The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-19

nssS shen mention that up 70 the year ISIS the i'm
MIGRATION from British empire s,unta but httie
tion sppssr to Be ezesedngy accurate mach more 50
thsu than those which have been by liter
authorities in this country In the FIRST place. Aer the
between the two countries but, ON ths o.hsr
hand there was remnant o. rancor stu
tuiation upon the other. The immigration which
began or q isast which WAS first noted was In i7ot
When !, rss 10000; Isscss on simiD.hng until the
y TO be taken into the account From the close Of the
Tie year 1925 ~h en- i. was found to Sa7s BEEN little
more than 900 00o may mention further that durtns
were pot Catholics but protesants tnat Is to say they
hesbyerians from the North Of Ireland who set
It'd tn New AND r. 10
now found in Western Virginia. In Tennsssee and In
Ohio. Frm tbst cl.ss Of people therefore, the great
the tide Catholic immigration appear TO have set 10
towsrd this country with any goat force until sfser
oal and esope to 60 through the dry details Of sta
ti.tics and repeat how many car In this or that
Front Gree. sS'Ga m.
up 1895 little over 100000, M %, In tos fol
hwiDe years SO and -: thai a, psod
York slcne 2S6 imnligran's. During this pc
nine senths Of the immigrants to this county landed
elsewhere The statistics have then upon this sub
iect would authosse this coDciusionthat the im psra
has 70 sSn ::S ec Nov
called upn to detsumin to which religious party
these INN igrants beiongedthi mster On ers mot into
the account Of the statis ics Of mmgrs tionAhongh
for the last fifteen years perhaps fourfths Of tho Irish
immsr Csshoics STILL taking the whole period
Of time, the proper ton would be much greater the
other sie-ths Protestant sies From the continent Of
Europe from Sweden, Norway and most Of the German
ins'psN,'es ara s'a.es nss, ~. sse "a wsse
1h% object Of these remarks is first to prsss upon you
just conception OF the amount Of Immigration, an
hoo e.. et.sk ~ kta ctr TIA nj
the Catholic religion exats in this country and
SECONDLY to meet the shch has been urged on
both the ahoc and Protestant side, the eeot thai
Cathoci'y wastes away under the ul light and liberty
OF the United States Il il not long since noolsnsa In
tie Heuse q Parliament proclaimed on the authority o.
TO nmgI alton that the only way to convert the lsh
would be from them toe pretence thai they
prosecuted BY the State and to make them equal
before the Law by encing hem to America and then 10
deed in .hcrt they would renounce their religion
result Of the lmmig ston here thiak viii satisfy you,
that th. ugh this has been the TO amentabie De-
does nos IN os sss e s1ss Ss No natter
how great he light and liberty may be- " true that
hunaiees Of ,hon.ancs Of The descendants Of sae
hardly .edcd any thing to any other denomination
into tate of Indifference, and alas sametimes into
ste Of inhdeiy IbiA i rot because they have sxs.
minec their religion in the light Of the .gs or 10 The
RDa md death or ignorance Of their pa.
rtn,s IL may be, their remote situation from the OPP
portuI it,es e. practising and learning their Hgonac
count euficien,y the falling away Of those VINO
aci have been lost to the CAho c chu CHI.
Again he number Of Immigrants into this eoun
try A might equal to the whole nmhe- Of the pre-
sent DC puialon still the slightest inspection will satisy
you VI. ~ 1 % 's Sss
grafton touring into the country ike water cast into
vessel at sssky and tha: VIII not retain any quaa
ty it receives According to tie laws recognized in
statstics-,he very common lave of mortatity--tnu
grants to this country are eyng At tbs rate OF one IN
TIE accidents Of ne .ckne hardship Of every Kind
sne t..ms poverty; .,h They are especially 81. sa
cholera. yellow fever. anything else which dscl-
mates tn NJ; and therefore the ALLOW
ance Of no,tshty Is mot sufficient TO express tie
proportit of The deaths in their Now therefore
II it be that ion Of this age Of light and of
freedom det mental to the progress The existence Of
ths Catholic religion in the Of Their free eenom
natoIs huv to account for the progress Of the
Catholic religion actually made according 70 the sta
':s published IN .sis sy IN the C. hSiic A "
psgated Il TO g.sst sxsnt. or besides the living iam
fallen sway but the iAh Of the foreign born
ancestors, end are perpefusting It, (Appause) But
snd sithorsh am quite tatisfed that the number Of
converts Goes mot equal orehitd Of the Of
1s'hoics who hsvs passed away from the faith never
tbeless CONSIDER 1t great element essential for expa-
pscn Of the condition OF the Catholic church at is time.
We f,d ~ the Of 1850 that taerr we're then
in the ULired States nineteen mioes five hundred
and fifty three Thousand and sixty five white innati-
tants O, wpon two millions two hundred and forty
thousand Eve hundred snd thirry-fve Of foreign
birth Now those of foreign birth made NJ Of ell
the nations have m+ntioLed ano he only Two nations
which contributed in degree to tia aug
nent- n Of Cath lies ireland and Germany; and In
that ear 1850 ske ish according to the
ter.d mir huDdred and fifty thousand in the whole UNI
Protsant. and OF the remairoer according TO the laws
Of mortality, there would be reduction Of sixth up
TO The pr.eit time 50 hat BY the closest
and arranging the results according to the oest
tanned horny within Oh, 1t fol ows approx
cslc, aicn that the present day here In the
United states ssy, eleven hundred thousand ca holics
born in eight hundred thoussnd Irsh
ard thee hundred thousand Germans, because OF The
German in migration there are tw' Pro estsnts for one
Catholic. Though the number Ia great, wish it to
Re uDeerstooi that CONSIDER this high estimate IT
the egn bern ca holcs OF the United 3ses And yet
the Ca holic population, by the enumeration,
ported hy the different diocsses of the United States
Ia millions three hundred and Dfnetyeeven tn usxnd
FIVE bundled; thus leaving eleven hundred Thousand
foreign born Catholics and the balance tweve hundred
snd rine-y thou FIVE hunared We should take
into the account, too great oes owing 70 the najor
" PARENTS leaving their chiIdre otectec-not
cevipg edseaton and owing 10 their p,ver y being
PEELED TO seect haoiatcns distant from iaion and
miniserr Although this loss ia gres it impos
sble to explain heee statistics withou surprising that
many tell in 9TH dec OF their ancestry VII
protseared their fai and hope ,ho.e born In this
country third ement l. that Of conversion spi
far a. II test question, tere Is true esr whether or
not Cathobeity npsre wlth any ether denomins.
,icn Of Chsesns where there Ia neither popular
SIDE prejudice the Other It's he number of
wbl many hpecpA,e ADO. anmih, Win
expressions Of gratitude, that the Catboc religion is
useful and beneficial to mankind, they ray that, ia her
regions Of despair csrtnsss IL bear ,he
test OF light IN the presence OF equal education And
he,e s the test: ~han say Conversions not in beast
fur terms, but which we asctoe t. the Almighty
'hose of Ams rican birth, fremen xho 1--we free
dom, who would not sacrifice ieg1 innate Freedom shie
embr acipg Capholicism-snd who understanding both
soes Of the question: have not be stej TO
fees Of worldly interests ard advsnagesfor what pur
poef To Or testimony to th~ truth which they I'D
examined, end which came under their notice. ami by
Of simple faith embraced Net WORLDLY m ,fives.
And here Is the field and theatre the sphere which,
il war said Il ,uid Dot stand We all that ON
tie tine Of Arcbbhcp Carroll TO the peseat day. there
hsve been numerous converts. In New EDglard East,
West South everywhere, there is Scarcely any ngre
cation that does not pnDber its vets and those
vers take better instil their faith into the minds
IF their children than tbose who receive their faith from
Cats, lie par ents. Applause What hen Is rhe
Ion of the Catholic thurch compared With the tins
Of Archbishop CaI is Seventy ytarr ago not going