The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-02-07
raE SPANISH REyoEyrroE.


We have been furnished the following
communications from friend long resident
in Seyille: One of the first acts OF the
..I,ints in Seville has been TO pnH down
a statue of the Triumph of the Most Holy
:Trinitv. which certainly, as you may re-
member. was no work of art, but no one
could saw it wasin the way, or offensive to
any one. Then came down the Pnefta DE-
Triana in the Calles de los Reyes CdfoHcos.
Tbis wonderful gate had hitherto escaped
the VANDALISM of centuries: lt wassa mon
ument of history, and every scientlnc com
mission had protected and watched over 1T.
IT ia now no more, The Jesuits anGs alrato-
rians were expelled without day notice,
and no pity was shown even to those wh0.s
were sick All were put into train, sent
to Cadiz. then put on board merehantnan,
which dsembarked them one by one at
Gibraltar. They were forty-eIght hours at
sea, and all their food consisted OF fresh.
water! As to the eonveuts, nine sh1Xe; been
emitted. and that without any notice being
giyer TO the aups, who vent orit,witli only
their clothing. Fifty seven churches fEsSe
been condemned to destruction. The MS
torical old towers of Saint Marcos and
Omnium Sanctorum, and the peautiiul
frescoes in S. Felipe, and the Oldest paHrish
church in Seville, San Miguel, eontalplng
the works of Montanes, especially Christ
called Ell Padre Jesus de Ia Passion" are
all to be leveled to the ground. The
wonderful Byzantine door of S. j uan de 10
Palma, the Church of los Remedies, are
coming down, and the gilt and 1nla1d reta6Los
which adorned it have been sold for tribe
and sent to Marseilles. A number OF boys
are paid halfpenny each to go and stand
before u statue of Orr Saviour, which Is
close to S. Felipe, andcry out "Down with
Jesus ~ Abajo Jesus % You eau imagine
nothing more horrible than the reign OF
bIassphemy which has taken possession OF
I IL c,,ea sad rtI
and meeting halls by the lowest of the
revolutionists; the affairs too are used as
seats, and smoking, singing, and profhn1ties
(which cannot be published take place IN
the churches dedicated to/Sod apd His
servants. Men get up INTO the pnlplts and
there proclaim the most trightful BIAS
Flhcilies; for instance, one person, O mem
lar of the Jupta, began by inquiring, My
brethren, have you ever seen Cody NO,
Won will tell me then there is no God, since
YOU have not seen him.u Another declaim-
ed against the existenceofhel and put the
doctrine to- the vote. 4" The vote has car
ried it," he cried out, and there is 40
hell ~ the uproar was tremendous. AM
other person, an apostate priest, who had
| been living in open immortality, got into
| one of the pulpits and began by saying :,
"Gentlemen, you have heard plenty of lies
from this place. will now tell you the
truth for once; no God whatever exists,
him to destroy me with stroke OF light
ming if he CAM This unfortunate mans
name is Cabrera, and he was once MEM
Der of the Society of st. Joseph Calasan-
itino. The two most famous reta6tos IN
| Seville by Martinez, who is with justice
/ called the Phidias of Seville have ceased
to exist. Men placed on guard during the
night lighted o fire, and, as the fuel falleds
they pulled down these two fetdblos. They
4 burnt the arms and legs and many OF the
columns, but they preserved the heads Of
these beautiful figures in order to sell them.
As passed by the morning after, and saw
the pieces charred and burnt Of these won
derful works of art, / burst into tears, and
spoke my mind pretty freely but 1T is OF
no use. Two Madonnas, curious works OF
art ef the fifteenth century, have also been
pulled down and destroyed. You may re-
member them. One was situated IN the
fachada of the Seminario Conciliar, and
was placed there centuries ago, when the
college was opened iR fGUGr dc los po6res
i The wretched officer who ordered the words
.SeRindYio Concilidr to be erased commanded
the statue of the Blessed Virgin TO be cast
down from its height upon the pavemens
below and broken. The horrible things
which have been done with the images OF
Our Saviour, of the Blessed Virgin, and the
saints of the Church of St. Felipe, are such1
that some of the miserable criminals are
pursued with such fear and remorse that
they can neither rest nor sleep, and declare
that the Judgment of God is upon them.
1 must add, that as soon as the converts
were closed number of houses of ili-fame
were opened, and immortality is keeping
pace with the liberty of revolution.
would be WELL indeed, if you could call the
attention of civilized Europe to the bar
barism which is destroying all That u
precious in Spain Correspondent Of tx
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