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


we have been furnished the following
from friend long resident
In Seville Ono of the first nets Of the
Jnnto. IA Seville has been 10. pull down
a statue of tho Triumph OF the Most holy
Trin;ty. ,fiiich certainly, as YOU MY re-
member. was no work OF art, but no one
could say it was in the way, or offensive 70
ANYONE. Then came down the Paerta de-
Tr;,na In the Gale de los Reyes GdfoHces.
srh;s yyopderful gate had hitherto escaped
the Vandalism of centuries. 1t was q mon
nment of history, and every scientific COM
m;ssiau had protected and watched over IT.
n is now no more. The Jesuits ancs OraSo-
rians were expelled without days non &c,
and no pity was shown even TO Ihose VINO
we're sick. All were put into tram, sent
to Cadiz, then put on board amerehansman,
which disembarked them one By one at
Gibraltar they were forty eight hours at
sea, and all their food Consisted OF, iresh
water! AS to the conyents, nine nave been
emptiea, and that without any rpetlee pelnS
given to the nuns, VINO Went oue MIN , on
their clothing. Fifty seven churches nave
been condemned tosdestruction. The ms
toricaI old towers of Saint, Marcos and
Omnium Sanetesttm, and the beautiinl
frescoes in s. Felipe, and the oldest parish
church in Seville, " San Miguel" containing
the works of Moatanes, especi9liy ,Cnrst-
called " FL Padre Jesus de la Pasion, !" are
all to be leveled to the ground The
Wanderf,l byzantine door of S. Juan de la.
Palma. the Church OF los Remedies, are
coming down, and the gilt and lniaid retaCtos
which adorned it have been sold for Urine
aud sent to Marseilles. A. number OF boys
are paid halfpenny each to go and stand
before a statue of Our Saviour, which Is
close to s.. Felipe, and cry out I" Down With.
Jesus ~ Abaio Jesus ~ You can imagine
nothing more horrible than the reign OF
bIasplemy which has taken possession OF
the city. The churches are used as CLUBS
and, meeting halls by the lowest OF the
reyolutionists; the affairs too are used as
seats, and smoking, singing, andpfotanltles
which cannot be published take place IN
the churches dedicated to God and His
servants Men get up into the pulpits and
there proclaim the most trightfut pias-
pheE-ies; forinstance, one person. a mem
szfJTsr of the Junta, began by inquiring, My
brethren, have you ever seen Cody NO,
you will tell me then there is no God, since
YOU have not seen him." Another decla1m-
ed against the existence ofhell, and put the
| doctrine to the vote. The vote has car
ried it, he cried out, % and there Is no
hell;" the uproar was tremendous. an.
other person, an apostate priest, who natI
| been living in open immortality, got INTO
one of the palpits and began by saying;
=" Gentlemen, you have heard plenty OF lies
| from this place. ! will now tell You the
truth for once; no God whatever exists,
and give You the proof OF this BY allowing 1.g
| him to destroy me with a stroke OF light
ming if he CAM This unfortunate mans
name is Cabrera, and he was once mem
4 Der of the Society of st. Joseph Calasan-
| itino. The two most famous 7eta6f0s In
Seville, by martinez, who IS with justice
called the Phidias of Seville, have ceased
to exist Men placed on guard duriug the
night lighted a fire, and, as the fuel failed,
they pulled down these two fctdbtcs. fhey
burnt the arms and legs and many OF the
I columns, but they preserved the heads OF
these beautiful figures in order TO sell them.
As passed by the morning after, and saw
the pieces charred and burnt of these won
lierful works of art, burst into tears. and
4 spoke nay mind pretty freely; but 1T Is Of
no use. Two Madonnas, curious works OF
art of the fifteenth century, have also been
pulled down and destroyed. You may re-
member them. One was situated IN the
tacbada of the Seminario Conefliar, and
I was placed there centuries ago, When the
college was opened in farar dc los po6rss
The wretched officer who ordered the words
Seminayio C0ncilidr to be erased comman0eo
the statue of the Blessed Virgin to be cast
down from its height upon the pavement
below and broken. Tie horrible things
!. Our Saviour, of the Blessed Virgin, and the
saints of the Church of st. Felipe, are such
that some of the miserable criminals are
? pursued with such fear and remorse thai
they can neither rest nor sleep, and deciar'
that the Judgment of God is upon them
, must add, that as soon as the; convent
. were closed number Of houses TT fiia-faihi
were opened, and immortality is keepinl
pace with the liberty of revolution. J
: would be well, indeed, if you could caN th'
: atteption of civilized Europe TO the bar
: barism which is destroying aH that :
: precious in Spain Correspondent Of tn
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: DIOCESE OF DErRorT.--A correspondent