On this page

• Text (3)

  Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

  • 

    328 The ' Leader and Saturday Analy st, ...

  • 

    | ¦ NOBTH. A¥KICA.* . TNRENCfl " coloniz...

  • 

    I recent Fronoh ami other Information on...

• Transcript

  • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

    Eduq\.Tion\L And Religious Itfstituttons...

    tnPnfc the professorshi ps had been reduced to the lowest number SSibkandthe ^ professors had been most , miserably remunerated .-EMarqut 3 & £ iJri has been indefeti-able in his lnbowsot every H ^ d in S nection with education in all its various ramificationsthe en ow Lnb of libraries , museums , laboratory and similar Inftitut o s It should be well understood that the ob jec t kept in view in all instruction , whether in the gymnasium the lyeeum , or toe uKversity , has been twofold-classical and technical academic an * social , theoretic and practical . United with the dead languages are commercial , agricultural , and all other practical studies AVule the rang-e of subjects tau-ht in the universities will . be iar nioie varied than heretofore , and the professors m consequence mach more numerous , the salaries will be greatly augmented , and wiII , it is said , amount to about 4000 . f . each on an average—a respectable " NoM ^ he Minister of Public Worship been idle If ^ examine the different legislative acts relating to religion winch have lecently emanated from the Central Italian Government , we-shall see that they are of no unimportant nature or extent , . whether as to the reforms actually wrought , or the principles of religious liberty and « Sty wl c » thev cMTibodv . The fact that these changes have nec-tation has prevented them from receiving from the public that , attento which they deserve . A glance at what . has been done ; rrriv serve to give an idea of what still remains to do before regions ; iTb ^ tv iiHl tolerance are . perfected , . The temporary Government , has had to consider four , subjects in its spiritual and ec ^ losiast ca provisions : the attainment of that independence for the Mate , Umt . , sX ^ vermmmfr and liberty of action of w uch -the ; late svucidal , . . aittl-nationnl , andbigoted Government Dnd deprived , t ; to arm , , ge , ¦ for the order . lv and decorous performance ot worship , and topiowde . , for the wants ' of the clergy in ore effect ually t . lum- wa * done by the LoiiK u ^ E Government , which , though devoted to Itomo , was far . f tom being religious ; togive legal , sanction to the ^^ J !^ ^ ;; of social justice and true civilization , mvolved m theequality o . al religions J forrnS in the eye of the law : to p lease territorial J > ™ perl > from the obligations of mortmain , which the i ^ f '" i *? ^ «^ j . ' r fast ccntuw relaxed , but did not annul . The Provisional Gov ern- ; 'tnent satisfied , all these demands , or intimated its mtent . on and desire to do so , and we shall gladly see-that the opportunity i * afforded for following out its ' -noble programme . Any principj * . oi -, power which serves to lessen the pretensions ^ nd weake n the mtlueuce ofKume in the Peninsula , must be hailed with rej . ncing . AV e look upon Rome as even a greater grievance than . Austria to ¦ lia s . A battle or a campaign may chase the double-headed eagle be . end . the Alps , but Home is not to be coiumered by cannon balls or driven out at the point of the bayonet . Its dominion is vooted m the politi 9 nl constitution of the country . In the midst ot the bate . and of society it has its own state and society , its forces ever o » -ga-S " secl . ISveii on the Exchange , and amid , the fluctuations of territorial proprietorship ,, its . intluem-e , . or rather the wcigl . ^ of is ¦ ¦ ¦ -domination is ielt . To a depree-of Government , Rome opposes its S" d apostolic letters . To nullify the action ot the protects , it , sets in motion the reaeticm of . the b shops For the secular tr - tmnals it substitutes the curia ; for . political statutes , the calendars if the Church . Overstepping its own boundaries » t penetrates the halls of palaces , thence proceeds to houses and fields , ^ ndvi belonging to convents of friars or tiuns , itls not possible to alienate or dlpose offer any length of tinve . without ta placet , be . lie con-. tract useful or noxious even to tho cause ot the-Ohanty itsell . . The Government began its noble and arduous woHc ot religions reform with the abolition of the Concordat ^ lSol , bo lonff » s tins oxisted , no good was possible , no evil remediable . Any one _ who £ s eva . nincd the conventions of April 25 , 1 S 51 , must , be convinced that the concordat was the most signal inomuno . it ot the hypocrisy and io ' nonmco of the late Government , the most complete triumph of tho policy of tho Curia , and . of tho . cunning of Axtowjiu . Tho eavdinul ' doacon did not euro to . destroy any largo portion ot U > o ' Tuscan eccl ^ iasticalleyislation . Ho contented hnnsolf with waging war against principles ,, convinced that tho -rest would miturally Sow Tlio object followed by Home with tho most persevering . obstinacy from Hiluebrand to tho present day , is the utlanunant of snpromncy over all political authority , and tho veooifinuon ot its clainjs to dominate oVor overy eatublishcd power at plenauve . A his was fully conceded to it by tho concordub in question , but happily it no longer exists . Tho country vindicated its ofiendod dignity , tho State oiM 3 Q more obtained its lost independence , ami the provisional Government availed itself of its power to pronmlguto salutary ^ deorees . In liberating the State from tho Antonolhiwi Church , tho . . Government had no small difficulty to contend against . It huej to reassure tho scruples of those who were neouwtomed to identity roliifioii with Rome , to meet and answer an almost overwhelming-• ammntof accusations of inlidolity , onmity to tho cl orgy and . mit icatholic tendonciefl . Its lirfit care was to neutralise uuuh charges , by-decreeing a largo inoroase iu tho sum aunually uppropnated loathe oxnenoes of worship , tho ¦ inninUemmce Ot cc'clusn . s icul fabrics , and tho voinvoatment of funds employed ^ lor chantab o purposes . While it dobired to ' pwvd itself binoercly Ca . thoho , ib wwhod lit tha Z nctiino to make t dearly « nddvatoud that . b / avourp d alike al forms of belief . oxi « tlii | r in . tfie Stute , Ib obst . natoly t used , to reform tho olliyo of Inquisitor Xxcoovdiiig . to the wish o the Woman Curia , and wsolvod to protect aU religions not oppoaod to tho common " iijlit . and security of civil citi ^ nship . To rondor \ wvn * ffQ to the irrnnd doff . nft of modern civilization , liberty oi oonscienco , in , the mouth of January , tho " Government grunted n » annual sum ot JioJpOO ilii lor thoJowiah worship . Though nil non-catholics arc 1 ' 1

    ¦ treated bv l-iw as equal to Catholics , yet the Israelitisli faith must be looked" upon as one quite apart and distinct from all others . It is important in consequence of the " numbers professing ityon account of the lengthened period during which its followers have been , established ^ the country , and as having for ages ^ been recognised by the Government—especiall y from the t ; me of Fekdinand I dei Medici downwards , —and permitted the full and free exercise of its faith It was , therefore , only just and reasonable _ tliat , in this new era of liberty , equality , and true progress ,, the State should extend its protection to the Jewish race as well as to all the other dissidents Un Romanism . By following out an enlightened syste . n , in nothing more strikingly nianitest than in the recent regulations in reference to education and religion , J uscany has been preoariii * for the grand transfb i-nmtion which should make it a part o tieiewnationarkingdorn . All the old theories of Italian jn un . cipal jealousy and hatred have been effectual y put to the blush , and whatever the destinv which awaits Central Italy , the nnprovanents effected during the past year must result in permanent advantage .

    328 The ' Leader And Saturday Analy St, ...

    328 The ' Leader and Saturday Analy st , LApSil 7 , 186 , 0 ,

    | ¦ Nobth. A¥Kica.* . Tnrencfl " Coloniz...

    | ¦ NOBTH . A ¥ KICA . * . TNRENCfl " colonization in Algerians a subject of curiosity and . I * interest to the reflective and political mind ; and it is , therefore , not to be wondered at tliat the question whether 1 rcuico did in realUv exist on the . southern shores of the Mediterranean should lmvc-oxi-ited the enterprise of Mr . G . Wingrove Cooke , and formed to him an adequatemotive for anannual - . vacation ramble . I he remarks and observation of such a traveller merit the most . serious ; at ™ nt on . The French have now had thirty years' possession of ¦ th-lt fruitful . soil , which Gartliagiuianss . Bomans 5 Vandals , S . iracens ,., ; . TuVk . Suiid it •¦ ¦ impossible ^ to retain . They , . have spent some : 3 v minions of money in conquering and keepmg it . 'I he poliev : or the French has been elaborately described and canvassed , both £ vM : E ; nilcGirardhi and M . JuleS Duval , whose , nrt . i ; le « on he . siibiect in the R evue . des Deux blondes have furnished Mr Cooke 2 yargumenb , facts , andeornments . in rehitian to the- opic ... . .-llo ' eaS as he remarks in lfe , Itftrojlurtian , the Squish - expedition lo Morocco has given it aue , interest , for that Algena , before its conmibst was almost . the exact , counterpart of Morocco . If MuvW ' ever shall be conquered , the history ot the conquest of . ¦ At eria ^ llserve for the history of the conquest o Morycc-o . It is = incited ' the , ame race ,, it has the same divisions of se ^ oard , I ie aid desert , . it will be . defendedw . ith the sa . ne obstinate fanaticism t 5 lTrequire the . aine Sac-rifice of life and . treasure he same , i SKpav of eVHrV . endurance , and military skill ami the same i persevering demotion of the resources of a powerful nation . -It-vyill be also as expensive unjl as unproductive as a colony These few words u-ivo , as it were , the key-note to the book . MrJeookcmakesourthat there is at present an annual balance ^ ; f 2 100 - 0 ( 50 gainst the colony : r > n expense Avhlch must g ^ on fron a vcwbvenr - and long-yenrs : must , in "his . opinion ,- elnp . se , belure the im nWant w 1 enable the home Government to" tax . then , » t a , " 3 Fesa to tax them to the amount of two mil ions ami _ a mlf » sterlin- Nevertheless , lie . concede * that the work ot c . hmixation . 1 his been In velv done , "Algiers is a French c . ty It , s ht w , « ,. ' ^ s nnd n ooi led ' byParisimis . The roads are as safe as our roads ; Hath ; . Wd a circular letter ftoin . the aut honfes m ¦ Alters will protect a traveller among the wild tn-bes which tend 1 their sheepa » d oxen in ^ he Tell or the Sahara . ' ¦ Al < ieS i « subject to earthquaUes ; a great one is expected every sixVv veiTrs -AliJ ' last is now overdue . Should it Come , the French . town could not resist it for ten minutes , while the ) , a » .. ges of M or » h Al-i « ra nre- so " constructed as to withstand very severe ihoSi . ¦ Tho Jardin d ; E * a ! appears , also , to-Mr . Couke an expensive nhantn-V rather Vlum ' ii promi « iM {? oxponinpnt . , . ' O , oi it of oonnneudation exists . There is no rol . g . ou . s f , umti-¦ £ s ^ - «^ ¦ « tinner 11 ^ SS 23 ?^!? ^ ^ S ! , S " not w-lod . and the , female sex are e . nn » e . putcd iron . t . h- » rd custom . s that are dally becoming obsolete . T > Kabvlos will vet u'ive the French much ( rou :,-lo , ami will , , whh olW liiS im'invo , niou « .. os , require to Jji subdued . At p . v . ont , ho F ouch luive advanced no further than the . r predoce ,.. r *; I O hiivo sti'oiv-ly entronohod themselves in Alriea , and no i » o e . I ir Kv s alow very mIow . There is little to intu » mte thuL U no ^\! vont ^ ear ^ s ' ill do * nun , than tho pasftwenty year- ^ vj lone . Colonizution in Africa * till consists onl y ol n le * r o o « uos scattered over uncultivutcd solltwdus . lmhvidu . il cntoq . ri . u dots Tittlo ; tho Slato is required . to asoiut in . u disproporlioimtc n . tmnei , and tho agriculturist tills with French taxes . ! It is not without regret that wo are compelled to omit tho nncc i dotos , incidents and . kotclwfl of manner , and ' ^ ' ^^ J which Mr . Cuoko has vnriod hid gvavov narrative . On ti ^ c Il ^ » wh e liv . il with the Arabs , and | . wnUcuyuc 1 , on heire u « which is both curlmiH and niiuiHiiitf . Still bettor ^ aro . « i oil « ontheinon m * d tliolr dwolllUK-plMOfl , but hu ^\ \ Xe Sl . tho same , Unit whatever the advantages they are lost to the | . iuh . ii .

    I Recent Fronoh Ami Other Information On...

    I recent Fronoh ami other Information on Mprwqoo . J 3 y Qfcouun « »•> « 1 Oookb . AYiu . Hilnokwooa & Sons ,

• Citation
  • Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1860, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07041860/page/12/