New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-03
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CAsTELAR's GREAT SPEECH on THE CHURCH
QUESTION IN THE SPANISH CoRTEs.
In reply to Canon Manterola, on April 10,
Castelar, reviewed the effects OF the imposition Of rel
gon by the State. Those who, like Senior Manteroa be-
eyo in II ought not condemn Henry VIII OF England
Issuing decree converting his Catholic people into Prot
esants nor the French Revoutioniss requiring the ad
grafton Of the Goddess Of Reason nor Robesperre pro-
mitigating by a coercve law, creed without which
no one could be French citizen, tho doctrine OF the SD
preme Being Napoleon believing In Theodore, tho
Roman Emperor, who by coup detat imposed Christian
ity ON the Roman Senate Napoleon believed in the
right OF tho civil power Itself thus In matters OF
regio and for time hesated whether he should re-
sbe protestant religion ON her He decided eventually
for the former, but why Solely because Catnoll,
men to bow the Nevertheless, those who studied
France mpartally would see that though Cateo IL
the 1t was an error the grayest OF errors
TO ask In the Of moral and religious Ideas as Senior
Manteroa had been asking that chamber the eoercye
force and the material aid OF the state III we believed ID
religion tho voice Of our own conscience was sScsp1 10
the prOteetion q the State was highly injurious. as
Obliged US 10 be ypocTtes and 10 make professions with
our lips which had not in our hearts Religion might
then be the means OF helping us to deceive our fellow
trates to the depth Of the will and OF the con-
science. There had been two ideas which never sue
nation for all Various illustrious Pontifs tried.
from time TO time, TO accomplish the Tst but failed
Alexander Cesar, CharlemaEne, Charles W. and Napo-
leon tried to accomplish the second and likewise failed
Tho idea OF variety the & line Inc y ya
ETY. Of people conquered Tie warrIors He sSmbated
As TO England progress not religious, but social
IL had not been effected In the consclences, but In tho
laws and this they owed to the Liberal Protestant party
whom they we're every day matchmaking, and whom
they would persecute II they could As to the United
States she had 3OO000 inhabitants but only about ten
per cent OF them Catholics and they were due to
very large extent TO the annexation OF States which
California lie said there four fundamental races
In Europethe Latin the Germanic the Greek ana the
Ter. its love of unity its tendency to discipline ana
organization and unSers yasnaSS ~ SnS ira
love OF personal independence In Protestantsm Inc
Greek manifested the predominen,ce OF the meta,
species OF armed Mossahism sort OF autocrac Religion
pean ana the semes. The IndoEuropean was the pro
Rressve one creators OF the ancient Greek ana the
and WAS represented by Moses Christ, and Mohammcd
The Jews aud Arabs those children OF the desert adored
the one God The Christian semites adored principally
the first person Of tho Trinity and scarcely noticed the
second or the third. The Indo European adored the
Virgin and the saints and scarcely GOD AI.or
thus establishing his general principles, he took up
Canon Mansroas question as TO when ZEN tnS bS
were treated as slaves and reckoned up with Deasts
burden lie bad with s tS a al S
In 97s Did tho deputies know how those MONKS Gaia
@oors or Jews 50 male dttol He then asserted Spain
had not always been an inolerant country witness inc
Vines he r Of whom conquered Seville aud the second
Mercial Religious intolerance hogan In the middle
NJ fourteenth century uHu III tuD
.n ~ vas that San Vicente Ferrer preached that
mon in the cathedral of Toledo which resulted ~ the ter
rbe massacre of the 5000 jews In that city senior MAI
epola had said taunngy, that the Jews were only ut
TO make slippers and had asked him to cite what Illus
rios men had sprung FROM their since their eKpul
Ho could cite many but no would only give SpinOsa,
Tie arst OF modern philosophers, who, had not been for
their Inaustion gt have been born here and his glory
might have ged their horizon for be was born OF span
h descent md Spanish Jews They might dissent from
is ideas bnt they could not deny his genius Intoer-
anee had deprived them OF that glory Disrae his Cas
lar,sl poltical enemy the Tory COnseryaye-call him
,Iat tIev lked-in politics; but he great
N Great nOyeis great !essnf, great statesman ana
the head Of tho British aristocracy lie was H9lJ
ch hu. FOR their criminal intolerance, might have be-
Ionged 10 the Spanish nation Daniel MANN too, the
It".n marriott was born of parents who sprung from OK
nsed snanish Jews. The fact was that IN deprlVlhE
bcnselyrs OF the Jews they had deprived OF
on n1ny OF names who might have been the lusteI anu
g. i"ry ~ the country lie then proceeded TO nerco
On ngI against the body Canon Manteroa represeneu
,he Eeo-c'athOcs, winding up by saying OF thel Lne
nv nTcth its owner aud the It's lnhsters CID 0ut
Tie Neo Catholic party knowcth not ITS in ~,
nrvrrsinu nf the Bible caused intense amusement 70
ali unt the Reverend deputies who d'h not LOOK ~ I