, 1873-02-23

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that now waves from the Alps to tho siciIel
| their religious corporations have been ruthlessl
broken up. Occasionally, few old monks hav
| been left in monastery to take care Of neigh
boring church, but tho remainder have bee
forced to return to secular life, while the Gov
ernment las seized, or, Us its partiHans prefor
cay, 'sequestrated," al tho revenues Of all til
organizations. For the dispersion Of thcs
human d1ones, there is little need to offer ex
cuso- No nation nowadays can afford to sup
port tens Of thousands of ab1o-bodied men au,
Women in almost complete id1cncss; least Of ri
can Italy do this, burlonod as she is with deb
that increased. in tho deczdo ending in 1870, a
M average of over S1l0, ,000, 900 year. III,
right Of the Government to seize tho u1onkisl
property, it is difficult to see. Tho commor
argument is, that tho property was obtained il
the frat place by the force Of fraud and fear
aad tia. its seizure is bit of poetic justica
We are apt, however, to diatrust an act Of justice
that fills tho Judges pocket at the expense ot
the Judged The truth Of the matter is, that
necessity, in this case, kno,va no law except
THAT OF sELF-pHEsEnyAT1oS.
The money must be got, or Italy wlll be bank
rupt. She, as whole, has been obliged to as
sumo all the debts Of all her parts. When Size
took Rome away from Plus TX, sho took away
from him also the responsibility for q debt Of
si0,0oO,000. For nany years the revenues of the
Papal SEQ have no: oqual1cd its expenses. The
100000 inhabitants of tho pontifcal States
we're called upon to support $4,000 soldiers, and
myT:ads Of monks. nuns, and priests, besides
paying libera1ly for the maintenance Of the
Vatican Court. The heavy taxation was oao
great cause Of tie growth Of tue Liberal.
e., Ant!-papa!-party., This was especially
strong among tho lower claseos, who were fool
isA enough to believe ths widely-circulatcl
story that there would be no taxes whatever
when Rome had become tho Capital of Italy.
Long brforo tile entry of tho King, thoy
began to scrawl his praises on the high
blank walls tha. line tens of miles Of
Roman streets, Wien thcze praises were
quietly erased by PapaNini,-i e., adhoreats
OF the Popo,-somo Yankce~liko Liberals had
stencil-p1ate made, and with it marked almost
every prominent building in the city with the in
Constitutional Kingdom of Victor In,manuel.'
When thay got their wish, they found, to their
disappointment md diamay, that q King WAS
nearly es expensive luxury as Pope. Tho re-
suit OF Royal taxation WAS the alienation Of q
number Of per5ons who had styled themselves
Liberals only because they hated to be liberal
with their money; For tlis re.soa. this party
is smaller to-day thau it was wheu Rome fell
or, rather, rose. This fact has doubtless
INTENSIFIED TIE HISo's RESOLVE
to take possession of the monastlc property, and
80 get rid Of the necessity of heavy taxation
The Government pledges itself to use its rove
nue. from this source as it has all similar Burrs
heretofore first IN pensioning tito expelled
monks and nuDs. ead then in public buildings,
charities, etc. The committee in charge of the
Kill T0x afsnnr 1,nr III A1.-
clauses &: &c one, which proposes to except from
seizure the houses Of the Generals Of the diF-
[ercnt tocder5,-Dominiclu, Franciscan. etc. The
King and tho Ministry wish to do this in order
% co1lciliate the Pope; but the Chamber Of
advanced Liberals. It is, therefore, probable
hat this exception, even if recommended BY the
will be voted down. # So by mid
summer there will no. be one monastery in all
italy.
,as not been idle during this troublous time.
IN tic contrary, te has been aiding Victor E.a~
nanncl by constantly pcomulgating very Had
1eed atlocutions" =" against him and his. Only
few days ago, Rome VAS startled by the publ
:ation OF Papal brief, which bitterly taunted
md quoted in close connection with this the |
tory OF Judith and Ho.osc-aos, IN such way |
hat feminine fanatic coil;d llayo easily i'm
gined that tha Head OF the Church was urging
'er to play the part Of Judith. The Libcrsl
'ress received this with 4 howl of Indignation, |
nd forthwith invented :. thrilling story of : |
olng derotce who was i1npclled bv it to try to /
ac1itice her honor aad her King together. The |
tory nday have had grain Of truth il. it. !!
>nly oEo journal thought it worth while
Q t7y to defend tho Kings morals. It's defence
;as, that he was no wosEe than David or Solo
aoa! II tue height OF tls agitation. one of |
se small English papcra hero announced that I
was about to republsh. in weekly parts,
ovel written to attack the Jesuits, which had been
la:cd under the Pnpal ban, aud the author Of
inch had been poisoned, immcdia:elv after
ublishing it, by tho disciples OF 1gnetius Loyola
n due tiE,c tho first chapter appeared. It was
feeble thing, which attacked grammar nue.,
lore successfully than it did Jcsuits. Tho Pope
astantly communicated the editor Of tho
bnozlous periodical. Tho intended victim
dvertised his consignment to heiltire as widely
8 possible, and go greatly Increased tle circu-
.tion Of his pa:'er.
These and similar mistakes By the SUCCESSOR
st. Peter hayo
80 MATERIALLY AFFECTED Ills STANDING
it'll the people. Their loss OF respect shows
seif IN many Ways. In tho theatre, the hits ut
ae Pcpe AID priests are raplurously applaudel;
nd, Ii p:iEt-shop wiadows, the caricatnros Of !
1e clergy draw laughing crowds. Oae Of theso
.r:ea'urcs represents tie court Of 2 convent in
h1ch lot OF rubicnnd monks. with rare red
oses, are smoking, drinking. and playing cards.
nderneath is the legend: "This is what the
r =, against con7ents proposes to stop" Az
her l.reverent sketch shows q prize-ring, in
hieh tho king and Pope, both stripped
the waist, are having 8 bout at dst;-
lis. much to the lsttcrs discomft-
re. There is, too, en- evident decay
| pie:y and its result, charity. Nearly all
10 contributlon-bozes that once dotted tile
'incpa1 places in both old and new Rome have
zen ta1cn away-presuzuably because they no
niger attr2ct the pence Of tho faithful. at
e same time, the religious festivals are losing
'elr Ell; interest few years ago, it was difficult
.nuary, because on that day the domestic ami
ais OF tho city were so1emnly blessed aud
'rink1cd rith holy water before the Church Of
N antonio Abbate, in order to insure them in
'sven against accidents on earth. On the 18th
st., spent . couple Of hours in and by
is church. During tAat time, not
nG!e animal was brought to be
essed- Things still nonninauy believed
ARE REcKLEssLT n1D1cULED
It only in couveraation, but more openly, and
i only in Rome, but throughout Italy Thus
u !la1 ls nov being delighted with comedy
He'd Jesus Christ" in which ons Of the
tors personates tho Savior, md represents,
aong other things, His miracle OF healing the
v1 r, l. lk..kF !