The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-24
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| thol.c paper of this contry which has not
taken the position of Csrlist partizan or
the question of Spanish politics. SO fal
| as this paper 10 concerned, we are moi
aware of having taking any special stand
of that kind. AS between the bastard
Republic Of Spain and Don Carlos, we
rather inclined to the latter as the least
of the two very considerable evils, but az
between Don Carlos and Don Alfonso, we
had no prediction. On the one hand
the son of Isabella may have the strongest
legal claim to the throne, on the other, he
and his friends have abandoned that throne
80 destruction, while Don Carlos has been
fighting valiantly to restore and, as it
were, create it.
But these are questiops upon which we
do not enter with much relish. We have
no confidence in Monarchy as conser-
vative institution, and pity the people who
are not far enough advanced to do with
out it. The history of Europe speaks too
eloquently and too convincipgly of the
evil influence of royalty to permit any
further sympathy with it where it is pos
been weighed in the balance and found
wanting. 1t has been persistently, and
with few exceptions, universally, the foe,
open or covert, of the Catholic Church.
The first Christian Monarch, Constan- :
tine, was friend of the Church, but his
son andsuccessor Constantine was the pillar
and support of Arianism, the active cause
of its extension and success. From that
day to this, with the exception of few
names like Charlemagne and st. Louis of
France, Alfred and Edward of England and
Isabella of CASTLE, the Church can count but
few active friends among the crowned beads
of Europe. There has been a constant zeal
ousy of the spiritual power on the part
of the temporal, an inclination among
the strong to trespass on the do
mains of the unarmed and unresistinc.
The egotsm and pride of royalty have al
ways been FESTIVE under the spiritual
superiority of churchman, and always
longing to extend it's authority over that
domain of mems consciences.
This has gone on from bad to worse un-
til, to-day, the hostility of Monarchical
governments to the Church is almost, if
not entirely, universal. France under
Louis Napoleon betrayed the Church most
weakly and wickedly. England from the
days of Henry VIII has been the hot. bed
of all hatred to Catholicity. Prussia is at
this very moment engaged in one of the
most malignant, though ridiculous, efforts
at persecution ever known. The other
German kingdoms or cipaities make
no protest against it. The Emperor of
Austria is a recreant and traitor to his holy
religion, or a weak, r:ischievous tool in
tho hands of impious men. The sovereigns
of Greece, Sweden and Norway, Denmark,
and Russia are all enemies of the Church
even in America the only Monarch we
can boast, the Emperor of Brazil, recently
condemned noble prelate and innocent
man to hard labor, thatis to the peniten-
tiary, for four years. He is as ardent
friend of Free Masons aud almost as bitter
an enemy of the Pope, as Victor Emmanuel,
whom We omitted to mention among the
European powers. 1t may be that the
King of Portugal is faithful to the Church,
but, if DO, it is marvel.
Let no Catholic then feel a warming of
his heart to monarchy on the ground that it
is friendly to Catholicity. 1t is, and al
ways has been, with occasional rare ex-
the bitter enemy, secret or avow-
ed, of the Church. Its instincts and in
terests are conservative to a certain extent:
it is averse to riot and anarchy. In this
it is less of an evil than Red Republican
Ism which attacks the very existence of
society. Monarchy desires society to be
but only for its own profit
Will republicanism be any better. We
do not undertake to answer this question
now. Mexico and Switzerland, both call
ing themselves republics, prosecute the
but we must not forget that these
are both republics in name only. The
United States is probably the only country
in the world where Bishop is not inter.
fered with in his spiritual functions, and
we are satisfied that if We had n King in
stalled here to morrow, whether he were