New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-14

| the Continent Thsy might a. well claim that tho
compass gunpowder, printing, the discoyefy Of this
as 70 pretepd that the Universities Il Kusops 1srs IN,
debtea 10 them for anything except Ne porveion Of
the purposes for which they were saaSlilhed. Tho
Archbishop paid bigh tribute 70 ths ncels impalsss
which have prom pied the Protestsuts Of New EsgAnh
to found and endow hbsn, % many seafs Of learning
But he could not grant that need Of prsiee 70 H. Prot
ssanf usrpers Of Literary and Immense foundxeieos,
which hod Teen created BY Catholic pety snd Catholic
lberalty
TIE Times is not q strong minded woman. And II
you ,efer il to the masculine gender, you viii discover
that it Is weak in logic, though By no nesns dsent
in canning and the pity soPhis.nss Of the science
II tells Us that the people Of England for nssnee.
were Catholics up to the period OF Henry Wills
reign; that they bad been Catholics until then, and
that now they bad become Proteeants; aod thai, Of
nuIe to the benefit Of the new creed:. Now, nothing
but the instinct Of cunning and OF soph,fry oone
have put such view Of the case INTO the
mind of The ~ y. Times. 1t u contrary 70
the decisions of our Courts 1t is contrary 70 the rights
of a community. Il is at violence with the common
law of England and Of all nations that recognize pubic
jurisprudence and individual rights. Cases involving
the principle even In our own eiiy Lave been dss'ded
Times. But let rs admit for moment that Ihe
Times s not in fog what would be the consequence!
We lave seen il in New England Colleges founded by
lIlnlldIItbB nave Deen ClHuo6etiuciy UiVuSns
the management of the Un.arisns those who sti!
believed in the Trinity have not asserted their on8nM
rigns-because, perhaps, among other reasons, tne
very Juries and Judges who should have 70 try the
the trune God and had also become Unitarians.
So, in like manner, lot Us suppose merely for Illus
tration that portion Of our citizens who have an
interest both in Trinity Church and Columbia College
were to become-one 10 almost ashamed 10 say it
Mormons, then, according 10 The Times, they would
have right to claim the property Of both and after
ward cry out in the very ears OF the newspaper 6ee
" what we have done for religion aud edncstion, We
"Trinity Church and Columbia CollAge-these are the
" monuments of what have done for religion, edu-
" cation, and mankind"
The Archbishop intended no reflection on any persoa
or on apy religious denomination IL was not neces-
sary Il did not come within the purview OF his dis
course But be- and few others Of the audience,
and indeed of the Catholic public in general had been
ANNOYED at growing tone OF censure on their efforts
to encourage Catholic educatlon-and TINS from SPEAK
ers or writers protesting their own religion. vast
amount of nonsense referring to ethnooy Teutonics,
Ango-Saxons, Celts, Germans Fran e, &c.
The writer is of the opinion that all these nations,
in day, as untraceabe, and, to great extent
undstipguisbable, as the waters Of which the Mis-
sissitp River is composed as it sweeps slowly along.
above the CITY of New Orleans, Every Catholic
s getting tired Of all this nonsense Those who
keep up have not put their shoulder 10 the wheel for
Catholic Education, either by speech, contribution or
They have been rather drag upon its progress. Bot
it 10 bound to 20 ahead in tpite Of them. They are
great optiuists-and II the Almighty had consuited
them at the time of the creation, there Is no doubt that
they would have suggested other shapes, and forms,
and dimensions for the mountains the valleys, the
bills and even the ocean ITSELF than those which bis
Divine wisdom had appointed and which, on the
whole mankind in general are BY choice or necessity,
obliged to recognize. Mere fault finders are usess:
generation. The comparison between Catholic end
education in this country necessarily fa-
cious even when the writer would wish to DO just IL
is unfair 1t discourages many, who, nos"ithsssndng
the obstacles in their way entertain deep seal for tho
present progress and ultimate success OF Catholic eanca-
ton.
Now, the Archbishops remarks were intended 70
meet and stem this surreptitous infux CT these new
and fllacious ideas. Those who listened TO him. whiie
they did not feel that he had spoken disresPectfuy OF
Protestants in any way still became conscious thaf ms
remarks were calculated to nfuse more energetic ana
more hopeful spirit than these lugubrious commenta-
tors had made them acquainted with.
Let them speak and write as they chooses but let the
Catholics ever understand that IL the eminent seats OF
learning founded by their sncestorsn the fsh saou1
be plucked no and destroyed in Europe the earaoc Of
that most civilized portion Of the globe would appear
rs deeert of Africa scarcely diversified by the disant
view of pyramid, relieved by the presence Of ves'
dant oasis.
Ne.s. YORK., July 10. 1860.