The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-09-08

Au0 PERSECUTION OF me JeSultS,
In the Liberal camp persecution of the
Jeauits is the order of the day. The organs
of the party are preaching 1t and prophecy,
Ing it aarthe fret apd most urgent of neces-
sary measures, and, as might have been
expected, the .Italiaps are NOT behind hand
~ using the cry which has been raised
incite the legislature to d razzia on the
headquarters Of the Society in Rome. The
lta9ie publishes an article in which an at
tempt is made to draw up q kind of inilict-
ment against the Order. That each of the
counts in this "aecusatiou act" il false, 10 .
matter Of comparatively little moment /;
they express, at tho same time that they
are calculated to excite, the animosity Of
ignorant partizanship. The extraordinary
victories Of the JesQits constitute the
frst grievance. They have become the
counsellors Of the. Pope, whose advice is
always taken," they have f'caused new
dogmas to PREVAIL" they have "got pos
Church." which in their hands "has be-
come an absolute one )" and, not content
with this, have - unscrapulously entered
the political arena" which, it would seem,
is the last straw that has broken down the
patience of the world. In Belgium they
TONS" and have. fraudulent bankrupts
as their ccomplicesI' In Germany they
have "exeited the Old Catholics by tue
novelty called the personal infallibility Of
the Pope, and oblige the Government to
expel them in consequence Of their danger
Gus iatrigues.', In Spain they ally them
selves with the Carlists, and fight on their
side, and in Italy there is but one cry
against the Society, since it has taken to
organizing political associations. They
excite the populations of Austria by
threatening them with an Invasion those
OF France by their, scandals "-snd-last
aud most tremendous climax" those of
the nonsense about the Jesufts having got
possession of the government of the
Church, which is simply false. and to
which, as the Italie and it's friends can
know positively nothing about-no other
answer than . contradiction is necessary |;
as to their alleged political action, in order
TO prove 1t to be Dangerous, it would be
or political organization over which they
possess some klnd' Of influence. It 10 no.
torious that none such exist, and equally
notorious that no proof Of any political ac-
ton on the part of the Society has ever
been adduced. How the Jesuits in Ger
clergy, can be said to have excited tue Old
Catholics, ia not clear. Heretics have per-
zhaps usuaiiy. been "excitedn when they
have been condemned, but why are the
Jesufts to be pupished because IN q doctri-
nal controversy q judgment has been given
which 10 unacceptable to certain persons
AS to the Belgian bankruptcy, the only
connection Of the Jesnits with the affair
was that one Of the Fathers was called as
a witness, as being professor in q college
1t which the soma Of the accused bankrupt
were educated. In Spain not one single
Jesuit can be cited as fighting among the
Carlists. In Italy the Society of Catholic
Interests has been founded entirely by
laymen, and not by them. In Austria the
crime alleged is that they are about to be
driven into the country by persecution
elsewhere. In France the only proved
'tscandar has been that Ave of their num-
Der have been murdered, victims of religion
and social order. Ir England the only
meeting which has been held was convened
single Jesuit is a member. Whether that
meeting has caused grave disturbance
amoags !" the populations" of this country
lie. a question which, we think, may be left
without answer. We only quote the Italie's
article as o sample Of the way in which this
kind Of agitation is got mp. The Trieste
Gasstte announces that o special law viii
be directed against the Jesuits, who will
form an exception to the permission to be
granted to other Orders to retain their
generals at Rome. The .Piedmontese law
Of 1S4s, disaolving the Order and expelling
all members OF 1T, Is ready TO nand, ana,
according to the correspondent of this pa
per, the desired end will be effected by ex-
tending the operation of this act to the
whole Of Italy, and, in order to encourage
the movement, the NaSioRe would have it
believed that in reply to q dispatch from
Cardinal Antonelli, protesting against the
measures projected by Germany and Italy,
III. de Remusat had replied "that public
opinion in Paris had also, to certain ex-
tent, become hostile to the Jesuits; 80 much
go that the National Assembly at Versailles
proposed to address an Interpolation to
the Ministry as to what it proposed to do,
if the Jesuits, expelled from Germany,
should come ia great numbers to France"
adding that " il will be understood that
NJ, Thiers cannot inspire confidence in the
public if he decides TO protect the Jesuits."
It is obvious at the fret glance that this lis
not a true version of the dispatch, if any
such dispatch has ever been sent, but that
it has been got up to give confidence 70 the
italian Liberals in the campaign which is
about to be opened. Nor, we should hope,
is it conceivable that any diplomatic COM
munication addressed. by Versailles to the
Vatican should, as is alleged" to have been
the case IN this instance; breach the QaiEi--
nal before the Yaticau;n unless, indeed, in