■came  the  fatal  year  1848,  and  this  quickly  put  an  end  to  their
presence.  Not,  however,  for  long,  as  we  must  all  have  well
in  rememhrance  that,  in  the  year  1849,  a  peculiar  change  or
revolution  took  place,  which  usually  follows  upon  times  of  great
excitement,  and,  in  place  of  the  Liberal  Ministers  of  March,  in
flonsequence  of  the  relaxation  and  lassitude  of  the  people,
men  of  reaction  and  retreat  came  into  possession  of  the  helm.
That  was  water  to  the  mills  of  the  sons  of  Loyola !  They  were
now  again  enabled  to  put  themselves  forward  before  the  people,
and  came  to  he  regarded  as  the  foremost  combatants  in  the
revolution.  Now  were  they  again  enabled  to  exclaim  to  the
Princes,  "  We  alone  are  the  chief  pillars  of  the  monarchy,' and,  if
you  will  only  permit  us,  you  need  not  trouble  your  heads  more
about  the  suppression  of  the  revolution."  And  what  was  the
result  of  these  frightful  years  of  reaction  ?  No  other  than
that  the  Order  of  Jesus  was  again  publicly  recognised  in
Austria,  permission  being  accorded  to  it  to  found  educational
institutions  throughout  the  whole  of  the  Imperial  States,  and,  as
may  well  be  imagined,  the  most  unlimited  use  was  made  of
this  permission.*  Over  the  remainder  of  Catholic  Germany,
nevertheless,  the  sons  of  Loyola  were  not  able  even  then  to  carry
into  effect  their  strictly  ofiBcial  recognition,  and  they  were  obliged
to  work  indirectly  under  the  appellation  of  Redemptionists.
