Retrospect of French Literature—Miscellancous. 
horrid heresy, in order that they may 
Accustom themselves to the laws a 
usages of holy church.” 
P. 28. « By very catholic prince “who 
conseuts that the catholic religion shall 
not be the only one permitted through- 
out his dominions, 1s a monséer, unknown 
to tig aaa i 
P. 59. “ oly church hath praised the 
zeal of ‘Chineil 1, who drove the Jews out 
of Spain, and that of Egica, who reduced 
them to slav ery, after despoiling them of 
their property.’ 
P, 66. “The objections against the 
punishment of heretics, which have been 
deduced from the example of Jesus 
@lwist, are not of any weight, although 
at the first glance they appear very 
grave and weighty, | from the authority 
of so worthy a person.” 
Page 75. “ First of all, it is agreed, 
according to the principles of religion, 
that it is possible to subdue the wil 
without enchaining liberty, or forcing 
the conscience.” & Drabord il est sur, 
d’apres les principes de la religion, qu’on 
yeut asservir la volonte, sans enchainer 
fa liberté ni forcer la conscience.” 
P. 78. “ Although it be not a blind 
obedience that is reyuired on the part 
of reiigion, yet is it useful, that those 
who walk in darkness should be enlivht- 
ened, in opposition to their own will.” 
PB. Ot eV nat. will he Bes who 1s 
scandalized, to bebold a Uhristian turn- 
ed persecator, if we can show him that 
Jesus himself was one? And*‘if Jesus 
was a persecutor, how can the church, 
his spouse, disdain to be one?” (“ Qui 
dirait celui qui est scandalisé de voir un 
chrétien persecuteur, si nous: lui mon- 
trions que Jesus lui meme 1a ete? Et 
si Jesus fut persecuteur, comment 
VY Eglise son epouse dedaivnerait-elle de 
letre.”) 
Pages 94 and 95. “ There is an un- 
just persecution of the impious against 
the church, and a just ,persecution of 
the just against the impious. ‘The 
church perseeutes and imprisons its 
enemies urtil they shall languish to 
forego their vanities, and seek to profit 
by the truth......the most. pious bishops 
have been honoured with. the appelia- 
tion of persecutors of hereticks.” (“Les 
eveques les plus pieux se sont add 
du. Big de persécuteurs des hereti- 
“ The persecuted Christians 
sant blarned the persecution of the 
pagans, because it was directed against 
the truth of the faith, and in order to 
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support impiety ; they would have deem- 
ed it just, had it been directed against 
impiety, and exercised in support of 
catholic verity. They, complained of 
the Roman emperors, yet it was net 
because they persecuted, but because 
they persecuted the church.” 
Pages 98 and 99. “There canbe no 
just cause for persecuting the catholic 
religion, for since all. the earth apper- 
tains to God, and all th: iniabitants 
thereof ought to adore Jesus Christ, at 
therefore follows, that the holy ch urch;, 
which is so firm in its belief, is the only 
true religion, &c.” 
We shall ‘conclade these . monstrous 
-quotations, with the fo lowing, from page 
100: 
“The utter loss and destruction of 
states, is a certain consequence of what 
philosophism denominates a sage tolera- 
tion.’ é 
The philanthropic ideas of the cele- 
brated Abbé Gregoire, every where ex- 
perience, as may “be readily imagined, 
the most bitter indignation, on the part 
of this apologist for the ‘ Tnguisition, 
who would doubtless be happy could he 
lay hold of his. brother priest, in order - 
to purity his dectrines by means, of 
penal fire! The French bishop offers 
up his prayers for the melicration of the 
lot of the 5 seuuse nation: the Spanish 
priest, on the contrary, declaims against 
the sciences, the arts, literature, ma- 
nufactures: _ piety, according to him, 
ought to supply th c want of val these, 
It was thus, during the reign © f terror 
in France, that «the discip! es se Robe 
ue imayined, that  Civism,” ‘as 
they were pleased fo ae i, ¢ conta sup- 
ply the want of both virtue’ and. ta- 
lents ! 
“ Code de la Conscription, ou Recueil 
Chronologigue des Lois, &c.” “The Code 
‘of Conscription, or Chronological Col- 
lection of the Laws and Arétes of Go- 
vernment, the Imperial Decrees relative 
to the Leyy of Conscripts, their Exchange, 
the Expences incident to the Service, &e. 
between the year VI. and the year XIV, 
inclusive of the latter. With Tables. 
Paris, 1806. 
France is indebted to the conscription 
for all her’ conquests, and by its means 
Bonaparte proposes perhaps to realize 
the dreams of Louis XiV. Every 
man in France, wi ith a very few: excep- 
tions, is now. destined to become in 
turn A soldier, and must ‘pass a certain 
portion of his life under arms, To 
achieve this, the country is divided into 
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