Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-08-09
Spain.

Ii seems that & country which was sup
posed to be proof against the innovatng spirit
of the age, is becoming red-repubhcan. The
Asia brought the news of rupture between
Rome and its most faithful child; and This
rupture is said to be complete. The passage
Of the church-property bill is the cause Of es-
arrangement We do not know the particu-
lars of this bill; but an effort has long been
making by the liberals to destroy the indie
pendence of the clergy, and make them as, in
the English establishment, the mere puppets
of the State Whatever men may think of
the Roman Catholic religion, and however
great may be the abuses engendered by wealth
in the priesthood, no statesman will regard the
wholesale confsioation of property designed
for and to certain extent applied to charita-
bic uses with appreciation. The resources
thus diverted from their legitimate channel
are squandered by corrupt politicians among
themselves.
The English noblemen in the days of
HENRY 9Th who received the revenues of the
Church were no better, perhaps not so good,
as the abbots aud monks whom they succeed
ed.
The Spanish government it is said, is en-
dangered by popular outbreaks; and that So
cialism has spread rapidly among the working
classes of the Spanish peninsular. The Jour
nal of Commerce says:
"a correspondent from Paris of the London
| Times. who is usually well instructed con-
corning Spanish affairs, expresses fears that a
close union has been established between the
Carlists of Spain and the Legitimists of France
on one side, and the Mazzinian and Kossuth
party on the other-the whole cemented to
gether by Russian mediation,-for the pur-
pose of overthrowing, at all hazards, the pres
ent Spanish government, no matter what 9TH
err may spring up in its place. 1t is believed
that whether Republicanism or Carlism should
be triumphant, the blow would be none the
less deadly at the authority of Louis Napole-
Oh, who from different causes is equally hated
by the Legitimists of Europe protected by
the Car, and by Red Republicans, against
whose intrigues his firm rule opposes an in.
superable barrier. The Times correspondent
| states tudt many udlo DciOIc TIE ISSUE VI Tue
Ukas decreeing the general armament of the
Russian Empire, it was announced by Legiti.
mist in the South of France to friend thai
such a step was to be taken by the Russian
! Government, and that "the time was fast ap.
preaching for the overthrow Of the present
ruler of France, and for the restoration of the
Legitimate sovereigns of both France and
Spainl' These obsolete aspirations will no
be realized but they may cause great futur,
trouble, and even bloodshed Italy is unea
sy; Portugal is not setted; France is divided
into factions, which, though kept in awe by
the Emperor are none the less hostile to hi
sway; Prussia, the Rhine Provinces of Ger
many, Hungary, and Lombardy, are under
mined by Red Republican intrigues; and al
the prudence and wisdom of European states
men is needed to avert a storm, more or lea
distant the effects of which may be Far NOR
terrible than those which have been occasion
cd by the Eastern War