The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-09-03

UniOnietS to form . Caotnet, anu III tue
rapture of the Coalition which was to form I
the great element of strength in the sup
mort ON which the new dynasty might {
reckon. Serrano, and his new ally Sagasta,
at the desire of King Amadeos, are report [
ed to have made the most strenuous efforts {
but with no other result than to demon
ssrate their hopeless inability to enlist Con-
servatives, Progresistas and Radicals I'M
der the banner OF Royalty. The two states
men haYe had to abandon an enterprise
have acknowledged to the King that they
found themselves after two days of laborl-
QUA ondeavor, impotent to form a Govern
meut. The necessity for at least making
the attempt seems to indicate the existent 9
of profound dissatisfaction amongst Span
iards at the career on which it's rulers have
launched the country. We are assured by
a London daily paper that after Serrano's
failure was declared, it came out that the
programme he had constructed for his Cab
- That the nation should submit anew to
the Pope, implying tacit persecution OF
the Professionals"
So serrano, who was rebel at Saragossa
in 1854, and q patriot lor successful
traitor) in Madrid in 1868, becomes an
ultra. reacticnary in 1871.
Turning to what we suppose is the au-
thentic programme of the rejected Con
Citation as we find it in the foreign pa
pers, there may be noted in 1T just enough
Of Conservative profession to alarm the
Liberals, aud of reserve to open the eyes
of the Catholics. 1t is worth reproducing,
not for any intrinsic value the rejected
proposals could now possess, but because
it may serve as an example of how duph.
city defeats itself, and as a warning against
similar attempts that are pretty sure to be
made hereafter. Serrano promised
1. A truly Spanish policy with reference
to Cuba. guarding before all things the dis
memberment Of the Empire.
9. Vigilence and vigor In the mainten-
ance of order at home.
q frank and sincere initiative to be
taken by the Spanish Government for the
settlement of the Papal question at Rome
: and the Church question in Spain. IN the
direction pointed out by the profoundly
, Catholic sentiment of the nation, keeping,
however. within the limits OF the constitu-
ton and the resources of the country, 30
, that in the event of the Pontihcai Govern
ment, by it's exaggerated demands, render
I, ing fair and suitable settlement lmposslo!e
+ the country may feel that the blame OF fall-
: nre does not rest with the Spanish Govern
4 g. To bring before Parliament at the
: proper time the anxious question OF Ght
secret societies and destructive propaganda
9 which are now the terror and disgrace o.
It civilization, threatening as they DO ths
d very foundations of society, and yet enjoy
70 ing impunity in defiance of all law.
y 4. To introduce into the representation
y Of the country those restrlctlons ana IHita
% lions which q long and painful experience
1 bas shown to be absolutely necessary.
ID 1t must strike every one that the Gle MS
at about the Pope, although meant to lnsPlr
ns confidence, is 30 clogged with reservation
g. aa to commit the coalition virtua!ly to no
t. thing. And as for the Conservative pro
I'd miees, the Catholics of Spain are asking
,r, if Marshal Serrano be sincere In these plln
is ciples, why did he not at least attempt
r. put them, or some OF them, In prac'lC
al io1 of
se most absolute power7 That period Taste
or three wears, AS Chief of the Provisions
to Government. as Regent of Spain, ana !,
FOR President OF the Cabinet Council under tt
Oh new Monarchy, ne had ,n n%pf fsotRpeIv ha
'ry he then possessed them, those Conservatl,
Drs tendencies which have now cropped up
ire SO spasmodic and abortive fashion. WE
in is it only to day, when the Cathohc epli
ON of Spain is awaking, and his own chanc
INT of mower are waning, that Marshal Serrai
lis begins to be "a friend to order, to the Churc
Sc and to the Holy Seer
We believe that the reaction will not
me. checked, but rather strengthened ana 60
bly, solidated, by the iac1 GnaC All ui , a., ~
, ia Ministry has taken Office. Under the Ut
i'm ditions of Prim and the Piedmontese MO
M archy nothing else could have been expe,G
me. ed The new Premier, Senior Ruiz Lorn
mi who is an ultra Democrat and Revolutio
t OF list, has, by his promised standardization
i'm the Catholic cemeteries, inaugurateu 7
icy Icy In keeping WIN Ine i raS'n1 tanu
,til present dynasty. Durlne MS ,olnel sU e
ku. of power that statesman "decreed u
+ TO liberty to the heretical propaganda. viii
but is burning with sectarian zeal for the int
,hic duction of heresy and schism into cou
sire try where there exists as yet no herets'
the section OF the popn'acnioh' Also, "uh =,
Nj merly in power, Gorilla ordered the 81
hen further robbery of the often plumber
liam churches aud cathedrals, and the trans
low. of their remaining artistic treasures to
d to public museums where tney may , oeoo
o in the booty of any revolutionary briga
the who can manage 10 se1ze on tne reiuS
,tria power. Lastly, he decreed the abolition