The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-06-26

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the new Spanish Constitution, ha: Pis ,so
both houses Of the national LegiSla."Fe'
In its discussions before the Cor'es, a
brilliant assembly composed OF tho
statesmen Of every shade Of political ie &c.
;"n tho whole diplomatic bodies, the
LUZ "f, of fashion and tho passing stranger
'..: Electrified and CENTRALIZED by the elo'
",'orcc Of the noble advocate OF religious
,ihSrty, stnor CASTELAR,. One account
avg. HTho whole speech was delivered
without hesitation; it was replete with
historical erudition and glowing wit and
lender pathos; the rich musical tones Of
the orator ran through every niche and
corner Of the Congress; bursts Of sup
pressed applause followed at the conclu.
sion Of each separate division Of the sub
iect." We make q brief extract from his
brilliant and weighty speech:
From the day when the elements Of
human matter rose up from the conii.
sion Of chaos, uprose with them spirit
anI heaH and conscience. That spirit
you cannot curb, that conscience you can
moi bind by any human law OF coercion.
Try IL: il has been tried, II has ever failed;
il ever will fail. And why? Because II
il against the will Of the great Creator q
the Universe. The State has ever-m
the pages Of Divine or human history, 90
and seek it--sought TO bind down the
conscience Of men, Pharaoh, who repre-
scented the State, sought TO force his own
form OF worship upon Moses and the
Jews: PLATE, tho State representative,
through seeking to do this, wetted his
hands in the blood OF the Spotless One.
Nero, the Cossack Of the Don, King Hen
nv VIII, and his harlot Parliament,
Charles Wall these, powers OF the
State. committed.a like fatal error; and
how do their names sotlnd TO our earN
No, brother Deputies, you cannot do II.
The State and the conscience are Two
great powers, but they are separate emit
lies. and each has its own work in the
universe; the Stale is the representative
Of authority to enforce what is morally
and legally clearly right but the con-
science has n higher, finer, keener task TO
perform. -.
who wish 10 bind the conscience oil their
subjects by the power and force oil the
state. What, brother Deputies, If the
State tells you what is the true, what the
false religion, would you believe il? II
YOU do, Il you will vote for religious
unity OF coercion, why you are voting
that the power Of human law shall be
paramount and tyrannize over the divine
and moral powers Of the human. soul.
Conscience il uncoerCiblC, is inVlolate;
Won NAV persuade, but never can coerce
il by force. No, Deputies, you know you
cannot You can move it by inspiring II
with new idea, you cannot move It by q
mandate. The prosecutor gets his way
outwardly, but he does not in reality
outward obedience and assent is all he
can obtain, and il such victory TO be
called Triumph"
GSirs, charge no one with desiring to
bring back the cursed age Of tOrmenis, the
horrors Of the InquistiOn, the street and
altar smeared with innocent blood; nay,
but, Sirs, | charge you with trying to
coercc men to be hypoCrites and liars
from fear-fear lest their children should
be iIIegitimatc, fear lest their rights Of
citizenship be taken from them, fear lest
when dead their bones should rot on
some dung.hill, or in the Campo. You
say, 'The State undertakes to support
tLe Roman Catholic religion and its
ministers.' Well, give that creed its
force, and It's antiquity. And you say,
'This is the true religion sirs, are you
40 gross as TO say, This is the true, be:
cause il is imposed by human law and
force OF arms. Nay, you will surely say.
This is true because, and only because it
recommends itself 10 your heart and con-
science as the true one; and II so, why do
YOU want n human law TO force you 10
follow that which your conscience tells
YOU il trueT Are you afraid OF arrival
Sirs, YOU do an honor to Professionalism Il
YOU think il 30 true "a 10 be able, in a
fair race, TO outrun Roman Catholicism
But II il be not true, this religion OF the
State-if it be not true, brother Deputies
what then? Magma ed teTitas d prdedte6!.t
il the Roman Catholic creed be true, il
will prevail by force Of truth; II Protest
antism be true, it will prevail, AM. you
cannot crush It. II this liberty Of con
science be Of God, yon cannot-if oil mani
YOU need not, crush it."