New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-15

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the religion Of Rome So 4 samiss IT, But tse spirit
nscs.ty so tSs spirit na q 10 Wing 40
The ages ucuate Ike the aass IN circles
not Ia straight lines 1t b suDjeos 20 France was
ton hundred YEAR ss Now It Catholic again
| Then the great names were Voi'aro anu iSOu'
tnDse names Sse ~ the age toward msteaism love OF
the things OF this life, the making OF money ,
h o I,yurv Measure is moro inconsistent WIN
t6sb with Professionalism is inconsistent
NTH m sn,ritual religion, and Ia sure TO be followed II
pushed SS & by Sos Rc%e
are we witnessing now 10 France o1s s ,@nSIa
y that produces REVEALS of Protestant religion
The Rons priests watch their opportunity as CLOSELY
"a tbe Protestant pastors watch theirs, ana IKE Causes
| produce like effects. .
RoMANIsM ASTAGoMsrrc TO THE REPUBLIC.
Why then may not Romansm ultimately become the
religion Of the American people For several reasons.
these among others: .r.
l. Iu the first place. having onos held all but supreme
sway In Chrstendom t lost 1t three hundred ago.
has been able TO regain in its own sub
iect lands No power succeeds In ruling the globe
twice.
an empire a dominion. q state. The head OF tho
Church is the King OF Kings his subordinates are
princes the members subjects; the cardinals arc
statesmen; the priests are politicians. Rome Chains
authority TO rule IN temporal affairs to control the euu
OF the people She treats with foreign states on
terms Of equality. their peer, their superior.
would share their oounsels, dictate their policy Her
n
By fatal instinct her sympathies with monarohes.
fatal logic leads strengthen her center more and
she does not rule she declares herself prosecuted 1t Is
easy that such pretension Is wholly lncompau
BILE with Republcanism. Republlcanism means sen,
reliance sefasserton, the ngship and prlestship OF
the individual common education equality OF privilege;
| and worship the Church independent OF the State
Against all these things Rome as power protests Re-
"a Church that the right TO interfere with public
affairs. demands support from the secular arm; In
| word, 1t must be purely and simply religion. -
am well that the alleged necessary completely
of Rome WITH despOtiSm ia denied. and on high al-
thOTy. asserted that the alliance between Cathoi
icism and tyranny an accident arising out ., che
cism is declared, simply loves order ana IL quite In
different whether 1t finds order under mQnarGnS OF
| socialism aud anarchy which the Church deests In
Imerica il means no such thing In America it is
cated with obedience social rules and respect for IN
stitutons In America, therefore. the Old traducns
connection being serviceabe no longer Is dlsregarded
The Romanist Is sinoerelys Repubhcan-loves the Re-
public and wishes to change It, This may be tyue
but we In America not discovered it, 1t is slm-
| pie fact that Republicans in America do dread the
| Catholic Church. and not without cause. 80
| But what guarantee have that the Republic will
endure in Americai All the guarantee it is possible
that should have. Tho devoted attachment OF the
universal people republican institutions; attach
ment not shown In Fourth July oratons, but in the
fearful sacrifices OF the most terrible civil war on record
IN an expenditure OF ant life almost fabulous
TO consider; in watchfu jealousy Of its rulers which
runs 10 unreasonable lengths OF suspicion; III norDn
dread Of Cgsarism; in hatred of assumption detesta-
ton OF monopoly elfasscrtiOn OF the common people,
an ambition on the part OF the tOers aspiration the
part of women that makes all thought Of monarchy no
less than ridiculous The mOnarohists in sentiment
among OF account whatever have no innuence
whatever and never can have any for they belong To
the dieitane portion of the community the show por
ton who would DO too idle to exert influence, II they
states You might as we'll talk OF spread in Persia
Hitherto Rome has appeared chiefly as religion in the
United States and her aspect Is ainrng Lot her snow
7 herself dominion, and she viii look monster.
And dominion she must show herself dominion
spiritual II not temporal. Catholicism II not an empire,
is church. ROmansm is religion OF authority; Tue
liberty she grants is liberty to profess TIE true religion
which is her own She processes 10 hoid lawful dom1n
ion over sOusto bold the keys of the Kingdom to dis
sse 'R WITH 81 raaa oedo% Thought
full emancipation OF intellect which repuO1canlsn
demands her adherents. free state without free
mind is a thing inconeeiyaDle. Free education iree
judiciary free press, free criticism OF lnsuGuton free
modification Of social usages IN accordance Win ennght
ened or altered convictions, suppose reason enanel
psted from control Of authority And this the Romanst
cannot allow he claims authority over conscience;
but as conscience everything, his authority
extends to everything. and the sway that calls i6sef
s. But there still another why Romansm can
not the religion of America IL is the religion OF
races they called, are Catholle-the Italians,
spanisrds, French The Celts are Catholic always t
esant. The mighty Germanc race which Is coming up,
which has made such prodgious strides IN the last ten
years and destined 10 rule III the immediate future,
is Protestant. Rome can no more rule ST. Petersburg
should ho ever become Catholic is an mposslbity. Her
conversion. couid 1t be effected, would be nominal
merely Beneath the surface the people would he Prot
estani. Fancy England submitting to the Pope!
The strength OF Rome In America lies In the descend
ans of the Latin ancestors and the number Of the Celtic
populations Its ranks enormously swelled by tue
annexation Of Hew-Mexico; but that cannot be done
again Its hope in the Irish emigration but that
already matched by the German, and will soon DO sur
DIVISIONS PRoTEsrASTsM.
Diminishing then, the claims OF ROmanism tho claims
OF Professionalism present themselves by Pro-
testantism the actually organized sects. They need
not detan long, Professionalism Ia group OF sects,
some OF them very powerful some OF them very weak
but the strongest unable to annhilae conquer, alb
sob the weakest Their proportions do not materially
change from generation generation OF course, they
make reprisas another. few scores OF people
eHperences any Considerable difference from the
defections acquisitions For the most part 1t B merely
a change Of uniform the adoption Of new button OF
interior conversion there is little. Tho Methodist calls
himself Unitarian, but 70 Methodist still The Uni
TO q exernas, good Unitarian as he was before.
He holds the same creed but lays emphasis on differ
ent word. The born Calvnis will still be Calvinist in
spite Of bis passing TO the Liberal ranks Blood
stronger than water Tho secs describe classes OF
sympathetic natures The haming-hearted are Evan
gecs the cool RrSper moaT ,h are UIsraRs the
paians; the theological Presbyterans. 1t is quite
Of the as' Ss fs.s 49R s Rsos
should gather the vast multitude into their communion
the population grows They preserve their relative pro-
portions because the population preserves its relative
proportions But no one can dream Tor moment OF
Methodism Congregauonasm as the destined religion
Of America -
offensive defensive, and throw their united power
against their adversariesi Why should they not drop
non-essentias fall back essentlasf Why should
they accept the differences of uniform, but affirm the
substance of doctrine And 10 not this precisely what
they are doingseekng unity breaking down barriers.
obliteratng dividing lines, shaking hands the
bloody guilt What Is the meaning OF the Christian
unions but ths What not this, Is the significance Of
the Evangelical Alliancei But how many can
they combine, and how sincere is the combins-
toni The union does not embrace all Prot
estsntA The famous Alliance which has been
more than twenty-five years aformtng is still very
rfaef MethOdiStS PresOy-
terans. Great scots like the Episcopalians Bapsts,
Complexities, Christians, are represented partially II at
all The Moravians have more than their share. The
Mennontes do not in. The Swedenborgans do not
participate The Uniyersaiss and Unitarians are ex-