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Show SELECTED. The Spanish Ecclesiatical Difficulty. Dif-ficulty. The Spanish Clergy refuse, almost unanimously, to take the oath of allegiance to the Constitution, prescribed pre-scribed by the decree of March last. Il is difficult to foretell what compli catiens may arise from this conflict between civil and religious authority in a country where the clergy is yet all powerful. What appears singular is that the Spanish Government should exact this oath on the part of the Clergy after the introduction into the Cortes, of a law having for its object 'he complete separation of Church and Htate. The Archbishop of Toledo is the o-ily one who has taken the oath, the Bishops of Cadiz and Barcelona refuse, re-fuse, a few others appear uncertain, while others are haggling with the Government as to the torm of the oath. The Court of Rome appears disposed to do as it did with Austria, that is, accept the form of the oath with this restriction: Without prejudice pre-judice to the laws of God nnd tlie (Jlmrch which is a very clev-r way of getting around it. If the Spanish Government does not ac -ept this re stiiction there is a probability that a bloody civil war will follow. The mass of the Spanish nopulation is terribly ignorant and intensely Catholic and will si 'e with the clergy. This latier will not vJidcL-fiirBiMiie has :fokcri; h'onui loeut i. est, ciusi fiaita t-st. Eeest River Reveille. |