| Show suppressing Suppress ink the sisters SCENE IN THE MEXICAN CONGRESS ON THE TOE OCCASION OF TILE TIIE PASSAGE OF THE liaw navy BANISHING woe TOE SISTERS the day of gur pur fisit was one chosen for the final debate and ball bali bal bil i lot on the bill for suppressing ki ressi ng the sisters slaters of charity char chat ity arriving Arrivi rig tig atthe at the entrance we found a regiment pent of infantry nf antry drawn up beform before the building and guards with nixed fixed bayonets at all the entrances our conductor spoke a few words to the officer in charge and the crowd gave way for the America americanos noall to pass the interior was densely packed with the best people of mexico for it was a day of great excitement as the sisters were the last remaining in catholic order in mexico and t their hagir suppression would complete the abolition of all the orders 0 rd i er of the roman catholic church in mexico excepting s of churches this fight is liot not between two religious bodies like ilke that which is jowo ing on in england and germany but is between the mexican diex Blex ican government and rome rogie the causes of the bitter feelings against the thesis sis I 1 tera tena are their continual attempts to excite the ignorant I 1 and lowen lower orders dathe of the population to revolution and their intriguing against the th e govern melvilie men VIlie priest trammelled people of mexico xico aico have borne the cross of bf bt st peter jn ju superstition and ignorance for over three centuries until the clery in their corruption rup t ozi oti had and tyranny attempted to sell their country to the french invaders this tha produced prot lueel kir kiX eveld tio which first broke out during durins the jr french occupancy of the tiie country this has been growing stronger and gaining strength every day until now and has finally resulted 1 in n the destruction of every order of the roman catholic church in mexico A few years ago this city an and country shamed with tens of thousands of profligate nuns and monks who onu once owned one third of all the real yin the country they lived in the hundreds cofeen of convents and monasteries which occupy the most moat beautiful site in the land and waxed fat on wines from daly italy and old spain and the delicious fruits from the terra term calli ente the clergy were the omnipotent p governors of the state politically and spiritually nine kine millions of people worshipped wor won shipped god through them and were taxed dac ac cordingly for their support the priest exercised a most jealous guardianship over this ignorant population lest the cc damnable heresy of protestantism I 1 should take root among them religious freedom was unknown although the constitution which is very similar to tb the united states acknowledged the right of every man to worship according to the dictates of hi conscience protestants had no rights that a catholic was bound to respect when a religious procession with the image of the virgin at his head was wa passing passi ug all were obliged to kneel and woe to the luckless individual who refused to bend his knees for fon he would be bd immediately attacked and knocked down b by y some zealous devotee of the church chuoc formerly the few protestants who resided here were not allowed to bury their dead in the light of the sun and were compelled to deposit the remains of t heir their loved ones in the caves eaves which abound in the mountains today to day everything is changed in traveling through the country one is impressed with the look of ruin and desolation that surrounds the now abandoned convents that everywhere dot landscape the their crumbling walls half concealed by the trees that have outlived their planters and are now green and vigorous cafter sifter the ho holy ly brothers who nouris nourished hF d them are gone and numbered with the passed these old monasteries with their moorish towers and cracked bells are melancholy monuments of the number wealth and influence of their former owners owne rd around them are clustered estered the only trees that enliven the view beneath whose boughs the walks of the gardens may still be traced though overgrown with briars and cactuses like liko the walls and the towers however the rare plants and shrubs that were once trim and blooming now have haven a mournful air of negligence nelli gence and decay all being a commentary bad sad commentary oo 00 01 the elegant extravagance of the tho padres who owned them today to day thanks to the ghe ib beneficent beneficent labor of bf the progressive juarez and in spite of oc the opposition of me the army of bishops and priests of orth tife tise e church religion toleration is established and defended by law the jolly friars aro are arb are and aid overthrown I 1 am ani informed by tt mexicans cane cang lih lin answer to my inquiry a to what has become of these suppressed friars and nuns nun the most must of khe ho friars have become brigande brigands bri gands ane and gamu ers while bomb oc or the tho nansi yere yero married and the t e majority majo Wajo rity are arg 01 fbi ol ilce lice of shame bhame tho the mr the different orders ers r I 1 in vi thu thy the church idich idi Idl lias has been b een epa comple and ana the immense rol roi pol f y pirth or odthe ta Q h t with the tho the pp ap and eidl the bhe ind and hand pertaining enk to them for tor 10 oni enable abw people have ordinary religious iQ services vices era were confiscated to the state P ehe the priests prie ats hia fia havlik rt eha cha charge i r go of ot jue lue friese ae churches rehain remain f att ati bpi u are simply an ab probation thia I 1 q thedor tl thi government govern men has been bem engaged jn in during the last fast three years and nud aud abd the e expulsion x V bf of charity is the ninale finale in iti abis conter confer between and patriotism on the tha on one e side and intolerance bigotry and traitors on the other for bev sev several beveral erfil days the expulsion of the sisters of charity was the cause of or a molit most animated debate in the aceil mexican ican congress and aud created much excitement ex elte eite among the fhe people it was the subject of conversation jao the L or all other tupi topics 1 q tile wiil opposition to the bill headed by the clergy wis was fJ fierce erce and ed A but it was carried by A of 1121 0 NV ahue hi I 1 I 1 tyl was aa I 1 in fl lb the 0 house hojas t r w jt hessed an au auray which illustrated the condition of law la w i and order orda iii in this country during the debate on sisters the bill for suppressing the sis listers Is 0 of 17 charity ft son of joesi president dont dent juarez applauded in favor 9 of the nit uie bill an indian policeman a sym pat hizer with th the 0 sisters bisters drew his is sword and struck Juarez r az several blows cutting him on the tho hi head edd shoulders and arms neatly hillh killing n him juarez drew his revolver and n 5 filed fired nt hia bia assailant but missed him and killed another indian standing by the erald crowd were frightened and fled and the police rushed in and arrested the murder ous policeman and took him off to prison he will bo be tried and pro i bably shot this assault on juarez created most intense excitement among the liberals libe liberakis rais rals who charged i hat that the adherents of the church were at the bottom of the attempt attema tto to take ju areas I 1 I 1 fe the announcement of the passage of the bill to suppress the sisters terel was received with general satisfaction by the lwe ime io I 1 ican lean can ean imagine how the people of or the tha united states aspeel especially ally aily the ctorn loon ish portion will be surprised at thu reception of the intelligence of this suppression of the sisters by what is is supposed to be a roman boman catholic government especially so when that order of nuns are looked upon lil iii so different a light from what they are jn in this thia country 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