The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-04-26
A Timely Movement.

right direction. When they succeed
they may expect to enjoy the legiti
mate fruits Of freedom-tho happiness.
and prosperity Of the nation. Unit
they do succeed, every stroke in any
other direction to obtain the consuma
ton devoutly wished, will prove asst ha,
heretofore: entirely futile. Under the
administration Of President Co,uanfort
the press Of Mexico has taken bold
and decided stand against the tithe
geathering and imbecile clergy Of that
nation; which has up to this period
acted as cancer on the public heart
and a fetter to the sinews Of the ma.
ton.
The 1amanl;mco. a paper publish.
ed in the city Of Mexico, says:
1.-THE treasures and riches emassed
by our clergy are great, immense
And what do they do with them?
Do they support public education !
Do they foster national industry, sue
cor indulgence, establish public Chart
able institutions, or do anything wor-
thy Of their Gospel mission +! Nothing
absolutely nothing!
IF anything Of the kind were seen
in the Republic, universal opinion
might, perhaps. 10 some manner coun-
tenance clerical Incidence and avarice
because prejudices are in great mea-
sure overcome when deeds are ad-
vanced as the protest against alleged
error. But in Mexico, we are daily
witnesses Of the scandal that immense
sums, dead as far as the general good
is concerned, have life only to promote
discord and civil war amongst US.
IF we examine the history Of our
revolutions, VIC shall always sec the
means Of the priesthood Iavished upon
the party which defends their interests.
AT this very time, together with the
Red Cross and the Image Of St. Fran
els. the rebels were receiving money
from our priests, to st'sngls our new
borg liberty"
Certainly, there rs no man living in
this age, who dare 80 far presume up
on the ignorance and credul;ty Of man.
kind as to contend that the support Of
an idle and licencious pri6stcrsftry by
the nation, is necessary for its spisitu-
al, or temporal welfare p? II there be
many such, as that arch demagogue-
Bronson, it would DO a curious en-.
quiry, to learn the amount Of wagct
they each receive from thu Italian
propaganda.
Mexico, has the example Ct "the
mother country Old Spain, has
aroused from her lcthergy--thrown
off the calling yoke, that has bound
her down--soul and body to the earth,
and now, freed from the scepter Of
theocracy, must 60 onward and up
ward, steady in her tread to the music
Of Liberty, to work out her destiny,
amorg the nations. What; for Lou
isiana, can We say? What for the
" Great Republic Of the North 81
John McDonogh, monomaniac;
madman of New Orleans dies. He
leaves = will, so worded. that bis large
estate, would in half a century, ab-
sorb the whole wealth Of the nation
It is pronounced at once to be con-
trary to the spirit Of our laws-illegal,
and the will is broken. Yet there
in the city Of New Orleans, here and
elsewhere over the Union, a religious
hierarchy is permitted 70 abiorb and
centralizc wealth, without limit which
wealth is controlled by a foreign des.
pot the SWORN enemey by his educa.
ton and religion,to freedom Of thought
or action. Tell US no longer, that
this is not power, to be feared, in
this republic; unless you tear our
eyes out, and obli:erate the record Of