, 1870-07-30
THE WAR IN EUROPE
Sat n Religious War.

To tie Editer Of The Chicago Tibuu.:
VIII JoQ atlow constant reader Of TIE Tai
hCsf fo1n IN It's columns to say 4 few wonls upon
certain pU:nt In controversy that has arisen In
Respect 10 The WIZ between France and Prussia,
which Is liable 10 mike ln,*aprrchenson. some Of
which TIE TRtHrsE has Itself circulated and en-
coulnEcd: I 1lluile to &hn statement itat this
Wiz IL wAf between Catholicism, On the ene
side, and Professionalism, on the other. Nothing
can be further ifom the truth than auch state
me0L II Is contraalcteI by all the facts III the
casc+ First When sou loak \, the religious char
ac1e5 Of the two peoples, II Will be found that the
French, though catholic In name, have, like the
Germans, enanc!pateL themselves from nearly all
The btso1f1 and intolerance of that natruw c1ect.
ln confirmation of this neII only cite the worls
81 one OF tle Greatest ana most enlightened
historians Of modern timea, who. being AZ
Eae.ishman, cannot he accused nt pa..ttltts
BIck1e," ere not ouly quite a. free trum III.
Hl:ous qualities Ut superstition nn1 intolerance \,
are thy must civilized rro;eAtanls, but they are
flnlA a. the Scotch HnA SNedeA" Again;
Whoever has travelled IL france with sutActeni
attention 70 0isserfe the ideas aad opinions Ut thu
1euplt. Will sec an ilabesai religion accompanied
hy liberal views, and CREED fu OF Superstition
professe.l b a pcople, among whom superstition
Is comparatively rare. Aud thls ln,essl tendency
day, BY the open opposition OF such men AZ perr
iIyacrthe and the Frchch bishops Of the Ecu-
mentcal Counsi, wl!u, while nolntuailY adhereinZ
TO The Church, ere. like go many tllustrisus
Fnuchmen In all ages of the world, at war with
ttE corTnpt1ons. lts prosecutions, and shs0lutsu
Nor Raoula the fact that The Irish aympatn!zc,
to 80 large an extent, with the French Id this war
lead Us ~ Attribute IT n ay similarity Ut religious
heucf,'etwecn The ,wo lenne. Ii ts sufficient fur
] them tn EnaH that the English feeling AMI ptr-
| 1ul!Ce arr unlisted Hgainkt the ..Frencn Fur an
Ir1shmaAB hatresl Of EnK8nt la 50 great, that 1r
Is only to a!e convinced that the English cspaust
utfier. hut. Ia the ptcstslt instance 1t must he
tnrne ID tn!nti that, on every principle Of gratl-
| 1uAe, The list heatt ought 70 heat tn Sympathy
| With thnse who have stood 1relSula steatast
friend anG supporter through 50 many fcrtIou.
revolutions nf it, own. History scarcely records
Einec example Of the uprising of THE Irish peortl
aEaust the fsranuy of thc!r !uers, When thousand-
barls to nlnge III the ftay aga,nst the hereditary
| eneulr Of France. Witness such expeditions III
| That u st Ruth, anu, latss, tia: u thu
Eai1snf M9s: IN sec Which hs1. lr:nmsn
vessels hovrrirg On thelE coast and Iantli1g thou
| sands Of troops. who la!tt il0Wn their ltres aE
fortunes lighting f,ss the Nt,ersrs Of l1-,ai IL II
70 f'e Thought st.ange, therefore, that Tits tmru
stvc rtople, who, whatever nlsy bc said OF theis
| character iu other particulars, arc not n.1re t6
forget their frleusls. should, u,1u 1learit.x tta
| France hnu taken mp arms la almost Auy causc,
enlist ,tner her standard. And shalt hence tx
inferred ihat she u waging this war 10 the inter
1 tsts III ERthuIicisni7
| The h1mple truth IL, 1ha: the questions at i4sut
lrtwcen 1lr TWO coulialailts have no religion:
bearing whatever. AMI It VI. would look q lir:i.
fnfsher. and without has We should see that thl
| ambition OF two men, Win bsltn nsr!re tn III I'll,
leader II European uf,intOH In their Respective
uI,tlutI In favor Of Capitalization anil a''so1utsm
hA1 Lll nIoEc tu 10 in bringing On fnls war thar
| IN IMPARTIAL OBSERVER.