Polynesian., 1850-05-25

4 1NToLERANcE.-The following significant
paragraph appeared in a recent issue Of the
London Daily News, being part Of letter
dated Rome, December Do"
An American Protestant minister had
twelve of his countrymen joining him in wor-
ship at his own house, last Sunday, in the
via st. Bastianello. The police were made
acquainted with the circumstances before
night, and the American charge d'affars,
Mr. Cass, was apprized that if the offence
was repeated, the minister would be sent
away from Rome immed edately"
| The New York Journal of Commerce has
the following additional information of the
circumstance, communicated in letter from
an American who was present at the meet
ing referred to.
The American minister referred to has
been several weeks in Rome with his family
Soon after his arrival he invited few Amer
leans, whose acquaintance he had made, to
attend religious service in tis own apart
ment. On the first Sabbath, three attended
all lodgers in the same house with the min
lister and his family. The next Sabbath the
number increased; and on the fourth, there
were tweke present, all Americans, quietly
and unostentatiously to worship God after
the manner to which they had been accus-
toned in their native land
There was nothing like ostentation in all
this, neither was there any attempt at con-
cealment, or any violation of law, SO far
as was known. On the contrary, the design
and act of the worship were made known to
Mr.. Cass, our charge d'affairs, who not only
approved of the movement, but went to the
Cardinal Vicar, who has the management of
such matters in the absence of the Pope, and
demanded protection for the said religious
service. Mr.. Cass is represented in the let
ter which We have seen. as having nobly
urged on the Roman government a liberal
course in relation to the worship of foreign
Protestants-insisting upon the ENJOYMENT of
this right as demanded by the spirit of the
age. as well as by enlightened policy.
The answer which Mr. Cass received.
was that the granting of liberty to hold such
a meeting on the part of the American Pro-
testants, was a question which must he re-
served till the arrival of his Holiness, which
was expected to occur on the 18th prox.,
Jan as it transcribed the powers of the
Provisional government"
What burlesque upon the liberal and
enlightened policy" for which Plus TX at
one time obtained such general credit, both
q
furor would the editor of the 'Freeman's
Journal be thrown, if in any professedly
Protestant country at this day. a score or a
hundred Roman Catholics. met privately, or
publicly either, to worship God according to
their consciences, had been thus peremptori-
Iy required TO discontinue the assembling
themselves together" Such facts as that
above narrated, are Of more weight and in
fuence with intelligent minds, than columns
of newspaper railing on either side. They
place the intolerance Of Popery in the clear
est and strongest light, and reveal truthfuIly
the spirit, the life, and essence, the very be-
ing and safeguard of the Romsh denomina-
tion. We have no doubt that policy will die
tate and secure compliance with the demand
made by Mr. Cass, but this incidental out
break of the inherent spirit of Popery can
not be erased from the records, and it will
serve as a beacon to the Protestants of this
country-.Ne,r York Tribune