The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-24

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gatherings are large and energetic.
Prudentius ON Bismarck, France and
the Jesuits.
To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD
You have given proof Of equal sagacity and cour-
age in publishing. during the past week, what Won
know to be the truth about Prince Won Bismarck's
hostile intentions towards France. The CORE
spondence Of Count Won Arnim fully sus sains your
position and corroborates every assertion OF your
correspondent What spirit impels the German
Premier thus to expose his own shame to the civil
lied worldf While We are on this matter it VIII
not seem amiss to Jon or your readers to 60 back
a lew hundred years and con lesson from history
which seems stngulariy appropriate at this mo-
ment.
We are in the habit OF condemnng England for
her merciless treatment or every vanquished foe.
Now, without being in any way rejudiced in her
favor, let me contrast her conduct with that
Of her overbearing neighbor. Germany. You
cannot forget how the famous battle Of Poiners
hao put French king and mis- mobiles in the p0 wer
OF England Old Fr0issart in his "CnrOnicle" tells
the tale to perfection. 1t was the custom Of that
age that prisoners Of war should ransom them
selves; ana the very nower OF French chivalry
were In that predicament alter the fatal defeat at
Poiners. The English mobiles, truthful old
| Froissart says, simply asked their osDtives how
much money they could give without exhausttng
their own means, and were satisfied with what
| ever their prisoners ofYered. ave do not WISH"
| they said, Ito demand SO great ransom from
| knights and esquires but that they can live
| honorably, rule their estates as they ought, do
| their nege lords oil due service and ride in
| becoming state about the country" And Frotssart
goes to say:-"Sucn Is not the custom or
courtesy Of the Germans; for they have neither either
| pity nor commlsaration Tor any gentle man. when
| prisoners fall into their hands they ransom them
| to the very utmost OF what they can AFFORD, and
l expose them and keep them in the most rigorous
| confinement in order to wiring the highest ransom
| from them.n These terrible words were written,
| says recent French Protestant publication, In
| l356-51s years ago. But how true tale tney tell
| In 1874 And how fearful a condemnation they are
| OF the policy OF the German Chancellor and OF the
| whole German Empire, II 1t continues TO sanction
BismarcK's ahomlnable Intentions 49,.
10 return to the Jesnts. Can 1t be true that
their inveterate fondness for intrigue 10 the real
| cause OF their expulsion from Germany TO TINS
! question q categorical answer Ia difficult. AS to
| the intriguing" itself, it has never been brought
home TO the Jesuits as a body. They have had IN
| Union. with Maryland as their centre They came
with Calvert to the shores Of the Chesapeake and
| the Potomac, and were the prime advisers OF the
| first proclamation of thorough civil and religious
| liberty ever made on this side OF the Atlantic.
ae 10 81 sns ra o. ahe
/ constitution, was principally their work. In the
| War OF Independence and in the building up OF the
! federal edihce itself they bore historic part
1 John Carroll was FranKlin's companion when he
| was despatched on his perous errand to Canada,
the revoted provinces s And It was az Frank
| Inns recommendation that Carroll was subse
Of of' BALTIMORE. When Georgetown College was
/ built Its progress was lovingly watched BY Wash
ington himself who had found the Jesuits good
men and true in the country's direst need. 10
this day visitors are shown the tree 10 which our
! Rater Pot"t0 tied his horse every morning when
| he came to inspect the builders work and con-
suit with Carroll and his fellows about the political
difficulties which beset the new Republic He pre-
| ever been the custom since Washington that the
President and his Ministers should grace with
| Georgetown College. Lincoln whom posterity
| will ever honor equally with washington, COM
the first 10 depart rom that tradition. as from
others which 1t mad been wisdom to respect.
Now, having Their chief house IN the NATIONAL
the whole country as their field OF labor, the
Jesuits must have manifested their disposition for
ample opportunities and the many temptations
they had in the seat Of government Itself. Have
they done sol Have they ever 80 much as been
accus OF tampering with politics and pOlitciansS
| There is no sucn accusation on record. Not one
instance can be pointed out where these men have
departed from the stern rule OF their order ior-
bidding them under pain OF accommodation to
pouotiess 0 they have always had, as they have
still, decided political opinions and predllec.
deeD and ne ms in paS
parties During our late civil war the Mary
and Jesuts Loving the Union ION. as they t ana
| Southern sentiment The war ruined their houses
but they renamed faithful to the Union: and no
| body OF priests were more Jealous or efficient as
chaplans. The writer never can forget the heart
felt grief SHOWN by the venerable missionary Father
pncoIns We were both sitting at
o public table when the fearful news was told us,
danger and death In every form. burst into tears.
He loved the country and loved the great and good
VINO mao sSvea sne MOI e
Jesults OF America have never been reproached
with thought, word or deed unbecoming the
purest patriotism and the most unsullled preStly
character. II such Is their record here, where
political partisanship and Ianaticism form not
denominations, is it likely that the Jesuts or
Prussia, or all Germany have violated both their
| own constitutions and the commonest dictates Of
| pruaence9n Catholics in Germany are in MI
nority, and the Jesuts never possessed more than
had been driven more than once since the restora-
ton oil their order by Plus VII. 1t Is exceedingly
improbable that they should provoke another
trigues at the very time that they behed all their
| establishments in the Italian and Spanish PENN
| suaas anninilated by one blow.
Moreover, not one act has been formally laid to
their account as Jesuits or proved against them by
| Chancellor and his subordinates to cite one in
! stance in which their body stands convicted Of
disloyalty to Fatnerland disobedience to the laws
disposition TO create public disorder or private
strife. PkUDENTlUS.
More Light on Dark Scriptures Called
| TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
| All the day on Sunday lately, except when we
| were at church and while we were eating our fru-
gal repasts OF oatmeal stlrabout and red herrings
| myself and vile were praising God and giving
thanks to the HERALD and to one OF its correspond
| ents "A. J. o." We we're In joyful and exutant
| state far beyond the power Of words to tell. It
| seemed as II great mountain had been lifted of
/ our hearts and big balloon tied TO them. We felt
1 as II one word more would cut away those sand
bag bodies OF ours ana send our souls flying up
| ward toward celestial glory. But with evening
came the bad man TO talk about the letter of "a j.
| o." which the HERALD had kindly brought US, and
very shortly the gas oozed out, the glory fed and
the mountain came down again.
Our wicked friend says that II the Lord knew
that the world would be upset In q few DAYS BY
| the devil and woman he ought not to have called