The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-03-09
The Church and the Threatened Revulsion In
EurOpe-Lecture by DIR. Rroyxnson

The Church and the Threatened Reyulsior In
Europe-Lecture by DIR. Brownson.
About one thousand persons assembled in the Cooper
Institute last evening to hear Dr. Brownsons lecture ON
the above subject. On rising araated nv
prolonged applause after which he dscoused to the fol-
lowing effect.
Eleven years ago last February he gave lecture on
similar subject, endeavorng to show how the old ele
mens had been deprived Of their due Importance so that
there at present but two forces Europc-he king
and the mob. European governments were constantly
fuctuatng between the grasp power OF the two The
speaker traced the growth Of the revolution which follow
ed after his discourse in 184S the only countries
TO which 1t did not extend Russia Spain and Great
Britain The friends order first looked upon this reyolu
ton with alarm, but before the end Of the year
..actcn commenced which soon tr,umpned over
disorder and rc.established regularity, power and
protection, instead Of anarchy and destruction.
The true principle Of liberty in Europe is con-
could protect the people akerom the king to the
m05 Reaction, however, WAS without moderation, as
was revolution Hence there resulted absoutism again;
and 1851 absolute soyeregns have taken possession
of society and established that terrible system Of repres
sion which Europe by her fearful upheayngs had already
shown she could not and would not, submit TO- Austria
had returned 10 an absolute centralized monarchy APP
parent order covered unsettled society," society
without a basis which could remain permanent The
the European populations especially in the Catho
tic States, deeply imbned with the sentiment Of
liberty. They could not be made contented with the
present system Of governments No single government
the Continent could stand twenty -four hours If left TO
be sustained by the affection Of its subjects The most
popular Of European soveregns supported himself only
by his ubiquitous police. Immense armies pairoiled the
whole Continent TO protect not the people, but the
sovsrss Compelled I" keen great r
their own protecton-to prevent their subjects
from hurting them from their thrones. Never
before had the people possessed SO much power
al now. In 1860 clergy man-De Iamerinais-in his
paper LArnir, insisted that the church should make
common cause with the republics but his paper sup
pressed. In 1903 was with great difficulty that many
prevented from procaimng that Christianity and
democracy were identical Today there is party who
would have the church make dogma OF Csesarism. All
ouch making too free with the church, was very
injurious to her interests TO be brought into these political
sqnabbles. Her kingdom was not Of this world She
ought TO leave struggle with despotism and not
TO link herself to It, II not necessary that Almighty
God should establish church in order TO teach
best method Of cutting coat or governing a State The
church formed the empire in Rome, accepted and pros
perod under IT, She accepted the Germanc civilization Of
the Longobardi, and aided until II became higher and
nober civilization than the world had seen before
The struggle which is going in Europe IS
either Of which are equally bad and detrimental real
liberty The key to all the struggles which have
Europe for many is the two civilizations which
contains. One OF them is the Greco Roman, renowned
for its arts and its literature This system made the EN-
pcror the supreme power the source Of all and
lhortyGod earth This subjected the church 10 the
Emperor Under Paganism the Emperor was not ouly
imperator, but he Pontihx Maxmus, and demanded
TO be woshpped as god The great reason why many
would not acknowledge That Caesar was God On the
other hand the Germanc stem had not the logical unity
OF The other; IL had its local Hws and recognized the
rights Of cities the rights Of natons against the
Emperor The Emperor ruled the Germanic States
for their power. Such an Emperor Charemagne-a
Frank, not Gau as many suppose He king Of the
Franks the personal dignity Of Emperor conferred
upon him by the Pope instead OF title which ne inherit
ed from his father, patrcian OF Rome, whose duty
was especially 10 defend the Holy Sec His SUCCESSORS
followed in his steps aar Of The house Of Hohcnstau.
called himself the ninety sixth successor OF Cesar,
and required all to acknowledge him as the
source Of their power the free Cities Pope and all
He invaded Italy, and carried murder and death with him
But he defeated by the famous Lombard League and
required by the Pope to make amends by going on cru
SADIE 10 tho Holy Land. But, though defeated this
doctrine never abandoned by the German emperor
though the Popes struggled against from the begin
ming Of the eleventh W the fourteenth century when
Philip the Fair forced the Pope into subrssiou--nto
seventy years captivity at Avignon since then the
Popes have been obliged to aconesco in Or snrsn The
real Of the Reformation the coutnu alton OF this
same struggle II was not religious cause, but some
thing deeper; religion only used blind to aid the
purpose: At Germanisu rising up Akanst C,csarism
Had Luther presontel IL to tho German princes
and with them fought the battle under the leadership OF
the Pope. II would have utterly overthrown Casarism,
and proved the words ~ Macbeh--that "timc when
men would lie still wth their brains knocked outitrac.
OF tho two parties MISREPRESENTATION aud the in
verted C"sarism Of drepublicansnthc despotsm OF
the King aud the dcspotism OF the mob, were equally
bad Red repuhicauism will have its day OF triumph.
When triumphed 1913, the Holy Father had won the
favor of all peoples by his liberal policy and tho church
consequently Did not suffer. But U the church should
lnk herself to CWsarisn she NUT expect very different