa
seriously entertained by large majority OF the PEG
pie of NewYork that the persons who controlled the
State OF Delaware hostile 10 the liberties OF the cit
liens of New York Whether the opinion rs to the Jes
uits is well or III founded do not undertake to say
One thing however 10 certain and that is that these
essut Csntons are now receiving secretly and indeed
openly sid from the Governments Of France and Aus
tris. He who runs may read" hope for the best,
and trust ihs, may be necessary 10 shed blood In
order to attain just rehts advance the great
of popular liberty in Europe. But France should be-
careful how she undertakes TO mnge In any in the
Swiss movement. Ia many parts OF Germany, too
there is strong undercurrent in favor OF more liberal
principles
few days ego stood the top oil one OF the large
hotels of Zurich and he'd the rising as |, tipped
with gold the lofty peaks of the Bernese Alps 10 the
streets below the morning drum beat was summonns
the soldiers of the city to arms. On the ssme day
passed my way the Notifications which the people OF
Lucerpe were raising for their defence and looked
Alps they reflected the rays Of the setting sun and
listened TO the evening music of the soldiers OF Lucerse
On the route from Zurich to Lucerne Is the village OF
Capped near which fought bloody and disastrous
battle between the people Of Zurich and LuceFne on The
- Of October 1891 large rough stone by the rosd eide
marks the place where that day the gres, Reormer
OF switzs raud Ulrich Zwinge. Tell. lie who the
great cham 2ou of ths wiss Reformation and who sent
back 10 Luther the echo from the wild aud beautiful val
eys of his native sndwss here slain by the sword Of the
enemy Hs fell too In civil warm war growing
out of religious discords. The people OF Lueerne to
this day pretend to show the arms which Zwinge wore
ON that bseday but believe the better opinion Is tina,
he was there according to the custom Of his country and
his time TO administer the consultations OF religion TO the
people Of his charge who soldiers in the combat,
However this may 1t afforded subject for serious re-
lection More than three hundred years have elapsed
and still still, religious and political discords prevail and
again the men of Zurich are preparing TO go down