New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-21
rouAN CATHOLIC CHARITIES
r,;.,. AZ III, N. Y. Tytbsne.

- "A. ESiss- Of II, ~ u IT'osne e.fu
,.,,, notice of the bal for the benefit OF the
o. C:,holic Orphan Asylum, you make one OF
ho"s. h..,sgsn,s which feel called upon to eonfrad'o
Wv" Wv, rr ,lar,eally. In the first place you say;
..T.hoiss but sbelterine tsee,"s '"N 9
ssssp-ctive of religious oineie"'e .. - ..
= 81, that is as jesuitical an assertion as ever
-, n.n,ed or spoken. No doubt the managers make
- ah;.ct;oo--yea, they are even glad-to receive
.,.ss.;c orphans but they are nerer brought up IN
a ,.l;soo Of their deceased parents 1t seems as II
,...,sots will never learn to understand the shuinng
80. of the Church Of Rome. Can it be imagined Tor
roornen, that the game men who refuse TO nave
Grir Children educated in your Common Scnoois a'ons
sb Others Of different religion would stretcn OUT
AZ hssd OF charity to the helpless orphans oil froest
I nsrepts except they intend to pervert ana poison
shs youpg AID innocent minds Of their charges lou
conclude; ,,..,,.n.
port L pressDely needs"
Why, Sir, should Protestant money be given to sup
mort Popish institutions Why should we, OF our
I'm free will support or countenance what we firmly
bsieve 10 be wrong7 Will not the Common Council
Ne only too ready 70 throw another cop to the lnsh
yoe. in the shape Of few more lots : You say:
"Yv.y dollar contributed TO it. treasury contributes fully one
Ths is directly against all experience and evidence
ha yesult of Popsh education in Popsh countries s
simply this: Morals are laxer; misery more UNIVERSAL
murders robberes and petty crimes far more numer-
Gus than in Protestant countries. II such be the re-
sults Of Popsh training, why shsud Protestants sup
P0n A''"' IS IRISH PROTESTANT.
We assurs our correspondent that Irish poll
tcs aud Iri.h religion-we regret that we nave no
single term under which we can comprehend the
two which seem TO the rest of mankind az once
irreIigious and impolitc-are our extreme aversion
In Germany, in Switzerland, and almost every
where else, save in ireland, Catholics and Protes
4.nts have either argued out or fought out their
psry feud. and now live side by side in peace and
charity; while in Ireland religion and hatred would
seern TO be almost synonymous. Each SIDE heaP'
all tbe blame On the other--we do not decide be-
,veeo tbem-but we know that both contrve to
make themselves very unlovey in theeyes OF nearly
eyerybody else-as in the case of our correspond
ent. We see nothing in our notice OF the Or-
phaps' Ball to justify orprovOke his exhibition oi
bigotry.
We certainly did not mean to say that the Catho-
ic Orphan Asylum trained up children in the creeds
and ways of Professionalism, any more than the Prot
estant Orphan Asylum educated children as Catho-
lies. We know that the contrary is the fact, yet
we consider each good and benefcent institution,
10 which we gladly contribute our mite, and would
fsin persuade others to do so.
But why should Protestant money be given to
81 support Popsh institutions 7" asks our Prot
estant." We answer-Because, Ill our judgment,
every dollar go paid has been returned seVen-ioid
in lessenng the cost of our Alms-HOuses, Prisons,
ard administration Of Justice, and in shielding US
Of OrDhADs
TO grow up in the streets are very apt TO become
harlots criminals, and public enemies. Probably
one half of those who find home in either Orphan
Asylum would be thus ruined if left to grow up as
chance would have it; while of those trained in
Orphan Asy lums We confident that less than
pue.tenth come TO a bad end. Hence we deem it
wise for citizens and taxpayers to be generous to
Orphan Asyums even though from no higher
motive than selfinterest.
We do not of course care to go very deeply into
our Protestauts sweeping assertions as to the gen.
ersl immortality Of Catholic as compared with Prot
sstsnt counties; yet we must say that they are
not sustained by facts within our knowledge. We
Think the Protestant portions of Europe are more
intelligent, more effectivein industry, more advanced
in the useful arts, than the Catholic; but we know
20 facts which establish any such disparity in morals
between Prussia and Austria Spain and Sweden,
Great Britain and Ireland Protestant and Catholic
Switzerland, as our correspondent procaims.
Friend Protestant! did you ever read certain par
abls put forth by the wisest and holiest Teacher
expressly to rebuke and admonsh those who
''thought themselves righteous, and despised
pthers?" Ed.