It is reirarkahle |t>.it the descendant*
of the tig'll, and a* we are apt Io call
the n, h g ted puritan*, should have he
ro nr lhe must tnl»ro>t in religion of
all the American lienp'e ’I hue is a
liberty nfcoiiseirncr, it is true, though -
oat the Union, hot r< hgi us prej'imee
isniigh'viu many parts. In Boston
the severe anil sfraigt fired Cal* tins n
of former times ba* dis.ip|n-areil. the
Cmtaria * now firm the largest .*»•<•(
in the city, ami, as is well known,
number in their r ink.* same of the a
bh st men in the w e *teri world W ith
th'S sect there is nn i,>t ■’•■ranc< ; the op
posing seels hive learned f.rbearan.-e
from their example, ami the tniium
thmlugicu-H his list its bitterness
here. I'iie Ymk«e is enol, cautious
•nd calculating; he wains a reason fur
ergrything; an old prejudice i» no vb-
stacle in his way ot improvement; his
opinions must rest upon solid, tangible
ground. His religion must be a reli
gion of the umieistanding He is not
credulous; tie is not eothn»ii*tic
! There ate no Catholics in New Eng
laud save a few foreign* rs; and here
never will beany. A New E ig>»tulrr
is eminently a religious in in, hut his
religion never will ba a religion of cer
emonies.
In E iropean countries, he that is
born a peasant will he a peasant all Ins
life; hisahaiicc of terming an excep
tion to the rule is ex’fcrdingiy sin "I.
But on beholding the rm-si ru»iical
ciown of all Y inkee-land. it Would not
be safe Io affirm ih.it he would not be
numbered, at *nir»e tuiiire day, among
the most eminent men ot the country.
