The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-05-19
THE SPANISH ,CORTES AND
CONSTITUTIONS.
Great Debate on the Religious
Clauses.
FOR AND AGAINST RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM.

There arc in the Spanish Cortrs
three di gni!arieS OF the church who
have been returned aS deputies; the
Cardinal Archbishop OF Santiago: the
Bishop OF Jacn. and tie Canon OF Vic
toria all remarkable mcn--rcluarka.
bic alike for their pirty and learning,
~ for their cloqucncc and their hos
tility to every creed hut their own. 1t
has been rumorcd for some days that
the clerical battery in the house WAS
shortly TO open fire. Expectation WAS
on tirt"r when il was given ont that
the assault was to be Initiated by Scnor
Man;crola. the Canon OF Niloria. lie
commenced by saving he did not be-
lirrc they were quite in chaos: hu!
they were Just 1T the edge. and this
projected constitution would. IL car
ricd. be the means Of prrcipitaIing
them right into il. He had heard.
with hi> heart deeply w3undrd-mot
only Wounded. but ilr>trnyrh--lhC
tremendously un Just. umtnundrd. amd
@ratuituu> charges which had been
launched from that place against the
! Roman Catholic Church. lie then
asked: In what branch Of human
! knowledge had the Catholic Clergy
failed to make portcntouS progress
! Did the Catholic Church need the APP
partition Of Professionalism to cultivate
the Oriental languages. and give 10 the
world those pnly"lot Bibles. which
! the PrUtr>.aut> have neither had time
nor lrarnin" enough to know hH W /"
read: a. To Liberalism. what is l.il-
craliSm! Srnor Fi";rra> hah said il
consisted in recognizing and r">prrt-
in" the sovereignty innate in the man.
| in all and in each one: whence result
rd first the sovereignty OF tho imdirid-
ual and ai'lcrward the sovereignty Of
the individuals collectively. lie did
not know how the two comld be har-
moniZrd in their simultaneous rXcr.
else. Who could he the harmouizrr,
the regulatory? Who could define
when the use of ri "ht should be lc-
.itimatc or not? Who but the law. !.
e., the Church? lie denied that the
massacre OF the 5000 Jews in tho city
Of Toledo was consequence of the
prrachin" Of Himccntc Frrrrr. Scnor
| Castelar, had asserted that the exclusion
OF the Jews and Moors was IN irrcpa-
rablc injury TO the industry Of Spain.
| He Mantcrola neither condemned
nor excused the act. hut he did not be.
| licvc tl.at religious intolerance had rX,
crciScd an influence prriudirial to the
development Of the public wealth.
J And strange it is. gentlemen. that the
Jews, SO wise In ancient times. al
present attracts very little attention III
tue civilized world Where is now
their architecture. their arts and srirn'
rcs, and their schools? Apart from
some knowledge OF chemistry which
thcy have learned from the Arabs. and
apart from some trinketry and the pet
" industry OF slippcr-making, | do
not know what the Jews know. arc
these the descendants Of those who
raised the magnificent Temple of Jc'
rusalcm? Only one word more aboni
the Jews. propose two things 10
Scnor Castelar,. and if those be done
he will find in me vigorous. crch>s
fanatical partisan in favor Of the Jews
The Jews have much money, and Scnor
Castelar, has much talcnt-thc jews
have great riches, and Scnor Castelar,
great aud profound political Enow''
edge, applicable TO the form OF gov
crmmcmt of States. Let the Jews
then. apply Il part Of their riches IN
rai,in. anew the Temple Of Jerusalem,
and let Senior Castelar, go and INSPIRE
them with the Republican thought so
,ha. they shall rrcunstitutc themselves
a people. with their banner and their
! President - from i;at moment the
Catholic Church will have been killed.
for the word Of the Lord will have
been destroyed. Mantcrola proceeded
t. speak of Luther. and who he assert
cd had such bitter feelings against the
Jews that he. wrote that it was ncccs.
sary to destroy their synagoSues and
their houses. to deprive them Of their
books Of Prayer, their Talmud, and
even their Old Testament, and to pro-
hibit vigorously their education. But
,bn ~, ~ oI;c rEnrch bo6 Nnrcr Dn0lpcf. &.