New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-08-24


On the morning of the llth Of June guard of twelve
policemen was stationed to watch certain house,
the name Of whose owner is not given. The police
discovered nothing from the outside, and, becoming
inpatient on the morning OF the 18th they broke into
the house, masked In such way that they could not
be identified. They searched in every direction, but
then nothing could be found. They next broke
into the residence Of Senior Domingo Cabrera, which
was next door, where they proceeded to an indiscri
mate pillage Of the place. -Four thousand dollars in
money all the family jewery and most of the cloth.
ing, were taken of. Complaint was made to La.
garde, but he only replied, You deserve your fate
for harborng such bandits as Zarco" The Liberals
in the city are frightened, because with such
Lozada and Lagarde at the head of the police they
think they are in fair way of being robbed System
atically.
MEXICO IN 1s59-SPAIN IN 1903.
You will remember that when Napoleon invaded
Spain in 1908 he made immediate war upon the In
QUESTION and upon the dark and oathsome privileges
Of the Church. That war SO provoked the religious
class that even the monks and priests took up arms
mingled in the fightiul tumult in Madrid on the
I'd of May, in that year. The hatred of the Church
was 80 great that it became creed Of religion and
the following catechism was taught in the schools by
the priests and in families by thousands of mothers
Priest-Tel me, son, what are yon2
Chad-Spanish, by the favor of Heaven.
Priest-Who is the true enemy Of religion, of the
country and the King?
Chad-The Emperor Of the French.
Priest-How many natures has he?
Chiid-Two, the human and the diaboca.
P,1est-How many Emperors have the French?
Chad-One only, in three persons.
Priest-What are they called
Chld-Napoeon, Murat and Manuel Godoy.
Priest-Which Of the three is the worst?
Chud-They are equally bad.
P,iest--Of whom came Napoleon?
Chad--From Sin.
Priest-And Murat?
Chld-From Napoleon. "
Priest-And Godoy?
Child From the other two.
Priest-Who are the French?
Child-Ancient Christians, who are to day heretics.
Priest-Is it great sin to kill the French!
Chi'd-No, holy father to kill them is to gain
heaven.
Priest-What punishment merits Spaniard who
forfeits his promises and his duties?
Chid-Death, and the infamy of traitors.
Priest-Who will liberate us from our enemies?
Chiid-God. .. . ...a
Pyiest-By what methodist
Chud-By prayer, by arms, and by vengeance.
Priest-Go, then, my child, pray, take vengeance,
and kill.
The Vera Cruz P,osres after referring to this
formula, asks: Is not the same catechism intro.
duced amongst us? Do not see the bishops utter
ing their pastorals and censures against all who sup
port the Constitution? Do we not see multtudes of
priests, preachers, and triars, with arms in their
hands! Do they not call all Liberals heretics, and
consign us to assassination, as enemies of religion
Do they not deny the sacrament and the last rites
OF sepIleher? And do we not see many mothers
teaching their children to disobey their fathers and
make war upon their brbthers because these latter
are not SO fanatical as they?"
Such is the sad picture of church morals, drawn by
paper whose editor is himself Catholic, and who
is too sensible man to allow that the church which
pretends to save the soul hereafter shall also damn
the body in this world to slavery and the mind to
ignorance. He follows that prophet whose sacred
creed disclams all earthly Kingdoms, and sets its do.
minion in the world where the vice Of ambition and
the lust for power shall not distract the holy offices
of alteration.
A CoNTRAsT-SALE OF PADRES.
have an extract from paper published in the
State OF Iacatecas, which offers quite ludcrous con-
rast to the anaticism of the priests 1t appears that
when the officers want money they catch half dozen
padres and sell them out to jealous follower of
the church. Last year, when Gen. Blanco passed
through San Juan de Largos, he caught four curas
in the act of melting rebellion they arrested
and imprisoned, but Jealous Catholic took them
out and gave in exchange twenty-eight pack mules
Another batch were arrested short time since, and
exchanged for $4,000 and now Gen. Zuazua has
arrested the bishop of Poton and only consented to
release him on the payment of slO,O0O This seems
to be making good thing out of the padres, but the
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