New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-26
/" W-ENGLAND A MISNOMER"
THE IRISH AND CATHOLIC LAND OF THE
PURITAN.
From Donahoe $ Monthly.

THE IRISH AND CATHOLIC LAM of LIE
PURITAN.
From Donahocs Monthly.
The appcllatlon, New England, as appied I'd a uIe
hand Of the Purttans, has now become .or n si
g grafton x fss si r. surg was M along these friendly
shores ago ast HsNs ~ an ssroG
s%sr norc T T%ga as .. SGI j.
a Ss Z? New S 50 sssuredE have Two ga
eraiions Of this later emigration ,se 1u
S tS i from Pp To TS, Youthful Rfi mind
draw insplrs.on-the PuteG the kncksroooHe am. anu
grant exiie 1t might be called rank hersy but OF
The ths acowlsdsd pess o. heroic uast ON the
we always admsd the aors is blc in his
blood Is DE tsnt Of crime oenmunc a.sd BY the penal
c c1Sy ., oST s AK r and from it, only in
turn 10 become pcr.ecumr But on the fame OF tn"
M och pc no ra Of p sS and simple Believing
IN III" law Of q%d pr quo al" %sr t O most worthy
OF admiration. This may be iconoclasm Out IL ID "'
hut What Of the added type; the Emigrant Exile lco
Of land is mark Of his hand and on The spirit
Of fGT ts ' L . ps tel u part s s 81 e tale '
III" na,u~ OF the rurt AN is COLI ana narrNw ana
& ana m H caraEr Of " the foreigner 10
bring out the best in him and prevent that mry ~,
which Wa 80 surely ac,ans PIN a, ,hr nspmrS Of
The torcIsmv upon the native population Of New,
England was for god > admitted by all not sahHrhcd
by race or other mrlndlcrs.
The echoes Of the firing on Fort sumter had hariy
ceased mycrb"ratnG among the Ne" tneidma h'iiH;
European cmicr alton begun. At The call To arms;
from every farm and Workshop OF me North rh>h,|i
thousands Of New EnglandcrS. determined I" pi'
down rebellion and preserve the ne Oh 'hr N N,
Into the places thus rendered vacant In the work. hops
S a %m ' the S"u England vou""r returned
to his home. his work accomplished he found a; ma
been ;rhfA said 18th" c,IaRE"T ana n" hn T !, Was
said in H." manner Of the lamcntatinn Of old Inc
r ItrH f% dcracd IL. pascd away from the
Earaud vills-,. IL IN" city ur III" h.undIr>T ""s'.
more Tn. generation Of the na"nH: Th" Wcr,
children when this change was tamns place" hanc
or hav" passed. assy fr1m III" lilac homo :" 10"
large cities, into easter and 'rhapS better paid en-
ants fast Transforming the land t" It's cor" tn"
Ir,h cmierants who max" NJ u" bulk OF ~"
few "xccpiinms @ih"rrnts Of N" Roman Calh'lc
religion; and they with m"r d">c"ndsmN. n",>,,,nr
LEFT out of magazine arclcs Vet the writer cann",
forlsar Incorporating some feur, pregnant of fira,
ts, and a'eI p.Gl,,"j ,sk"H q, ' , m r wch
rlrlu,LS all New England. siatistir' must h' ri
mir'i. have only n"eativ" value when msrhi u,
support m an assumption. yet they arr alwavs' 81
value ~ preventing III" enoanCc. or wrong dnsrnS
t If %n nc sf h trS p ng% viii bs S ans a. wei"
new r. many They establish beyond pcr%ivrn'gr"
tho OF the Roman Catholic thuTh 'i' ~ W.
loading form Of worship In the home OF '"lt"h
Mathcr and Jonathan FAwnrfsl
The Arhlrpiscopal 500 Of BOSTON. besides the arch
chester. :. IL. sprInSh"M. Mas. and Pr'yih"ncr.
in all Nrw EusIand. Ihai Of Eo>rpn With only haul
M ~ arh"lrs. mu,>t"I"t 10 W fr" missionary
population Of 1oo.o'o ."ul, Iarttord; 2on.oo";
lmrllnsion; i3o"m spr!ngh"h' s"n"S rr"vh,mG.'
With tho cNccption Of the handful. Of French ana
dans In Connecticut aud Maine. III" ,n'ii~' Cah"ilc
body is made ,p Of ~" Irish cm!sr,m and his D..
sc.uldants Taxi. a map Of New England. and think
what those n-lrr' rnr'"nd on" ihiiI 2' ~" "hm"
irpti"n. N"arIy o." ha! Of tbc population 81 ~"
iay ,,a'" i Ir>h' ct only one" rn"'ed on p har
Williams ar 'Iri,r imnirra"'., tn"r s"n>
IcIi 10y he founder Of that & mnorwral,h rully
90 p,r cent Of ~, population Of Main" N"w Hamr,nlrr
AID Vernon Crin"''r AID mor" than hall + foreign
or auC"sirY from aI'I,uNC statistics and m"r" y An
ono Ialf Of n" p,"rl" IN 'hr hnh plN" Of tn Puritan
plial, r,ch the Massachusetts >hur' first iuh
by III" Mayn"wcr TrrsI'ms. In ~" ,,rous rsht Of
New ENGLAND Is mI~n"m"r'
Sat III" chang from Ia" various forms Of evan
slip IN New Eu.aud #, 10 NOR" apparent than +,
the 1'Ht mobilization IN III" fa'I Of III" Puritan In
our day. II I, within the nI"ni"rN 81 H." present
hat 1t form 81 Worship devoid "f religious
4
form Of worship or oym,"i~, or SitmS. y" 4, looked
ur,n a. III" "mana'i"n Of IN" FNl ON Anh w.
thought. Iic was surely an emf .NnrN 81 satan. Who
."tehi t" nine about w. I"im 81 P%Try In
world, r,iristna, AMI En,tcr wrr' pa,,Nl over
In silence: any recognition Of Them was rank h"rNv .
aow"N and music were ,lgIiy %Er"drd from rura
prevailed. Nh" ~" change e Irai,ing IL" Lori hy
the idea Of proper RESPECT for The sabbath has Assumed
normal proportion tho Puritan sabbath IL thing Of
and Christmas and Easter are CONTAMINATED In every
evangelical meeting house at their annual occurrence
na IN most Dy Pc . nav lie seen 90, Of what
Is called tie church idea" in N" r'lIg!on ~ the
parishes in New England recently told the writer thar
another generation would the end 81 cvanIrlcINm
Would be the existing religion. Int That rh"r" WonII
them hc church and not meeting house church
t, Is hsriiy to be doubted that our sncrr ministerial
friend VIII not hav" 10 seek far Ia find ia" church
attributes he 80 much d"slr, Predictions arr ld" /:
hut In all sincerity We ash ne r'pl"r Of 'h"N" pages
Discern Y" not III" Nigrs ~ N" times -
II nay l." said thW TIT. Is on" sided r'pprt. con.
suit again tn map 81 New England and ro'r tho
cric, Then iur7i H. NJ" Governmental reports. II is
truth. not an in>inuaon. hat loson Is ~ longer
tho Boston Of III" Endi""tt~ and ~" Wnthrup,. Lu'
forgu"r. r. l"-'"n tian d",""rdnrts 81 Ne
Pilgrims. and one hall H. population f. - III" Celtic
dat" Of tis writing hy he irish. fmm Mayor down 10
the lowest guardian 81 -" p"nrc. Worcester" ~"
Of Foreigners and their sons IN IT. public olc,. and
ruOdk representation IN H. citizens. Fail River,
well. and Lawrence show "A rrat"r p"rcrntaf.' Of
population. folrisn torn. or only one" removed h,n
descendants Of o." IIrisnS. Md this cuui'lnn holds
good IN the remaining chief towns OF IA" state Nor
/ there a different state Of affair, IN The heart Of
rural Massachusetts. \ commercial traveller frr
largo trade emporium 81 m" " Hut" whr>r route
tends along the In" Of The railway from Eo.tnn to
pitts field among the hills - nrlshl maln that
the type ~ face most frequently I'm VI" shops and
stores on the street. IL The ears and I'm every plpc
i unmiStalI,ly Crlt,C :: unr'i down. perhaps. IN
new crrrra,iOn or modified hv fcw drcah',
rNprirnC" 81 NJ" England climate. He
nyrrN further. that the pungrnt IH,
hroce IS sounded nftencr In the than the IN
whine popularity supposed t" he an infallc Indication
I'm IT'S p0ssc,Snr Of gCv"ratiOnS Of New England rur
Tho manufacturing CITIES and srapOrts Of Maine and
New Hampshire cont ain the bulk II the European