New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-12
BROOKLYN ITEMS.

MEEsIcE AND JAsAicl PLANK Roam Cow
r,Sy.-Ths Committee ap2on 81 - take tins ma.s
ter in hard ard some feRd Of the enterprise me, a,
tie resJeace Of sorsn IRE ell Jamaica, Dec ~,
10 hear the rcport Of the Committee on SlbScrp
Hons. The Committee reported that they had re-
ceived TIC sum q $1,000 and asked for more time.
lhe Commute On subscription was enlarged, and
aief some other business he meeting adjourned
until Thursday, tae lJ,h o. January y hen the Drec-
iois OF Inc foac vii oe cnose3. FMS IS an enter
prise ~hi VIII De Of vast importance 70 Jamaica
ami also 70 Brooklyn, furnishing good road, when
done, the year round.
Rgv. u. ". Bellows IEc ruRE.-The
Institute Was well hlled OF Thursday night to hear
the lecture OF Rev. slr. Bellows. The subject was
The Beqlssi of he Pilgrims The lecturer said
II well becomes he Americans - os acquainted with
their stow. The character which distinguishes
our nat o. ~ ht present day - derived mainly from
the Purtans The civil and Religious Liberty which
We enjoy 20 sach IN eminent degree and the peTna-
nency Of our Republic, are attributable 10 the doc
time Of Christianity ncnicatcd AMI rgIcy sdhersdto
BY our Puritan oTeA;heIs twas al element sltaous
which no nation could exist ard be free, and TIE es
nduc possessing twas n no Danger ot0elnS saoyert-
ed The peculiar religious charsctersucS oy which
hatsectron whom We directly lChtIlI our principles
was cisnns nished. we're unTCSlrdncd devotion 10
thcr God, Lttn reliance on II SpgOyidentla dlSpen.
tatioll, dhO an arrogance 10 no Nfher Authority IMAM
that ~ the living God For this they perseca-
ted and FOR the maintenance OF these pecuaTties
II was that they fed 20 our shores But their prin
ciples did not raTtake OF that spirit of liberation
which CdtTn pfopagandlss OF the religion of Christ
deem so essential ~ tts success but, In the be-
lief thst theirs was the tue religion they could
not tolerate the entertainment BY others OF differ
snt views frOM their own, and persecution was the
autiCote hy which the venom was 70 De neutral
lied or eraocated-and cOpiouS and bitter were the
doses. Bu, The great ard neSlns5e blessing that
has been Transmitted 10 Us ~ our Puritan forefs-
n WAS nc deep and radical religion which has
gwen character 70 or Institutions TOeration WAsnot
TIE plmry pGaciple neesssary-freedom OF con.
science WssIot he hIst tenet ID emoracecivil and
religious ltoriy Weie 6f minor importance as
principle ihln--tut pure religion an unqualified re-
lance upon the Sgp,ems III, these constituted The
foundation work o. our tONerins superstructure.
Thus cid .c0 IUItans~-a number Ike that OF the
followers Cf LeCnidas a. the Pass OF Thermopyle
establish principles which were 10 become the
guidrg.SlaT for over twenty millions of people.
And that tins Puutanis sp,rit had wrought such
wonders on the American Continent, II had taken it,
fight scross the irackess deep, and was animatlna
TIC nations OF The Old World 70 throw of the woke
OF oppr6 sslCn kOssuth had come among us a. re-
preventative II the effect OF that pTinciple and u
Was our tuy to receive him and extend the hand OF
sympathy. W should be liberal in AID Of the cause
OF liberty, ard throw the weight of our influence
against cespOtsm, wherever found.