, 1877-10-27
'E.ar .gP~uits in France.

Z on tDr NPrt ol VI. BcIlhcIOn :hc
French Chambcr Of Deputies has sent IT,
4 the Minister Of justice oriitiOn VI
cighty-srvcn inhabitants 0t Cotor. VINO
dcnahd that all Jcsui,s may he expelled
from French territory, aud rhpt the
state shall mkc possession Of nll the
property they own con'rrry TO the law
of mnrtnmin. After pointing uut the
pcril> to which society is liable Iiom the
order, the petitioners show 'lmt the cdirts
Of 1862, 1864, 11715, and the laws ~i
1892, 1902 1917, and 1895, and the Roy.
al ordinance of 1928, concerning their
hNniSlm"nt, have not en- repealed. They
also remind the Chamber that in 1914
VI. Dlpin send n petition on the Illegal
cNistancc Ot the Jisuits to the Minister
OF Justice. They declare that the tur-
bnlrnt genius and and ambitious views
OF the disciples of lGnu,iUs Loyolo have
nothing in common with the religion
they pretend to defend, and that they
are n Standing menace 20 public tr,lu-
guilty. They have ever caused trouble
IN the States where they have settled
Themselves, ana now they nrc openly
hostile To the principles which form the
basis Of the institutions and laws ot the
State, etc, etc. The paper of which VI.
Jules Simon wns lately the editor says
TINT il is not in tNvor OF any measure Of
prescription or c0ntiscNtion. but adds
| Tint il IS high time tO cnuFc the COmpu.
ny Of Jesus to observe the law. To effect
this the Government of the Republic
will only have to revert not only to the
traditions and laws Of ,he ancient
Monarchy, but to those Ot rhe First En-
pirc, the Restoration, and thc Govern.
mcnt Of Louis Philippe. In 1904, on
the report of Portals, the Jesuit col.
lcgrS wen closed and their communities
were dispersed. Under the bigotcd
Charles y, who believed in appNritiens,
the decree Of the Empire was renewed (;
and in 1915, on the demand of VI.
'rhiers, the Chamber of Deputies directed
the Government to see that previous
legislation in this matter was proper V
carried out. 1t was under the Second
Empire that the .IcSuits recovered lost
ground. After Jacques Clement, who
assassinated Henri ILL.,, came Jean Chas.
tel, who wounded Henri w.; then Ra.
vnilhc, who finished waat his brother
Jesuit had commenced. Next came pa.
micns, who stabbed Louis XV., the Well.
beloved After this last affair the Par
limcnt ordered Che ,IeNuis to lay before
the Chamber printed copy Of their
constitution, upon which report, most
unf'.yorable to the society, WAS drawn
up. On the 9Th of My, 1857, it was
decreed that the hooks approved by the
Society Of Jesus, containing immoral and
su6yersiye doctrines, should he torn and
burned by the public eXecutioncr, as Sc
ditious, destructive of all principle of
moral Christianity, teaching n murder
Ous doctrine not only agninst the safety
and life of citizens, but even against
sacred and sovereign persons. The
Jrsuits were forbidden to teach in the
colleges, and the Kings subjects were
forbidden to follow their lessons. 1t wns
also decided that the archbishops and
bishops then in Paris slIunld decide upon
the four following points: 1st, On the
utility Of Jesuits in France and the in.
convenience resulting from the different
functions contided to them. cd. On
their conduct on their opinions contra
ry to the safety OF the persons of sover
eigns; on the doctrine of the French
clergy contained in the declaration of
1852 the articles of the Gallicnn Church
drawn up by Bossuet in an assembly Of
the French clergy, and which vanished
under the influence of the recent Vati.
can decrees. 3d. On the amount OF
obedience Jesults owe to their bishops.
4th. On the influence which the author
ity of the general of the Jesuits would
exercise in France. Out of fifty-one
prelates forty.ilye declared themselves in
favor Of the Jcsuits, $50 great was the