The New York herald., 1870-01-05
HERALD WEDNESDAY JANUARY l87o-TRPLE SHEET

question; We speak for rs ail, Of Gil nations. We
come here also to protest against the assassination
oa OF tne Roman republic IN lsa9. We beseech you,
therefore, to accept our platform aa 1t IL brought
from Paris or with slight notifications II you
choose; but accept 1t as your manifesto because We
home more directly to the question at Issue before
us than the declaration OF the majority OF the COM
Inittee. loud appause.)
NJ. ovARY-To protest against the Pope and the
Eoumenical Council would not be worth the while.
We must rather devise some practical measures to
attack religion, and these measures, rnnR, may
DC found III our majority report. Two points should
be insisted upon by us-t0 separate the state from
the Cnurcn; 10 institute schools free from all re.
gious interference. In Hungary and some countries
OF Germany great progress has been made In ellmi-
mating religion from the schools. The state should
only educate men, lne Church should have nothing
to do with II. The dominating creed should not be
supported by the money Of those who are opposed
to lt.
SlgnOr MoNTALBANO, OF Palermo expressed his
approval or the platform sent from Paris. Liberty
OF conscience the negatlon OF God. should DO the
NJ. MACY, Of Hungary contended tnat tine Papacy
70 suncient protest against tsef Our idea should
be brotherhood confederation and the peoples. Let
us DO cosm0p0ltes ana love all our fellows whether
they speak Italian, French. Engllsn, German any
Ing up they win moi consent to be beasts Of burden
any longer The alliance OF peoples will replace the
intrlgues OF cabinets. We SHOULD combat ignorance
and mSery-those lnseparabe companions. The
money collected from the labor OF the people should
be spent IN popular education instead or maintain
are the chle obstacles to liberty and until they are
abolished we Will not have free man In free
STATE Hence we must address ourselves TO innu.
ence pubic opinion In favor OF the abolition OF all
armed forces. believe war Is q horrible thing. IL
may reoccur; but l want war only IN the interest
Of the people, and then want 1t to the knife.
NJ LEBALLEUR, OF Marseles-rne Pope Is nothing;
we must not protest against the Ecumenlcal C0un-
cil: What we must 90 IS 20 combat God. The Pope
Is only his vicar. We must strike at the sources aud
undermine all religions. When we are engaged IN
sucn an undertaking this We must have the cour-
age or our opinions. Why 40 you decline to attack
God squarey IN your declarationY DIVINITY directly
causes that man is u beast like the brute6. The
people 40 not want any DISCUSSIONS It wishes the
destruction Of what Oppresses II; 1t yearns 10r
emancpators to recover lts rights. Away with all
ntrgues, intrcaces, hnessing and splitting OF hairs.
mouth 1--WE are tired or being slaves; we want our
rights" You have appealed TO them to send dele.
deceive % re- or nooIwinK them. You have ave those rights
clearly expressed IN the platfOrmf ramed at Paris
and beseech you 70 adopt IL az the best maniiesLa
tion OF our Ideas. II may oe modified BY amend-
Al this juncture Messrs. Andrieux OF Lyons ana
Regnard, OF Paris, came slightly INTO collision on
the merits OF Their respective IDEAS and gave utter
ance 70 some very excited and random remarks,
which were frequently interrupted. The Amencal
and German delegates, who had been sitting all the
time with their ears open, but without hearing In
sense OF understanding what was being Droacned
mi5takaDle signs OF lmpatlence They tried to stop
the Frenchmen from mOn0pOllzng, they said the
order, but all vain. Tne president tried 70 ca IN
the 1eutonic fire. but 1t grew Rpace. The French
delegates clamored for full and further discussion
the Teutons were as strenu0usly tavor OF coming
to o practical conclusion TINS evening or OF witn-
drawing from the Anti Council the war was declared
1T once. The representative from st. LOUIS no.,
pulled out his watch ana stated In English that the
orator had been running on against tlme sense and
order, and that II not stopped at once he would with
draw. No stoppaee; the Frcncnman declared that
IL was an assembly Of Tree thinkers and he, as
every one present. was free to express his thoughts
bell sioaring General confusion tnereubon sci in'
Tue ST. Louis delegate, Mr.. Paul Ludeklng then,
instead OF sitting QUO the confusion ana carrying
his point through obstinate endurance gave the
signal OF the break up and grand row by
putting on mis- hat with German stolldity,
quietly abandoning the table and walking
less. Then the representatives OF Hungary, Austria
and Germany followed, alter protesting that tue
exclusion OF the loquacty of the rest present Herr
Ronge, or Frankfort, delivered his speeches Eng
would cry out In loud cultural voice, Nonsense -
French revolution might do very well at Paris but
ne wanted none OF II at thls board. Finally he
obtained the floor.
NJ. RoNGE-We must decide this evening on the
practical question before u.s. afterwards we can de-
eide upon metaphysics We Germans did not come
here TO elrn what Is SpritualisIn or materaIism.
You can't teach US what we knew before you were
born. Decide this evening upon the practical p0iix
that we nave assembled " diScuss-t0 deliver man.
kind from the yoze OF Popery. Accept the platform
OF the majority ana elect an International commit
tee to disseminate practically our ideas anu QOc
trines In each country.
The PRESIDENT implored the assembly to vote the
declaration Of principles OF the majority
some conclusion before dispensing, Otherwise he
would have TO remind them that II they returned
home without doing anything, both they anu the
cause would become ridiculous IN the eyes OF the
world
An attempt was made at the last extremity to
limit debate TO ten minutes; both the French ana
the Italians announced tnat they not IN hurry
such grave questions should not oe hurried over; I;
tnaS they ielt bound 10 sit all night
or reassembe night alter night rather than
not give eacn man the time ana means
OF free expression and OF full hearing. Beng IN
the decided majority tney refused vote the decla
ration; whereupon all present, without order
ceremony, arose from the table and scattered In
groups III the hall, IN the streets and homew ard
bound. The foreigners are In hurry To return
home; they declare tnat they have been here ten
days, tnat nothing has been done, ana hence they
shall leave. The Antl-Oouncl II IL should more
get together as a formal body. VIII be purely a
Franco Italian affair." and without that cosmopolitan
character which It's president Count tlcc.ardl has
striven 80 hard TO secure and mantain. SO lar the
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