The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-05-19

Protestant intolcranccH rCathollclSm
might have been intolerant--it was
authority; and in the, nature of things
authority could not tolerate disorder,
unbi'illcness' and Righteousness. Even
this very project, Of the constitution
was, intolerant, ,fof" it provided all
sorts of'loop!hotes for suspension OF
privileges Ry means Of law. AS. ia
Scnor CASTELAR,, ho was sure, he would
repent when he read ever his speech
of last week, rs reported IN the papers
fIe 1Castclarl could never have been
in Rome or he would never have said
what he did say. n.',.". ,,1,..,...2
gastela{y-7yss; :{ Ks ;.l!aast:year yll / Was es 1hsers
Canon Mantcrola-But I say to the
Chamber that | do not believe that
Scn0r Castelar, ever was IN Rome
True. Senior Castelar, may have been al
Rome. Perhaps hc slept there. Peo-
pic sleep everywhere. Scn0r CASTELAR,
returned from Rome to Spain withou,
having been in Rome. The trcund ill.,
tclcct Of Scnor CaStclar-hiS brilliant
ilnagination-his generous hcart-hayc
never been in Rome. and feel for
Senior Castelar,. lie did not see rs
did the true propaganda; he did not
see the Roman College: he did not sec
the learned ones Of Rome; hc did not
witness the literary palpitationS OF
Rome. the admiration OF the world
he did not see Father Scqui, who alone
was worth visiting the capital OF the
Catholic world for. Canon Manierola
then coutraSted Garibaldi and Plus y.
lie said Che latter was the angel Of the
nineteenth century, while the former
was what Monsieur Houhcr had called
him in thc French Scnatc-an cphrm-
cral hero! (hcr%e cfme,U). With re-
Spcct TO the project of tho constitution,
it WAS not sufficiently Catholic. Its
Trainers had erred in thinking they
could preserve the tcrvor Of the CAiho.
lie faith and at the same time not OPP
pose the tolerance of other rrc"dS.
They conld not do both. 1t was wrong
to say. as Article 32 did. that all the
public powers cmanatcd from the ma
ton. They did not--th"y rmana'rtl
from God. lie did not like Article 10.
y b>olutc freedom OF thought was al
ahSurdity. and absolute liberty to
transmit it was an equal abSurdity'
Article 20. which said "thc nation
obl"cS itself to maintain the worship
and the ministers Of the Catholic re-
li.iom," was very cold (mny tI0). IL
did not brlii nation rmincnily and
exclusively Catholic. 1T should not
have said 1.-THE nation obligcS itself;
il should have hccm "iS obliged (0b-
HgniV. Articles II and ~ were less
satisfactory. They permitted other
w"rri.irS Ia hr r"i"hr"t"l hnih Dv
SpaniarIS and Foreigners. II was as
good rs saving to the people OF Spain,
where hitherto no other religion but
the Catholic could be publicly pro-
feSscd. and whose State had hitherto
recognized the Catholic religion as tlic
only true one. and in this sense had
made it the base of all moral and So
cial order: "Spaniards, from to-day
We open the gales Of Spain TO all wor'
ships. aud to all crrc,ls-all can como
here. with their religions and thciI
sacrifices. even with the sacrifices o'
human hlood." [Scnsation. "irS
gentlemen, it j. true, the M"hanInic'
,lan may come here and take rs man!
wives rs he likes. Even Il Sprniard
may abandon his lawful wife and mar
ry with another. When Catholicism
is so i'll treated. who could be the
Judge Of the universal rules Of NOR
ais. aS mentioned in Article u ? What
blasphcmy. what Satanic idea. llt
. 4, Il fl
illuminate against freedom Of worship
to the alternate amusement and dis
gust OF the assembly. Speaking of tho
United States. he said they had pros
prrrd. not because Of the doctrine OF
Hbcrtai de cnIi0S, but in spite OF it
Since 1925 million and half Of pco'
pie had cmi.ratcd there from tho
United Kingdom. Four-iiIthS Of them
were Irish, who carried their Catholic
ism with them. and hence the prosper
ity Of the United States. He conclud
ed thus: Gentlemen. believe that il
Spain, that il our unfortunate country
has the immense misfortune to be- Ia>'
cina;cd by the brilliant hope Of tenn.
poraI prosperity which will not come
il she has tho misfortune TO luuncl
herself into the unnatural arms Of free
worship Qibre c"lfismo)-thr day on
which this occurs, on that day til,
Spain Of the memories OF the past, the
Spain OF the ancient glorics will have
died. That day her name will have
disappeared from the map Of civilized
peoples. That day-God cannot per
nit it-that day this poor nation will
have become Il charnrl house. Tht
destroying angel will gather together
its cold ashes. will heap them up in
the dark tomb of ior.ctfulncss, and
upon the earth OF that unknown sep
ulchre will write, in letters Of fire
i Here lie an apOetatc people, who sac
riiiccd their eternal to secure thcii
temporal welfare, and who remained
without the latter after having lost tht
IormcrS :"
CAsTELARs REPLY.
Immediately after he had sat down
CASTELAR, asked and obtained leave tt
reply. and delivered the speech whicl
has created immense sensation.
lie began by saying 1t was mislor'
tuuc for him. but n cater one for tho
Cortes, to speak 50 often, and ht
hoped it would not be put down to
his intcmperancc OF speech, but to tlit
RESPONSIBILITIES OF his position, and tt
duties Of courtesy. lie promised no.
to speak again for some time, cspec
.iallv during the debates on the totalIt!
Of the project Of constitution. liz
sa;d that Scnor Rios had told him thu
other night that hc should not attack
the church SO severely, ana nc wa,