New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-22

are opposed TO the unchangeable doctrine OF the
Catholic CEhrch and 10 her mos, holy rights Inereere
we say nothing Of those projects Of law BY which Wa
STATE that the properties Of the regular orders and those
arising from pous egaces should be subjected to the BUR
then Of forced loans that all laws should be abrogsted
which relate 10 the protection Of the existence Of religious
families and the maintenance of their rights and duties
that the civil authority should be attributed the power OF
erecting and crcumscrbng dioceses and colleges OF Ia
mons that Ecclesiastical jurisdiction should be conferred
on those who had BE- nominated by the government
saw nothing concerning that other decree by which the s
terry dignity and Sanetty OF the Sacrament OF Marriage De
ing altogether despsed and its institution and nature utter
y ignored and overturned and the power Of me Church
over the same sacrament being completely set NJ naught II
proposed according to the already condemned errors
Of the herecs and against the doctrine OF the Catholic
Church that marriage shoah De esteemed merely ~ civii
contract and that in various eases divorce properly 50 cali
ed should be sanctioned and I'll marmona causes De re-
fered TO the lay tribunals and be judged by tAem though
Catholic is ignorant can be ignorant INT MAR ncny
il truly and properly OF the Seven Saeraents o the
Evangelical law instituted by Christ our Lord and there
fore that among the Faithful marriage cannot be gwen
without there being and the same time sacrament
and consequently that any other union whatever OF man
and among Christians made m virtue OF wnst clNh
law EOeyer nstsiBg else but shameful and ml'eNoie
concubnaCe so often condemned 10y the Churchi ana
therefore that the sacrament can never be separated from
the cOnuga alliance and Il exclusively appertalnS 10 me
power OF the Church 10 determine all those things wacn
in anyway relate to the marriage And we om: a
those Thugs because although those laws were proposed ~
some members OF the Chamber oI Deputies still majority
of the de putes and senator's by the favor Of God decided
that those laws to be rejected
Such the main facts stated by his Holiness Our
readers viii observe that the grounds of the complaint
which he brings against New Granada, are briefly these;
/. The abolition Of tithes paid to the Priesthood.
9 Religious tolerance granted to immigrants.
The expulsion of the Jesuts and the prohibition OF re-
gious societies orders founded passive obedience
Permission to Monks and Nuns to return to civil lie
s. Abolition Of Ecclesiastical courts and the subsection
of ecclesastcs prosecuted cvy or crmnay to the Ju
risdction of the ordinary courts of the country
Comforting the Parishes the right OF choosing their
own priests and fixing their salaries.
: Limiting the emOlumens of preates and intererin;
with eccesiastcarghts of property in several ways ofm
nor Importance
: Establishing by the Constitution of the Republic
the right of free education the liberty of the press and re-
ligious tolerance.
Severe and unjust treatment of certain preates who
refused comply with laws which they thought uncanon
ical and unfavorable to the Church.
TO- Dsrespectfu conduct toward the Legate of the Holy
See.
Finally several projects of law introduced in the Cham
Der of Deputies allow of divorce in certain cases.
are referred in the Aocuton but not special matters
of complaint because they were not passed.