The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-02-10
OPPOSED EDICT OF TRENT.
Mob Looted Hundred Catholic
Churches.
ARMY ARRIVES FROM GERMANY.
AS the stadtholdess, Margaret

ia, endeavored to enforce the
edicts of Trent and put the inqui.
sition in working order, a cry Of
Indignation and complaint was
heard throughout the whole land
Protestant and Catholic, high
and low, ric,i and poor, felt of.
Tended alike. Butthe nobility of
the provin ces seemed to be arous.
ed most; for 400 noblemen form.
ed confederation or league for
the purpose of inducing the SOY.
erelgn to recall the edlcts and
the lnquisitlon. They got up a
petition to that effect with many
thousands of signatures attach.
ed, and in presenting this peti-
tion to the governess, marched in
a solid body to the palace but un.
armed. This unusual proceeding
greatly alarmed the governess.
who took it to be open rebellion,
and hesitated to admit them to
her palace. At this instant one
Of her counsellors said to her,
"Oh, do not mind these beg.
gars" (Greux), which word was
eagerly taken up and used for an
insignia of the league, and ever
after it was called the Greux
league; each member, also, wore
n badge on his person represent.
ing beggar's haversack. Louis
of Nassau and Henry of BREEDER.
oden, two noblemen of the high.
est rank, were chosen spokesmen
by the league. Margaretta with
faint grace heard the petition but
gave no definite answer, only in.
tent on gaining time to put her
self in a condition to resist them
with force. Thus the first step
was taken by the league, and
their hopes of success ran very
high, insomuch that the league
gained IN mum ber daily, and the
lower element OF the population
became very bold in their actions
and demands. In the meantime
Margaretta sent to Madrid for
instructions, which were IN the
effect to gain time until she could
enlist a sufficienG army IN Ger.
many to deal with these rebels
and heretics for which purpose
the king sent her the necessary
funds. AS there were very few
arrests made, and the inquisitiop
seemed inactive, one would natu-
rally believe that religious toler.
ance would be the result of the
petition. So the league publish
ed. to the world what is known as
COMPROMISE of the Greux." In
this compromise every member
under oath promised mutual aid
to each other in defense of their
faith and the abolition of the in
quisitlon. Now every sect held
their meetings openly. Before
this they were not allowed to ex-
ist at all. AS IN the compromise
one sect must not interfere with
any others rights, it followed
that non. Catholics could not use
the Catholic churches, and as
there wers no other the Protes-
tants had to worship in private
houses or out ON the CONF mons,
which caused great discomfort.
SO the. leaders com menced and
built some Protestant churches
but 1t was impossible to accom-
modate such great gatherings
with sufficient churches, as often
10000 would congregate in one
place in some park or field and
be addressed by various speak
ers. Some of these speakers
found fault with the Catholics in
not permitting them to use then
churches, and worked upon the
baser sort of the people to thai
extent that a mob formed and
broke into the churches and de
stroyed altars, cruclfxes, stat
ues aud palntings.-many rare
and valuable ones, some thai
could never be rep.aced; they
even drank the communion WINE
wherever it was found, and car
ried away the silver communior
service. In this shameful way
400 Catholic churches were strip
ped of all their costly ornaments
in q few nights, and no one hat
recognized the perpet' ators.- =