Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-02-14
THE SPANISH REVOLUTION.
Dissertation of Churches and Destruc-
ton Of Religious Memorials.

ton Of Religious Memorials.
A correspondent of the London
Tablet, long a resident of Seville,
writes as follows:
One of the first acts Of the Junta
in Seville has been to pull down q
statue Of the Triumph of the Most
Holy Trinity, which certainly, rs
you may remember, was no work
of art, but no one could say it was
in the way, or offensive to.any one.
Then came down the Puerta de
Triana in the Gale de los Reyes
CatolicoS. This wonderful gate
had hitherto escaped the vandalism
of centuries. 1t was monument
of history, and every scientific com
mission had protected and watched
over it. 1t is now no more. The
Jesuits and Oratorians. were eX-
PEELED without a days notice, and
no pity shown even to those who
were sick All were put into a
train, sent to Cadiz, then put on
board merchantmen, which dis
embarked them one by one at Glib
raltar. They were forty eight
hours at sea, and all their food con
sisted of fresh water. AS to the
converts, nine have been emptied,
and that without any notice being
given to the nuns, who went out
with only their clothing. Fifty
seven churches have been con-
demned to destruction. The his
torical old towers Of Saint Marcos
and Omnium Sanctorum, and the
beautiful frescoes in S. Felipe, and
the oldest parish church in Seville,
San Miguel" containing the
works of Montanes, especially
Christ called "El Padre Jesus
de la Passion" are all to be
leveled to the ground. The wons
derfnl Byzantine door of S.Juan
de la P alma, the Church of los Re
medios, are coming down, and the
gilt and inlaid retdG2oS which adOr-
ned it have been sold for a trife,
and sent to Marseilles. A number
Of boys are paid a half-penny each
to 90 and stand before a statute of
Our Savior, which is close to S. Fe-
lipe, and cry out, Down with Je-
sus !" " Abajo Jesus T. You can
imagine nothing more horrible
than the reign ofblasphemy which
has taken possession of the city.
The churches are used as clubs and
meeting halls by the lowest of the
revOlutionists; the affairs too are
used as seats, and smoking, sing
ing, and prOfanities which cannot
be published, take place in churches
dedicated to God and His servants.
Men get up into the pulpits and
there proclaim the most trighttul
blaphemies; for instance, one per
son, member of the Junta, began
by inquiring, My brethren, have
you over seen God? No, you will
tell me; then there is no God, since
you have not seen him." Another
declaiming against the existence of
hell, and put the doctrine to vote.
{" The vote has carried it, he cried
out, and there is no hell
the uproar was tremendous An
other person, an apOstate priest,
who had been living in open i'm
morality, got into one Of the pull
pits and began by saying: Gen
tlemen, you have heard plenty OF
| lies from this place l will now tell
you the truth for once; no God
whatever exists, and | give you the
proof Of this by allowing him to
destroy me with a stroke Of light
ming if he can This unfortunate
mans name is Cabrera, and he
was once a member of the Society
of st. Joseph CalasanitinO. The
| two most famous retdJloS in Seville
by MARTINEZ, who is with Justice
called the Phidias Of Seville, have
ceased to exist. Men placed on
guard during the night lighted a
fire, and, as the fuel failed, they
pulled down these two retabl0s
They burnt the arms and legs and
, many Of the columns, but they
: preserved the heads Of these beau
tiful figures in order to sell them
As passed by the morning after
and saw the pieces charred and
burnt Of these wonderful works 0
art, | burst into tears, and SPOKE
7 my mind pretty freely, but it is o
no use. Two Madonnas, curious
{ works Of art Of The fifteenth Contu
+ ry, have also been pulled down anC
/ DESTROYED You may remembe
e them. One was situated in tn
Vt fdcada Of the Seminario Conciliar
: and was placed there centuries age
e when the college was opened IN .Jo
ear de los pobres. The wretche,
IS officer who ordered the words Sen
.r mario COncHiar to be erased com
al manded the statue OF the BlcsSc
1t | Virgin to be cast down from II
&c height upon the pavement bclO'
S and broken The horrible thing
i which have been done with the in
ne ages Of Our Saviour, of the blesse
p Virgin, and the saints Of the Churc
I'd of S. Felipe, are such that some 4
n. the miserable criminals are pursue
e. with such fear and remOrse tn
,r. they can neither rest nor sleep, NJ
n declare the Judgment Of God
upon them. must add, that
soon rs the converts were closed
- number Of houses of ill-f;ume We
nI opened, and immortality is keePn
Ho pace with the liberty of revolutio
,n' 1t would be well, indeed if y
- could call the attention of civiliz
~ Europe to the barbarism which
10 destroying all that is precious
~ Spain.
- A Boston paper gives as the LAT
Ohe Grecian Bend-The acceptance of