Dealings with the Inquisition; Or, Papal Rome, Her Priests, and Her JesuitsAchilli, Giacinto
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Dealings with the Inquisition; Or, Papal Rome, Her Priests, and Her Jesuits
Achilli, Giacinto
Catholic Church -- Controversial literature; Inquisition
It is curious to observe with what malignant artifice they arrange
the threads of their meshes. True followers of the Inquisition, they
feign to be strenuous advocates for liberty, and are the first to call
out for it. What was the plea for Catholic Emancipation?--religious
liberty. Unquestionably the Inquisition desires to have religious
liberty in England, in Scotland, and in Ireland; and to obtain it,
pays court to, and unites with the dissenters, who being desirous of
the same privileges, naturally join their votes against the party that
opposes them. But does the Inquisition desire to see the same religious
liberty in Italy, in Spain, or in Germany? No indeed: throughout the
whole of the continent it cements itself in the strictest bonds of
union with every government that oppresses the people. It sits by the
throne of the Emperor of Austria, by the side of kings and queens,
and even of presidents of republics. But in England, on the contrary,
it flies from the Houses of Parliament, and the palaces of royalty,
and betakes itself to the manufactories of Manchester, Birmingham,
Liverpool, Bristol, and Sheffield. Upon the continent it employs
every possible means to be absolute, in spite of the people, while in
the British dominions it associates with, and makes friends of the
discontented and rebellious of every denomination, crying, "Brethren,
we are an oppressed people; they who oppress us, oppress you also. A
luxurious and extravagant court, a weak and improvident ministry, and
a parliament where our masters are our representatives; these are our
tyrants and yours. We are loaded with taxes, which are continually on
the increase. Scarcely can the working man find the means of existence.
The Church swallows up all our profits, and serves no other purpose
than to foment scandal and division. Let us unite our forces, and
attack our adversaries. Liberty is the people's right." Such is the
language of the Jesuits to the Chartists, and such the proclamations of
Dr. Wiseman and Co. in their appeal "to the good sense of the people of
England."
With whom did the liberal party in parliament vote? was it not with the
Catholics? It would scarcely be believed in Italy, that the Jesuits
could induce the liberals of this country to join with them under
the idea of gaining greater liberty, when their real object was to
re-establish among them, as far as it was possible, the power of the
Inquisition, even under the mask of freedom.
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