The true Democrat., 1855-09-25

drawn up by the Frerch Catholics against the French Protestants, and carried into execution for 100 years, and as late as the year 1765, and not repealed till l782?
 Any Protestant clergyman remaining in France three days, without coming to the Cath olc worship, to be punished with death. If a Protestant sends his son To Protestant school master for education, he is to forfeit 25O livres month, and the school master who receives him 50 hvres. If they send their children to any seminary abroad, they are to forfeit 2OCO l.vres, and the child SD sent become incapable of holding property in France. To cl ,brate Protestant worship, exposed the clergyman t. d fine of 2,SOO livreS. The fine 10 d Protestant for hearing it, was 1900 hvres. IL any Pro- testant denied the authority os the Pope in France, his goods were seized for the first of teuce, and nc was hanged ior the second. l. any common prayer book, or book of Protes- tant worship be found in the possession of any Protestant, he shall forfeit 20 fvres for the first offence, 40 li,res for the second, ard shall be imprisoned at pleasure for the third. Any per son bringing from beyond seas, or selling any protestant books of worship to forfeit lOO lv- res. Any magistrate may search Prf teStant houses for such articles. Any person required by q magistrate u take an oath against the Pro testant reiigiop, and refusing, to be committed to prison and if he afterwards refuse again, to suffer forfeiture of goods. Any person sending any money over sea to the support of Pro- testant seminary to forfeit his goods and be i'm prisoned at the Kings pleasure Any person going over sea for Protestant education, to for leit goods and lands for life. The vessel to be forfeited which conveys any Protestant woman or child over sea, without the Kings liscense. Any person converting another to the Protes- tant religion, to suffer death. Death to any Protestant priest to come into France; death to the person who receives him; forfeiture of goods and imprisonment to send money for the relief of any Protestant clergyman; large re- wards for the discovery of Protestant parson. Every Protestant shall cause his child, within one month after birth, to be baptized by Cath ollie priest, under a penalty of 2,OOO iivres- Protestants were fined 4,OOO livreS month fol being absent from Catholic worship; were disa- bled from holding office and employment; from keeping arms in their houses; from maintaining suits at law; from being guardians; from prac- tcing law and physic; and from holding office civil or military They were forbidden to tra- vel more than five miles from home without lscense, under pain of forfeitin2 all their goods and they might not come to court under pail of 2,OOO livres. A married Protestant woman when convicted of being of that persuasion wal
 liable tS forfeit two- thirds of her jointure; sht could not be eXecutriX to her husband nor have any part ot his goods; and during her marriage she might be kept Ill pllSon, unless her hus band redeemed her at the rate of POO livreS 6 month, or the third part of his lands. Protes- tants convicted of being such, were, within three months after their conviction, either to submit and renounce their religion, or, if re- qulred by four magistrates, to abjure the realm and Ii they did not depart, or departing, re- turned, were to suffer death Protestauts keep ing school were imprisoned for life. If an. Protestant had horse worth more than a 1OC
 lvres, any Catholic magistrate may take il away and search the house of said Protestan 1 for arms.''
 "Is not this monstrous code of persecution Is 1t any wonder, alter reading such sl int o | tyranny as is here exhibited, that the tender cics the Catholic religion should be suspect ed, and that the cry of 10 Poperv should bt the rallying cry in every atiol? Fursiv,, gen tie reader, the triinIg deception nave practic ed upon you. This co !e is Lot code made b, the Catholics against French ProtesantS, Il by E, sll>h and i,h protestants against En | glish and Iish CathoI cs-tor Protestant, reat Catholic, and for Ga, h"lic rcad Protestant, etc | l. was acted upon Tn the beginning of Geors, the S4"ond's re'9n, and was notorious through. out the whole oi Eurcpe as the most cruel anc | atroclous system ever Instituted by one reli, giou> persuasion d 4a: st another. Of this code Mir. Burke said, that t is tu!y d blrbarol,s sys-
 cm, Nhere all the parts are ali outrage or hu- manly ana the rights of atur~; t S system ot elaborate coltflvanoe, as "ell fitted for the 1 oplre>>io', imprSonm,nt and degra ation of people, and the detasemeut of human nature itself as ever proceeded from the pervtr rted in- genuity of man.'''