Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-06-21

,ftfo. whose apparant identity with the cause Of
Reform renders it odioas 10 the unht disseminating
masses If the people; but they hive bern eherred
ON and sustained by the admiration and applause
If emancipafed civilized nations, by conscious
reetitule Of purpose aud lately by success. The
+ pnssnge of the Convent Suppression Bill by the
/ Sardininn Senate and Deputies. has been the re-
suit of the untiring efforts Of few patriots, and
+ it i. 10 he hoped i the commencement of pence
fol revolution in Italy, the results of which can
not be estimated.
] The measure confscating conyentuol proper
/ " in Spain forced upon the government OF
queen Isabella by its pecuniary necessities; but
/. none the less attributable TO the ctnscless en-
denyors Of the liberal Catholic party in behalf of
reform. The example Of these two nations hf-
ford- bright proof Of tho advantages of proper
lverganized representative & 1vernmenl, aud TINT
+ though it may Struggle along feehIy at first, the
necessary strength will eventually be secured,
aud orier and good legislation follow after
time.
Two powerful ynssals ofthe Pope have thus
virtually thrown off the yoke of temporal pow.
or. The hand # ecclesiasfical tyranny which
has weighed heavily upon them tor centuries Inns
been shaken away, and the chief Cause of ages
of political paralysis removed. What England and
Germany did three hundred years ago, has now
been done in part by Spain x Sardinia;blt unfor-
natey the same weapons Of intrigue &c c>ia ical
evidently preparing by Rome, now, that were used
in former day~;and there is every reason to fear
TINT modernrefOrmers will encounter mnny tro.
ubes q cares in perfactng their patriotic work,as
were suffered then. he relations between Sardin-
ia & Rome have recently been most untrendly, &
the whole weight If clergy influence has been
thrown into the antl-progress scale. According Ia
the latest intelligence from Europe, the Pope was
also pro foundiy afflicted Mt the state Of things in
Spnin. md tbp ,runprHl pDIDion TINT tho li-
plomutc relations between the Kingdom AMI
Rome would speedily cease 1t WIS rumored
that the Spanish Minister at Rome, VI. Pacheep,
would be handed his passports, and confident
hopes were entertained that the influence of the
clergy over the people would be sufficient to ex-
cite them to rise in force and overthrow the Es-
partero government. The monks had already
begun TO agitate the minds Of the suprrsttioae,
and it had been given at at Madrid that, an image
Of the Savior, ia the Church of St. Frineis, had
sweat blood out Of greet for the sale of church
property! Some even affirmed that they had
wiped oil the blood from the image and others
that thoy had seen its eyes move
Thus Il renewal of the cid war begins. On
ono side liberty struggling for development; ON
tho other, interdcs, communications author
lied treason and rebellion, massacre, civil war,
aud all the i'll that follow in the train of ecces-
iastical usufpaton. And for what To retain
the possession of large endowments, which Rome
acknowledges are in n great measure misappled,
mi smanagcd and in the hands of lax, worldly re-
ligionists, and which a direct bar to the pro-
gress and development OF the nation. The deln
sion is to be deplored which has caused Pope,
whom all hr,tendom once trusted would become
the champion of freedom, 10 lend his aid to the
rerpetuation Of such suicidal adjunets to pro
fcsseGly religious system; hut perhaps it is only
the beginning Of the ena."
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