Brazil Suppresses Religious Orders
Dom Pedro furnishes another illustration of the enlightening influence of his studies of history and his personal observation, in the new measure he has introduced providing for the total suppression of the religious orders in Brazil. He proposes to pension the monks and nuns, now only forty or fifty in number, and to apply their property, amounting to $2,500,000 or $3,000,000, to the reduction of the national debt. With his energy and enterprise he cannot patiently submit to have his beloved country inflicted with those mischievous brotherhoods who fatten on its industry and disturb its peace by their plotting and intrigue.—Christian Weekly.