, 1874-03-15

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nnbrialeii power Of Rome. they lave been guilty
OF the most Inconsistent deeds, Of the most
1lop1cal teachi1lgs and conduct Like the devil
tl.h OF Victor Hugo, they have stretched forth
their elutlnous arms in every direction, and have
taken firm hold Of all classes OF socloty. What
have these men not dono to attain their final
ai1n.-to create universal hierarchy. With the
Pone a. absolute religious and political ruler,
and this ruler mcTe Fnrpet IN the hanls
Of their oIded tha ig and tne ~ tbs hss a,or5 SUI
robe have oracticcd every crime and every virtue
known to the laws, to cophcleuce, and to human
imaeination.. Cnameleon-!1ke they change their
color with every motion. They have bceu Athe-
fawping hatterers OF despots; at one time ell
thusiastlc supporters cf Aepublcanism, at an
other tho most loyal subjects OF Royalty. Full
Of indignant virtue when refusing absoiution to
tile poor m!feuided sorvant-malt, and cronchlng
with seryiie tIattcry in the luxurious boudoir Ut
some powerful royal mstress. Jesuits have
trayerned oceans md deserts to teach the
Gospel to tho heathen, perchanco to suffer the
asonies OF aityrdon,, at tue same time and for
tie Same end that other members OF the brother
hood encouraged the mighty OF the earth in sll
coucciyalle crimes. Je>Ists have been forgererB,
murder ers spies, and thieves, bcnefactors OF the
moor, apostles Ct peace. aud EXAMPLES OF charity
and good will, all at the proper time and place,
Oh the interests Of their Order demanded it..
HOW ExrLA1NED2
But how is this inconsistent conduct to be e1-
plaiued How ID it that meulbers Of the same
Order can be paragons OF virtue, while others arc
the very incarnation Of all that s sinful and crimi
nal Granted, you VIII say, tnat tue crimes III well
as the virtues may be cons'oeseo 20 neet
tho end Of J J,suitism, bow can this Order Shape
it's members into such plant tools, that one will
commit a crlme with TIE SAME comptacency OF
conscience With WHICH al a1other "oulo perform
merltoHons action 1nofe ~ Das oae aosaer 90
thls questaop' ano 1h@s ans"ef IL ul'a' ano con"
clusiVe.4
n11sp oEEnEacE.
The first fundamental principle OF the so-called
Society of Jesus il b'iud, uniL 1t obedience, tho
passive, silent obedience Of corpse. = Ee ODE
dent like corpse" IL one Of the most lmpera~
tive provisions Of the Jcsu!tical statutes
II tie commission OF q wrong Is
demanded Of a brother, ne must obey. HIS drst
duty to obey; he ls nos Responsible FOR the con-
sequences Of his acts. Tho jesuit General IN
Rome is the universal conscience; the whole So
ciety is like plablo Wax in bis hands. Whatever
lie considers necessary for tho interests OF the
Order must be done. An lnolYlduat member OF
tae Society dare NOT cohsloer whether the act oe-
manded OF him be right or wrong; LIS con-
science ID not IN bis own Keeping. Acorpee can @
not reason, it cannot resist, it can on1y silently
obey the power that moves It. G@:a- Beckx at
1:ome is tic reason, tue intellect, the Judgment
the COINCIDENCE Of every individual member WITH
IN tho Order which lie rules. lSnatlus Loyola
praised Johannes Abbas as the most holy Of men,
riors, he poured water upon dead wood Tor more
than year, and daily undertook to move rock,
which hundred men could not have lifted out
OF place.
Catholics Of Cologne, gave the following illus
iration al tho Jes11itical maxim of Obedience:
!. If the Superior saith to . brother: Take thus
flower and plant it with the blossoms in tho
earth aud tie root ia the air. ths bother must
mt ouiv willingly narforn the nl1otted task.
Int ha must nlso believe that It is ali fer tho
best." IF tie. Superior tells him: This has
been the idea Of God, the Almighty, when he
created thia flower it ia wrong that the Hover
lfta its h5osaoma inward tLe brother must be-
lave Il, In apito Of all his experience his early
tcachinc. his powa,s Of reasoning ho dale nut
for a mouent doubt tLe proposition" Indeed,
it ia ueithsr miraculous nor surprising that with
anch faith. such implicit ubedieoce. such subor-
dluation, compared with ahich the discipline OF
the best troops Of the world il Tiotous disorder,
tie Jesuits snould have achieved such immense
social. political. and religious influence. The
wonder is only that they have not accomplished
more than they can boast Of to-day, that the
sound cpnmo1 eense OF the nations OF the earth,
entirely to tnia subtle enemy: The victory Of
tho cause Of civilization thus far ia only another
e1enplfcatiou OF the beautiful proye1b, the
way-cry of science and Of philosophy: ''Trush il
mighty and will prevail"
With tliis general introduction think may
safely proceed to the discussion of my subject:
"Tls Ult1amontanes Of Germany"
THE LIST DECADE.
Let us discard al preconceived Judgment
based upon the history Of the remote past, and
wow Uliramontapism only in the light OF the
events OF The lasr decade. If there was not o
single blood-stained Leaf to be found in the his
torical record Of this party, not single deed to
be condemned, not doctrine to be e3ecratcd,-
il, say, previous to the year 1864, tho disciples
OF Loyola and their followers had been the very
embodiment Of Christian virtue, honor, toler-
ance, and, love, still maintain thai since that
time they have piled proof upon proof, feet upon
fact, uutu such a mountain Of dam0lng evidence
has been formed against them. that the most
unsophisticated aud chiidsike soul muss ba con-
vi1ced that these mou, their principles and
aims nre the most dangerous impeachment that
ever, since the world began, arose in the path
OF human development.
THE AusTRo-pRuss1au wAa,
When. in 1866. war was suddenly declared be-
tween Prussia and Austria. the whole Ultramou-
tano party Of both countrics WAS enthusiastically
in favor Of Austr,a- Not TINT this faction be-
ieyei Anstrio had right and iust,ce On its sidc,-
no. there WIS no rreat moral principle which
aroused the sympatt1es and energies Of these
mer,-bnt to ihcu il WAS simply md solely tho
;ntereat Of tha Roman hlerarchY. tho fato oftheir
dream the Republicd Caristiana unirersaas,''
that vas trambUnc in tho balance, and they wept
hitler toarn ~ anGer gr1ef and disappoiutmept