The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-05-11
Bismarekiam In Switzerland.

have no reason to complain of their sfGer
man oroshers" In Switzerland. The char
acseristics of the Culture Peoplen are .
I.sttncsx cxhipitedin Berne rs. In Berlin
rage OF imitation can work wonders. An,
4 the great Bismarck himself runs som
cnance OF being almost q t.reactiouistn /,
Somparison with the little Bismarcks of th,
Swiss Confederation. Certainly no under
snapper or Prussia ut home has vet ex
t eeeo ls .ne estima6le M. Frote, project, by
tne grace OF the Bernese Government. In
| the Catholic Jura: This admirable repre-
sentative Of "modern progress" has recent.
~ addressed report to the police authori.
lies OF berne, upon the. true nature of that
fearful and criminal Organization; ehe Con-
gregation OF the Ursuline Nuns. At the
same time, NJ. Frote forwards the rules of
the Sisters for the inspection Of his cores
ponoents. ~ believe it useless to OBJ
serve" writes III. Frote) ssthat these stat.
utes are nothing bat the order of the day
OF o vast regiment, called spiritual, or
ganized BY the Rowan Church to combat
ana oratahse the peoples, and to enslave
programme, recently re-edited, of Tho COL
0nes Or fhis regiment who is stationed at
Rome. For as, the Lieut.-Colonel is at
Soleure, and the Captains are at Delemont,
torrentruy, and other places called Deane-
T,es. Inc ySaPerioress Of the Ursulinea at
Forrenfsuy IL g ssere corporal cffhs isrega..
obeyiug the word Of command wiK The ia.
oorte sgeGpons ef seozsen, which are princi-
paily Decentralization and spying.n It womb
oe once unjust TO N. IL Prefet Frote and
70 MS great model not to append the ex-
preston or the Bernese Liberals admiring
appreciation of the German Chancellor.
world, and he has just found the true re-
medy for the evils which menace civil SO
ciety. He ia chasing from Germany into
france the Uerzsin which has already ami
niiseed ehis latter nation. Etc, ETC., ETC.,
Whaf think OR readers of liberGy and
progress IN Switzerland Nay, what 10 to
pc thoaght of the refined elegance of
10 his precious epistie7 And yet M. Frote
u no more than . passably energetic off,
eial who sympathizes with the ruling sen-
!imeht OF his Govern ment, and who declares
hiasy mpathies in suitable terms. Indeed. |
ne has been so good as to decree by an
edict OF the eth ult., that "until further
the priests of his administration |
nay baptlze, say mass, and perform the
other sacred functions, preaching. how
over, being strictly forbidden. III. Frote
IAN thus be considered remarkable exam
Die OF moderation, and, unless he sensibly
lolekens his zeal, may not imProbabiy re-
'eive eensure. What his Government in
ends to do may be learned from what the
!indred Government of Soleure has already
lone. The priests of Soleure having, as 10
lncy bound, declared their unfaltering ad-
lesion to their venerable Bishop, Monsig-
or Lachat, and having thus refused to re-
ognize the usurped authority of DR.. Won
'alck's wretched nominee, and after being
suspended from their functions" in the
efore the correctional tribunals, and
entenced to pay series of fines vary
ng from 100 francs to Is francs. The
riests who not only signed declara-
ion Of canonical obedience to MonsiGnor
.acbat, but actually read their Bishops
.enten pastoral, are fined 100 francs.
fifty francs is the punishment for Sim
y. signing the declaration in person,
'hiie twenty-five francs Furnishes the
ged, or inffrm, or absent priests who
gned by proxy. AS tho seventy-one
riests OF Soleure have az yet been guilty
only their "6rst otfence,"' the punish
lent IL proportionately light. When they
hen several "previous convictions" shall
ave been proved against them, it can be !
nderstood that there will be suitable !
for such in trac BILE criminali- !
We might fill our columns with accounts
the excuses which have already taken /
lace throughout the cantons in which the .
AVScSSesht0 ouu 1uuOelB possess q NAL orlGy. n
RESTS have been ordered down from the n
tars foot by gendarmes. Priests have
cen dragged out Of the very Confessional. y
throughout the Canton of Geneva the Sa- 4
ament of Confirmation can only be ou- i,
ined by crossing the frontiers of Switzer- {.
nd; end the application of the law for a
. popular election of the priesthood will a
every church within the Jurisdiction of q
Q Cantonal authorities with O sham and :;
'ostate clergy, while the true priests will 81
under the ban of the law. In the Cam e.
n of st. Gall the state has taken the pre- ~
niDary step of prohibiting the teaching +
the doctrine of the Vatican Council in h,
9 churches and schools. It is unneces- h'
~, however, to relate the long list of in VI
vidual acts of persecution. and oppres- se
IN, from the illegal expulsion of Mensie- ri
r Mermilfod to the Incarceration of the n,
lest of Bienne in the common gaol, and h,
her atrocities. 1t is sufficient to saw. hi
1t in tue preponderatingly anti Catholic Ell
ntons. of Switzerland religious liberty h(
5 totally disappeared, and that even the ii,
tholic Cantons are threatened with the M
ned Intervention of the Federal troops 81
order to enforce the recognition of the 9S
ostacy Of Loysons, Herzogs, and similar tn
aracters, which the Federal majority has an
Olved to endow and establish ma 0tbe %