New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-22

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mas cone 10. when there Hss 10 man there-szve the
wandering -avage. sk- ignorant and unc0ucerr-c a.
o. TIE design % the great processes the Lard where
b. roaflec God ~r0 DID a. this that he night pre-
pare 10 i.r the abode Of q civilized and Christian
people
Aiter giving fall and jas.lioa. exposition OF the
moral dangers to be spprehended from the iuaa-
euce. o. the West Mr.. Bsrespsys the following
deserved tribute O. The Wes,ern character.
AID smother benefit is inst 4 10 these thnss there
. much IN regard 10 formn. mind inst Il uncesrs
be- l. much also that from the sane circr1-
stances lss tendelcy . produce hat Thicn - manly
a. noble The boy tnat eaves he home ana becomes
seaman. j. exposed indeed, 70 numerous osd inlufn
ces but there vii be developed 10 Dis mind "n-n he
becomes sailor some Of the modest qualities Of III
nature Re vii . open, frank, liberal generous
iCrRvDg and ready 70 DO you soo' 20 NE elal-
grant a. the West You naturally look there Tor "t.t
YOU are sure 70 ird noble and mssnsnirnous ieeiins
large and liberal hospitality readiness % I'D tncse
sno in distress and want purpose 20 t-ke part
Nh the oppressed. the vronEed, and the ceienseess
the absence OF penurous spirit and courtesy often
expressed indeed with roushness. that yields the
tribute q respect % those who In any way emitted
b H. minister Of toe gospel may oe certain mat ne
may travel there yUhere without being nsute1 or
he is nsufec by one there will b d0-er VINO vii
defend him simply because be u = ministsr-tho1gn
possibly % might be with many modes Of expression
that would not fall melIiilou.y on the car and a.
unprotected female the West In public convey ances
have been rioyed In the best days o. cnlrary. No
Hayfsring man viii Want home for night no ose
Who >slck vii lsck those Uho, Without Zee or reward
viii watch the Ave.0ns uisht a. h.s bedside no one
will suffer for bread while the humble stores Of the
Og-csbin VII furnish IL
The question OF ascendency or mastery in the
West lies between four things,-5arbarism. inf
deity Romanism and evangelical religion. Mr.
Barnes msks out strong case against the suppo-
siton, that either bsrbsrsm or infdelity viii gain
prominence at the West nor is he less power
fu in showing the inprobability Of the Prosre" Of
Catholicism:
81 look AZ the relative position which the Catholics
occupy compared with Whist they once did IN our own
land We are ast0nished AZ their growth We forget
that the Protestant growth IL vastly greater we are
alarmed their numbers when are told, In their
almanac, that they amount 20 million snd quarter
We forget the twenty millions o. FrOtesthnts we
are alarmed when told OF the number OF tneif
churches They report nine hundred snd sixty
PrOtestsnts number theirs - thousands. We are
frightened by the number q their priests lhey re-
port ght hundred and seventy three in the ministry
and one hundred and hfiy-thTee otherwise employed
Proiestsnts number some twenty thousand once The
strong towns were theirs-Pitfshgrgh, and - LOUIS
and Baltimore, and the whole West where 70 chOcse
few years since, IN popular vote IN - LOUIS theS
could poll two % one 10 the Protestant population
now Profstauts could cast their votes where one
Roman Catholic could The traveller al the West
nos already few deceyiBg or dl-picated towns -
They are strange anomalies in that new Worlo-Oui
there they are-seats OF former Catholic power-se
.ced to control the nsiion-and proOis sitter AL a
singular want Of sagscity. There are Cshokia, ana
Kaskasks, and GallipOls and 81 Geneyievef ana fra
lie du Chen bearing French names, and indicating
their origin standing ia strange contrast with the
smiling villages, and the splendid cities around them
Meantime there have sprung up Cincinnati, and Louis
Vile and Chicago and Milwaukee, and Oalens ana
Peoria, and Quincy and Madison, and-a thousand
other places where the Catholic religion never had the
ascs ndency, and never will IL IT, also, significant
md instructive fact that according TO the CathyAc
Almanac Of the present year. Work generally r.
cognzed ~ safe authority in the statistics of re Church
there mas b, increase IN the dioceses Of BAN
more New Orleans. Louisville Boston. Phils1el
.his Nes.York. Charleston. Noble, Detroit. Vim
ceunes Natchez Pittsburgh, Little Rock. Milwaukee
Albany Galveston and Buffalo. he only green spOis
boz this wide spread desert % use the language OF the
Frf,faans Journal the DiOceses OF Cincinnati, Du
buQue Nashville Chicago, and Oregon According
10 the authority the total dsoease Of Catholics
during the year has been hundred and niue thou
sand and four hundred and that 10 country where
during the year ending sept 80 ls47 the number OF
foreigners wing In the United states was more than
TWO hundred and thirty thousand (<5sHO)
Hook seain at the obvious and pslpsble mistakes
which the Roman Catholics are making everywherr
IN their attempts 10 spread Their religion IN this land
and the wsse OF moneys IN their plans There are
two methods Of attempting 70 spread religion 10
country ike this The l.. by building magnificent
up public places OF worship IN manner adapted O.
make an impression on the outward senses Of msn-
kiud the other s by taking the money which would
thus be- expended aud sending out hving teachers OF
giop and distributing tracts and books. and seeking
90 rear the temples of religion IN the hearts Oi men
The one 10 that pursued by the Roman Catholics the
other by this, and by kindred Protestant societies
The one may be adapted 20 YerpetuAts iofm OF re-
giop IN Spain or Portugal the other u thst wnicn u
itted 10 tree thinking intelligent mind The Jesuit
deposits hundred thousand dtIars IN the ~sl' OF
rsihedrsl-end there Il remains. happily, without u'e
for ever the Protestant commissions most oi ulis
.onares sends army OF coiporteurs establishes
large number of Sunday Schools, and distributes the
word OF God In the families Of = new state OF tna
Union. As We love Proiesisntsm. ana ~ we "o1lu
reiuce in all the indications that the days OF the ~
v.cy are numbered snd that IL Il not % spread over
our land should rejoice at the laying Of the POUNDS
ton Of any costly pile by the hands OF Jesus-ior We
may be sure that ia money At least will not maxi
converts to the faith which is designed 70 support
and j. a new indication that this religion 10 not 70
spread over this land. For We may be certain IN re-
gsrd 70 this and 10 all other forms OF religion IN I'M
md that none viii succeed here which does not MAKE
its primary ground OF appeal the reason, the con
science. and the sober sense OF mankind mat tne
way 70 spread religion here 10 not BY professions, or
renuaexions or pOmp snd show that miters and
crosiers lose their charms when men leave the Oh
world that there elements In our national chsrac
ter and principles which will not be met by what u
adapted 10 Portugal OF Spain and thst the victory
here be awarded 70 those VINO can DO most 70 ed
shteu the public mind di-u.e furthest the word ~
God maintain steadiasiy the right % the Tree eH
.rcise Of opinion and DO most 20 make men eel tnsi
they are directly responsible their Maker Strange
indeed would IL b. Il with Protestant eighteen or
twenty millions Of people with our eighteen " twenty
thousand Protestant clergy with our common SCHOOLS
all over the land with the universal sentiment tnAi
The Bible 10 20 be read by every man that chooses
with the whole system Of sunday Schools VIII FRO
testant population increasing IN ratio with "nlch no
immigration can compete, and with al the proosointy
that the foreigner his children will smas Anaie win
Us and silently lay sside his tor institutions
bassed on ignorance and adapted 70 desPousm' W.
cannot compete with priesthood Of = thousand in
number, and with AL the appliances that they can use
to move the American mind
We have no room Tor any further extracts iron
this instructive Discourse, which may be read
with interest and benefit by the countless numbers
who are in intimate relations with the Great
West" e.
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