The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-05-02

the resistance. ct the FEDERAL stss or the can-
tons, and of the Eatholi les. He IS a prisoner.
A reaction airy, he has come to the assista nee
,OfsunItarian sradicai Ism d To moderate The
sppposit. on OF the cantons and OF the CathO-
lies, practically to have the socialist and
democratic parties of n. Decurta.rls, the
great orator and socio, oglst, conde mned:: to
make use Of the TACT appreciation Of the
Holy See to bring about without. too much
notice Of protestation the work Of extreme
unity and the destruction Of the autonomy
of the ,cantons, such Is the secret motive Of
this VOYAGE; such the dream OF the Federal
Council ~sS. ss.-s. b, 8. -.
!. Rome must receive this ambassador with
establishment With the discreet art that
.c1aracterizes the Roman and the Italian
ecclesiastfc, with the smiling courtesy that
consoles for reboffs, the Vatican Will u1-
.doubtediy send back this strange visitor.
MI sZemp is not Bismarck, and M. Occur
tins IS more popular In the Eternal City
thanh. Windthorst. Leo XIII. Is a.feder-
ialist IN Italy How can he support extreme
Capitalization for radical and Protestant
Switzerland ? +. Would not the end OF the IN
dependence of the cantons mean the end
ofire,ig.ous liberty? Has not the progress
OF Capitalization from the time OF the Som
derbund to that Of the constitution OF 1873,
and the KustuTEampf always conceded WITH
renewed outbreaks OF savage Calvanism
and insidious zwinglian:sm?
4. THIS ONSET OF THE EUROPEAN y
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has something ridiculous in i as well as
a%6eep meaning. One might suppose that
arlnn's heads are being turned in high places
al the moment when the plains are growing
green. and when from them rise the voices
Of y1:e!rnphart democracy and progress
1t IS thus that courts and governments be-
hayed on the eve Of 1879 and of l24S. They
abdicated morally before actually abandon
ing their posts. Instead OF leading, or form
ing channels for the current Of history, they
bar it like artificial and poWer!ess dams
across an irresistible and conquering tor
rent. II, with Rome or without Rome, the
Federal Council Of Berne succeeds in its OBJ
ieet the destruction Of federalism, the ex-
pertinent VIII deserve to be watched and
closely studied. especially in the United
States, whose institutions have some analogy
with the thousand year-old traditions OF It
tie Helvetia.. The testimony Of these inf1n.t-
es:mal states was the matrix where took
shape its independence, its power and Or
gan.c. development II Europe has often
cast looks of envy on the strong and sensl-.
BILE republic, it is because decentralization
has not stifed nor repressed nor checked
its growth and life. What would happen if
unitarian.snn were to take the place Of can
tonalism? Would Switzerland become, Exc
it's neighbors, subject to crisis or decadence?
What renewal of youth or, vitality can she
look for in this peaceful revolution? As
you see, the case is an interesting one for
both Europe and the New World. Were it
not for the gravity Of the interests at stake
in this deciding game, one could almost
hope for the success of M. Temp and his
momentary allies as a matter of intellectual
curiosity. - 6,