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and, so far as relates to immigrants, we believe
the maj ority of them are not of that church. The
English the Scotch, the Welsh, vast majority
of the Germans are, in religious sentiments, dia-
metrically opposed to the doctrines and authority
Of the church Of Rome. To overbalance this
large proportion of Protestant immigrants, we
turn, indeed, to the immense hordes Of Irish who
flock TO our land. But it must be remembered
that no nconsiderabc number Of those Irish
hordes are Protestants, who bring with them a
deeprooted aversion to Catholics, which has been
nurlured into bitterness by the fierce and unre-
enting warfare Of the sects, that has SO long ours
ed their unhappy country. Besides, were we SO
absurdly Anti -American in our desires and de-
signs, as to attempt TO keep down those OF par
licular religious class, we could scarcely wish TO
ed in numbers by the rest Of the community, and
whose increase, it is manifest is much slower
than the other divisions Of Christians.


We have been led to make these few observa-
tions at this time, from observing very objec-
tlonable sentence in an, otherwise, excellent art-
Gle, which we extracted last week from the La
fayette Gazette, and which, at the time of mark
ing the extract for our columns, escaped our no.
lce. Although acknowledge general con-
currence in the sentiments expressed by our CO.
temporary, we nevertheless feel it incumbent up
on US, III justice to ourselves and many of our
friends and supporters, to protest against the SEN
timent contained in the sentence referred to. On
the rolls Of the Native American Association Of
this city, we find the names Of many highly re-
spectacle members of the Catholic church. Men
who yield to none in ardent and Jealous devotion
TO our cause, and who march as boldly and fear
lessly under the Native American banner as any
be sincerely and ardently devoted to their church,
and, at the time, we bear witness to their un-
flnchng attachment to our principles. They
acknowledge, in the largest legitimate sense, the
fallibility of the church in matters of Caith; but
they spurn with scorn the charge that that ack-
nowledgemert tends in the slightest degree to af:
feet their civil or political independence While
they yield ready obedience to the head of their
church in all things strictly and purely ecclesias
tical, in all that concerns their temporal affairs
they hold the Pope and cardinals, 'sas they de


II the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace
9 friends


We hope that We now understood by friends
and foes. We know that we speak the sentimen
of our Association, and conform strictly to the
spirit of the glorious constitution of our country
when we soemnly deprecate any attempt to still
up religious contentious, which, soon or late, in
variably lead to religious persecution.