The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-01-02

PROGRESS OF FANATAcisM.-T There is no animal so
intractabe as a bigot You can do something with
fool The raging maniac can be cooled into sub
lection Even woman fury, will sometimes
condescend to incline her ear unto reason. But
bsot can never be brought into successful pupilage.
He will not hear the voice of the charmer, charm
ne ever SO wisely Parson Cheever was not salts
fled with exhibiting his intolerance at the Taberna-
Gle. He repeated his address at his own church in
Allen street, last evening We are heartily sorry,
that our gentle chastisement has had no effect on
the meek spirit of Parson Cheever. His want of
docility must be cassed in the same category with
the ingratitude of Colonel Webb, when he turned
deaf ear to our words of coincidence, and turned up
his nose at box of the best Principles! that ever
loaded the evening gale with their fragrance.
Asecond hearing of Mr.. Cheever's address, has
not improved our opinion of its merits Itpresents
curious admixture of good sense and folly-charity
and ntoerance-piety and the rankest bgotry
Mr.. Cheever's principles, it would seem, have been
gathered like the paragraphs in his address, romthe
four winds OF heaven. The discourse is made up of
scraps from all sources-from writers sacred and
writers proane-from writers in prose and writers in
verse. His sentiments are equally diversified in
their origin. He gave uterance to some, worthy of
martyred patriot, to others, which would add in
fanny to inqusitorial butcher. Mr.. Cheever's
great failing consists in his inability to take an en-.
larged and comprehensive view of his subject He
it only in detail and an accurate perception of
those is unfortunately often prevented by his
preudices and feelings In attempting to discuss the
question " What constitutes State?", Mr.. Cheever
has brought with him all those secarian views and
clerical prejudices which have unhappy so often
prevented the occupants of the pulpit from taking
useful part in the examination of important topics
connected with the science of politics.
But we will allow the public to Judge for them
selves ofthe beraity and charity and good sense of
the Rev. Mr.. Cheever, by presenting them with the
following extracts from his address =
Mr.. CHEEvRRs OPINION OF FoREIsNERs
The second great danger which threatens consists
in the unprncped means employed by the demon of par
ty spirit. The materials Of these come great
measure from abroad The North and the South ought to
hare united in protecting this country from the shoals Of
the old woid The admission Of them native elements
is like opening vein, and injecting virulent poison
beneath such process But think Of these dregs from
the putrd sinks of Europe being bought price here
able wrong do not wish to be misunderstood here.
We have had foreigners worthy Of us. We had Lafay
es an e e
country to see its prosperity in his old age receive him
with the joy and lia reverence of children love- too
the vrtuous and intelligent families of foreigners does
Gated amongst Some of them of my beloved
personal friends. love to consider my country
asylum fer the oppressed but not asylum for the
wicked-the abandoned-the profigate- the unwhpt of
ustce-for those who in their country would only
fill the poorhouses and the jas II is very different
thing make this country asylum of the oppressed
and 70 make it the Botany Bay of all Europe Has not
disgrace in the eyes Of Europe found the sed
ment ohat torrent Of emigration which they Themselves
have poured upon us is, indeed, melancholy thing
that zoe could NOT for season hare been shu out from ali
yOrfd tfD and
leap into manhood Wh nGftre materiGi0ur native
materials. These unfit to mngle in the admins
raon of our free institutions In general it fact that
those antes which lead to emigrae do not indicate
the right sort of character for our institutions The
cdns of Europe the rant-Loy atty is vir-
tue but those crowds who come from Europe
nothing but ignorance and unsettled principle The
who is not loyal in country like England have pa
trotsm here 1.-THE Kingdoms OF Europe had conspred for
destruction they could not have adopted saga
cous plan than roll over this ground from their
own ignorant and besotted people"
Mn. CHEEvER's OriNIoN NEWSPAPER LITERATURE.
Another evil and great one my brethren, to be
found in the state prevalence and power of newspa
per literature 1t is left in great measure to chance
to the uptSsrms q pcea party scum who shall be its
should be guarded with into
Which the spirit If pure morality and high political
ed. The influence of newspapers higher Ii.
terature deplorable But this would be nothing the
public utterance Of newspapers the of
truth. They are becoming school of sophists,
those who according to schlege destroyed
the purity of that Republic No sophsts walked be-
meath the open othat delicious cline and the peo
pie whose influence be compared the daily
of the newspaper press in this country Nor speak
the painfuness of emotions when these daily
schools OF thousands OF people under the perhaps
of mere hrclngs-when we see some of the leading Jour.
land in the hands of men utterly Of
moral principle and of sometimes not only destitute
OF moral principle but who make the most biasphemous
scott of religion and all her sacred institutions.
Ma. CHEEvER BECOMES A PROPHET AND Predicts IMPoR-
POLITICAL EVENTS.
II am afraid Of Romanism komanists move in
close phalanx, There is power in the Vatican at
Rome which they all acknowledge. II is an amusing
picture which Burnett draws of the Man of Sin, the
Pope whom he represents rheumatic old giant grinding
his teeth and mumbling to the passing pgrms-'You will
be better till of you burnt7 daughter in
the church) Giant Grum has be got the rheumo
but his arm my brethren still long enough reach
here And if it be true that the Catholic sway
the balance who that the assertion will net
out true than in ten years the President Of the United
States 'OiH be nominated i" the patiedn'
After Mr. Cheever had done, man in the Sun
day clothes of mechanic, got up in the front Of
the gallery, and said he had got something to say
Mr. Cheever then hastily gave out hymn, and the
leader of the choir struck up lively air on very
large fiddle, accompanied by the voices of dozen
very pretty girls, dressed not altogether with pur
tanica preciseness but the contrary, attred in
something of the style of the daughters of Jerusa-
lem, who came in fer share of the reproof Of the
wisest of Kings. After the hymn, the congregation
dispersed, but the man who had arisen, and who
was other than the preaching Carman," made
short discourse in the lobby, which was principally
directed against the "unholy priesthood who caused
| the people to err from the words of knowledge"
| SLEIGHING. esterday afternoon and evening,
| the Bloomingdae Road and the Third Avenue were
full of sleighs, with their jingng bells, to very
late hour-only half dozen overturns. Nowland's
Prospect Hall, that capital place, where the attend
ance is so good-he suppers and nuled wine so ex-
qusite, and the so comfortable--were crowd
ed. The seighing is now very fne-and If the pre-
sent clear frosty weather continue few days longer,
all New York will take sleigh ride. The theatres
and concerts are very much reduced during the
evenings that sleighing is good