Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-04-17

luxury, nothing is 10 be seen but intoxication.-
Soon, however, plenty teaches discretion ant
ufter wine has been for lew months thei
daily fare, they become more temperate thar
Ithey had ever been in their own country. IN
the same manner the flal aud permanent fruit
OF liberty are wisdom moderation, ana mercy
!. lis immediate effects are often atrociou'
{ crimes, conflicting errors, skepticisu on points
the most clear. dosmatism on points the mos
mysterious. II is Just at this crisis that enemies
, love to exhibit IT, They pull down the scat
folding from the half flushed edifice, they point
! to the tyng dust, the falling bricks, the com
fortress rooms, the frishtful appearance OF the
whole edfce and then usk in scorD where
the promised splendor aud comfort are to be
found, II such a miserable sophism were to
prevail, there never would be good house, or
good government in the world.
There is only one cure for the evils which
newly acquired freedom produces-and that
is, freedom When prisoner leaves his cell,
he cannot bear the light of day-he is unable
TO discrimi nate col0rs or recognize faces. Bat
the remedy is not TO remand him into his dun.
geon, but TO accustom him 10 the rays Of the
sun. The blaze OF truth ard liberty, may at
first dazzle and bewiIder nations which haye
become half blinded in the house of bondage
But let them gaze on, and they will soon be
able 10 bear il. In few years men learn TO
reason. The extreme violence Of opinion
subsidies. Hostile theories correct each other.
l The scattered elements OF truth cease to con.
hict, and begin to coalesce. And at length q
system Of justice and order is educed out Of the
chaos.
Many politicians Of our time are in the habit
of laying it down as q self evident proposition,
that no people ought to be free until they are
fiji to use their freedom. The maxim Aworthy
of the fool in the old story, who Resolved not
to go into the water until he had learned to
swim. Ii men are to wait for liberty till they
have become wise and good in slavery, they
may indeed wait forever.
Blu, The hostility to emig,ants is chief.
ly owing to another cause. They are
mainly Roman Catholics. 1t is pretend.
cd that the Roman Catholic cannot be
a Republican because Of his allegiance
to the Pope Of Rome. A very slight
acquaintance with the subject ought to
correct this notion.
The Popes Of Rome, have, in times
past, exercised temporal authority over
the States Of Christendom. In theory,
they still claim such power. But il is a
mere claim, and nothing more. Since
the year 1912. tho Popo has never
but once attempted to interfere in the
general politics Of Europe, and that was
in 1859. In tha. year, Clement XIII,
determined to signify the Apostolic ha.
tired he fel, for Frederic the Great, by
sending to the leader Of the armies OF
Maria Theresa, several consecrated wea.
pons and symbols. Such honors had
been bestowed centuries previous, on the
gallant knight who stormed and captu.
red jerusalem. But to the people who
lived in 1850, they seemed ridiculous.-
One universal roar Of laughter from Mos
COW to Paris reminded the Pope that
his temporal authority over the princes
Of Europe had departed forever.
The first great contest between the
Protestants and Catholics was the Small
kaldic war Of 1893. Then followed
another war which was terminated by
the Peace Of Passau in 1856. The
struggle continued at intervals, however,
until 1912, when a coalition OF Luther.
ans, Calvinists and Catholics was formed
against the house Of Austria. At its
head was the greatest Protestant Gen.
eral of his age-Gustavus Adolphus
and the greatest Catholic Statesman in
Europe - Cardinal Richelieu. Every
combin alton Of European powers from
that day to this has been for political
purposes, in which the Pope was scarce.
ly taken into the slightest account
And when the Pope has SO little politi'
cal influence in countries favorably dis.
posed toward him, is it not childish to
talk Of his power in America!
A fact may be noted respecting our
English Catholic foreia,hers. They me-
yer were bisotted Catholics. They had
a slcepless jealousy Of the power and
wealth Of the clergy. The movement Of
! Wicklife shows how ready they wero to
reform the Church, long before the Re.
formation Of 1917. In the reign Of Hen.
, ry Nv, the house Of Commons proposed
con6scatio Of ecclesiastic property
I more sweeping than that made afterwsrd
by Thomas Cromwell. The conquest ol
France by Henry V, the civil wars o
Henry vi, the troubles which disturbed
Henry VII, prevented the accomplish
1. ment of the work Of reform until 1888
If the Anglo.Saxons were thus impalien
Q four centuries ago, is it probable tina
!. their republican descendants would b.
!: more tractable now?
II ma Some exceptions have been ia
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