Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-03

VI sucn IL wen portrayed III the pa
ges of French and Spanish revolu-
tionary history. Murder and rob-
berry are among the sure but not
least crimes.
The Catholics are often censured
for not only neglecting but hinder
ing the education Of the masses nm
der an old abstract moral that zig
norance is the mother of DEVOTION"
The writer of this letter verify be-
lieves that the maxim belongs to the
monarchy rather than the church.
and that the monarcLic parties have |
compelled the church to adopt this |
seeming hard il not unciviIized mot |
to-not for the good of the church, |
but for the perpetuation of the mon
arches. None but the Northern mon
arches, or Saxon and Teuton. have
ever encouraged education, and this
not on account of friendship for educa
ton, but because Protestant parties
superior to the throne dictated the ed
ucation Of the masses Unfortunate
" for the Catholics they have never
demanded Internationally that their
monarchies provide by law for gen.
eral education The result is the
masses in Protestant. monarchies are
now the educated superiors, the mas
SEES of Catholic monarchies the very
ignorant interiors. The late French
German conflict demonstrated the
fatal odds against the Catholic mon-
archie system of ignorance and devo-
tiOn--as the Catholic French, not
knowing the objects Of the war prov
ed neither devoted nor powerful.
man for man, with the educated
Protestant Germans. 1t was the
long looked for conflict at arms and
proved that educated soldiers only
can WELD with sure SUCCESS the mod
ern machinery of war; that ionor-
ant soldiers are less brave, far less
efficient, less persistent sand in every
military sense Il failure for war.
A late writer in France, himself a
Catholic, after considering this ques-
ton in all its bearings comedies that
the French German war was O trial
of strength between Protestant in.
telligence and Catholic neglect of
education, which decided the world
supremacy between the two systems,
the Catholics losing the day and
with il the power for ages, or un-
til the Catholic church shall edu-
cate her masses to o higher degree
than the Protestants-which the
Catholics on account Of their organ
ization are capable of doing; but on
ly lack the will TO do so. He further
ati'Irms that the military supremacy
must carry with it the supremacy
Of wealth and the arts and sciences
But he thinks such truths are now
so glazing that the several Catholic
monarchies will at once use their in
fuence, if necessary their power. to
compel an abandc nment Of the Jes-
nit system Of management. and that
the next Pope will inaugurate a new
and progre sive era for the church,
the Syllabus falling as dead letter
for it's impractical impossibilities.
But this. says the writer, would be
on the part Of the monarchies, "a go
ing back upon their own system of
Keeping the masses ignorant that
they may be easily and cheaply gov
erned The church would surren-
der nothing but the Syllabus, and
gain everything by the change and a
long race with Professionalism. in
which the Catholics are as sure to
win as that ST. Peter is the rock up
on which the church has the prom
Use of eternal footing.
We close with the church of Eng
land, which overshadows all dissen.
ting bodies, by its wealth, social and
political influences, the spIendor of
its worship, the magnificence Of its
cathedrals and churches. This
church is everlastingly troubled by
it's attempts TO reconcile itself with
it, traditions and authorities. It's
plea for "aposlolic succession" carries
it logically back 10 Catholic origin.
and it's plea for tradition holds it to
the Nicene Greed which nobody in
or out the church indorses. The
Episcopal is quite as averse to chang
ing its creeds, laws and usages as
the Catholic, and is therefore on it's
way to inevitable scbism and divis-
ion, no doubt disestablshment. The
present divisions within tie Episco-
pal are as follows:
The High, or ultra party, for ira
ditions and authorities.
The LolD, or old fashioned estab-
lishment, rather tolerant but tena-
cious-by far the largest body.
The Broad, or Unitarian, with lib
cral views in all directions.
Newman and his party, long
since gone over TO the Catholics, was
tho head and still leads the high
church party, which is excessively
attached to millinery and machinery
for carrying on its worship. even 90
ing beyond the Catholics, but trim
ming their sails for ultimate union
with Rome, perhaps when England
becomes Catholic, as some believe at
no distant day.
The Low church party still con-
tains vast majority of the whole
and controls the church patronage.
the royal family and House of Cons
mons adhering. 1t cleavos to the
establishment with great tenacity as
disestablishment would at once insure
divisions and weakness. The Broad
church party, largely Unitarian. is
small in numbers and unpopular bnt
a power for industry. Lord Stan
ley, Voysey, Jewett and NJ. D. Con
way-the latter of American fame
are the Broad church leaders. They
contemplate working within the
church, aud at present are at the
bottom Of educational movements
for the English masses. The Ameri.
can Episcopal churches, though no.
ted for High church catering and I'M
progressive principles, is great i'm
provement upon English Episcopal
ism, morally, socially and reiigouslv.
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