The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1855-07-20
WHAT RoMANsIM HAS DONE FOR HU-
MANITY. ~


WHAT R0MANsIM HAS DONE FOR HU~
\ MANITY. III
Catholicism has done more for humanity
than any other Church. Us;on aud Amor
ican. ~
A writer in the Daily Gazette answers.
Yes, she has established the Inguisition where
she had power. and would establish IL here II
she could. She has already said, through
one Of her organs in this country, that no
good government can exist without religion,
(meaning Cstholio,) and there can be no reli.
gion without an hnquisinoni The inquisition
is the right arm Of her power. The proceed.
ings Of this Court are conducted in secret,
aud In violation Of every principle Of law and
justice. II any are suffered to escape 1t is
after suffering the most cruel fortunes, tedi-
Gus and dreadful imprisonment, and the loss
Of the grester part Of their effects. II con-
victed and condemned, they are attired to
represent devils, and led in procession on the
festival Of the AUTO da Fs to the place Of ex-
ecution and there, in the most cruel manner
roasted and burned to DEATH And what nre
the crimes for which such dreadful punish.
ment is prepared Perhaps nothing more
than reading Protestant Bible, or some book
which has been denounced as heretical-as.
suming the title Of Freemason-irritating q
Priest or mendcant Friar-uttering the Ian
guage Of misunderstanding against
the ceibacy Of the Clergy hints
or suspicious Repeating their amoms and de.
1aucheriss, oSzlblding the sentiments of Ma.
homedan, Of Jew, or Of CALVIN, or Of Lu.
ther
This Infamous tribunal, ''m;thom which
there can be no religion, is said to have caused,
between the years 1881 and 1850, $4,000 per.
sons to he burned alive; and between the
years 1881 and 1908 TO have sentenced 1885,.
2i4 persons to the gallcys or to erpetual
tmprsonmenti Under the accusation of be-
ing witches, more than 10000 tcomen have
persisted by the hands of the 'Inquisitionl--
Forquenada, that Internal Inquisitor Of Spain,
brought into the Inquisition, in the space of
Ia years, no fewer than $4,000 persons, of
whom 1000 were condemned to the flames,
and burned slwe with the greatest pomp and
fexultation.
Their numerous massucres in different nges
under some heretcal charge, also proves
"what they have done for HUMANITY" We
have time only to select single example,
The massacre Of the professionals in France on
the feast of So Bartholomew, in 1872, was
one Of the most dabolicnl acts Of perfdy
and cruelty ever perpetrated. Every one
suspected Of being Calvinist, without dis
tineticn of rank, age or sex, wasindiscrimn
ately massacredl The horrible cry was. Kill
! the Hngenots." The number of victims thus
slaughtered, in the city of Paris we are told,
was above 5000, and in the Provinces, at the
same time, there persisted about 10000! The
news of the massacre produced in Rome a
jubilee; cannons were fired, bonfires kindled.
and solemn Mass celebrated, at which the
Pope assisted, vita MI the splendor which
could be exhibited upon the happening Of an
event of SO much interest.
Progressive Democracy, which the Pope
hates as he does the D., IT, Just now,
counting, as 1t has done before, Catholicism,
They may have some views in common, but
they never can coAesce. The one, for a CIV
en- purpose, may however be useful to the
other. and be used by the other as the end
justifes the means. But, my good friends of
the progressive, take care of that Mguisition
when it is established, and don't trust too
much to the human;ty of the Inquisitors
though they are certainly se,y hxmane, and
have done more for humanity than any other
Church, or the world besides
6TThe WythcvIle Telegraph has the
following concerning the numerous removals
lately made at Washington 'ior political
reasons:
1 "The removal Of clerks in the departments
ut Washington for political reasons, since the
lst of June, have amounted to twenty-five
During the same period the dceapitatior
of Postmasters, Land Officers, Navy Yard
employees, &c., in every section of the coun
try, has been diligently pushed by the admin.
istratlom $25,000 year is eytravagant sun
for the people to pay for this dirty work, vel
we hope that Pierce and Forney will not. re-
lax their efforts or grow weary in rendering
themselves Odious to decent and honorable
men Of all parties. Let the axe be kept nc
tively'in motion, for every head that falls !,
a seed sown from which dozen Know Moth
ings, ut the very lowest calculation, will
spring up. The battle Of Grey town and tn,
Forest divorce case were brilliant achieve
ments it is true, but let the browning glory o
the present administration be that ii has gon,
u bow.shot farther than the Wise man OF On
i ly in "crushing" out the Know Nothings.-
1t must eclipse Wise or PERISH"
FOREIGNERS AIMING TO RESIST LAW
The Herald says that, in one of the Frcncl
papers OF New York city, there il call for
meeting at the Red Republican rendezvous
in Leonard street, which is part Of II move
ment gotten up by various foreign societies
to resist, by armed force, "Foreign Brigade,
any attempt to execute the Prohioitory LII
quor Law, which goes into effect on Tuesda
evening. The Germans have organized 70
the same purpose.
W-The NewFork correspondent of III
Charleston Courier says:
"The Maine liquor law is now the obiec
Of universal derision. Its authors, protector
and supporters are pitied in the most patron
izing manner. Never before in any publ
matter have the tables been SO strangel
turned as on the friends aud opponents O
this same prohibitory bill before and after tn
time of its enforcement. The whole csta
logue of portables of domestic manufactur
is changed. :a
Simple draught ale, manufactured at Alba
ny or Poughkerpsie, is now old Burton ar.--
Philadelphia lager beer Is Hamburger beer