The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1853-05-19

her own children-in many countries, by her
unequivocal preference of despotism to all true
liberty, civil or religious, wherever she dares
to act according to her natural instincts.
2. Her oppressive and intolerant course is
giving depth and solidity to the good work 60
ing on in France, Belgium, Sardinia, Ireland,
and Canada.
3 The persecution of the Madiai and others,
in Florence and elsewhere, for possessing and
reading the sacred Scriptures, and endeavoring
to impart TO their friends and others their con-
yictions on the subject of religion, is opening
the eyes of thousands TO the essentially wicked
and odious character of Rome, and her opposi-
ton to the true Gospel of Christ
4. The separation Of the true from the false
the precious from the VILE that is going on in
the Protestant world is eminently favorable
to the triumph of the true Gospel
s. Never for two centuries has there been
so much success in spreading the truth in Papal
lands, as during the last ten years, in France,
Belgium Italy, Ireland, and Canada.
g. Rome has neither been able to " shut the
door" in some portions of what she considers
as her own domain, nor to prevent it from being
opened in others.
7. The spirit which her efforts to overthrow
our public schools have called forth ip Detroit
Cincinnati, and elsewhere has been such as
ought to convince her that her attempt is
hopeless, and to encourage our confidence in
the cause in which we are engaged.
s. There are many influences at work in
this country which render it very difficult for
Rome to keep her people in chains of dark
ness; hence that "awful falling away of
which Father Mullen spoke in his letters to
his friends in Ireland last year
g. And lastly, il is a most encouraging indi-
cation that God has given to England and
these United States, the two most Protestant
countries in the world such vast facilities and
means for the spread Of the truth. The colo
NAL world is theirs; theirs, too. is most of the
| commerce of the world To them He is CIV
ing an immense portion Of the wealth of the
world. The vast gold mines of California and
| Australia belong to them Why is all this, if
it be not that God has great work for them
| to do?
Besides extending aid to societies in foreign
lands with which the American and Foreign
Christian Union co-operates, the Board have
employed thirty-three missionaries, who have
received all their support from the American
and Foreign Christian Union.
NEW YORK STATE COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
The twenty first annual meeting of this So
ciety was held at Metropolitan Hall, May TO-
1t was largely attended. Hon. Theodore FIRE.
Gnghuysen occupied the chair
An abstract of the annual report was read,
from which We make the following memoran-
da:
FundS-Special sources of income have been
tributary only to very limited degree. From
legacies, but 500; from the Education Fund,
but the income of former donations-say $500,
have been received; while, on the contrary,
from receipts in office, from church collections,
and from agencies the gain has been consider
able. From these sources, in 1852, about
Sll 900 were reported. For the present year,
the amount is over $4,000
igration.-Since May, 1852, six expedi-
tions have been fitted out for Liberia by the
parent society, one of which, the brig Oriole,
that sailed from New York, October 4th, was
| fitted out under the care and at the expense of
the New York State Colonization Society. They
| sailed in the following order, viz