The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-04

Orphan Children Of Seamen, erected ground leased
from the trustees Of the Sailors Snug Harbor, on
Staten Island, was celebrated yesterday, there An
account Of tho excursion will be pub
ished to- morrsw.
As usual, we publish immense amount of read
ing to which it is impossible to specially refer The
local intelligence possesses unusual interest
Kossuth on the Destiny OF the United States.
Every attentive observer of the course of Kossuth,
every one who regularly reads his speeches and
compares them one with another, must be struck
with the manner in which he shifts his ground con-
tinually, and changes and mod6es his opinions.
He has no stability of principle fixed ideas upon
any political subject The HERALD appears to fur
nsh him with his principal ideas. We are happy
at being enabled to enlighten the Magyar. We
have chastened and sobered him down siderably
since his arrival on shores. As an example Of
this, we may refer to his speech at Syracuse,
Monday last, in which he borrows the leading idea
we put forward in an article commenting his
great farewell speech at Faneuil Hall. 1t will be
in the recollection of the reader that in that speech,
as indeed in all his previous speeches, he insisted
upon the United States going back to Europe to
mingle in the strife and diplomacy Of its nations,
and thus make itself ga power the earth"
law Of humanity, by which, since the foundation Of
the world, the march of civilization, and conquest,
and dominion-the light Of science and literature
all moral, intellectual, and religious lght-proceed
ed from east to west, steadily as the course of
natural light in the same direction, tho current
Of electricity from pole to pole and that it would be
reversing this great law for the United Stateslead
ing tho van Of the civilization and dominion of the
! world-to make retrograde movement eastward.
We showed that the instincts Of the nation and s dcs
tiny westward and that the reversal Of this law
wculd be like stroking the back Of cat the wrong
way-fom the tail to the head, instead Of from the
head to the tail. We also showed, in the arti-
cle that instead of going eastward to assai Russia
We were now actually in the Pacific performing the
destined circle which is to grid the world and would
never cease going West till we met the East; and
then perhaps might take the Russian boar behind,
if we ft-not that this country has any particu
lar antpathy to Russia, but because it will over
throw every obstacle in its onward course due west
| kossuth, convinced Of his error, has caught our
idea, and longer talks Of the United States going
TO Europe TO fight its battle against Europe, but
points to the opposite direction the place OF con-
ilict between Russia and America. He says
Russia desires TO become the master Of Asia because
there England has founded in immediate ncigborhood
and in direct opposition TO Russian interests mighty
seat Of power for the Anglo mighty and 30 full
Of future that should even Russia kin by isolation the
home of the British lslnnds conquer them
either Immediately by Of her few uates still
her dominion over the world and Europe would
be but IA short dream. long the Anglo Saxon
threatens her existence from Asia the because
now You the other land mark wel) republican branch
Of the Anglo Saxon stock. melted in mighty nation
aly Of freedom with the Celtic and with the German
race forgetting the oppression Of their ancient
homes tell YOU brought 70 TIC place OF immediate
conflict n rh Russia BY he extension 81 yo
io'v % ne Pacific ocean, whe'ce yoa nor drarn By
houacnd natural Gcs AZ aciiriiy. iocd,ds .lsia'
Thus kossuth has completely shifted his ground
as far the East is from the West. But he is
again wrong in point. lie talks of an imms-
date conflict with Russia in Asia. There is no
prospect Of any such thing. We have other work to
do first. England DO. Russia, is our great COM
mercial rival, and TO disodgc her from this CONT
nent and ts islands, i but work Of time, and one
that comes before any possible conflict with Russia
The policy Of the United States is a regard for her
own interests; and under the prompting Of that
principle, Cuba, Canada, and the British Provinces,
must be annexed before we drive Russia from the
territory which she occupies this continent.
That is a work easy that whom we want TO do it,
only two or three ships necessary. And for
| mturc conflict with Russia in Asia, it is time
enough to take care Of that when the day arrives
| The United states will then be SO strong that
nothing can resist her onward march, and Rus.ia
will probably yield before it without striking blow.
The best proof that the policy Of this country is
not TO operate in the direction Of Europe, but west
ward, by degrees, TO Asia ITSELF il the fact that
Political platform be got up that proposes in
tcr,ention in European AFFAIRS but il easy get up
platform TO annex Canada or Cuba, because these
belong TO this continent, and objects a. imlne-
diaely within grasp, when want to take them,
as were Texas, New Mexico. and California We
4 have no doubt that in a short time Kossuth will
\ again modify his views, to make them square with
those Of the HERALD. We begin now to have some
hope Of teaching him little common sense at last.
/ The FIRST COUNCIL OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
~ ANgRIcA.-we publish, to-day, the pastoral let
ter Of the First National Council Of tho Bishops of
the Catholic Church in the United States. 1t isa
very important and very significant document
II marks era in the steady progress of the
cncroacbments Of the Bishops over the rights of the
laity, first commenced b. Bishop Hughes, Of New
York, and spreading to q very alarming extent.
Hitherto the laity exercised control over the tenn
poraties Of the church. 4 doctrine is in
troduced, and the Bishops claim to be the sole
owners Of the temporalites well the spiritual
itics: and they oppose every investigation Of the
laity into anything connected with the church,
directly Or indirectly, spiritually temporarily.
This may DO very well in the desrotisIns Of Europe
where the people accustomed to acquicscc amey
In the acts Of their rulers. But in the free atmos-
pherc Of America IL j. experiment, and it re-
mains 10 be how il will succeed. Ii is rather
an alarming phase Of the Catholic Church in this
country, and appears to be the r-t disturbance Of
the almost primitive form in which Christianity
has hitherto existed in the United States.
The voluntary principle has uniformly prevailed,
and every congregation supports its own minister by
their free viii contributions. The tcmporalities |
have been always separated from the spiritual affairs
Of the churches and the laitywho may well be sup
he u