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

"A TGCcAb 0ullBck VA SAO 4sCNyS SA~~---"-
CAristiew Adrocate, in urging the deieteri-
Gus effect Of Catholicity on education, has
an instance Of popular sentiment on that
subject, referred us to the banners of a Span
ISL populace flashing with the nnnttees
70 Down with the Jesnits,n q Give us free
schools, netc.
We are not prepared to contradict or ex-
plain any and every extravaganza OF which
q mob may be capable. No doubt the pur-:
Iieus Of Madrid can furnish as brutal "A
crowd as any other, and such mob may
even be called populaee. But can it prop
erly be styled the people Can the reyel-
lings and dehaucheries of outeasts and
rlffans be called an expression of the pop
nIar sentiment? Isit fair to infer that the
Spanish people have given their verdict on
Eany question, because, underthe inspiration
of hireling army, the worst element of So
ciety takes the ascendant, pillages church
es, describes affairs, tears to shreds the
paintings of great masters, breaks up the
finest specimens of art for fuel, and reyels
IN the destruction of monuments that the
real national heart holds most dear and
most sacred
1t is easy fora military usurpation, in
possession of such g city as Madrid, to find
material enough for the parody of popn-
lar demonstration. Various agencies would
combine to aid its purpose. 1rreligion,
and hatred ofevery thing divine, would send
their retainsA as volunteers money would
make partisans of needy wretches, who
might otherwise be indifferent, and the
plrensy Of revolution and indulgence
yyonId swell the crowd with lawless men
canagale of every excess. 1t is evident that
ssSs populace, if it could be called by that
San would be ready to carry any kind of
1 lAansssrF and echo every cry that would suit
/ the purpose Of their patrons.
Il hv enemies OF the Church everywhere
1tasse up the same cry, and triumphantly
proclaim as popular verdict.
Even if it were a genuine and spontane-
ous outburst of national feeling, what would
&c be worth 2 In answer to this, we need
only refer our readers to an extract to be
found in another of our columns to-day,
taken from correspondence of the London
Tablet, and descriptive of the revolution
as found in Seville.
What picture, and what verdict.
!" 1bdjo Jesa ~ " Down with Jesus"
1t f6rcibly reminds one of the popular YER
dict on Calvary. The High Priest, how
ever, in procuring the sentence of death on
his Saviour, still proclaimed the existence
of God, and the Roman soldier who assisted
in the execution of that sentence recognized
divinity in the Jupiter whom he Worship
ed while the renegade priest who preachedi in
Seville gave God only five minutes to PROVE
his existence by sending a fash of lightning,
and the demagogue who spoke as mouth
piece. of the Spanish mob, scoffed at the the
DRY of any Japites who could not be seen
(, With the naked eye
Is this the populace WHOSE verdict our
neighbor so triumphantly records and en-
Stimes carries the champion into an Outpost
that he cannot maintain, and community
Of interest sometimes makes us consort
with comrades Of whose company we ough.
to be ashamed.
No one can read the, description alluded
to without being reminded of the atrocities
'tof the FreEeh Revolution. T6e>s same orgies
that ushered in its darker terrors are beine
resenacted in Spain, and the family likeness
fof impiety n4ruthiess vandalism is plainly
stamped on both histories Persons .
both sexes specially dedicated Co the servict
of God-priests and uuns-are violently
robbed Of the property used by their com
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