The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1871-09-07
.oTHAIR" JUSTIFIED.

"LoTHAIR" JUSTIFIED. Among the
countless criticisms upon ''Lothair," few
points were more generally acceded to a
year ago than that which charged the au-
thor with exaggeration or with merely
fantastic invention in what he said Of the
secret societies of Europe-the Mary Anne
and the Madre Natura. The revelations
of the Paris Commune and the responsive
demonstrations of the Democrats in Great
Britain and other countries have shown
however, that Mr. Disraeli had considera-
Bile ground for his declaration that Europe
was honey-combed with secret revolution
arv organizations, whose head quarters
were in Paris, under the very nose of the
Emperor He makes his Monsgnor
Catesby say Of these conspirators They
| have declared war against the Church,
the State, and the domestic principle. All
the great truths and laws on which the
family reposes are denounced. Their re-
ligion is the religion of science. Instead
of Adam, our ancestry Is traced TO the
most grotesque of creatures, thought is
phosphorus, the soul complex nerves, and
our moral sense a secretion of sugar"
On the other hand, General Bruges, the
| type of the Cuserets, the Dombrowskys,
anu OlItl duN Clo VIM IL uitt Nb it-
Gently in Paris, is made to say that Sin
France, though her influence is mythical,
the name of Mary Anne is name Of
magic. Though never mentioned, it is
never forgotten, and the slightest allusion
to it among the initiated will open every
heart. There are more secret societies in
France at this moment than at any period
since 80, though you hear nothing of
them and they believe in Mary Anne,
and in nothing else" In his conversation
with Lothian at Muriel Towers, Cardinal
Grandson tells him that the aspirations
OF the secret societies care blasphemy and
plumber and if the Church were destroy
ed, Europe would be divided between the
atheist and the communist" And suisse
quently, in a conversation with the French
ambassador, the latter says to Monsignore
Berwick "A month ago the secret SO
cieties in France We're only name; they
existed only in the memory of the police,
and almost as Il tradition. At present we
know that they are in complete organiza-
ton, and, what is most strange, is, that
the projects write they have information
that the Mary Anne associations, which
are essentially republican, and are scat
tered about the provinces. are all alive
anu are dSilG MAI ftilllt, to ott hlioN,
was the red name for the republic Years
ago, and there was a sort of myth that
these societies had been founded by a wo-
man. OF course, that is all nonsense, but
they keep it up; it affects the public in
agination, and my government has I'M
doubted evidence thai the word of COM
mand has gone round to all these societies
that Mary Anne has returned, and will
issue her orders, which must be obeyed.
After all, it is the Church against the
secret societies. They are the only two
strong things in Europe, and will survive
kings, emperors. and pariaments.' And,
lastly, General Bruges, speaking of the
priests of Rome, and referring to his oc
cupafion of the city in 1913, says: CHOSE
priests! | tluttered them once. Why did
] not burn down st. Peters? proposed
it; but Mirandola. with his history, and
his love of art, and all that old furniture,
would reserve it for u temple of the true
God and for the glory of Europe. Fine
results we have accomplished !" This, it
will be seen, is exactly in the spirit OF the
Partisan Commune and its destruction of
the monuments OF priestly and royal do
mulon.