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

will equally bear testimony well TO the fascination
the vrtuous tendency of this effort Of true genius
What the Tuscan SlJns discovered dangerous 20 the
state in this old and interesting parable know not
shall say may lie thar the refining Prince vas
apprehensiye that he might be seized BY the Giant
Despair and shst up in Doubling Castle. But after all
what began weakly ended wisely TIE tragedy became
farce. Experience II il has not taught the authorities
upon the Arno to avoid has taught them at
rate the best mode OF correcting them. After giving
dis ncion person whose conduct leaves favorable
impress ION Of her good sense, by drawing the attention
o Chstendom another Of those secular nierferonccs
with religious subjects which every prudent govern
ment should seek 20 avoid they dismissed the pruseeu.
ton or escaped from II IN or other ani robbed
the adventurer Of the OF mariyrdom, which was
probably the principal object Of her mission commend
the denouenent TO Archbishop Hughes; an act Of the
Grand Duke which sets at naught his own barbarous
laws Notwithstanding the Writ nous nlexbty assumed
for him in this republican land His step should be
to repeal which II is dsreputable TO retain
and dangerous to enforce
The tenacty with which antquated preiu,ces I'D
hered TO- in this day OF public knowledge is among the
most extraordinary circumstances with which society
finds itself surrounded Feeble and contemplate gov
ernments having lost having acquired the sub
stance DESTROYS to preserve the sembance OF vr
tue connecting the stability OF existing political insti
tutons and their abuses with the subugaon of the hui
and intellect hold on to these shackes
the shipwrecked mariner cngs to the plank that up
holds him in his hour of despair 1t Is difficult to re-
within proper limits the expression of that ndg
nation which insane despotsm excites in every
liberal breast The war against the living contnued
against the dead when the soul has ned beyond the
reach of human tyranny the body refused place of
sepuure, and the surviving friends prohibited the
the instincts Of nature and by the spirit of the Cos
pei and which, while they a solace to the bereft
make the lesson of mortality them and to others more
impressive and enduring The cold earth warmed once
by living spirit, is unworthy OF last resting place.
even under the clod of the valley because it adored Cod
not in the forms prescribed by dominant religion but in
the dictated by its OF duty The govern
ment Of Spain stands prominently forward in this unhoy
warfare and learn from n communication have
from the highest American authority in that country
that there great difficulties and obstacles in the
way OF obtaining permission for cemetery and that
ID
most nolerant provisions, II liz impossible for Protes
tant to enjoy the ben fits of local interment have
performed his remains the legal RICH OF Chris
tan burial any where in this kingdom of Spain Various
documents have been recently published by the British
government casting lurid light upon Spanish intoer.
ance which ought TO make the of the government
of Spain byeword and reproach among the nations of
the earth The treaty OF Utrecht of 1867 secured the
proper rights of sepulture to British subjects dying in
that country; but Spanish obstnacy and bigotry
difficult to overcome and 1t is but recently that any eff
forts to procure compliance with this stipulation have
promised the least success 1t appears that the British
Ambassador in answer to his repeated applications, was
informed few months SINCE by the Spanish Secretary
of State that the Queen, my Sovereign has at length
granted permission for the construction of cemetery
Madrid for British Protestant subjects who may die
in that city but with characteristic bgory and intole
rance this long delayed act of humanity has been dis
| figured with conditions that no man can read without
contempt and disgust
No church chapel, ayg the Spanish Jus.nian.l or
any other sign oa temple or Of pablo or private Worship
aotswhch give indication Of the performance Of
sss 20 the r sr In sS
publicity is prohibited.
the feelings of the living, and the last duties which be-
long to the dead and aze that sent forth to shock
the moral sense of mankind in this nineteenth century
of the Christian and in this period Of general know
ledge, ayowng Lord Pamerston well said, principles
Of action belonging to ain which has long since gone
| by" And whence comes this mssive, which almost
bids the dead to bury the dead? From corrupt court
and efete government; and speak with due relec-
ton when say this. characteristic fact il stated in
late number of The London Times, upon editorial
sponsblty which painfully disgusting as IT is should
nevertheless be held to universal Reproduction brand
ing it does with red hot IRON the occupants OF high
places ruling by divine right and by the grace OF God
(by the wrath Of God raher and taking into their
custody the faith Of the people in life and their mortal
remains in death. IF we step across the Pyrenees
says this great European censor 1--WE find the most inn
poriant point connected with royalty at Madrid to be
contained in the announcement which published in
our foreign correspondence on Tuesday: Negotiations
foot to induce the father OF the regning Flavor
gratuity of three millions Of reals, hirty thousand
pounds) nearly $l5o,o0O to the favorite himself to
accompany his worthy parent. relation Of an in
fusnt member Of the cabinet is spoken of rs likely to
be the 'favorie." Here is for Europe All
this is sufficiently ineligible without being rendered
into more downright English though indeed the Ian
guage could not be plain the conduct holds
scorn without the of expressions fitted for the
gies it exposes and denounces than for the halls egs
lation The Messalna of ancient days but the pro
totype OF royal personages In times an'
the coarse but character trait touched by thu
nature now-to libidinous human nature indeed-as /
when applied to the wife Of Of the
|
''Et lassata viris medium satata, recessit.n
Since Philip the Fifth crossed the Pyrenees It would be
difficult TO point out single noble deed genera
sentiment redeem the Spanish branch of the Bourbon
from universal obloqury. There ia not well informed
in Europe with tho past history OF loyal
courts who does not know the contempt for the propre
ties and decences Of life which is exhibited in the very
highest place in Madrid, occupied by who guides and
guards the eonscences Of the nations for
purpose subjected to her authority by wise Providence
Well has It been said that God sometimes shows his
tempt for human power by placing it in such hands.
And the October number of Black wood that concenra
ton Of tory and high monarchcal principles bears its
testimony.and from its predctions-tbat testimony Il
decisive to the sad state of morals among the governing
class in Spain. and to the which have led to IT,
'The gross Irregularities Of Isabella, says that journal
sare at this moment as notorious in her capital and
throughout Spain any thing of the kind possibly
be-" When such bright examples set by per-
sonages 1t is truly wonderful that any morality honesty
remains in Spain The quantity is not large and must
not be sought among the statesmen of the country.
AND yet with these claims to the deesation OF the
world rulers thus branded with nfamy takes into their
keeping the pure religion of the Saviour and make their
own professons-prncplcs they have none-the stand
ard OF true faith visiting with punishment all
vary from IT in doctrine or in discipline
Few greater. curses can bcfall a nation than
such open disregard OF the preceps Of the Creator
and Of the opinions Of manknd by those occupying
highest stations, whether hereditary elective The
disease is contagious and the moral leprosy loath
than that of the body extends its ravages through
the whole country, till checked by of those lonal
punishmens BY which sooner or Later national sins
sure 10 be visited But sir, am happy to believe that
like those Of Madrid mark the exception and not
the characteristics Of European courts ut this day Ger
taDly there signal examples Of the most honorable
and irreproachabe conduct in the households Of
reyns and the present reignng family OF England and
the late Of France deserve universal commentator
for their strict regard TO the propetes of their position
well to the moral duties Of life This conduct is
not only just homage to virtue but powerful coadju
tor in its labor and If Archbishop Hughes
would devote s strong intellect TO the preparation OF
second dialogue, holding TO public and repre-
henson these Of royal centiousness he would
render much essential service to the cause Of
virtue than by the cooqucs he has furnished us and
by which he seeks to participation In ntoer-
rance, IL not Justification, al any rate bar to
our judging and reprovng the intolerance OF others
Tie British Ambassador ut Madrid INDUCES in some
natural expressions OF ind ynaion his report the
Secretary Of State for Foreign Affairs at this contempt
bio display Of bigoiry which he well reprove 10y
askng heSpanish Minister whether his government OK
pccted that the dead BODY Is TO be smuggled its la
home. and wthout its being known that 1t Is dead
I pani'
But aficral the Englshman finds grave for here Is
decree which allows him ore into which however, his
friends must cast him they would the beasts Chat
perish; but the American, TO whom the ordinary misfor
tune of death is not enough hat TO which IL added the
miiortune of its advent at Madrid where is his body to
end reroser IL it to its wanderngs In death