The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-05-01

From our Regular Correspondent
pAnrs. FRANCE. April 8. 1ssl

PARIS, FRANCE, April 3, 1880
i 1t is said that the Jesuits have no
been surprised at the tenor OF the DC
crees published yesterday in the Jour
nal O6Fciel, the heads Of the order II
Paris having been acquainted with theil
contents some days ago. The reports
current are so conflicting thatit is hare
Ito predict what steps the Jesuits arr
likely to take in thematter, but itseem
probable that they will have recourse
ito every means Of legal resistance
4 Writing to-day in the Gdalois, M
Weiss advises the Jesuits to hold thei
4 ground, and submit only to the even
tual Judgment Of the Court Of Casa
A ton. M. Weiss remarks that the SO
cicty will be morally covered by tn
authority Of the Senate, as, indeed, I
lis the Senate, quite as much as the SO
ciety, which is struck and offended b
1.-THE DEGREES. All the other papers
publish articles on the DEGREES to-day
and few extracts therefrom will give
your readers some idea of the opinions
Expressed on this important subject.
1.-The Monitsur Universel considers that
the DEGREES are thoroughly nnconstitu-
tional, and that the prerogative of the
Senate has been assaulted. The pro
cedure adopted by the Government,
adds the Moniteur, assumes, moreover,
the character Of a persecution, which
is contrary to our habits and to the
principle of Republican Government.
It is, besides, as arbitrary as it is use
less, since the object of the Govern
ment in presenting Article 7 is not at
tanned, in spite of the DEGREES passed
against the congregations. M. Clemen-
ceau's organ, the Justice declares that
the DEGREES are far less effective than
Article Z would have been, as they only
continue the struggle. That would
have been for immediate expulsion,
and now there is a delay of three, or
even, perhaps, six months. The Jas
lice is of opinion that if the clerical
party we're to feign concession, such
half measures might be extremely dan
gerous, and in few years matters
might be just where they are now.
Luckily, concludes this journal, the
clerical party are not 50 moderate as
all this. The Repa6liqaae Frencaise
says that, whatever happens, clerical
ism has received its death-blow. Little
by little Catholicism will become what
it should never have ceased to be, and
what the ComcordGt made it, namely, q
and not q political conspiracy
tending to restore theocracy, which
is hundred times worse than the old
regime Viewed thus, concludes the
Repabiiqae Franchise, the month of
March, 1880, marks in our history the
point of departure Of a movement that
will now be able to arrest. M.
Dufaure's organ, the Parlement, asserts
that the non-authorized congregations
never constituted so grave a danger as
to render it necessary to raise the ban
ner of an anti-clerical crusade. Three
years after the failure Of the attempt
Of May l6, one year after the renewal
Of the Senate, while the country was
in the enjoyment Of complete peace at
home, i was very imprudent to inau-
gnrate q government of combat. Many
useful things remained to be done,
without starting upon an adventure
which, however it may end, can bring
no profit with II. Writing this even
ing in the Pays, M. Paul de Cassagnac
remarks that'the Government, by al
blnndering policy, has given all the
Conservatives common ground npon
which 70 work. We shall see, says NJ.
Dc Cassagnac, whether we are to Be-
come the slaves Of the Revolutionists,
Atheists, and Materialists. Powerful
empires have tried persecution and
fallen, and certainly aweak Republic,
likcth VIII not succeed where such
giants have failed.
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