The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 2, July 1898 - April, 1899 Page: 202
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of Spain is the executioner of his own son, the unfortunate Don
Carlos; who was delivered by his most Christian father's own hands
to the Inquisitors, and by these Holy agents of Rome, condemned
to death.
The brute of a father said to the Inquisitors-'Have no regard to
the rank which the prince holds in the State; do your duty, & know
that zeal for religion has stifled all paternal love in me.'
At the moment of signing the sentence of death against his son,
he said, directing himself to God, 'You know Lord I have no other
motive than sustaining your interests, & the glory of your Holy
name.'
Is it possible to believe that mankind have been able to look upon
such beasts, as the representatives of God on the earth! Kings &
rulers-executioners of innocent children-Robbers, all by divine
providence, & to sustain the interests & Glory of God! The massacre
at Saint Bartholomy on the 24th August 1572 in France, in which
more than 70,000 Frenchmen perished, treacherously assassinated
by order of the King, Charles IX, was an act very worthy of Rome
& very characteristic of the kind of piety which governed the coun-
cils of the conclave of Saint Peter.
People of Mexico! can you throw a glance at the history of Rome,
without feeling a pity for your ancestors, & without shaking off
at once that religious yoke which has held, & to this day holds
you enslaved? Can ye contemplate this edifice-this Inquisition-
and call to your memories what has passed within its walls under
the name of religion, without shuddering at the past, and making
an effort in favour of religious toleration, so that ye may secure
your liberties & safety for the future?
The Inquisition was established in Mexico & in Lima by Philip
2nd in 1573, and the first auto da fe in Mexico was in 1574.
March 17th I walked for half an hour in the court where they
tell me the autos-da-fe were held-that is, where they burned the
unfortunate, whom policy or robbery assassinated under the name
of religion.-Fanaticism furnishes a cloak for everything, and is
the same with all nations & religions.-Elizabeth, protestant queen
of England, sacrificed her relation, Mary of Scotland, to prevent a
catholic sovereign ascending the throne, and at the time of the
unhappy queen's head being taken off they shouted, "Thus perish
the enemies of the religion of Christ." All this was a cloak, &
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