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BLOODY ROMAN
CATHOLIC SPAIN.
History H.n Simply K'ir.t
nl llsilf In Cul, to the
Disr.uc f Spain.
athr (nififiil, It.'iitHl ami Hung I p
1 hat 1 lielr Te Itan I j 1 nm linl I he
l.rniisil, 1 1n ii (ill Hum Into
I'loret. Wl'h Their wttd.
In tin' Angust Forum there is a very
lii.tr. ic Ivp article tnt.to d "The Kepo
titlrn if History In Our Vr with
ripa:r.'' written hy S. I.. Thuriow,
Fol oi- lng are a few cxt- act therefrom:
Scaln baa been the i ruel oppri ssor of
mar y peoples History lit full of her
crime. It record how Philip II. con
demned three million Netherlands to
dcatn; wishing they hud but one neck,
that he might exterminate them all at
a slrgle blow.
It tell of the expulsion- the exterml
union, almost of the Morlscos, early
lo the seventeenth century. Through
the active instrumentality of the Holy
Inquisition tbete people had. of course,
all been '.'convert d." Still there re
nalied harassing doubts as to their
slccerlty. Among the many minor
persecutions to which they were sub
jected, tby were forbidden ti indulge
In tbelr national amutvmi nti or to
wear the national amusements or to
wear the national dren. Tbey were a
cleanly race, and bad numerous public
hatha. At bathing was heathenish
cuitom, these hatha were all destroyed,
at were t.in the hatha In the private
toiler
Finally, in mi it was resolved, by
the advice of the bishop, to expel what
wan left of the Moorish people. A the
Archbishop of Valencia put It, In a me
norlal to Philip HI:
"All the disasters that had befallen
tte n.oriarchy hud been iaued by the
prertnee of thtso unbelievers, whom It
wan now neco'tary to root out, evt n as
David had don- .o the Philistine and
Saul to the AmaU kites."
There wan no toe difference of opinion
a to methods. The Archbishop of Va
lencia, for Instance, thought that
children under siven yean of age need
not share In tie general banUr merit,
but might, without danger to the faith,
he M parattd fr m thir parents, and
kept In Spain. Hut the Archbishop of
Tolulu a opposed to this; being un
willing, he aid, "to run the risk of
having the puie K ar.lsh blood polluted
by Infidels." And h-j declared that
"sooner than leave one of the unbelk-v
em to eorrup the land, he would have,
the whole of them men, women, and
ehi dreri at or,ec put to the word."
lif this if let of I'hlllp. It Is climat
ed that a million of the rr.o"t industri
ous Inhabitants of hiain were hunted
like w ild beasts from their home, slm-
p'y 'ireause the sincerity of thi'lr "ion
Version" was doubted.
Tol.lng painfully to the coast, thou
and of Moilco with murdered on tin
way, or diid from expo-uro uni) starve
tloi; f. r 'O tin I d by a cruel und Itr
ane ft na' Iclmi wen: the hi ru id ttn
jieop e of that i landfill ag'i ai d coun
try, ilii t. ti.iy could ri fum; to glvu to
th-f ii.liiii U litt'e hi a cup of cold
ituti.r I If tl on' who n m:ln d tin: Colit
aii'i ' in in ki d to til- to Africa, mm y
t t.: tu.t;l,eru) by it.i: hpariUh cn;,
who rvihcii t!,".' woii.eii, and threw
the i U lii r n into ihe - ; h riinniiiit
only '.: oliig u ii I! tfi.n y .o i-l.
Tl.i. n- the tork I;'!, un in the.
re.,'1. i-l I'eidii utiii uni I -H' el ii, i.'oin-
.!i t'jl, 'i t e liit ii' tie? loi,'' A it h
dr. vi ii fn.iii il.c lieruiii pi nin-uiii
A i c .i ii'iil t (.'li'in h mi I 'ut', it null, er
.ei, h ni i-i n niiu n towi.rd th! nili. of
H ..in
in I'liture I'.c-i: Mnin'iH wi r ut
thif. t'n;e fr '..pMinr Id their di:-
1.-1101111 'K I li'i: 1 n i-i nl da . anil were
UiMht th'! m.i.V rK.lied uiti-ili- In
8, ii. Ai farnit rf, anii :. i cUl.y 1 1
uui.u'a-.turera of U x ! c and other fan
j i., they were un q jailed In Kuropo,
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Tbey had established numerous factor-
leu containing thouiand of looms at
Seville, Toledo, and other place. All
theae Induatrlea were wiped out at a
blow, and whole dUtrlcU laid waste,
which to thin day have never been re
peoplid, except by bileanda. That
8 pain persecuted the Jew mercllomly,
goea without taylng. There are othur
alleged Christian nation, however,
who have friquently vleJ with her In
that "ploun" work, even down to the
prenent time. A for the SpanUh dona
temHolven, but two vocation In life
wc.ru powlble the army or the church.
All other occupation were regarded
with supreme contempt.
In the old cathedral of Granada iitand
the tomb of Ferdinand and fhubella.
The traveller of today may read there
on an Inscription, of which the follow
ing la a truncation:
"To the Most Catholic Don Fernando
and Dona Isabel, King and (Jueen of
Spain, of Naplea, of Sicily and Jerusa
lem, who cor q tiered th! Kingdom and
brought It back to our faith; who con
quered the Canary I1am!s and the fn
die, whocrushd heresy, (Xii)ll"d the
Moor and Jew from these realm, and
reformed religion,"
In thin epitaph wo find the key lo
Kp;tnlsh history, to the cause which
led to tbn downfall of a great empire.
A the ago pass, the mitrvol will grow
t.tmt nu b hliloiiu crime hoti'd havo
b en co niiiltti'd In the namn of religion.
Hut the mo.t awful part of Spain's
record I that made up by her own bi
torlan, La Casit, a Spanish prlent,
who h ! ft a full account o' the oceu
patlon tl thft West Ir lib s, and i spe
o a'lyof Cuba. Thl work ha bum
but n'ci'iitly translated. The nitlves
of t he-e 1-lnrds, unlike the Hi ree North
American Indians, wetn u gi-n'lu and
pi.".o:i ful rae ; leading llfo if A read
Inn simplicity, hdI u-'iiining tncm
selviM, alirio-! w'tboit. htiior, by the
spun iiri'-ons liri.i! hi t nf that gard n-
pot of t! p em- h.
T' '! hi'lp'i'- r,ii: 'K coiiinlc'i-ly
i: xti-i'inimit.'H In !" s tiia.) thirty years,
und lu rro i-ltviry ni'i-titi.teil. Thu
wits Introd d in tbi fr.'O wtrtcrn
hvili!i ri a fal-o h'nl wli-Ki'd ss!.iin,
fin- ti.e p, ' pe'.i a inn of WbU li o.ir own
givut. Ui-puMIc has bi-i-n i.vlle.l to a
'earful a-.'' ii in' : (xp'u.i i.' tloi -in In
the bl'iml ' her un u-i.l at a c.n-t, of
i'iitol'1 millions.
S .me of I'm a'.ativii-'nW of I.'V- ("Hi- i
haroly teiir nciul. and would m;i mi
increci ible, were it Kot fo. the aJdco
ll(;it, thro n en tt.c Spanish t hai acier
by recent tveuts in Ciia. i'ho unfo -tuna'e
t atlves were divided among the
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Still Clamoring
Span! ardi by a "repartlmlento" (an al
lotment) of ilavci o many slave to
ao much Und. There being an abun
dant supply of labor, and Indian lives
being considered of no value, It was
considered cheaper In the cultivation
of certain of the crops to work ao In
dian to death undor the lavh and re
placo him with another, than to give
him any care. When they rebelled, as
they naUral'y did occasionally, they
were murdered by tho hundred, burled
alivu, Impaled, or torn to pieces by
bloodhounds, On one occasion, In re
taliation for thu killing of one of their
oppressor, the hands of fifty Indians
were chopped off by tho Spaniards.
Little children were drowned like pup
pic, a useloiis Incumbrance.
L'i Cam writes thus of "the ming
ling of religion Idea with theshetrcHl
deviltry," Ho says that once, in honor
and reverence of Christ and Ills twelve
Apostles, they hanged thirteen Indians
In a row, at mcli a height that their
toi s just touched thu groun 1, and then
picked them to death with their sword
point-: taking caro not to kill them too
quickly, and llrst gagging them, In or
der that their cries and groans should
not too much disturb the Spaniards.
A lnvorltu Hiiiusomcrit wa a test of
tholr Toledo Made by deciding who
could in oi I i eatly cleave an Indian In
twain ut a single blow. "KcparUml
into" then, "rec.om entrado" now, the
insult Is thu same-i-xli rinlniUlon.
In that "I'eat l of thu Antilles" w h'ch
Spain ha worn so proudly; which rhti
ha M'l sadly misruled, she la at last to
Hie) her Netnei-ls. For the murder of
her on people, for the blood of thor,
slaughtered millions of long a-n, the
turrlbli! cry of wl o-1 stilTVr.ng will not
b stilled, bot tomes ruining down
Ihroilcb the centuries, ll Just re'rli'u
tlon Is ut hand. Great a I. a been the
ptiiih li nit ut, of Spain, the end Is nut jet.
For"allh what mcuMiri! yo mete, it
ihali bo mea-io'ei) to you aaln,"
Ki.tniivi d from lis home envi, o-. 'ii- nl
to far ill-Uiiil i.iii Is, luul liiHiiglil und' r
thulnlluei.cn of a better civ ii ;.' Ion,
the spunish i:harc:r is mo. I if) u; i.i -com'iig
n.'ir" cni-rgeilc, ln mb-r n.ii d
t-d , nun e toll rant .
,i.t',irlv many .tnei !--tn travu'h ri
who have v.s te.i M.'x'.o hav; -k 11
in i-i lhii-,ii in tc.i-nis of llio r ! ii-.-n-of
tio' p'lV"1 tlicy ,u ij ina'dn.". and
'.bey tell i .- nf tlu' i. r.i't wo"k ac ieii
;rlii(l hy ti eir in ' I re-iii..T I of
tln.lr grard. t'u'ir magnificent country.
Indeed, w ' sc.Mn ' be g-ttinjr q't.tc
pri . ! of cv.r s'.ster icpi. Jic. V ,t the
Mexicans u-cof the tame Spanish stock
a. t VV'.
Ur. a. t
for the Children.
that has shown Itself capablo of such
crimes against civilization and hu
manity as those of which I have writ
ten. Hut they are now free men, have
been for several generations, and are
'earning to make good use of their
freedom.
We also hear tho shallow assertion
that the downtrodden Cubans are an
Igiioraitllul.uiifH lo govern themsclver.
Perhaps they are; but they are what
centuries of oppre.slon have made
them.
Forty years ago Th imas Ilucklo, In
hi remarkable ' History of Civiliza
tion, " wrote:
"A Spain Is this country where what
I conceive to be the fundamental con
ditions of national Improvement have
been most flagrantly violated, so also
shall wo find thai It Is the country
where the penalty paid for the viola
tion has been most heavy, and where,,
therefore, It Is most Instructive lo as
certain how the prevalence of certain
opinions causes the decay of the po if lo
among whom thi y r dominate,"
Thu fiery ordeal of battle Is again
throwing a search-light on the Spanish
character; and we can sea what th In
tollecUiHl suppression of generations of
men does for them. In Spain Irqulry
and freedom of thought have always
been systematically discouraged. Tho
Spaniard have had little parlor tnl- r
est In the mai'nHli ent achlcvi mnnt of
modern science, A o ile 'i supprea.i d
ami ii u i iri sed, so stunted menu'!,
can ol produce the bet ml i or, sold iern,
mere linn t or iiiecririlc.
A Snuiple NcH-pnpir l)iliiliui nf Anil
lllOlllllllsls.
The prtillminitri. s for pe'ico had on'y
b'gun whet sevcrul nuUanees that t il l
he, ii Invisl'ih) in war !i"Hed Inlo tho
iMiiU'c and bt.'caiiic lnvlncibli In iicaep,
Tiiat. oranl.ullon of amlabbt Idiots
known a the In'crnni'oiial Feaco As
sociations Is claiming recognition and
making o' it-elf a -plendld n..is ancn by
Ul' ihi :ng ilk" a l it o' gr tnilaiiics In
icat'ers that n i lire thi atl'iitloi of
v Igor. ill in 'li. Wo !) .inl I i ' t ' of i Ics
j p o,.!e while lio.iiliti, .,-.i j,'Oing or.
' i M'njit .ing that some o' tlie i tn ) , l i-
sent i era k l'i'.t'n"il yiun; woma'i to
i Madrid lo so the qu-en n-gi nt aid ar
! range I f peai-. Wo will hoar of them
J now, never fear. Another i.u's nice is
' the b..nd n' patrb-ts known as A. I1. A.'s
who are handed t.'Vi llc r o-icesihly to
orote t the courtry and tli fond the lit
tic red -chool ho iso-. Thi s ; wort iics
did nut go to t!. war When the caii
was i laac tor wnm''i" li. v did nut
' respond. They had lost no Spaniards
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and did not promise to look for any.
They hid out. But they are coming
back. With the destruction of the
Spanish navy and Indications of an
early peace, they ventured forth again,
Tha first of these asses to bray was a
brainless bigot nccr Annapolis, Dur
ing one of his pulpiteering exercises
he took occasion to assail the govern
ment, In thu severest, term beeansi) It
had treated Admiral Cervera and his
fellow prisoners with that considera
tion so becoming to chivalrous victors,
Tho reason given by thl pu!ant non
combatant was tha', the Spaniards
were catholics ard lhal th y should be
treated like bi at of the fle d. Much
sentiments at pressed In a pulpit are a
dlsgracu to religion and a disgrace te
human nature I'eop'e can eao his
church and refuse to listen to such vul
gar ranting, but they can not escape
belonging to the same species with this
ccclesla Ileal quid nunc, The last can
didal" for long-eartul fame Is a patriot
who feels outraged because a certain
stamp lsued hy the government has
the likeness of the Illustrious pero Mar
quette on It. Some time since a few of
these rancous-volced goose-gabblcr
rose up In wrath nccauso on.) of the
states had sent. In lo the pantheon ut.
Washington, as It contrlh"tlon to the
ail treasures of the place, a statue of
this Intrepid exiilon-r and missionary
Man(i i-'te's sta'u' In Washington, It
was urn in d would t iril ev. ry little red
si hool house In the country topsy-turvy
I an 1 place the pop of Home In the
White, tluus'. It was thru hoped that
this delightful cult had exhausted Ms
supply of alnlnlty, but In this the
country was sadly disappointed. The
cry now is against the appi-armi ; of
the courterfoll presentment of the von
(rabbi padre's face on a stamp for tho
reason that he was a foreigner. if
coursi! the real reason I ber.ui-e Mar
quelle belonged to a o trticular church,
but the fclinw hal decency enough to
bo a banted of hi- -i-Mlnimi anil llo
curious i-ouni,'!' to l.e abo.it It and 'it
It on the gi-oond that. hU ohj-ctioiis
were hand upon the id, a lint! the
much vciiera'ed p'ni.eei' a a foreign
i r If wc are to hou.ir only the a it.n h
thorn s we will have a g"i d many mon
um nls to tour down aid a goo I many
to erect In the memory o' the now ncg.
looted Ind'ao chiefs, Atec',s aid
MoU'ui hulldcs When p- ro Mar
quetie was pi-ni'tratlng the trackio-s
forests and cspioi'lng the Misiippl
r,-i r carrying the light of the (ioscl
and the seeds of civilization to the
Ury savages almost every white man
In thai ps I ! I! ii"'ii for
ilgtrr Th. lo n Amril aiiS
ilof, tiof for iil' ki '.. ,1,
tat sle tbl tV-'f sien- I nfclib o-d
(nlt. Ills rf . t 'll anltl , !!
lli-stbifl anl rrllglon arc r al a
thoe of any insn In Mtoiy lh
nnintry, and hla U it no sleep la
.. onp of Ihemsgnitbi ! Isk.-s ahich
lie l"ic I nl e I Wobsl l,...dbt
the slliikiPg cooaidice di-pUjfil by
the-o vein no ii. v trie's il n-lng the
tr isi.uhl shaiio Hem Into sllt'iic
eter a'li r, I ut It s, ems that we am ti
hme ihein as KHin as mhoi peace I
reslnied. It Is s i ki lling to s in -ll
made In tho Imai'o of their cicator so
iiioi a ly del o in" I aid m in.dly hide-
mi t slltian wa a rrineo t nnriiiing
In comparison --Motuph'. Commercial
Appeal.
nillthe Tl tests ( laliii II Was Patriotic
(on ne it:
A considerable numbi r of distin
guished Catholic dlgnl'arli a are n tho
city. Their presence hero has aroused
curiosity, not to say alarm, In certain
circles which froth at tho mouth every
tla e there la a cathollo council any
where In the United Stale, and partic
ularly In Washington. Those digni
taries are very busy, and SKKM TO
II A V K A (JURAT DUAL OF HU3I
NKSS WITH HIGH OFFICIALS ara
WITn OTOEIt I'FOl'LF. OF I..
FLUKNCE. Their Industry glvea rise
to the claim that they are trying to
"MAKE THEMSELVES FELT" IN
Til E CUEATION OF A I'EACE
COMMIHSION," so that It may DEAL
GENTLY WITH CATHOLIC IN
TEHEST8 IN CUHA, I'OUTO UICO
and tha PHILIPPINES. It would not
be criminal If this were true, for the
Scripture tells us to look after our own
first. The Review of Hevlowa, which ,
Is rated a a publication of the most
careful and conservative sort, stated In
a recent Issue that M,000 000 of the
funds of the catholic- church was In
vested In Spanish bonds, for the pay
ment of which Cuban revenues were
pledged. This would account for the
worldly roricern which the high ofllclala
of the church are showing In the com
position of the peace commission. The
church Interests are heavier In tho
Philippines, however, than ai ywhero
else; Agulnaldo claims that his and
previous Insurrections were directed
not so much again, t the Spanish gov
ernment a to OVF.UTllUOW THE
"MONASTIC TYIIANN V'whlch ha
long been In control of tho Islands, and
whose exactions upon the natives o
ulatlon havo b en most oneroua
Washington special to Chicago Even
ing Post.
The Ni hriisl.it Kepiihlli an llnhi mlan-Jrw
Ho Ihi latcil That I -( cut Stamp.
A number of letters have been re
ceived a' the post' 111 !' departinnnteorii
plaining of one of th Omaha exMisl
tlon stamp-, It I one bearing the llg
urn of Fattier Ma-q't-tl" In his canoni
cal robes The A. P. A. U 0'ol a! Ijf
at rung In its denunciation of this selec
tion to adorn one of t t o stamps, and
tho third assistant pu-tma tar general,
who ha Immedlatil.v charge of the
stamps, I accused of being res onsible
"for this outrage main Americanism. "
The selection of deigns for the stamps
wa made by tho third assistant post
masn r general after due con-deration,
Ho though Father Marquette repre
sented a erlod in the history of tho
west Hud without ihlt k i g of hi creed
rt commended the dc-lgn. Postmaster
( ii tioi-nl iary at the time looked over
the tli n gus, and ho, lot'. 1 1' ought tho
Maiquoito stamp well lei-tod. Neith
er of thi so g' i tii un ii Is a Catholic and
It 1 siid tl at 'he ill -U'ii ( riglnate.d
with llili'i.r Koea'cr, t f tho Omaha
I if, slin l sl-si s I'rioi s'anl. Wash-
' ingten, I). C , Timey.
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i Out of U w n Alio deans when visiting
Omaha can save mo'ov ami got a pic s
act room by applying at thi olll-ti.
Kiiom can bo secure 1 in advance by de-
Xlsit of $ I
Truth la alwaya ready to go to war;
error will run at the first opportunity.