, 1864-01-24
Chicago .Gribnne,
MoNpAY,,JANUARY 9e, 1854.
TIE ELAsT or UGAaTE,

History has hardly recorded 4,tngedy 50
heart rcnding as the burning of the. Cathedral
at Santiago, Although We have become accus-
toned to the czrnsSe: ofwartase; this ter.
r,blc and sudden visltation OF death has star
tied the whole country. The graphic, too
graphic, details ofthc con1agration sweeping
ike whi1lwind through the cathedsnl, tho
thousands Of lamps fall!ng and exploding;
AMONG the terfiAed people, the writhing, ago
rizlng forms in the most horrible Of tortures,
and the distraction Of friends without, doomed
to stand by and see their loved ones expiring
almost within their grasp, white Ugarte and
his fraternity are busy In Baving eandfeadckss
md in consolIng the people With the bias
phemors declaration that "CA!li needed more
saints and martyrs, :, make the blood rnn cold,
and leave sting the pain Of which WILL long
remain, ...~ -.
And 1t IL e. most dreadful part Of this hor
rib!c nar1ntire TINT this sacrifice vas the d.
rect result of supcrstitious mummerics i'm.
posed upon IN iguoraat- and creduious- con-
grceation of women y;,warY and Cunning
pr,esta inspircd By the love. ofapowsrt and
greed Of gain. The mIscrable inpostor Uga.teI'
stands before the world, MS he will stand
IN ctcrnity, Tor the slaughter ! Il Is
Ucarte who has blinded these simple people
with celestial rpost offices and ,other such
wretched iugglefy; Ugartc who hung the Ca
tnedral full OF. combustfhle etuf, and then as
If putuose]y to destroy the church, suspended
thousands af lamps filed with the most In
-naumsb1e liquids to dazzle the people;
Ugazte, who, i upon ':rseetng the he1iish
work he +. Aad, I. done, retreated by Z. the
eaeristy doort: and :: closed .sit That no
one might .ezcape:: from the hane IN
that direction; Ugnrte, who, while the fire
was sweeping through the church, and men
and women were burning BY tile thousands,
busted himself ii carrying of carpets, can
d1csticka and images to cIosz. .a'.e.la~ a9le,1tss
ChM needed re-saints, ~~and with not a
word of sympathy for the; bereayed, nor con-
solution for. the dying, coldIy gethers his
robes about hin, and tells them to le2appy for
al their friends, now blackencd and roasted
corpscs, have CONS to the Virgin Mary;
Uga1te who stands near tho rninaAnd threat
ems yto1eneeto any one who shall attempt to
demolish tho walls. !: :. r .'T
But, We thank God, that Ugaste as the re-
preventative Of superstition. was oveEpower-,
ed, and that The Government barred Its arm
and intcrrosed for the people. We can see
but one cheerful fact In this horrible slangh;
ter, and that is that the people have. deter;
mined to throw OF the yoke that has bound
them, and that henccforth they will worship
God in theEIorio1s light Of religious liberty:
The day of superstition in that. country is
over. ugarte hcnceforward lades from sight
only to be remembered With ehuddering
aud horror. = TT ia another sign. that
the world l.: moving, and that the
light Of civilization and religious. liberty is
beginning to penetrate lhose countries VIII lch
have been tied down SO long under the yoke
OF superstition and jugglcrT.~ The change
has been bought at . fearful price-by holo--
caust uneqnalledan the annals Of The world.
Out Of the fire comes puria aeatioz, ind tile
days Of Ugnrte are over. Hcnceforth his
hume is a synonym Of horror We 4TTite
against no sect Or no falth.- We arc in favor
Of full religious liberty, and Of every mans
worshfppiug the Delty: as he pleases, but We
do write against superstition aud Ugartc, as-
sumo whatever form. he may.