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you see the approximation Of the Trac.
tarlans TO The Catholics. the latter Of
whom regard it as very close, and symp
tomaIic Of the return Of England 10 the
true church. DR.. Wiseman, hear, has
declared that The way is open on the
ground Of the Oxford Tracts; and Dr.
Boggs, principal Of The English college
at Rome, and Cardinal Action both do
cared 10 mo, in free protracted conver-
sa'loUa. that tEese views Of the Tracts
were generally entertained al Rome; bot
the sulhors did not intend 10 bring the
Eng'lsh church 10 Roman but 10 essen
tai Catholicism. for the double purpose
ol gratifying The 'yearnincs Of the Eng
ilsh mind Tor Catholic truths and for
resisting Dissent and Melhodl,m /,
viii readily occur 10 you that these same
questions have been aud are yet 10 he
sui more earnestly pressed in America
between Pro,esrant Episcopaliens and
all serts with Presbyterian ordination
among whom ore The Aletbodsts, Bap
lists, and German Reformed churches
| ought 10 add the church Of Rome does
not admit the validity Of he ordination
OF the Church Of Fog land. although he
Church Of England admits the validity
Of the Catholic ordination.
No country has interested me more
than Ireland. She is a prob en- in so
clety yet TO be solved. Win general
desiltu'lon tho' has no parallel in Eu-
rope, she has increased in population Ior
'he last fifty years in proportion much
faster than any other European country,
while, at The same time. she has parted
with millions Of her children by enlist.
menls 10 the army and navy, and by
emigration 10 the colonies and foreign
States. This fact Of the RAPID increase
OF population, with the general absence
oil the comfortable means OF subsistence
and residence is directly at variance
with what has been considered settled
law in political economy, that the IN
crease of population is in proportion to
he means Of subsistence. passed through
the length Of the island, and made ll
tie volume Of notes and reasonings and
finally came 10 lhe conclusion that the
early marriages (giris generally marry
at from fourteen to seventeen) we're ow
ing not TO the natural improvidence Of
the Irish, but 10 the utter hopelessnpss
Of their improving their condition pre-
paTatory 10 marriage. Hence they IoI.
low the first impulses oI youthful pas
sion IN order to secure the longer oou-
tnuance Of pleasure which cannot be
improved bv delay. II the inquiry b..
Why cannolthay improve heir condition ?
The answer Is the land is held mostly in
large tracts by absentee proprerors, and
the demand for II is so great, owing 10
The DENSITY of the population, and the |
rent is so high, (much higher in pro
portion than in Engand,) hat the fami |
ly can scafcely meet its payment while
they live on potatoes. OF these last |
believe they have a sufIiricncy: and | |
was strongly inclined to Jump TO the con
cIusIon that potatoe diet is favorable TO
the production, as we'll as the susenance
ol numerous popu'a,ion.
| satisfied myself that the miserips oil ,
Ireland do not arise from misgovern-
ment by The mother country, bot from
an oVergrown population. from large
landed estates, divided up into tenures
OF from haI TO ten or twenty acres, IT
eXorbIaut rents: from the absence ofI
the proprle'ors in England to whom the
rent is sent TO be spent in London, or in |
travelling on the Continent; and 10 a
thoIoc'Sm, which, from its very genus,
IS ess friendly to improvement and in
dusry than ProtPstansm. This is evl
dent by a comparison Of the North and
South Of Ireland To remove, therefore, |
the ills of Ireland would require an ex
erton of the Government 10 the viola
ton oI vested rights, by compelling the
division OF large landed estates: and the
right Of citizenship, BY compel
Ing the proprletors 10 reside in the
country and improve it by the products
OF their estates Largo landed estates
in email and hereditary titles OF nobility
are The true sources OF the miseries Of |
Europe: yet tho Irish are the most CAV, |
spirited and cheerful people | have seen
and both the population and The country,
under a right policy and Tree system o
government, for which they could be
IN half a century by good
system Of public instruction, migh, be
made equal 10 any in The world.
had intended to have SAID somerhlno
Of France, Germany, and Italy; but
must postpone these until | see you.-
Having said so much about policy
churches, government, &c will add,
have been much interested in STUDYING
he condition and progress Of society
10 different centuries and countries, in
The remains OF art and ruins of edices
Iound every where in Europe. cannot