Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-19
CasteIar's Struggle,

New York Evening Post1
DID yOu ever. hear CAstel1r speak d?
Moment 10y momert tha breadth and
depth aud splendcr If his Co1tF grow
upon you; here aud there on the grs6t
food OF his thought are myriad team
spaIkie5 CT Imagination, OF fancy; he
turns his suite swiftly sud alerseti-
cally, but always shows its besuiac and
makes It sparkle. He is on every ocCa-
sion astonishing. HIS movements are
OF eonsumma.e grace. They are IN at
sClute unison with tide sonorOus aud ma
jsstic q )w of his words. He invests the
eommODest matter with his almost
divine ffil ttu7. TES atmosphere 10
which he moves il fine. There ia sn
ethereal quality in the man which
makes the thinker who approaches him
inclined TO do hin honor. He never
busters; rarely emphasizes In the rude,
nervous way, full OF autlthesis and acCG-
satlon, so peculiar TO many French ora
tore. / give te'oW a few extracts from
an interesting part OF his addsees-ss ii
refers to himself, and is, indeed, chap
ter of personal experience told with
modest H7mness. Next came the revJ-
luton. The great question was that OF
religious liberty. The srticle OF the
constitution which defined 1t was
tesuiticauy edited. The cham
Der hssitated, it feared civil
war. One cardinal spoke FsTy lorg and
very badly on the suJsct, Another
spoke better. 1 proposed an amendment,
and / defended it, not as free thinker,
bdt ss religious man. l am religious
Ia presence Of Christ. ! said to the
pIiests, You would have been on Pilates
side; you sre slSRys the same. Great is
our God. II the GOSPEL q anything it is
love. The God Of S,naiis sublime with
hi5 lightninGs and his thundsrs. But il
there are degrees in initiate grandeur,
suSlimCr yet is the sweet aud humble
Dsity WEO descended UPON Calvary. the
amendment was voted: liberty of con-
science was founded. Since then they
have effected most of the conquests Of
the modern spirit, but they have stopped
before that amendment. 1t will stand.
1t is the greatest honor Of my life.
For these gTea. artist peoples
g religion is necess aTy. a philosophy
tells rs that We must efface it; yea, when
we have done sway with death. UBfJr-
tuaate man that ana, sac my dear
ones fall around me az in q battle, aud
you tell me that 81 enG $ in humiliation.
[ caUnot believe It. You cannot efface
art; you cannot efi&ce science; you can
not eface the State; you cannot efface
society; you cannot ttflce nature.
Religion is q degree in lie. Compare
the eighteenth century aad our own.
What uIllft Of split IN COndOTcet, il
franklin, in V0ltaire, in Rousseau!
They believed in liberty because they
believed in God. To-day one believes
no longer IN God or in liberty. Force
and MISTER are Preached, ana We sre
conducted straight toward Ctssarism.
This philosophy viii never have ipfiu.
euce over the Latin Le0p'e5-never over
the Spanish people. 1t loves to believe
and TO die for it's beliefs. But to-day it
is in terrible situation. Ali the en-
lightenej men are outside the Catholic
church. In our country there ere few
directing classes. Their It representatives.
cling to the priests as to agents OF the
public safety. The cross of Christ is for
them what the god Terminus was for
the ancients-a guard for property. The
democratic people believe in nothing.
One is reGctioyary if be speaks Of God.
This is indeed terrible situation. The
work must DO done over again; preach
ing snd praying, If wanted, must be
hld. But it, you DO LOT fousd a great
spiritual and liberal = lisf tie pCop'e will
take refuge in the shelter O. the church;
be,ps the king; mslefl-
alism helps the Pope. The people need
religion. It is religion which receives it
at its cradle, conducts 1t through life,
makes Ct its house temple, Ct It's table
al altar; it IS its only eOnsols.ion-its
single hope. Il needs faith fall Of inn
mortality. do not know the formula
for it; but without it you will have g
terrible reaction. You must have neral
graphing hooks as fast as you throw CfT
the material bonds: Without that the
Sergerats de UiY9 bring in the rJIe Of the
Csesars" CASTELAR, gives al elaborate
account of the manner in which spain,
onc5 the enemy Of Rome, had become
the country Of the InquisitiOn, and bad
finally come to believe no longer in the
liberty Of Conscience, when he and his
o.lowerg began the battle in favor CT it.
The address will be likely to grouse new
enemits for the conscientious statesman,
now that he is almost alone in tue head
lees and heartless cCTtss. He has 8
heavy burden t. carry, bu. he bears it
WEI.