Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-05-04
NUMBER l45.
From the New Orleans Creole.
Dr. Browns0n,s Last Lecture.


From the New Orleans Creole.
DIR. Brownson's Last Lecture.
"The infalliblity Of the Church. which was the
subject Of the last lecture Of DR.. Brownson led
him to enter the field of polemic discussion, upon
which we do not choose TO tread. We have no
designs OF converting the Creole into sheet for
religious discussion.
With the creeds of religious sects we have no
thing to do. The great cause of humanity, in
which all Catholic Christians, and all warm hearted
philanthr0pists may cordially engage ensts our
sympathies and efforts. A country free and pros
perous-its institutions suffering no change by age
are the objects for which we labor.
We SHALL therefore, be excused from presenting
even an abstract of the last lecture though II was
fnll of assertions which strengthened the views
which we have expressed of the LOFTY claims put
forth by the able lecturer in behalf of the right OF
the church to exercise temporal power
In the reports we have made we have put forth
no garbled statements--we have made no misrep-
RESERVATIONS, having quoted the precise language
OF the lecture. The inference from one report, We
see, cannot be withstood, as every mode Is taken
to disarm 1t OF Its effect upon the public mind.
The fact is the Catholics of New Orleans do not
agree with DR.. Brownson. They are progressive
American--tolernnt, and love their country, be-
lieving that they owe allegiance to her as the su-
preme power on earth. They recognise State
III. i'iuWuoou OHiy SccS u CHuTCH. lney CIulIn
rights of individual judgment; DR.. Brownson binds
individual will in slavery to the Pope. He is not
only supreme In his order" but the spiritual order
is superior to the temporal and controls it.
No case of civil action can occur under Dr. Brown
sons definition, in which the Pope and the church
cannot interfere to control the civil power. The
moneyed power, and the civil power of the Statea,
must Of necessity, under his arrangement Of the
spheres Of the two powers, ultimately concentrate
in the hands of the church. tM mi
The bold and emphatic propositions Of DR..
Brownson cannot fail to do good in New Orleans.
1t lets our creole friends know what the church
and its claims are IL shows them that Gallican.
ism is repudated as heresy, and its followers
ranked among wicked schismatics We leave tho
subject to their thoughtful consideration.
Our citizens are not perhaps aware that the
Mission of America" as set forth by DIR. Brown
son, is no fanciful specimen of rhetoric to amuse
curious crowd. He but unfolded the grand plan
Of the spiritual powers of Europe This whole
country Is already mapped of in Rome, with stars
representing the points already occupied, and
other characters significant to their designed oc-
cupation Money is contributed with great pro-
fnseness to accomplish the occupation Of the land
Emigration is forwarded by every possible agency
to facilitate the great end. ,,et
In Europe the claim is made that there are
100000 Catholics in this country; here, only
about 100000 are claimed. There are signs in
viz ucuscbo huu puTtcutS OH Tic ehTLu WHICH IL
were well for wise and patriotic men to heed.
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w m saxon Words. ~
The superior forcibleness of Saxon English or
rather non-Latin English, first claims our attention
The several special reasons assgnable for this may
all be reduced to the general reason-economy.
The most important Of them Is early association.
A child's vocabulary is almost wholly Saxon. Hs
says, 1 haze, not possess--I pish, not desire
he does not reflect, he thinks he does not beg for
dmuseDient but for play; he calls things nice or
nasty, not pleasant or disdgreeable. The synonyms
which he learns in after years, never become 50
closely, so organicaly connected with the ideas
sgnihed, as do these original words used In child
hood; and hence the association rema ms less
powerful But In what does powerful association
between word and an idea differ from weak
one? Simply in the greater ease and rapidity of
the suggestive action. IL can be in nothing else.
Both Of two words If they be strictly synonymous,
eventually call up the same image.
The expression, it is acid, must, in the end, give
rise to the same thought as, II is SOUR; but, be.
cause the term acid was learned later in life, and
has not been so often followed by the thought sym.
bolized, II does not readily arouse that thought
as the term soar. If we remember how slowly
and with what labor the appropriate ideas follow
unfamiliar words in another language, and how In
creasng familiarity with such words brings greater
rapidity and ease of comprehension, until from its
having been a conscious effort TO realize their
meanings, their meanings ultimately came without
any effort at all and If we consider that the same
process must have gone on with the words Of our
mother tongue from childhood upwards we shall
clearly see that the carlest-learnt and oftenest.
used words will, other things equal, call up the
images with less loss Of time and energy than their
later-learnt synonyms. aN#t
The further superiority possessed by Saxon Eng
lish in its comparative brevity, obviously comes
under the same generalization II It be an ad-
vantage 10 express an idea in the smallest number
of syllabes If circuitous phrases and needless
pletives distract the attention and diminish the
strength OF the impression produced, then do sur
plus articulations do so. A certain effort, though
commonly an inappreciable one, must be requiredto
recognize every vowel and consonant IT. as we
commonly find, the mind soon becomes htigued
when we listen to an indistnct or far-remoyed
speaker, or when we read abadly written manuscript;
ind if as we cannot doubt, the fatigue is a cunu-
ative result of the attention required to catch sue
cessive syllables-it obviously follows that atten-
tion Is In such cases absorbed by each syllable.
And II this be true when the syllables are difficult
Of recognition 1t will also be true, though in less
degree, when the recognition OF them is easy.
Hence the shortness of Saxon words becomes
reason for greater force as involving saving OF
the artculations to be received.
Again, that frequent cause of strength in Saxon
and other primitive words-their initiative charac-
Yer, may De sllihfiy reSoiveu IN tnc more ReneTbi
cause. Both those directly initiative, as splash,
bang, phizz, roar, &c, and those analogically m;
tative, as rough, smooth, keen, blunt, thin, hard,
erag, &C. by presenting to the perceptions symbols
having direct resemblance TO the things to be ina
gincd, or some kinship TO them, save part of the
effort needed TO call up the intended ideas, and leave
more attention for the ideas themselves - West
minsfer Repiep.
CURIOUS CASE OF CoPYRIsHT.--Miss Bunkley, is
the young lady whose escape from the Catholic
female school at Emmettsburg, Nd, created such
sensation some time ago. II appears that she had
prepared the material for book upon the subject
but that somebody else has got hold Of the papers
and secured the copyright in this city, and that in
consequence she has instituted suit to recover It,
The case win shortly come up before Judge Belts,
and very curious II win most likely prove to
be.--N. y. Herald
An HONORABLE 0ProHENT.--Ch Irving ESQ,
in his speech before the Democratic Association of
this city on Friday night last In repv To A aues-