The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-12
ha RELIGIOUS Crisis Impending IN
Europe

Europe
AieW days Igo we printed in our tele-
graphic columns the following cable dis
patch from London:
LONDON, August 5.-During the discus.
sion Of The pablo Wonhip regulation bill
IN The House Of Commons, Mr.. DisrAeli,
in referring 70 The strife between Church
and State on the continent, expressed the
conviction, however tranquil might be
the general state Of Europe, that there
were agencies Of work preparing 8 period
Of great disturbance.
This utterance Of the British Premier
has arrested the attention Of the newt
papers, and they are now asking them
selves, and each other, what he meanS
The New York HsrGld Of Sunday last, In
referring to the utterADce, makes the fol-
lowing observation In regard to Il:
The dark agencies" 10 which IS 8 Min
ister he Alludes are explained by his less
guarded utiefAnces as an AspirAnt to
power. During the last Parliamentary
canvass he predicted that the Church oil
Rome would unite with the democrAcies oil
Rurope 10 overthrow the established
governments; that IN England as
well - on the Continent OF Eu-
rope, the influence and power and
wealth oil the Church would be thrown
on the side Of the people 70 topple
over totteripg thrones and TO build up re-
pubiics on their ruins. The disestSblish.
men, Of the Church In Ireland was TO be
followed by establishment in England.
Rome, stripped Of her tempoTAlites, was
70 seek from the Italian Republic restor.
alton oil those rights Of which she had been
robbed by the Italian King. Germany
with its eighteen millions Of good Cath
olics, RAs 70 bury the unprincipled In
trigues Of Bismarck beneath the ruins O
the proaigAte and oppressive Empire
Europe was 70 be democratic, and the
Church Of Rome was 10 be rehSbiliiateC
in her temporal powers and strengthened
in her spiritual influence.
The New York Post docs rot eoncnl
in this view Of the probable future o
Europe. 1t iDclires 10 the opinion tha
there Is not the Ilightest danger Of an!
disturbance in the Roman Catholic coun,
tries Of Europe on account o. purely re
ligious motives. 1t Svers that with TIT
exception Of Ireland the hold Of the Cath
Ole Church and is priests upon the mind
Of the people is thoroug hly loosened
And in speaking Of the recent religion!
pIgrimsges in France, which seemed tc
indicate an extraordinary religious swak
ening, il observes that they were partly
the result Of the war, which lett many
widows and orphans, in whom religious
feeling was naturally increased BY adyer.
siiy, and partly 8 concerted arrangement
Of the Legitimbt party. 1t is no exsg'
gerstion, says the POD, TO say that alnos
every male pilgrim who took part in TIT
excursions to LouIdes and similar place
was paid for so doing. Few oil them
perhaps, got money in hand; but all hsG
the expenses Of their journey paid, al
were provided with lodgings and iood
and all were promised some pros
psctive advantages in the shape o
q situation, an increase Of customers, I
promotion, or something similar. tn,
priest in the villages all over France hA
never had so little influence as now, ant
the ca,hedrAls and churches Of the town
were never 50 deserted. The system o
civil bSpisms and civil burisls Is not &
predominant in Italy and France IS it i
in large portion Of Spain, but tits con-
stanlly Spreading itself" Some time sgc
the London TiIEJ sent out 8 speciA
commissioner to investigate the condition
of religious feeling in Italy, As displayed
in connection with the prosecution Of The
German bishops. That gentleman wrott
. series Of very remarkable letters, o
which one dGed Rome, January 5, Is par
ticulAriy to the point
The religious movement which Is nov
conVulsiug GermSnyAnd Switzerland, ANT
which d followed with eager attention b!
England and America, Is looked upoI
with most perfect indifference in Italy
They will, Is they say, not only have d
religious squEbbles, but even no religioul
differences among themselves; DO hereSy
no schism. They aspire to the religious
liberty which is, in their opinion, perfect
" compatible with religious unity. Their
may be In this country unlimited dissent
bot il must be individual; as many per-
suGSions Is there are heads, bat no dis
tinet confessions or denominations; DC
Babel Of churches or sects. II must b
quite possible, as Il has indeed Away
been, even under the most uDccmpromis
ing PApal tyranny, Tor husband and vile
for brother and sister, TO live together il
love and unity under the same rool
though the male members Of the 'hspp,
family are, or think themselves, thorough
atheists or mAterialists, while those Of tn
other sex are plunged into the most Abjec
and silly superstition. Whist the Italian
did in the daSs Of Luther and Calvin the
do row In those Of Dollinger and Loysor
they receive the news OF q religion
sqG6ble with curiosity. and dismiss i
with 8 sneer. The Italian will carry
superstition 10 any extent but Their
Is no bigotry in his composition
Il was only sgSinst the Do
minicAn iDquiSitors in Milan snt
Naples thst the populAce frequently rosl
in open rebellion, and Il Is only sgainsi
their Jesuit teachers that the ItAliGr
youths throughout the country always
hArbored and evinced violent hatred, be
cause they imagined that both those mo-
nAsue orders, each in its way, attempted
tointertere with the right Of private judg
ment in religious matters. So long Is 1
man confessed and took the sacrament
christened his children and paid his mar
rage iees, what business wss II Of uTiest
monk or Pope 10 pry into his thought Of
probe his heart? For those who want !
church there should be q church o, some
sort or other. What matters II how many