Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1848-01-06
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ken Of as war between the Protestant Cantons on
side and the Catholics on the other and stimula-
ted by that old animosy But this is not the leading
difficulty. The Jesus are the chief boIe Of conien-
ton, and they have and been expelled from
Catholic countries by the governments and people who
found their knavish intrgues quite insupportable
The quarrel is chiefly between the aristocrais who
have long governed Switzerland in the Ct Re-
pubicanism, and the radicals who have within few
years past wrested large portion of power from tem
and more in the protestant than in the Catholic Can
tons. Ii would, however, not be strange if the old
trouble should infuse itself less into the
controversy As the controversy is likely to be
of deep interest," We repeat Dr. Bayard's account
of it.
In almost all the Cantons, the power from the first,
in the hands of the noble and wealthy families
They were in fact, oristocracies rather than repub-
lcs But of late years, and especially since the year
1880. great cbange-amounting in many cases to a
revolutlon-has been going and the political pow
er has descended into the hands of the masses. Not
only so there is a diffusion of dgrarian or commit
mist doctrines in all parts of the country and social
equality is sought end, by political equality as
| a means. There Is scarcely canton which has es-
capped this radical movement at least in its first phase
Among those which have made the stoutest resistance
| (and until now, with success, )is Lucerne.
The arstocracy of that canton, fortfy themselves
against the radicals, invited the General of the Jesuits
in the year 1874, Tor thereabou) to send some MEM
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of the higher seminares of learning. This
alarmed the radicals of that canton, and infatuated
them TO the highest pitch. They called upon the rad-
Gals of the other cantons TO 10 their help; and
thousands from Berne, and other cantons locked to
the gates of Lucerne, and there met disastrous de-
feat from the troops of the cantonal government on
the last day of March, 1915.
Up to this point, the struggle had nothing to do
with the Protestans or Catholics, SUCH The radicals
belonged to both sects or else infidels which,
apprehend was the case with very many of them.
The radicals of the canton of Lucerne were certainly
not Protestants for there is but small Protestant
church in the entire Canton and this very wisely re-
fused to have anything to do with the strife as learn
ed when In the city of Lucerne last December. The
dispute solely between the radicals and the aris-
tocrats, without the slightest reference to religion
The calling of the Jesuits did give religious aspect
to the contest But only turned the hate of the
ideals against them not against the Roman Catholics
as such, agoins. the Roman Catholic Church.
Defeated at the gates of Lucerne, the radicals, both
OF that canton and OF others, began to agitate the
Question of the General Diet. Every nerve was
strained 10 the choice of such members for that
body as would carry out the wish of the radicals
which nothing less than requiring the Diet to de-
mand the expulsion of the Jesuits from Lucerne This
the Diet for two years refused TO listen to- And in
this that body sustained by all the prominent
evangelical protestants - Vinet, Merle D'Aubigne
Malan, Gaussen, and others. The ground they took
was the constitutional one-the ncompetency of the
Diet to touch the question.
Exasperated by this the radicals in the cantons o.
Vaud and Geneva made a second revolution in both
hence all the troubles which have occurred in both
and in have caused hundred and fifty faithful
pastors to abandon the churches In connection will
the State, which they occupied. At last the radicals
have succeeded III getting decided majority in The
Diet, which is in session in the city of Berne.
And what has been dune The Diet, by a vote o
II cantons to 8 e being divided has ordered Lu
cerne to send away the Jesuits. And by a simila
vote it has ordered the Catholic Canons of Uri
Schwytz, Unterwalden, Tug, Friburg, Wallis, ant
Lucerne, to dissolve the league (Sonderbund) int
which they had entered, being contrary TO thu
constitution of the onfederation-which it undoubt
edly is. On this point, the Diet right but il
ordering Lucerne 10 send away the Jesuits, they
wrong.