Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-01

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dish of pork.
The hog was raised on the farm Of @. B. Calvert,
Esq, who last year furnished "porker' which
weighed, when dressed, 675 pounds.
First Anniversary :
aOf the Home Missionary Society Of the Ninth
street Meth0dia Protestant Church. u
The meeting was called to order by the President,
singing by the choir. After which the Secretary
read his report, showing an increase Of members
one hundred In the last six months, and receipt Of
funds accordingly.
Hon. THos. ID. ELIOT, of Massachusetts,, address
ed the meeting. He commenced by abiding to
his former residence here and, now on his return,
after an absence Of twenty-five years, the few old
friends, homes, and house of former years, he
found The benefits of the Bible to society gener-
ally, was the theme Of his discourse, and the clo-
quence and ability with which he treated the sub
ect is seldom seen in an active partisan in polti
cal life. He regarded the Bible, with CoIeridge,
as the statesman's manuel, and in this country,
where every lad might become statesman, it
should be placed in the hands of every parent and
every child should be trained up by its rule to fit
them for the duties incumbent upon citizens in
after life,
He thought Mormonism and Catholicism were
doing much hurt to the country, as pressed upon,
and brought with the immense tide of immigration
daily landing on our shores, and pressing westward.
Not only they, but the hardy American farmer who,
when he babe adeu to the home, took only his
wife and axe, but forgot his book-the American,
though brought up among even the descend
ants Of the Pilgrim Fathers may forget his early
lessons and by their constant repetition in his hear
ing, be brought to these false theories 80 SUBJ
versiye of moral and political prosperity. But he
thought no religion--infdclity even worse
than bad religion We have seen its effects on the
western States in the antireligious and socialist
demonstrations there made 1t is our duty to carry
the Bible to the emigrant, and to supply him with
proper religious teaching, and above that, to give
the hardy pioneer of civilization those religious ia
cilities he foregoes, in order to prepare the now
frontier for posterity. No man thought more highly
of the labors Of the foreign missionaries, and Of
the incalculable good done by the efforts of the
foreign Bible Society than he but with such a
large population with few Bibles as exist in the
western parts of our own country, he thought we
should support our home missions before looking
abroad. sat
After Mr.. Elliot resumed his scat, the Choir,
with their accustomed accuracy and brilliancy Of
performance, sang an anthem; after which,
Hon. R. w. THOMPSON, of Indiana, took the
floor in continuation of the subject. He gave a
graphic view Of frontier life as he had ceen it. and
corroborated Mr. Eiott's statement of the great
injury the foreign population Of the West were
trying to effect the religion and government Of
country; and, In proof Of this, he spoke Of the
convention held in the West not long ago, COM
posed mostly of infdel Germans, at which resolu-
tons were passed, stating the government Of the
United States was formed on a wrong basis, and
pledging themselves to the work of remodeling It.,
and entirely excluding the Bible and the Sabbath
from the new form. He also thought the Bible
should be circulated through this foreign element,
in order to Christianize and fit II for place in our
population becoming to citizens.
The principal point in his interesting address
was, that the Indians now 20 troublesome to our
country, could be pscified easily our government
toward this oppressed race is to furnish them with
Christian missionaries to teach them to read and
understand the truths Of Christianity. II is easy
to do this if attempted in the proper way, for the
Indian is susceptible TO religious impression-he
breathes prayer az he raises his gun, that he may
strike his mark--he sees God everywhere and in
everything we should Systematically attempt
TO Christianze them, we should meet with success.
But we should not bring conflicting denominations
together In vicinity, the red man cannot un-
derstand how so many systems can emanate from
one God, but each Protestant sect should take a
tribe or part of tribe, under it's care, and thus
make Of them valuable citizens in time.
Rev d. E. Reese, the pastor chen said few
words in appeal to the pockets of the audience in
his usual happy manner, with such good success
that, in short time, over 800 was added TO the
treasury of the society. Among the life.member-
ship created, was the names Of tho two speakers,
the pastor, the President Of the Society, and the
leader of the choir of the church.