The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-05
Of tho masses, while the term, were an nsupsrabIs

condition, so frequently commented upon by tour
is,s, that the females Of the French Canadian rac
were polished as the men, with the additions
charm Of mental culture. Within the last tie
years. silent, but momentous revolution has sue
ceeded the stagnating torpor OF other days, and TIA
revolution has been accomplished oy the untirin
energy Of order who have stood AZ conqueror
upon every SOIL and under every Innate; who hav
achieved greater yictorie9, and sustained profound
ed huniiiatiors than any olner sect Ii IS IN
Jesrits who have tie rightfal claim 70 be named 4
the E.eD w D invaded our dark atmosphere of *
norance, and imiued the aluggish minds of on
people with taste for literature, science, and The
classes lie Jesuits have acquired IN historical
reputation, which exalts theif 40 uteuoss at the
expense OF their probity They are rareyasarded
the merit OF ac,irg from unsolash motives, aud
their organization 50 perfect, ana their policy 80
studisusiy concealed from even the inferior mem
bers Of he order that 1T would be unsafe FOR spec
tator TO pronounce the causes which in PEELED
them hithor, and enlisted them in tho work
OF educating our people If we may be
allowed to draw our conclusions from the
apparent influences which attracted the Jesuits
thither, wo should point 70 tho efforts Of our Evan
gelica relgoniss to convert the French Cana
dans from the Roman Catholic faith, through tho
fundamentally OF Huguenot Clergymen DIR Ava from
France. There has existed Tor several years m
tive proselyting school, style the Grand Mission,
the scene Of whose labors may be found among the
| French Canadian Roman Catholics, who dwell be-
| tween the Richelieu river and our common from tier
line. These converters Of the Canadians gathered
| numerous converts, and the oonversiols wore felt
| by the Roman Catholic Church In pecuniary as
| well As religious point of Wow, because b. our
| laws, lands occupied by Roman Catholic are
charged with the church-rate, called aimc or one
| twenty sixth portion iof the produce; but If the
| same land becomes the property Of one not men,
Der Of the Roman Catholic Church, the charge
ceases; hence you will perceive that he hesitating
! convert had tho stimulus OF pacuniary gain to
| quicken his conversion, and TIC priests had tae
| prospect of diminished incomes to rouse them to
| c9m bat rather forAida bic enemies We have hore
NJ AZ n IT "a
our perception IN many fage OF history, that tho
| very weapons with which sects arm themselves,
| are often turned against them in the day OF
| disaster The dimes were instituted to uphold
ana maintain the dignity Of the Roman Catholic
| priesthood and that priesthood was invested with
| legal power to coerce the payment Of their rights.
The conquest of Canada restricted those rights
| over the land, and exempted oGher secs from com
puisory payment. More recently, the Huguenot
| French clergy have seized the amendment to the
act and though they have not urged the French
| Canadian Roman Catholics TO abandon their reli-
gion for the sake OF escaping the payment of the
dime; neither have they concealed from their pro-
posed converts the pecuniary advantages of speedy
conversion. The grand mission is in full activity;
and you refer to orr journals, you VIII learn there
from, thas bazaar9, and soirees, and such fashion
able modes OF extracting money from the worldly
minded, are in full operation-all conceived with
the ayowed purpose Of extending the list OF con-
vefts. 1t Can cause no surprise that the Roman
Catholic clergy should entertain we'll founded fears,
in the face 0i such carnal and religious weapons
OF assault and we can comprehend the probability
| Of the Church turning, in such an emergency, to
those resolute champions Of Roman Catholicty
who now stand our soil, in the guise of fre,eS
| Chrdi69IHeS, or declared Jesuts.
The members Of this society are not in the
habit of chattering in public or in private about
their instructions, Intentions or resources. They
move noselessy through the land under perfect or
ganization. They plant select and disciplined de.
tenders OF their cause In every hamlet They
post in the larger towns, mon Of unque5tiona ole
The combined energies Of all directed to one
special object; they concentrate all their strength
to bring under their control the education Of the
| rising generation
| Throughout this extensive district, you canno.
travel in any direction without being reminded that
Some new power has been called into existence.
Az the moles working underground within fields
Indicate their progress By the mounds of earth
they cast oil, SO the Jesuits attest their presence
by the massive piles Of masonry erected in each
hamlet. These buildings partake Of our uniform
stylc--deyoid Of all ornament, solid, compact and
servicesble looking They are built to endure for
ages they symbolic he convictions Of the order,
that the Jesuts arc permanently esta blished upon
this soil; ard in that conviction many who do not
Delong to the Church Of Rome share. IL they have
betn careful to impress tho bebolder with belief
in The durability of their scaools and colleges, p.
pcslipg to his Imagination IN tho substantial
forms OF masonry, they have for the Interior
management of their institutions, provided
against failure by combination of learning.
economy. religious, and secular education Other
educational systems depend for their II aintcnance
npon governmental aid, or private speculation. In
either case, whether it be the government paying
the teacher, or tho teacher embracing the occupa-
tion, as a peouniaIy speculation, you search IN
vain for that self denying and uawearying interest
the Jesui;s invariably exhibit. Their philosophy,
or religious schooling-if you prefer the phrase
teaches them to exist upon sum Of money which
an hotel waiter would spurn with contempt. They
demand but the commonest necessities of life
food and raiment- both of the simplest character;
and their pupils are not expected TO pay for cduca
ton AID boarding fifth the price asked for
beard in fifth class boarding house in New
York.
The principal institution, in operation in Mon.
treal has been but recently compile ed; it is situated
upon BleuIy street. 1t is Lighted with gas,
warmed with hot air, and constructed to accom-.
modato several hundred pupils. The dist is
abundant and Of excellent quality. The course Of
education embraces the living langUages-the
cle ssics modern literature, mathematics, and the
sciences. For these varied advantages, the entire
sum the pupil pays is but $l2O per annum, or
ten dollars per month, and he may ROMAN in
the college throughout the year, for the lesuits
allow themselves no holidays or cessation
from toll. In the hamlets, the charges are lower
there the same education, with palmer feeding,
may be purchased for SIS per annuIn, OK six dollars
per month. 1t is possible that some Of your readers
mey fancy that the charges are mis-. quoted-that
some error has crept IN, when they are told that
boy Of sixteen may be housed, fed, and educated
IN superior style, for ten dollars per month or
that l. IS pretending services Of The same nature,
may De secured IOl SIX COLLARS per month; but DC
assured the facts are as quoted; ana learn, more
over, that the men who preside these iostitu-
lions Of learning are not the hired pedagofues OF
broken fortunes, or doubtful regulations, bat men
saturated with Neutrality-suspicious. ia the cause in
| which they are employed, and laying wide and
deep the foundations OF their failure power. ii is
marvel, even in this cheap colony, how the Je-
| suits can contlve to house, warm, ana feed youth
| Of sixteen or eighteen for six dollars PEI month
setting education altogether aside. Yet, that they
| 90 so, is notoriousIy the fact; and, further
more, they so wind themselves around the
| affections Of The scholsrs, that the boys
| lock forward, with the antics patton cf hap
! press, 10 their return to the Jesuit seminary
There is not on the continent Of America, educa
ticnal Sysiem analogous to the here sketohed-
none could be dsyissd more emincnlly calculated to
realize the policy ofthe o6er The Jesuts are usually
French by birth hence they are familiar with the
language of this colony. They belong Vi course,
to The Church OF Rome, and the majority CT them
| are priests-conseQuently they bespeak the cont
Of The simY n. minded hahtart = ard hair