Respect for the status quo; freedom for all Governments to care for the well-being of their own people; a league between all Governments against factions in all states; contempt for those words devoid of sense which have become the rallying cry of the adherents of factions; respect for the progressive development of institutions through legal means; a refusal on the part of all Monarchs to aid or assist those with a political agenda operating under some assumed mask: this is fortunately the way the great Monarchs are thinking. If they put these thoughts into effect the world can be saved; if they do not do so, then it will be lost.
Union between Monarchs is the fundamental basis of the policy to follow in order to save today's society from total ruin.
And what is the particular end towards which this policy must be directed? The more important this question is, the more necessary it is to resolve it. A principle means a great deal but it only acquires real value when it is put into practice.
The prime sources of the evil which is overwhelming the world have already been recalled in a work with no pretensions to be anything other than a draft. The progressive causes of this evil are there indicated: although it is defined by the word "presumption" as it relates to the individual, we believe that this word can be similarly applied to society as a whole to designate the evil which exists because of the vague nature of ideas which is the inevitable result of their being spread too widely. Let us see what it is that is tormenting society today.
Everything which up to the present has been considered immutable with regard to its fundamental principles is being attacked and overturned.
As far as religion is concerned, judgement and examination are to replace faith, while Christian morality is to replace the law of Christ as it has been interpreted by Christian authorities.
This is the undertaking to which, in the Catholic church, the Jansenists and a whole host of isolated sectarians who desire Religion without the Church have committed themselves with fanatical passion; amongst the Protestant sects, it is the Methodists, themselves subdivided into almost as many sects as there are members, together with the enlightened promoters of bible societies and the Unitarians – in other words, those who promote the fusion of the Lutherans and the Calvinists into one evangelical community.
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