The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-06-22

the veriest prodigies, and confidently pre-
dict their long life and their future glory.
There seems to be some reason to think
that ere long another republic will be born
in Italy. Under the very eyes of Victor
Emmanuel some of the sanguine ones are
making it's CRADLE. Old Mother Europe
seems to be perfectly dumbfounded at the
idea of taking charge of two such restless,
screaming things, as the Republics OF
France and Spain, at the same time. She
seems to have serious intentions of strang-
ling them. She is in quandary.
Ifshe kills them, she may suffer terribly
| for the act. If she let's them live, they may,
when grown up, be her very death. The
screams of the two infants reach all over
| the world, evident sign, at least, Of strong
lungs. The daily spasms, the frequent
change of physicians, the calling in of 80
many nurses plainly indicate serious de-
rangement of those systems. The big re-
public of the United States halls, with
joy, the advent of these two little Europ-
can brothers. The republic of Switzerland
is SO carried away with enthusiasm, that
she illustrates her love of liberty and cele-
brates the birth day Of these two free repnb.
lies by closing the schools of the Sisters of
Charity, and sending them away with
bishop and forbidding priests to teach their
ownrpeople in their own churches, and by
generally interfering with tho freedom of
Catholic worship.
England, willy England puts on her
thinking cap and bides her time before de-
Gliding whether she ought to patronize the
Republic Of Spain. Prussia somewhat sui
len at the sight of the brave McMahon
holding in his hands the destinies of France
looks phlegmatically on the sum of events
in Spain. Russia says nothing.
So, the two republics receive from some
warm welcoue,-from others cold reserve.
Meanwhile the muskets of Don Carlos
are not without their powder and their
power in Spain,-and the Royalists, in
France, seem to see the shadow of the COM
ing throne.
In this enlightened country where states
men seldom study and people seldom think,
there seems to exist an universal opinion
that Republic is the perfect form of gov
eminent, and that any other method of
ruling people is tyraunical.
Here, Of course, the Spanish Republic
meets with sympathy. 1t makes no mat
ter how it may be established. 1t is of no
consequence whether fraud or force or trick
cry or corruption or anything else estab
fishes it. Provided that there be a large
amount of voting and something or other
promised in regard to the abolition of slav
ery,-it is all right. A slight blow at the
time honored rights of the Catholic Church
does no harm.
Proclamation of neutrality-suspicious. of
ion. These were the circumstances sur
rounding the birth Of the Spanish Republic,
and of course America sends cordial con-
graduation to the Spanish Cortes, and asks
! Spain to follow our example. We are the
freest people in the world the condition
of the South since the war to the contrary
notwithstanding. We are the purest gov
eminent on earth,- the corruption of sena-
tors and congressman and legislators to the
contrary notwithstanding. We have more
personal rights than any other people, for
can we not shoot down our neighbor and
| escape the penalty of the deed by pleading
our sudden insanity for moment I'VE
possess a model government,-and We
prove it by electing model President the
grandeur of whose character is plainly
shown by his kindly feeling for fast horses,
Italy gave Spain King, why may not the
United States offer one of our smart politi-
clans as President for the young repub-
lie. We could teach these young republi-
cans many trick of which they would
never dreaH.-We will watch, with some
interest, how the young Republic of Spain
is going to be raised.