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

millions of inhabitants. but only about
ten per cent. Of them were Catholics,
and they were due, to q very large eS-
tent, to the annexation Of States which
were originally Of Catholic settlement
Texas, Louisiana. California. lie
said there were four fundamental races
in Europc-thc Latin. the Gcrmanic,
the Greek, and the Sclavonic. The
Latin race reflected its socialistic char
actcr, its love Of unity, it's tendency to
discipline and organization. and uni
vcrsal vassalage in Catholicism. The
Gcrmanic race reflected its individual
ism and it's love Of personal indepcn-
dcncc in Professionalism. The Greek
raco manifested the prcdomiuancc Of
the metaphysical idea over tho moral.
The Sclavonic adored n species OF
MesSiahism, sort. of. autocratic relig.
tionH.a afIn nthe government there, were
two raccs-thc Indo- European and the
Scmitcs. The Ind European was the
progressive ono, the creators Of the
ancient Greek and the modern Ger
man. The Scmitcs were the religious
race. and were represented by Moses,
Christ and Mahomct. The Jews and
! Arabs. those children Of the desert.
adorcd the ono God. The Christian
SrniicS adorcG principally the first
person Of the Trinity, and scarcely no.
ticcd the second or the third. The
Indo. European adorcl the Virgin and
the saints, aud scarcely recognized
God. CATER thus establishing his
general principles. he took up Canon
Mantcrola'S question as to when the
! Catholic Church had ill-trca,ed tho
JcwS.) Why. the fact was they We're
treated rs slaves, and rrckOncd up
with beasts Of burden. lie had with
him the inventory Of the property OF
the Monastery Of San Cosmo and san
Damian In 97S. Did the deputies
know how those monks catalosucd
| their goods! Here it was-ttty mares,
twenty female Moors or Jews thirty
male ditto. lie then asserted that
Spain had not always been an intolcr'
ant country. Witness the times OF
Ferdinand III the Holy. and Of Alonzo
Y the wise. the first of whom con-
1ucrcd Seville. and the second Mcr'
ria. Religions intolerance began il
.he middle of the fourteenth century
and in the fifteenth. Then il was tha
San Hinccntc Fcrrpr preached that
sermon in the Cathedral Of Toledo
which resulted in The terrible massacre
of the three thousand Jews in that
city. Scnor Manttrola had said
iauntin@ly.tha hat the Jews were only fl
to make slippers. and had asked hin
TO cite what iluStrious men had sprung
from that race since their expulsion.
lie could cite many. but he would
only give SpinoSo. the first Of modern
philosophers. who, had it. not been fol
their Inquisitlon. might have been
born here. and his glory might have
gildcd their horizon. for he was born
Of Spanish descent and Of Spanish
Jews. They might dissent from his
ideas. but they could not deny his
genius. Intolerance had deprived
them Of that glory. Disracli. his (Cas-
itcar's) political enemy. the Tory. Con.
scrvativr-call him what they liked
in politics; but he was Il grca, orator.
a great novelist. y great Htcrnt"S. a
great statesman. and the head Of the
British aristorrary. lie WAS Il glory
which. but for their criminal intolGl :
ancr, might have belonged 20 othc Span.
ish nation. Daniel Mamin. too, the
Italian patriot. was born Of parents
which sprung from expelled Spanish
Jews. The fact was that in deprivin@
themselves Of the Jews they had de-
privcd themselves of an inGnity ol
names who might have been the l,istci
and the glory Of the country. liz
then proceeded 10 u fierce onslaught
against the body Canon Mantcrolg
represented - the Neo Catholics -
windin" up by saying Of them. tho
j OK knowcth its owner, and the ass il
imaslcr'S crib; but the Nco-Catholit
party knowcth not its Lord" (Thi:
pcrvcr<inn Of the Bible caused intense
amusement 10 all but the reverend
deputies. who did not look ut nj
pleased. especially as it was very cvi
dent that Castelar, was carrying The
house with him.) Abiding TO prrSc
culiOm. he said that ScnOr Manlcrola' :
pucrilc assertion that the Church did
not Kill the hrrcicS. but that the civi
power did, was equivalent 10 the as
sausin saying hr did not kill his victim
Rbui his dagger did. The InqusitioI
had been the dagger Of the Church
Trhc truth Of the prosecutions was tt
}bc read in every page Of their ccclcsi
{ astical history. Did Scnor Mantcrolf
\wiSh him to cite the Encyclical i'll
which Pope Innocent III CONDEMNED
the Jews to eternal slavery? Did ht
wish him to bring the letter in whicl
Pope Plus V charged Philip II to seek
an assassin to kill Elizabeth Of En-
gland! He then passed on to Scnol
Manterola's boast rs to the Catholic
Church llavin. been the depository ol
learning, and the founder Of grand
universities. lie would be just. Ilt
would admit this. When Europe cn
tire was tlccompOscd Of fcudalism, tht
Church was the center Of unity; thu
idea Of life; the tribune Of the people
she was the shield Of the people, ant
the only intellectual and moral instru
mrnt in the midst Of barbarism. Sht
rould not live long in such times with
ont being powerfully progressive IN
stitutiOn. But compare the great uni
vcrsiiics which the ideas Of the nix
tccnth and seventeenth centuries orig
mated with the most illustrious o
their own-Salamanca, for instance
What illustrious foreign, English OF
German, universities had Senior Man
tcroIa ritcd2 Those Of Spain had ret
regarded, not because the Spaniard
were less intelligent or talented than
the English or the Germans, but he
cause the latter had acquired before