The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-12-07
The Prussian Elections.
+ From the London Tablet, November IS ]

From the London Tablet, November IS
The unlocked for increa.e OF the Parlia-
,u.ntary pow ct of the Catholics o. Prussia, IN
spite of the INSCRIPTIONS measures which 9ase
been directed against them, ~ the result OF tue
Pru-sian elections which has STUCK o'suay
iuto that phalanx OF serv'le tSrsn,s, tue LIE
named Liberals of Germany, and their hackers
and admirers at home and abroad. were we
to attempt an adequate summary OF tne OK
pressions of rage and disappontmen' whlco
This unwelcomo event has provoked IN Tue
ranks of Liberalism, we should have ~ room
left for pleasanter matter. Although the out
cry of batied oppressors Is unqucstlonao,y
agreeable, we suspect that our readers womb
verv quickly tire of the wild iuvectves About
" triumphant Jesuitism and " Ultramontane
| insolence" which adorn the pages OF those
journals which are the very humble serSl. ''rf
| of Prince Won Bismarck and the FreeInasonry
| of Germany. From the comparatively mol
| crate articles of the sober Borscn courier OF
Berlin, we take paragraph which VIII sum
GENTLY depict the situation as viewed ny Cue
| more thouyhtful portion of the Liberal coaii
ton The Ultramontane party can look BACK
| upou it's success with the most complete sstis
| faction 1t has conquered along the WhoIe
/ line 1t will return to the Parliamentary arena
ninety strong, and from it's zeal in the sessions
of the LAndtaE, it will be in position to e1-
ercse . most powerful moral lnnuence upoT
the undecided section among the deputies.
In fact IL the PrussiSn Catholics are not az
solutely ninety strong, they are ceESSlni
. fnf of Christian Protestants, like the venera
, lille President Won Gerlach, their party ma!
not improbably command total OF ninesy.hv,
German votes. When It is Temem oerea '1 .h
, | the Centre Party, rs the allied party OF I'm
: Catholic and Christian Conservatives 10 stylet
j.. in Parliamentary phrSseology, entered the las
: T.andtag in the spring of 1870 In possession 2
no more than ffGy-two votes, 1T can DO nnoeI
I Htood how utterly the attempts OF the perse
t cutors have miscarried against the calm reso
luton and faithful courage of the frueNa
Catholics, Prince Won Bismarck has been Cn
T. Church's most efficient electioneering agen
n Within three years he has doubled the CasnoiI
3 Parliamentary power. He has raised Sc
. strength of the Centre Party from Httyitw
d votes to ninety-five. II We count, Sc We nay
every right to count, the representatives OF 81
portion Of Poland occupied by PFuSS n sS &c
10 tain to cooperate with the Prussian Catnon
d for the common cause Of the Catholic faith,
d may set down the total force at the 0isposai
O. the Centre Party at not much less tnAn
u votes.
Of Unable to deny this victory of the Cetholi'
the organs of the Government seek to diminl
70 its Significance. Thus We End IN the Spencer &C
a. ZeituHg the following: :" The third Of :
Il. Prussiau citissna are Catholics. II they w
20 al united 70 do the bidding OF tbs PFleees,
- fantro Party wouaH Mses1 lsily OoRut N g
y "A - f7-Ecsfia ~ ~ rfnTnHf1