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The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
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In Lyons, a recently established society called Fathers of the Faith, organized with a general director, was suppressed by government order. It sought influence over the elite, education, and used confessional and cathedral to spread anti-government principles, planning nationwide expansion.
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A society had within these few months been established here under the name of Fathers of the Faith. It was organized, and had chosen a director, who was styled the general of the order. This dangerous corporation has just been suppressed by order of the government; it attempted to lay hold of the confidence of the great and of the rich, as likewise of the education of their children, and attempted to wield the two great engines of the confessional and of the cathedral, in order to thunder like enthusiasts against the state, and those priests who have submitted to it, have disseminated on all sides principles hostile to the government. They had it in contemplation to spread themselves far and near, and to engross the education of the youth of the country.
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Primary Location
Lyons
Event Date
November 3
Outcome
suppressed by order of the government
Event Details
A society named Fathers of the Faith was established within recent months, organized with a director styled as general. It aimed to gain confidence of the elite and rich, control education of children, and use confessional and cathedral to oppose the state and priests who submitted to it, disseminating hostile principles. Plans to expand and monopolize youth education.