The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-07-26

acted ga tie cloa.t II De Church Be
sides ihe soldiers, knowing thetethuss
e lho ec.esIastics. repaid tbem as Yam.
kecs ooly could Ihoy would graseiy
addtoss thum as women as they met
them D. Their robes ou The street. aad
tease them numerically when ont oi
SIGH, u theig officers The, ltti0 as
We may tb,uk IL, bad a powerful eilgot
in shaking tbe belief 81 tho supersti
hoUs McSlrau peasant "a tho power Of
iha priest ,o culst % bless Much tnth
too, was brought INTO the country 81
blts aud resiaments were scattered
among the people aud AZ element 81
religious inquiry aroused which had
seareel, existed before
After tie Withdrawal 81 t United
States Army the struggle between tue
opposing Influences went forward Tor
ten years more, ull- 1857, the Ijbcfal
party gained control OF the Government
A Constitution, securing The fullest
rights OF liberty and speech, modelled
upon our own, was adopted The IN
meuse Church property was national
ized. Equal burdens were placed upon
ell, and Just laws and common prlu-
.eges governed and measured tie rights
81 all The triumph was decisive md
complete The Church party. however,
under Miramon and other lealers, con
tuued 70 oppose the will Of tho nation
and embarrass the Government.
This confused state OF the country
had made it impossible TO afford pro-
lection to foreigners, or meet the just
claims Of the European bondholders
Our civil war forbade any interference
on the part Of the United States. 1t
seemed a favorable opportunity, aud
the Governments OF England, France
aud Spain formed triple convention
to exact material guarantees Of repay
ment Back Of this was AN understand
| ing on tIe part Of the Church diguita-
RES and cniefs Of the reactionary party
with the French Emperor, whereby the
Catholic religion was to be reinstated
under the Archduke Maximhan. As
this arrangement came to light, Eng
land and Spain refused to be parties to
the pr ject, and concluded separate trea.
ties of peace France, which had the
smallest pecuniary claims against Mex
leo, pushed ber eesigns Napoleon's
ambition was to found Latin empire
in the West, aud control the passages
Of the Isthmus Of Tehuantepec and Of
Central America, as be did that Of Suez
The war became one Of conquest on his
part and of desperate patriotic resis-
tahce on the part Of Mexico.
On his arrival, Maximilian found he
had been deceived as to the feeling OF
the country He found it impossible to
restore TO the Church the right it claim.
ed, and worse than folly to do so were
it possible He ended by sanctioning
the action Of the Liberals, substantially
as it stood VI it'll the best of motives,
and the most earnest endeayors, he Of
course failed to satisfy either party, and
fell between two stools.
The Withdrawal Of the French. at the
close of our civil war left him without
respect and without resources. He
was regarded by the nation but as the
tool of the priest and the foreigner He
was in false position, and all the worth
of his private character went for moth.
ing Soon after be left the City OF
Mexico the walls Of the capital were
piaeardod with caricature which well
illustrates the feeling Of the people. -
The Archduke bestrode sorry jackass
fastened to whose tail the imperial
crowa truiled in the dust. A Ifrenel
zouaye and a priest, weeping as they
went, led the animal, while the legeno
below, From Mexico to Vera Cruz,
explained the whole, Then came the
tragic end Fear is ptiess. Maximil
ian was the representative Of foreign
intervention, and the blow which coulC
not reach the plotter of the Tuiltries
fell on his head
The Romish party were held respon
sible for this Intervention. II is i'm.
possible, says Mr. Riley, for one not up
on the ground TO realize the depth o.
this feeling among thinking men, o.
its effect on the popular mind III th,
great cities. Fifteen years ago, wher
the bell rang for YES Pers every head
would have been uncovered on th,
great plaza Of Mexico. 1t would hav,
been as much as ones lie was worth e
refuse Last March he stood there
and noticed Of The hundreds passing
and repassing, two old men remoy,
their hats. That was all
The Government, with the same
feeling, are doing their utmost 10 bui(
counteracting influence, and aid il
every way they properly can the evan
gelical movement FIFTY Protestant
churches have been planted, as the 70
suit, in different parts Of Mexico dur
ing the past two years.
The door is wide open for Christian
truth amid the turmoil and confusion
OF political affairs. Nor are these, D
delay, any Just ground for discourage
ment III England $50 years. checker
ed with war aud revolution, and mad
glorious with suferings and martyr
dom, elapsed between the feeble begin
nings Of the Reformation mud it's fnal
assured victory But one-thirl Of thi
period has passed in Mexico, and th
light even now grows bright toward th