Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1860-11-09
From the New York World.

[FroE. the New York Eor.d.l
The restless political ambition Of the
Jesuits has caused their expulsion (nomi-
nally, at least, from most Of the European
states. II Austria, however, Their max
inns and spirit are still dominant. \ curl
Gus instance of this is given in recent
work Of that illustrious Italian patriot and
statesman, the Marquis D. Azeglio.
Austria, he says, Gin the matter of
education, could not depart from the
traditional habitudes Of all the German
governments. We are willing too, to adj
NIT (no man is more fair and candid than
DAzeglio) ''that good sentiment may
have influenced the minds of the corporeal
functionari,s- provided only its indulgence
should cause no danger for the present,
nor menaces for the future"
But continues D'Azeglio with
what limits and under what inspiration has
this popular education been conducted p
Toward what poles of the moral world has
its object been to draw the minds of men?
Here | shall not reason nor conjecture |
shall quote. There is a little tract on the
Duties Of subjects toward their monarch
officially prepared fer the Lambardo-V ene-
ton kingdom. This treatise has been
learned by heart Gin questions and an
swers) in all the schools of Upper Italy
for forty years. Some idea may be FORM
cd Of it by the following passages
.. Why ought subjects to regard their
sovereign as their master
A. Subjects ought to regard their snve-
reign as their master, because he has full
power over their property and their per-
sons
Q. Do all sovoreigns hold their authori-
ty from God?
A. Yes-all sovercigns receive their au-
thority from God.
Q. Why do empcrors and other sove-
reigns hold their authority from God?
A. Emperors hold their authority from
God, because in the government Of peo-
pies they occupy the place of God on earth.
@. Does not Got himself reign over the
world
A. Without doubt, But being invisi-
BILE, he has put in his place, at the head
Of nations, emperors and other sovereigns.
Q. How does God recompense the che
dlence OF subjects!
A. God recompenses the obedience of
subjects by temporal blessings and by eter-
nal life
O. What ought subjects to abstain from
in time of war ?
A. Subjects ought to abstain from talk
ing about events, without special reason.
O. What ought subjects to do to avoid
making themselves objects of suspicion?
A, Townspeople and countrypeople
ought to remain quiet in their houses, and
to take heed what they do (badare al fat
ii loro.)
Q. Are subjects allowed to hold commu-
nication with the enemy?
A. By holding communication with the
enemy subjects commit moral sin.
Q. What ought subjects to dowhen vic
tory is once obtained?
A. When victory is once obtained, SUBJ
jccts ought to shun all excessive demon
strations of public JOY. and to abstain from
those disorderly jubilations which disturb
the public tranquility.
Amer. O. What would the Emperor
think of a Wide-Awake torchlight process
sion seven miles long; the discharge of 100
guns for a successful election an assem-
blage of 200, 900 people to meet a foreign
prince; and the like? y
80. Can soldiers pillage in time of war?
"a. Soldiers cannot pillage, except when
expressly permitted by the commander"
&C., g., in the case Of Perugia }
''The following questions and answers"
continues the Marquis D'Azeglio, ''seems
to have been prepared with special view
to the Italian war Of Independence. They
are worthy Of particular notice =
Q. How does God punish soldiers who
forsake their sovereign
\ God Furnishes soldiers who forsakc
their sovereign with temporal calamaties
aud eternal pains,
Q. What are these temporal camitles?
A Disease, misery. infamy,
Q What should be thought of soldiers
who forsake their sovereign?
A. They ought to be regarded as men
who neither fear God nor regard man.
Q. With what penalty does God smite
soldiers who forsake their sovereign?
A With eternal damnation. =.
Here, verify, is a specimen Of tuition to
slavery. Such a process is admirably cal
eulated to eradicate every free idea and
generous impulse. Well may D'Azeglio
add: at makes God himself an accom-
plice with despotism, and religious faith an
instrument of dominion and means of DO
lice, to cross itself mere flagstaff to the
double-headed eagle