, 1859-06-13


who would not In the minority Of oasoa ha7o
had tho insurance to go thousand miles to !
ask for it. Thus the taste Of Llood was &C.
quired and grew stronger and bo]der; andnow
we are ii suffering the consequences together.
1t is hard to point out the sure solution Of
the financial difficulties which beset the Wes5
in its joint and corporate capacity. But moth
ing is easier than to arrest the calamity where
it il. "Pay as you CO. is maxim which
could never come in vogue more opportune'y
than now. We see in the failure Of one Of tic
finest counties Of Iowa to borrow few thou
sand dolla1s, evidence that its practice is likely
to become matter Of necessity. Though i'll
individual cases it may be greatly inconvcnlent
and unpleasant we are Convinced that it will
be by fur the better for the whole.
PROTESTANTIS1I IN SARDINIA.
Tho motive which has influenced Austria in
! her crusade upon Sardinia, which she has
maintained since ls4e-aud which now takes
the form Of a war Of invasion, is found in the
fact that Sardinia has established and steadlast-
| ly upholds constitutional government. But
the principal item in the indictment Of which
Constitutonalism is the general aggregated the
toleration Of all forms Of religious faith and
worship, which Victor Emanuel has proc!am-
ed and which he has pledged himself to de-
fend- A constitution in which the rights q
the subject are duly regarded, and in which
tile power Of the monarchy is under wholesome
restraint; Parliament with two Houses upon
the English model; the freedom Of tile Press,
the comprehensive system Of cducotion: the
rapid internal improvements, and the general
development Of the RESOURCES Of the kingdom,
might possibly have been pardoned had not
to these been added that perfect freedom o1
religious worship which every subject Of Pied
mont has enjoyed; the growth Of Protestant
ism and the wide dissemination Of the Bible
and other Protestant books. Tie party
Of the second party in the famous
Concordat with the Pope, by which
the education Of the young in tho primary
md higher schools, the censorship Of the Pres:
and the interests Of religion were con6ded
almost without restriction, to the priests Of tht
Romish Church, could not be expected to lool
| upon the development Of State in dangcrou:
proximity to provinces Of his OWL, without Sc
rious disfaror. In the long contest which Sar
dinia waged with Rome, ending in the cxpul
, sion # tho Archbishop Of Turin and tn
| triumph Of the civil authorities oror the ecce
: siastical power, the finger Of Austria wa
/ visible; and tie humiliation which she endurcs
: By the triumph Of the policy Of coulI
Cavour has never been forgotten or forgiven
E And more than that, the protection which sa'
j dinia has Afforded to the brave and long-perse
$ cutcd Waldenses who hare como o,,t Of the
mountain Businesses and entered upon I'll
i enjoyment Of their rights as citizens and mel
: has burned in the Austrian conscience Ik
: | hot iron.
The war then is struggle not only fl
u Constitutionalism, but for the life Of Protc
It tantism in Northwestern Italy; hence. it
o not surprising to see Catholicism wherever
= is not restrained by the civil power e1pressir
= its earnest sympathy with the Austrians
:. tueir unho!y cause. The readers Of tie Amc
u lean Catholic Journals will know how acti'
% that sympathy is.