, 1869-01-10

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mar TRnUFE d<!ir.r4d by ca,rser On
,..:.,x. ,~. f,,u,t;no Roca.
,.+pr1 vxcv xn.s PaoPuEs1ta,
rha H. 1ir Becker, . convert
~ ~ 3oe,r,pes OF Rom.uisn, delivered
,ce,nrc In Library Hall. on Friday
-1erirr. en- ," The Religious Condition or
thc Conntry." He described Protestant
;Fn "a dtc&, ing institution. rapidly
n,ss;nc sv.y. I'D u rapidly being re-.
n1.ced 1y Romauitu, As the former de.
c1,ns.} The latter 1ese upon It's ruins. In
ter yea,s rnsre, be prfd.c.ed that IT, ad-
herruts v7rula tc 10 The rns}orisy In this
ceur:ry, ard, ber51e tho end oi the cen
tu.y-.htr.y-onc years hcnce-he proph.
csied thss ProseItantism would cease 10
exist as Ch1i..lsn Lody, a that portion
Of its adhetens not becoming Catholics
were 1el.psiue into Cnttar,au1tu, uot.
vv,ss!jsu, SpIrs,nsli.m and Atheism.
This c1cat 1cpubttc, he s1.d, was bound
tn be : Catholic naiion, and added that
there will be 20 danger to our tlberties.
because that Church ts founded on the !
rasusA osdss # h,ch obtains In \ repub- |
lie"
This last statement will surprise most
peoplc. 1t IL generally supposed tha. the
polay If Romauism /, the e1tct roverac
OF fcpub)icanisu. In The later form. Of
~ ....4u -.
ruscs, ard the oecplo are the .tkov-
ezsssna" Presidents and Goyelnort,
Ccpr1rss,s aud Courts. are made, and
unmsdc hv then. and tbe laws nrd ihe
c.,.,io1s At I'm nonu,sr will. In he
ctaproe, remcdel1ea, n.uended or ren.al.
Cd, tra1r the Nadonsl Oons,irutton do Ku-
10 the ordfna1 ca of a ytIlsee charter
But the Reman polity, ius,ead OF. boine
teppbljctu. Is hlEfxrhy. In which The
supreme noBer i, lodsed and nerne.uated
Ia the hscds of The Pope. the CARDINALS,
Bishops md Priests. These dn not ho.d
q, - 0's .oA
theif tf1ses At 'ae hands OF the 1a'fy;
they sr Eos ca''ed eg tae congsegs'
HOES 10 pfeach 10 tnen', nor are they re-
movable By the laity. The Isley
possess nc powers OF communication,
CT CT Interpretation OF the dognss, or
any voice IN the sHat1s os the Church
beYon1 supplying the funds fcr It's sup-
pert Ttc1f duty. is 10 obey the bulls,
cdicts, c1dE1s and behes's OF their eccle-
siss,ical superior. The right Of private
;udrment. so highly prtzsd by protes-
1an1s is rot tclersud hv thst form .of
church eovaronent: Hows such \ sys1en
nu be as,d 10 .t be- foun,ed On the pstur,]
cn,tr which oh,.,n, In a renuhlicn f<
frn,r,b;n1 ne cannot understand rhf
ccro,eeatlonalissa 'ano On.kcrs c1.51
,nst their church pogernmeus IL f,undei
~ 4he na,ur,} orfer tnat obfa3n. II
r<,u}1;c The pYe5hvt terisn and Iutbor
xn oc1,;es ano,or,mate verv c1ose1v /,
the 1anrb}ican form: wh,le Eoitcopsc
xrd Na,nrd,sm hearaat,onc rp>enh1a ne
n the cathcJic nlsn Of chrS.h govern
n<r. ,horc h ;1,fT,r,ne u,deIv then nrfr,n
r. rr1e<' ard crremonsts
F.th,f utckev nrzdtcatcs his notnio
fha1 Frv"17'a11 srs*7i ~zta --.-~- v-<.,,a S,ass
Is rapiaiy oecsE1fg erd dying out o
Hrec assumptions. ffst. thar there ar
I've tendencies In the Christian worl4
cue 10 RomanlSm ana The other 70 Ration
aim; second, thst ffoseasan.s ~
ceAsiAE " nsfsJ, And thoE
"no a1e aDheo N LEE aoey Donos o. ma
means OF divorce laws; third. th,t n
size Of protg5tzpt families in ANAL AZ
steadily diminishing, especially In NJ
England, whore the oeatha among Il
native population are almost double
grcat ss the births; while Catholic ian
lies sre lsrge, and the fc.iptnfsl iujuu
iicn to multiply ard replenish the ear
is literally oheyed. Hence, be argu
that the Proteetants are dwindling Rvs
while the Catholics sse rapidly ircres
lrg, frcm natural causes NJ veil a. fri
rrose3ytinE.
II is undoubtedly true that In the cit
and villages OF the New England a.
tic terdercy Is so~arIa au1tlt ian,li
This has been noticed torswo geueratso
past; and 1t is also true that maria!
arc less frequent and disorces mora +
quent amcng the native stock ut peol
than enong foreigners. But Psosessa'
hm IS not the cause Ct heso things
must search elsewhere fnr tho true 30
lion. II Father uccker wllllook into q
essrdard work on political cconol
he will and it laid down. As AZ axiom tll
thed!tfusien oi wealth and eaneurnt D