The daily gazette., 1879-11-21
The NORTH 1Mericun RecieiC


The North American Review for De>
cemher is specially noteworthy for the
iimelines of every one of the papers
which it contains The number opens
with the tirst installment of study by
James Anthony Froude. the historian,
on "RoiDaniNn and the Irish R,ce in
the United States" Mr.. Fropde views
with alarm the development of the Pap
al system IN this country, and fOresets
the necessity of radical changes in our
National and State constitutions, If we
would not have universal suffrage con
verted into an engine for the overthrow
OF republican government III the in crest
of the Roman Catholic religion. The
dream of the UltramOntanes, that thu
Pope Will soon exercise as complete an
authority in he UnitedStatesas Gregory
VII. ever exercised i'll Europe, is re-
garded by Mr.. Froude az scarcely more
preposterous or impossible of reaiz ,tion
than the state of things which actually
exist--Roman Catholic con>tituiiig x the
largest single religious community IN
this country would have seemed to the
grandtathers of the present generation.
The Hon. George S. Boutwell, considers
the causes which indispo.e young men
of culture and ability to take an active
part in the conduct of political affairs
These causes are manifold, among them
being the very strong inducements offer
ed in new country by various other
pursuits, the evil repute which has come
upon political and Official life from the
misdeeds of tricksters and off cehoiders,
80 on. Nevertheless, Mr. Boutwell, con
tends that in no sphere of life is there
opportunity for large or more endur-
ing influence than in politics and gov
ernmeut, and that consequently there
can be no more praiseworihy ambition
for the capable young man than that
which aims at distinction through politi
cal service.
An anonymous author contributes an
essay on "Ihe Religion of To day.
This writer, after surveying the intel
lectual attitude of our age toward the
ancient dogmas of Christianity, and
showing the progressive elimination OF
tenets heretofore reckoned among the
essentials of religious belief, contends
that this "downfall of doctrine" by no
means does away entirely with religious
faith. The old, dogmatic faith will
surely perish utterly, but there will still
remain another faith, faith that the
throne of the moral universe vii stard
unshaken before ali human discussion.
Prof. Bonamy Price raises the question,
SIS Political Economy a Science" He
accepts AZ an adequate and accurate de.
hniuon of Science "the hliation OF
causes through common observation to
things beyoHd," anu then declares that
Political Economy is not science, but
only body OF systematic knowledge.
DR.. George M. Beard Compares the
phystque Of Englshmen and Americans,
and corrects many erroneous opinions
on that subject which have obtained
currency on both sides of the Atlantic.
Mr.. Cuthbert Mills, in the first of ST.
ries of papers on "The Permanence OF
Political Forces" breaks ground FOR a
very Instructive phllosOphico-hisIori orical
inquiry touching the political status OF
the United States. The book reviews
are by Mr.. John Il. q. Hassard.
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