The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-08-27

Nli44itE cDTTuJtiS!.s OF Iile tSDinun priest
hood: h. was nearly murd. red L. Il
throng OF f,irio.> ultrnin.u:..I,e- Ia
Quebec and Montreal th,. S.,f.l-. -..i,it
of Intolerance is constantly s'.aVu; iir--
Protrstl:.'s Il is stated, hay. ir many
instances I-.-n forced to I.-ry.. !h-ir
homes among the Roman Catholics, and
emigrated to districts where lib-.rt, 81
speech and thought is yet allowed; ;,n i
it is not an improper infrrrnc" from
these facts, that SHOULD TIA" ul:rtgnpn
taueS, by the aid of !hrir Drmncrrtir
leaders ami aIlies, gain "a lasting prrpond
erance in our chief cities, HEY may "tm
pIoy means to prrpetuate their rni,. not
altogether unlike those they have Ven
tured To use im San Miguel AMI Acapulco.
Nor is This wiiliont an example ia En-
rope Hrlainm, NEUTRAL Kingdom
whose separate existence was guaranteed
by the chief European powers, was for
long period ruled by liberal. although
Roman Catholic, ministers. It rose TO
great prosperity. Its schools, railways,
and manufactures fiourished under wise
administrators. Its press was free and
its literature progressive. Put recently
it has fallen under the. control of the
Jesuits and ultramontanes, who have
seduced the ignorant peasantry into
strict obedience to their rule; a strange
and alarming condition of civil discord
has followed, and Belgium seems on the
verge of n religious war. ''It is as if the
BelSians," " says the London Times, June
Q, "wcre divided into two parties, drawn
up deii,rntly la front of each other, and
only waiting an opportunity TO come to
blows" No liberal can venture into
districts ruled by Jesuits without danger
of personal violence. Even incautiOus
strangers have been ill-treated by the
fanatical peasantry when they wandered
far from the towns. In fierce riot, re-
Gently excited 10y the ultramOntanes,
hundreds of persons suffered severe in-
jurieS; the cause of the disturbance was
the refusal of school boy from an
Atheneum to take off his hat to the Host.
The ultramontanes surrounded the
school, but the boy escaped. Every
Belgian liberal may look momentarily
for a San Miguel. In Germany and
Switzerland the ultramontanes have
committed terrible excesseS. In Spain
they encourage the cruelties of the Carl
lists; in France their chief newspaper,
EUHiceTs, breaches II universal war for
the restoration of the papacy; nor is it
impossible that, armed with passports
like those granted by the Bishop of San
Salvador, the ultramontanes in some
in pieces the chiefs and rulers of Prot
estantism.
TO guard ourselves from the effects of
principles and parties 80 fatal to civili
zation is the plain duty of American
citizens, and the growth of ultramOn-
tanism among IT'S is the most dangerous
element of our political future. II knows
no moderation; it is governed by no
well ascertained laws. At one moment
it grovels in the dust in feigned humility,
the next it starts up menacing and terri
bic. 1t insinuates itself into the homes
of the wealthy; it iiatters, caresSes, and
waits its opportunity to sting. 1t per-
vadcs the press; it fixes upon leading poll.
tieians; it onsnares, enohains, betrays. IL
we would not he like Belgium, divided
into hostile sections; like France, iuca-
pable of freedom; like Mexico or Spain
if we would defend the republicanism
of the New World, end drive from its fair
shores the vengeful arm of Rome-if we
would revive and perpetuate the princi-
pies of 17776, we must expel from political
power ultr,montanisnL with all its ad-
herents, and crush it before it fastens
upon our schools and corrupts the
sources of our civilization. Let ultra
montanism and its Democratic allies
sink before the rage OF the people, and
North and South America need fear no
second San Miguel.
The spirit of medieval cruelty should
be banished forever from the New World
by the overwhelming vote of all its ma
tions. EUGENE LAWRENCE.