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presence holds,freedom <in chains; even 
in -the inmost recesses.of the soules won 
Allbtheinstinets: of humanity are sub- 
jeeted;:to) faith, «to; which -all-the: ties 
whieh menchold sacred: must: give .way; 
Allthe claims on his,species are lost:to 
the: heretic, who. forfeits the rights of 
nature by the slightest deviation from 
the Catholic. church... A. modest doubt 
as:to, the infallibility of the Pope is pu- 
nished as patricide, and considered: as 
imfamous, asthe crime against nature. 
The‘ judgments: of this tribunal are like 
the fumes of the pestilence. Eyen the 
inanimate things, which belong to the 
heretic are cursed. . The victims of the 
Inquisition have no escape, Its sen- 
tenees are executed even. on the dead, 
and on their effigies; and the grave is no 
refuge from its atrocious vengeance. The 
presumption of its judgments can only 
be:.excelled bythe ferocity with which 
they. are, executed. | By. coupling *the 
ridiculous -with the horrible, and by 
amusing the eye with the singular pomp 
and. ritual, of its processions, the Inqui- 
sition endeavours to weaken the effect 
of compassion, and pervert the feelings 
of sympathy into scorn and disdain, 
With. a solemn pomp it leads the cul- 
prit. to, the place of execution, a san- 
guine banner waving at the head of the 
procession, A; general, concord of all 
the, bells) accompanies the, parade; at 
the head .of which the priests, in their 
mass garments, are singing holy songs, 
The convicted, sinner follows, in yellow 
clothes decorated with images of black 
devils: .on, his, head he has a paper cap, 
which, terminates, in'a human figure, 
with disgusting demoas flying around it, 
while flames are issuing forth. . Turning 
from him, as condemned for ever, the 
image of a.crucified Saviour is -carried; 
indicating, by the position, in which it 
is held, that the culprit has no part in 
man’s salvation... To the stake and the 
fageot belong his sensitive body, and to 
hell his immortal soul. His mouth is 
gagged, that he may not relieve his pain 
by lamentation, or excite pity by a nar- 
ration, of his sufferings, or be able to 
divulge the secrets, of the holy. office. 
Next to the. convict. comes the priest- 
hood in their sacred vestments; then the 
magistrates, and nobility; and the fa- 
thers, who have) been his. judges, com- 
plete the dreadful. procession,...The be- 
holder.imagines.he sees a corpse, led to 
the grave; and yet it \is.a_living man, 
whose torments.are intended to afford a 
dreadful, entertainment..to the people., 
Such executions were usually kept for 
Remarks onthe Inguisition\of Spain. 
(Janel, 
holidays ; for, which, purpose many mir 
serable. victims; were. collected topetber 
in the dungeons. of |the, holy.office,in 
order, to solemnize, the act) by the numy 
ber sacrificed», Qn;such occasions,, even 
kings were, present, sitting) uncoy. 
on lower chairs than, these, of the grand 
inquisitor. Who, would: not, tremble 
before .a _ tribunal ; inthe. presence, of 
which even majesty, sinks, into; sybordi- 
neupnit io garoqnnds da tne 
The great reyolution, .in.,.the yfait! 
brought about by Luther pW ay 
caused to the Catholic, church the, same 
emergencies which formerly gaye, rise to 
that tribunal ; and that which was, oris 
ginally intended to free the small, king- 
dom of Grenada from the seanty.rems 
nants of the Saracens andthe. Jews, 
became now necessary in, the whole of 
Catholic Christendom.. The inquisitions 
of Portugal, Italy and Germany. ac- 
cepted the form of that of Spain. ,; It; 
followed the Europeans. into India, and 
erected a terrible tribunal at, Goa, the. 
inhuman. proceedings of . which. terrify. 
us even by their description, Wherever, 
the Inquisition. sets. its foot, devastation 
soon follows: but in no, part of. the. 
world did it rage so much: as; in. Spain. 
The victims which the Inquisition.has, 
murdered may’ be forgotten; new. genes 
rations of men have replaced: again, the. 
ravages of persecution; so. may they. the. 
countries which have. been laid, waste. 
and depopulated: but, centuries .may, 
pass away before the. vestiges of this, 
demoralizing institution will, disappear, 
from the Spanish climate. It has stopped; 
an ingenious, and. enterprizing nation: In), 
its career to perfection, —has. banished, 
genius from a country which, once. it, 
eminently inhabited,—and. has left. bes., 
hind, in the spirit.of that nation,.a st lit 
ness which reigns, over the, grave:--a, 
nation, destined .by nature. to begeeel, 
in the bounties of a luxurious .climate,. 
but counter-doomed, by the. gloomy tyes) 
ranny of superstitious cruelty, to. mourn, 
in distrust, in, sullenness, and. privation;,, 
In the year 1522,, Charles...) for the, 
first time ordered an inquisitor. into, Tas 
bant.. ,Some, priests, were given to-him., 
as, assistants; but.the, inquisitor hi tele 
was, a. civilian... After, the, death .of | 
Adrian VI. his,successor, Clement VIL,. 
ordered. three. inquisitors for all the pro-,, 
vinces of the Netherlands; but Paul III... 
reduced the number to two, who.re>,; 
mained..in,,that.country;,till, the com- ~ 
mencemeant, of the disturbances; Inthe; 
year, 1530 \the, edicts against, bereti¢s,; 
were published, with the (RODSUIERE OTR 
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