The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-11-26


a-Chapelle, headed by their burgomaster,
have put forth q vigorous protestation, and
several OF the German Bishops have done
| the same. =
Justice as Administered Tn Ron,o Under
Victor Emmanuel-The Barberini family
has long possessed a convent in Rome,
known by the name Of the Barberini Con-
| vent. This has been appropriated, and the
Prince brought an action, in consequence,
against N. Gadda. The latter gained the
day, the Cours deciding that the Barberini
Convent was not the property of the Bar
berini family.
SWITZERLAND.
Genera and the Religious Congregations
The party unfortunately now in power at
Geneva have declared war against the few
| religious houses existing in the canton.
These consisted of one convent of French
Carmelites of the Reform of st. Teresa, two
or three establishments of Sisters of Charity,
engaged in schools and in the Catholic hos
pital, and one or two schools Of Christian
Brothers. Alter enduring u great deal of
petty vexation, the Carmelites resolved to
anticipate their expulsion, and have loft
the canton, addressing most admirable
letter to the Council of State, in which they
| state that they have never desired any legal
| recognition as corporation, but have
simply claimed the right of living together,
having complied with every formality re-
quired of foreigners, aud with their pass
ports and cartes de sejour perfectly e" regle.
This liberty, write the Carnelites, we pos
sess in the whole of Europe, in England,
in Turkey, and in Sweden, as also in Anne
| rica,- We leave with the melancholy and
painfal conviction that in the year 1871 the
Republic of Geneva, which welcomes re-
fugees and consprators from every country,
Is alarmed at our presence on its territory,
and is afraid of eight poor women who had
no other ambition than to hveIn voluntary
poverty, courageous labor an1Prayer. The
letter was read at the meeting of the Coun-
Gil of State, and. the project of law affect
ing members of religious corporations was
referred to q committee. 1t will be seen
how personal rights and liberties are under
stood at Geneva. In thorough-going revo-
lutiOnary communities Catholic religious
has none, and some of the Swiss cantous are
rapidly qualifying themselves for admis-
sion into that category. The same number
of the Journal dc Genere which contains
the draft decree against the religious con-
gregatiops, publishes also q manifesto of
the International, prescribing great Soci-
alist procession to commemorate the foun-
dation of the society.
SOUTH AMERICA.
Guatemala.-The Gaceta of this Republic
publishes an address to the people of
Guatemala, from the President of the same,
to the effect that he has strenuously adj
vocated the abolition of the law which
enabled the Rev. Fathers of the Order of
Jesus to remain in the country, because the
influence of the Order is Incompatible with
liberty. His6rst duty is to keep the coun-
try in peace, and therefore the Jesuits must
SO, and be expelled the country. With an
unctuous hypocrisy he disdains any want
of respect for the true religion and its min
listers. The poor Fathers, deprived of their
property, were conducted under a guard of
soldiers, as if they were public malefactors,
70 0rf Gov V~e u
for Panama. The Provincial of the Fa-
theirs applied to the President of Salvador
to know whether they would be allowed to
take refuge in that territory. The latter
referred the matter to the Congress, where
it was resolved to prevent their entry into
that Republic; thus, like their Divine
Master, are they driven from one place to
another without a friend. On the 4th of
September last these holy men, to the
number of eighty, were conducted to the
nearest port, where they were to embark
aud go where they liked; and the Salvador
would be carried by storm by these so
priests, sent body of soldiers to the num-
Der of 400 men to the frontiers to oppose
the entry Of the Fathers, should the latter
determine upon going to Salvador. No
thing is too bold or too shameless for these
two unhappy Republics. The Press of the
same countries is equally as bad as the
cause they advocate. The Opinion of Sal
vador publishes in its columns letter
from correspondent, supposed to be writ
ten in Guatemala. This fellow says:-
:" The Jesuits are at the bottom of every
thing. 1t was they who declared war to
the knife against the Government, and who
stirred up the people, composed chiefly of
cow herds, the bishop, and other enemies,
and by means of images, crosses, pictures,
rosaries and Saints, made the people rebel
against the lawful authorities at Santa
Rosa" Now, the foregoing is only small
specimen of what these self-styled Liberals
ale capable of manufacturing SO as to de-
Jude the poor people, who are unhappily
under their thumb. However, in the revolt
that took place at Santa Rosa the rebels
have had the best of it, and, as a retribu-
ton on the scoundrels that have SO wan
tonly driven from their homes the poor
Jesuit Fathers, battalion of infantry
opened fire on a regiment of rifles, both be-
longing to the Government and before the
men could be induced to cease their fire
they had nearly decimated each other, so
that when the insurgents came up there
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