The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-05-16

sable bus ssssaugosa Emperor OF Hayti, has come oat
from among the asatossor the puhc ouroai. re-
port that In 4 conversation with American Captain
wuo had been exposodso some deulty in conseq asnce
Of copies OF the Bible having been found board
vessel he said ~ shall be happy TO have the island
n much Of that reading matter you can bring aud
n av person interf.r res with you let know" TITS
il so true to reason ana revelation that willing 10
believe II true 10 fact Well done for the Ethiopian,
who can change his heart though not his skin
And as might well he expected the metropolitan exam
lie Is followed In Spanish colonies aud letter al
Rev. Doctor laircbli, of New York has
lust gone the rounds Of the papers, communeatinga
condition OF things in Cuba less hum ating 10 ha
nature, than repusnant TO the bost leeiinss OF
the American heart have made inquiry o. Doctor
larchid and have learned from him that the writer
Of this letter il most "esiimabe and reliable man,,
and that his statements may be depended on am not
gong over his narrative srt would be no pleasant
task-l content myself with very general reference TO
itsuihcient, hoseser for just appreciation OF the
matters in Cuba connected with this subject.
II that the wife Of Protestant American citizen
died Matanxs beseechng her husband almost with
her last breath have her remains taken back to her
native country and not left in the horrible place where
alone, foreigners not Roman Catholics be buried in
that part OF the island She had learned the condition Of
this mound Of corruption, this Cuban gog0tha for In
fed mass enclosed with brick walls and raised by
cumulsted deposits to height Of twelve fifteen feet
above the ground and these human remains in state Of
dissolution, strew its surface bleaching decaying de-
composing not less offensive TO the than to tho
moral feelings. Other details given, which too
painful for recapituatiop. Well might a delicate and
dying female shrink with horror from the idea of Sleep
ing the sleep of death surrounded with these
relics Of mortality and to become part Of them.
To bury elsewhere in private ground stated 10 be
punishable with fine Of 1000 Why, God only knows
1T is hard for to conjecture. To obtain PERMITS
sion to send the dead body from the island would havo
cost from fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars,
II the application successful But serious
doubts entertained by the CONSUL founded, sup
pose upon his knowledge of the of the govern
that was taken for grantod~but whether i'm pedmeuts
would not be thrown in the way, With eyew to s fur
bcr extortions, which would utmHtly defeat the OBJ
jet. To send the remains away without permssion
would have exposed the parties to hne Of 81 500 and to
1--we years Imprisonment and the weasel to forfeiture.
The afflicted husband encountered the risk and the body
his wife rests in this land of safety henceforth to
be updsurbed till disturbed by the trumpet of the arch
| angel Feeble indeed, would be any commentary upon
this terrible picture OF impous tyranny shall attempe
II is understood that the island, somehow
other large to the necessities and
the pleasure Of Queen Christina. custom house tariff
upon the expectation of human body for the purpose
Of interment Mt home il in fiscal science. Its origin
| is worthy of its application.
And another Kingdom upon the Iberian Peninsula not
content with its fall from the glorious days Of DE Cana
and of Camoens satisfied to be shielded from the
contempt of the world by that insiguifcauce which i'm
bccy and ignorance to produce in the
nations distinction merely by the perpetu
alton of existing abuseshat there is some excuse Tor
in the moral constitution OF human naure-but by their
formal incorporation into new code Of criminal la So
late the 10th of December 1852 the government OF
Portugal decreed that he celebrating OF public acts q
worship, not that of the Catholic religion, should be
punishable with imprisonment from TO three years,
and to fine proporoned to the income of the offender"
regnng family, saved BY Protestant arms thus test
fees by its acts how little worthy 1t of the efforts
that sent it back to misgoyern country which owes
much to the bounty of nature but whose prosperity il
J
rance of man. And the humble American Christian
who seeks to worship the God Of his fathers in this land
of iron religious desposm Is seized by the law and shut
up for years, with thieves and robbers guilty Of
equal crime in this system of Portuguese Jurisprudence
Some of the republics upon this continent, Of Spanish
origin, to feel at liberty to follow the example set
them by the parent country and to play the religious
tyrant with foreign residents coming among them. Adj
in becoming the slaves of blind bitter preudices
proves they have much to learn before they fitted
for the enjoyment of rational liberty.
In atsn ~ vNsm
connved at" any religion but the dominant being
prohibited but that recently the party
of exclusion has gained ground and there is TO
fear that the little freedom allowed will become
less At Santiago, the capital of Chilli the foreigner has
not the connyance' of the authorities in the per-
formance OF his religious duties, but must worship at
the established church, not worship at all And 1t ID
still further stated apo. the most repecabe authority,
that the writer had just learned from the American
Consul at Tacahuano that among other like acts, the
authorities had refused permission to bury the dead
body Of infant child of the captain Of Anne
rican vessel and that the body Of necessity, taken
TO sea and put overheard grave was found which
safely and render it up faithfully at the summonng
Of the great congregation Of the living and the dead
the statlest mausoleum ever constructed by human
And have official report in which Il is stated
that in answer to the earnest made
for the burial Of this infant child ne refused saving
that if II we're buried there nothing prevent il
nom being dug up, as II better than the
OF dog or cat 1t not having been baptized" How dh
frcnt is this revolving sentiment from the words Of hin
who said, uer little children and forbid them not
unto for ofsuch Is the kingdom Of Heavenly Tn
canate Saviour looked with Kindness upon infant limo
cence Man, preaupptuousy speaking In his name, do
the image of God to the beasts around unless
saved by external rite administered in conformity
with the tenets Of a particular church
And in still further illustration Of the practical effect
Of this exclusion of Proestants in Catholic coun-
tries, from the rites Of burial, another fact well
worth public attention In 1851 American citizen,
was at the point Of death at santiago and such was Ia
anxiety for Christian inerment that Of his friends
called upon the American Minister for his opinion who
ther 1t would not be proper that he should make pro-
fesson Of Catholicism the only Of securing his
final deposit in the public burying ground Notvith-
standing the advice of the Minister the ceremony
cantation was performed in erei and the dying man,
by this nominal change Of faith bequeathed his body
to n consecrated place OF sepulchre.
1t seems also that Gillian presump tion seeks to d.
rect the education OF youth as well to control the
conscience Of mature age, by giving the supsrvi-
the education OF foreigners, to the clergy OF tho
established religion. Whether this effort will succeed
depends perhaps upon the rmncss Of the
whose citizens have temporary residence in Chilli
have accidentally fallen upon these facts, without
rences wherever they may happen should be known,
their knowledge Is essential to just appreciation of the
condition of American citizens abroad and of the duty
OF the government to its exertons TO redeem them
from this tyranny over mind and body II is difficult to
deal patiently with this presumptuous oppression
charably with those who exercise extenuate It, And
will not doubt but that the members Of the Catholic
Church in this country win condemn severely their
Protestant brethren this warfare upon the dearest
rights of human nature. 1t is part OF true religion
whether Catholic Proestantt sheer stolid bigotry
There are Catholic nations in EuropeFrance for exam
pie, and believe Belgumand perhaps others, guilt
less Of this vile persecution of the living and the dead
is our country While they faithful to their own
creed, they are tolerant to that of others.
How far abuses like these have referred to Chilli
may exist In the other republics south Of do not
know There Is no reason TO believe however that they
are wholly exempt from the spirit from the practice
Of persecution
And what spectacle is here presented Americana
in infancy, deprived Of the OF educaton in
mature age Of the liberty OF religious worship; and In