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interval an agreement might be reached that wou'o
be satisfactory to all concerned
4 CLERICAL REPUBLIC.
THE DOMINATION OF THE CATHOLIC 'h'""
IN EC'UADOR-THE LIBERAL hhNoho-
TIONARY MOVEMENT.

TIoNARy MOVEMENT
For many weeks. dispatches informed inc W.
almost daily OF the progress OF the hoe'a, 'e'o
,iorary movement In the South American Nep
OF Ecuador. That movement. led by Genera' aiid'0,
has finally succeeded and his army has eh'ere'
Quito the political capital. after having rem"'"eu
FOR some time at Guayaqui.. the commercial cap'a'
o. the country Later news Is 10 the enect 'ha'
General Rivadeneira has placed h.msei al t'e "ea'
of the party hostile TO that OF Afaro. ana 'ha' e
is waGng against the latter IL is 10 De hope'
that Rivadenelra will not succeed. and that ECUADOR
will be freed from the presty shacsles which nave
delayed ITS progress especially since Garcia Moreno
occ,,p,ed the Presidency Even after his sssass!na-
ton Ecuador was governed according TO the reac-
,ionarv policy which he had inherited from his pred
ecessor. and rendered still more reirograde
The Government OF Ecuador was the most cerics
10 be found upon the face OF the eafth' ana 'he
country was the poorest and the most backward OF
ali those in America 1t said OF Ecuador that
IL was the only Government having really ana
completely a Catholic character" The constitution
saws that public authorities fa be held to respect
the official religion. 10 make IL respected anu !"
protect it's liberty and rights The same cohs'i'u-
ton has an article which cannot be submitted TO re-
vision 1t Is that which declares Catholicism TO be
the State religion The state is declared to be
Catholic Apostolic and Roman" 10 the exclusion
OF any other worship In taking possession OF 'ne'r
office. the President and Vice president OF the Re-
public pronounce the following oain; 1 swear py
God Lord and upon the holy Gospels to fuifil
my charge faithfully. to protect the Catholic. Apos-
,olc. Roman religion TO preserve the integrity and
stution and the laws. II do So let God be my aid
and defence and. If do not do II. let Him and the
country keep me responsible.
President Garcia Moreno in a message 10 the
Ecuadorian Congress. in 1873 said: Having the
good fortune 10 be Catholics let us be 50 frankly
and without any reservations not only In our pri-
cording TO that programme the INTRODUCTION OF
ali books pamphlets and newspapers was SUD
mit,ed to the control of the Church The Republic
soiemnly placed under the protection OF the
Sacred Heart OF Jesus and the army divided In
four corps called the Sons OF God. OF the Good
Shepherd. OF the Five Wounds and OF the I'm
macu!ate Virgin The budget OF the clergy s,a IS
of the State. Converts numerous. and they
have naturally monopoized public instruction from
the lowest TO the highest degree Tne country mas
a railroad OF seventy miles. Commerce Is almost
null and agriculture hardly developed Tnere are
districts where the plough is unknown, anu gram
Is obtained through dancing upon tne staks VIII
heavy wooden shoes Flour is all imported from
abroad. ~. III. 49,
People greet each other meeting with me
verbs: Let the Holy Sacrament OF the Altar DE
blessed To which must answer Amen ,
At the time OF religious processions one can see
Indians half-naked. following the Holy
with long beams .ashed TO their arms and shoulders
bv wires which make the skin swell and the blood
squirt out Others tie bundles OF thorns upon their
body: and every movement they make tears OUT
trodden by the procession. On the eve or the great
religious holidays all the well-to-do Inhabitants OF
Quito 20 for wee INTO the house OF some re-
lisious order Many Of these ancient customs nave
hesn retained since the time of Garcia Moreno
but they will disappear gradually, under me M
0uence Of the modern ideas, advocated py tne re-
cupy place among the prosperous nations OF south
America.