Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-03-27
Toll, AND THOC BILE

Although harricades are not Just now in
fashion. the reform movement of the world
is progressing til slow aai sure advanc 8,
and d rhaps, In no sphere more unm s ak tilv
tn IN in that Of things ecclesiastical. Three
symptoms appearing almost smut aneouSV,
two IN Europe and one on this Continent, all
of them of first-raie lmportanc warrant us
in pronouncing the movesn III Of revolt
against Church es abb shments on Of the
mos MANI ct tend ncl's of I'll" times. The
first OF these manifest tions, in point OF tim,
at | ast, is tn, s.Act for the Srcuralzation
of Clergy Res 'rves,' iateay passed by the
Canadian .gisl lure, by winch the Eng ish
Is ablishm mt was aboli n d, and he re-
lgious system Of Canada WIS based upon tn
voluntary principle, and assam late to thai
in force among ours Ives, an act of spoil ,tlon
at which the Bishop Of Tronto vainly raised
the cry Of ssCommunsn!' This m assure is
the sore.t blow the Church of England at
home has sustained of late, and British iiousc
of Peers tr mhei, rs it passed the prelmin-
airy statue enabling the Canadians thus to deal
with the possessions Of Their clergy.
The Church Of Rome has Jared no better
than that of England. The little State of
Slrdina. which had been sgnalizing its II
for SOM tim by divers prof me proc aedings
sorship- has at last ou.don, lis If in wicked
ness by "a stroyng almost totally, ali tn r.
ligisus associations of both SKIS. the cole
giate churches and SIMPLE benefces, an de-
liver NJ over their property to the admins
tratipn of the civil power" Whereat the
pal heart is tortured, and taking up the
Cry Of the Anglican Bishop of Toronto. d.
nounces the little Commonwealth as Infected
with "p arnicious errors of Socialism and
Comm IN sm," and as having merited the
awfui castigaton Of an interdict. Eercsy
in Italy was bad enough, but not so bad as
the evil news from Spain-Spain, the native
country of Loyea; the cradle OF the Jesnts;
the hope of the Iuqlisltor; the matchless d.
fender, the peerless propagation, the chlva.ric
champion of the Romln Church. Like Sar
din a. the barrie tde ministry of Spain brgai.
by oiferdng in small things-such as the lib
eriy of the press, relig Gus liberation and the
like. The Court Of Rome made an Ineiec-
tual threat of Withdrawing It's representative
from Madrid for breach of the concoriat,
and then kept silence.
But the downward way is speedy; the
Spanish ministry are now carrying through
bii! for selling oil ecclesiastical property and
making the clergy and the religious houses
DEPENDENT for support upon money salaries
from the public treasury. ibis plan is anal
ogous to that instituted by the French Con
sttuent Assembly Of 1889, and when carried
into effect will assimilate the position Of the
Sp ,nish clergy to that Of their brethren on
the other side of the Pyrenees. "How are
the mighty fallen!' The incubus tn It has Sc
long weighed upon the destinies of he her
MIN Peninsula, that has made II unb 9 en-
the promise of lis MI idle-age. AMI play To-
The last two centuries, subordinate par
10 the movement of European civilization
Seems about TO be--partiailv, ~ ieast--sfa
Ken OF. The Pope has not yet spoken on
upon this last profanity; but neither tn
brllliancy Of Issbella's gift, nor thu splendo
Of the assembled magma es a. Rome, nor IN
eclat Of the newly proclaimed donna, no
the consequent ectacics Of the faithful IN eS
cry ilnl, will suffice to repair the 'maS
inflicted by these rebellious assumptions 9
independence on the part of Spain AMI Ped
month";. Y. Tribune.