The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-05-19
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state church, say1Hg{Shat the church,
Organized aS n poEfr' ~ me 2lale'
could not Cailto crea3E great perturoH,
tions in its efforts @snolcct tne civtl
authority TO its ctitarlon oi uoSol"''
md celestial authorlE,NnQ mus n'en
ace all rights. II, hoM.cver nc i'ao Ill!
doubts, or any feeltR OF repentance,
the speech. OF Sen9H=Mantcro'a haa
cuuscdI them to- vaill9H complctel!', ior
lie had employed alI3n altorhooh I'D
affirming and conntAlng his words.
He had, with all the authority his elo-
quencc, character, ahHAiSn poSltion III
the church gave himEPeen proving 10
tlicm what was thehrtterioh OF the
clergy upon modern nSSnts, upon the
national sovereignty Upon ,,rclgiouS
toigratlon, and upolE4H, !Htnrc oi t'lc
nation. @ n fe bag &C hallS..i
~ sovereignty oecause he aia i'"t .."'t
IL terminated WIN INC soFcrciS"t! VI
inc clnrch. Tic had proved mat thc
chlrch sui preserved the criterion OF
Gregory VII and Innocent !ll.and be-
licved that all civil powers were Il
usurpation Of hcr sovereign power.
NO one more than himself aprlauded
the presence OF the bi'hor> ana cIer%y
in tho Corte>. !ie believed II lhoSI
who guarded their ancient beliefs. ana
those who directed the morals ol Their
families were not IN tho Chamber II
would not be Il true representation OF
the country. Consccrattd from early
chi!dhoOd to tho cultivation OF pure
ideas. yet Obliged 10 live III the midst
OF society too much addicted 10 the
cultivation OF liatcrlalisln ana iiiuH>-
try. aud greatly attached 10 the Dailk
note. he always believed That III the
relationships OF modern lie there
should enter something otthc INFINITE.
something Of the Divine. Moreover,
his belief went further; he believed
liberty did away with the material
bonds, and substituted moral bonds in
their place. There could he no right
without duty. Society could not live
freely if above the duties imposed by
the civil authority there did not lie
other duties imposed by the con-
science. lie illustrated this b! the
observance Of the Sabbath. Among
rnSlavrG peoples. that is. those who
were rnlcd hy law only, he had never
seen Sunday kept. In such places
: Sunday WAS only another name for
! Saturnalia. I;ul in the only two really
| free countries in Europe. England and
Switzerland, he had seen it kept with
an extraordinary severity. How was
this? IL was because liberty had Gre
atcd severe customs, and those customs
! had cnlwincd themselves into tho con.
/ science and the will. Spirit and rcaS.
ON. and not force. cngcndcrcd faith.
! RELIGIOUS liberty cn"endcrcd the great
! priuciDlc on which all morality rested.
lie quoted from ST. Paul and from
Tcrtulan TO prove that nothing should
Il" (" voluntary as 'cliHi"n.' ""d ih"i
II was not religion 10 cocrce religion
W hat had Scno" MantcroIa Dcen ask
ing throughout the whole OF his long
speech Simply that wh0soever dId
not carry on his person the mark fthc
Catholic Church could not be 4 Span
lard, could not be citizen. could not
exercise civil or political rights. and
could not aspire to any Of the high
magistrates Of the country. Scnor
Mantcrola wished the Pope to be, in
! some Sor:, the King of Spain-hc
wished religious CTSariau. Castelar,
reviewed the effects Of the imposition
Of II religion by the State. Those
who, like Srmur Mantrr0la, believe in
it ought not to condemn Henry VIII.
Of England. issuing a. decree c0nvrrl-
ing his Catholic people into Protest
ants: nor the French Rrv0lutiOniStS
recurring the alteration Of the Goddess
of Reason: nor RobcSpicrrc proruul-
eating. by cocrcivc law, rs Il creed
without which no one could be Il
French citizen. the doctrine OF the III
prcmc being; nor Napoleon believing
IN Thcod"rIr, the French EMPEROR,
who, by Il corp dcf"f, imposed Chris
tianitv on the Roman Senate! Napo-
leon believed in the right Of the civil
power to exert itself thus in matters
of religion, and. for time. hcSiIatcd
whether he should restore to France
the ancieht 'a'h"Ilc Religion. or I'M
pose the PROTESTANT religion on n"r'
:! lie dGciaco, "rrlt'Eali!. i"r inc 'or'
mcr; nut "hy' solely because Inlh-
0lIclS'i ""S 'sse'l''aiIF a"lhorI'a'''''
ana "D'i%ei men l." bow The knee;
Ncfrr'hricSs' nose wh" "un'','
france InIpariia!'y would sce 'ha''
th"uSh I"'hoiiflNm was restore" TO
inc rIi'lrr'1es' II was no' rrs'o'u" T." , ~"
conscle"rcS. ~ WAS h' '.r"r-.nc '''I'
%ra'eSt VI t'IoIs-'o ":N' l'I 'le .'''''l';
., moral ai'u re"S'onS iIcas' Il: "chot
Mah'Gro'a l'"o peE. "Sknns Ih 'na' M
ch"'lDeI, me cor'ciic ior'c "h" ,"e