Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-10-10

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sinH, v Ssnfrsi,d IN ufc srenu., forrS its
way ,lsrapsh ano,tsf. Tie l,raech betxeen
.spain ssdd Ilorns7--a Lreech not created 6y a
jeviadi stausi. ascknamed by their tneM,ics
philosophers. SHIN eae iaawhIcif sise Eortes
and siovsrnYent ares austafued bys fhe. in
rpsNsa nt-ptisy df The cfsizeps ,of sfadfid
ard d large partion 81 The people 10 liza pro-
s.nf $50 roses Clearly that the age in wh ;ca
wciiye sounds ihe death: kneii OF yaripus
kinds of q xpstism. S
Atths vesy. ou.sct Of What are historically
termed modern tilass, beginning ri;h tiss
selose Of the Gf.s1tba century and he eayis
dawuinrs Of the Reformation, Spain ,narr
tkan any otlsfr cnfutrf coptfihased to
strengthen the papal power, shiI the Nar up-
held tin ltaly more elrnestiy than the Ital-
oians Aefnselsey. Il was Spain wiiien On re-
fully preserved the bloody spafkssaf the at,.
10 da.fes until they bfcasne re- kinafei IN
Italy and Rome nv Ila accursed Gar fla, and
whicl, alone fed tho fiasncs for centuries If
terward. 10 spain The Jesnits and Jesaisism
had t'.eir b'fsh md when In the sixteenth
ceniary' The conflict began bawren LutiSr
and his Disciples on one side and Rome and
her tonsurcf legions on thc 4oshrr, Span
threw her powrr which now for generations
had oyersprond Earepc---into tho cause Of
pTrecution, nni ruin.d herself in the effort
10 strangle in the cradle the ppw- born spirit
But nas at last Spain. with her mnst ratho-
lie MaJesties, has sriscn against III, Rome
she has 30 long obesei and siiolixed, and
with prageons endfavpr is shaking off the
load which has 1orc oppressed her. 8
This struggle which il, now developing It
self between the better, citizens and the cler-
~ Of Spain, the ono battling for the atmis-
sion OF e,vilizing light, the other for the re-
tention Of the old enslaying darkness, is not
OF recent origin. Ii dates so far back as the
time of Ferdinand VII. With occasional
Interruptions il has existed throughout the
reign Of Isabella IL: it appeared. distinctly
during her minority, md is now brought to a
d cisiye Issue. Not that the Queen. or her
nearest conf!dants or friends, il willing
party to the movement; but she is compel
led to follow the impulse given to her Gov
crnment by the Cortes and the popular will.
During her minority, at the nutset of the
Regency, her mother, Maria Christina, was
compelled to seek The support ofGtheLiber
ais who aimed, with the Introduction Of the
Constitutional system, to curtail the papa1
and mobkish influence. Beside IN impovert
ished nation and empty treasury thercsstood
a clergy reveling in wealth, possessing rich
treasures and an immense lapded property
lost and dead for all national uses. This
property it was determined to return to tho
nation to whichit originally belonged, in orr
der that it might be converted into source
of public utility and serve to alleviate the
public debt A decree was enacted direct
ing the sale Of this property and to pay the
salaries Of the clergy from the public Treas
ury. A grea' cutlery, was of course, raised.
by the interested parties Rome protested,
but underst the pressure Of newer and better
ideas, the law was partially carried out. In
the courseof events, however, Maria Chris
tina, supported by the Moderados, felt her
self strong enough to throw away the mask
Of hypocrisy. and under the premiership of
Narvaez the Government atnnpd for the past
bv rrostrating itself before the upal pnwer..
The further sale of church property was at
When liberty was murdered by the French
troops on the seven hills, Spain sent her rug
gel warriors, under Gen. Cordova, to give,
thelast turn TO the rack. 9 G5sszs I'23sFsts
The recent revolution once more directed
the attention of the nation to the existing
abuses or immunites the Church, apd the
interrupted naturalization Of Church prop
erty. Reform throughout was and is u par
amount necessity. and above all such reform
as would abrogate those immunities con-
dcmned by common sense and treason as the
heaviest burdens on the national hody and
mind. In the new budget the Cortes linz
posed a certain per centage of tax on all sal
aries paid by Government, and among others
onthose OF the clergy, which rs being the
largest could best bear, it. The infuriated
at once carried their complaint TO
Rome, and the papal Charge d. Affairs ut
Madrid protested against this equitable
Without noticing, however, the
protest, the, Cortes continued their salutarv
work, aboishing Church abuses, reducing
the power of Rome, and directing that the
clergy in all temporal matters should be sub
jet TO the general laws of the country
The tribunal Of tho Rota,g Supreme Eccle-
'iastical Court in Madrid, instituted in times
gone.by for the decision Of all civil and |
temporal matters affecting the clergy, and |
nit erto independent of the civil power,
xas abolished. e. {, -...'.,.s
: The Pope at once, broughtAto bear tho nc
'ustomed tfuniers which he has RECENTLY |
,cen hurting ut Piedmont. In an arrogant I
llocution he declares nun and void ali the
avs enacted by the legally constituted pow
rs of the country, dispenses with obedience (
0 them, and us has been the custom for CEN
uries with Rome under such circumstances.
uthorizes 'awlessness and incites to revolt.
he priesthood appealed to and stirred MP :
no worstnnd most violent passions Of the
masses, and tried to re-k;ndle a bloody IA
atheism, OF which We saw the fruit in the
ecent outbreak at Barcelona, Pacheco. the
parish Minister, left Rome, and Monsicncr
ranchi, the Roman Charge d. Affairs. bade
irewell to Madrid. The excitement by the
'st accounts was intense, aud several at |
'mpts had been made to burn the old con-
ordat publicly on the square Of the apital. !,
Is curious Observation-Disclosures of Spain .
nd Piedmont, that whatever happens in one
oncc reacts on the o;her country, /, When ,
1870 Spain proclaimed the Constitution,
iedmont followed her example. This time
has taken the start, and now both .
'untries are engaged in mortal strife with ,
ONE, the priesthood, and all the results Of .
ng darkness. The atican FORCES its thun.
=, and accommodations are its lightning
lafts; but they fall back impotently from
e shield of strong national sense and i
und national conscience. i
In the name Of civilization and progress 3
E salute with joyous heart this parade of ..
oman fury. 1t is time for Italians and I
'aniards 70 see, to learn, and to experience
at though they may be excommanicated
Q sun will rise and set as usual, the world / Q
u move in it's accustomed round and go on n
ID prosper, and trees and fields will bear u
cir wonted bloom and yield their wonted !
rvests. No destroying locusts will appear, b
plague spread its wings, at the bidding of o
. monarch Of Rome; nor will the roofs Of d
uses fall in, or graves burst their Enclosure b
d start open. Rome should cirefully con.
Ter whether in these idle fulminations it is
like the self,destroying scorpion, thrust
the enrcncmed sting into its own head. u
EREADruL ArrAlR-A BoY SuoT DEAp BY i b
noon, upon dismissal of r,
'ool, parcel of Young lads, living at the b.
sst end, entered an unoccup.ed house at the q
'uer Of Spring street and Spring place, for
purpose OF pas:ime. 5