, 1865-03-10

trol of The Roman Catholic priesthood In
Europe, and constantly Increasing amount
in America, If 1t should not be under the
control Of the State in Europe then 1t should
not be subject to ta1ntion In America.
But 1t is not the property of the priests
IN any sense. They arc merely tue trustees
and cuEtodians Of It for religious purposes.
It is not given for th.ir use and benefit, but
for the use Of the people and Of the poor.
In a country where by Inv ul9 arc assumed
or required to be Catholics 1t belongs to all.
Where .he religion Is n part Of the State, re-
1igious property becomes part Of the State
property. The priests no moro own The pro.
purity Of q State religion than do the soldiers
own the State fortifcations or the officers
the State buildings. This is the logical effect
Of allying the Church to the State. The
psiests become public stipcna1arios, and their
very salaries are controllab1e by the State.
II the Romlsh Church would rid herself of
these consequences she must be severed from
The State, as Protestant denominations have
Kept her severed in Protestant countries,
These have been the views of Al1rabcau, Tur-
got, Napoleon, and all the great French
Statesmen. They were the views Of Count
Carour and the Government OF Victor En-
manuel, and hare only to be stated to be ac-
cepted universally in this-country. We do
not see that Bishop Rosecrans gains ANY,
thing by transferring the scene to Italy and
France.
france WIS plunged into the horrors Of the
French revolution Of 1880, by the fact that
thrce~fifths Of all her landed estates we're ab-
sorbed By the Catholic Church, and refused
to be taxed for the support of tho Govern
mcnt, while the poor Of France were ground
to powder by excessive taxation, and instead
of being aided by the priesthood, the latter
demanded IN holidays two thirds of the work.
ing time Of tho people, begged in front Of
their prlesty palaces whateyer they could
wiring from them during life, and at death
appealed to every religious motive fcar, fifth,
Catholic to consjgn to them inalienably and
forever whatever their combined and life-
long taxation end begging had LEFT him.
Thus in Ito name Of the religion Of Him
"wlosc kingdom was not Of this world" and
who "had Nowhere TO lay his head,n was
built up q vast and oppressive financial oil
garcly, which has inadelizel Franco by It's
responsiveness, and d.enchcd her barricades in
1,nod.
uCatholcis1n wou1d claim cxemnt,oo trom
taxation and State control there, why should
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