The Daily Comet

Religious Excitement at the Five Points--Such is the heading of a short article from the N. Y. Express, published in the Comet of Thursday. It states that "for some weeks past considerable excitement has been existing in the neighborhood of the Mission House at the five points, in consequence of numbers of Roman Catholics assembling in front of the house, and enticing children to leave the school of Rev. Mr. Pease, and enter a school lately started in the vicinity, by one or more clergymen of their own sect."

Now, almost every body knows something of the history of that horrible den of vice the "Five Points" and of the wonderful success of Rev. Mr. Pease in his mission for the reformation of these poor wretches over whom sin had held undisputed reign in the hearts of the miserable inhabitants of this part of the christian city New York. Here were hundreds of victims bound by the strongest chains of passion and association to the most degrading forms of vice! What a field for the christian Missionary. But where is to be found the man of nerve and charity to undertake it? Who will stand forth among men as the saviour of this people? These questions have been asked and repeated, time and again by the growing miseries of the wretched dwellers at the Five Points." But no one dared to dispute with the monster his claims, until the Rev. Mr. Pease, moved by the heavenly charity, which brought our Saviour to earth, "gave himself" to the noble, yet almost hopeless work of redeeming and elevating these degraded beings. I know not to what sect Mr. Pease belongs, nor do I care. I know he is a christian missionary and as such has been mentioned by the press throughout the land, which with united voice has rejoiced in the success of his mission. The work of humanity and mercy to which he bent all his energies, went bravely on till the Roman Catholics took it into their heads to stop it, by "riots," "mobs" &c. Now in the name of humanity and religion, I ask, why this disturbance? Having for sometime observed the movements of the Jesuits in our country, I have been lead to the conviction of their settled determination to rule the destinies of this country. "Upon this rock they build." Their disturbance of Mr. Pease in his holy mission--the recent Public School movement, and such like opposition to the movements of our institutions are stones in the great political structure, they intend to rear under the guise of religion, hoping the sanctity of the name will preserve their motives from the exposure which they merit, and the perpetuity of our liberty demands. It is high time then, that those who love their liberties and their country should awake to the true design shadowed forth by all their movements, and stripping them of the "livery of Heaven" expose their deformity to the contempt of all who love liberty, humanity and religion. I love all good people whether Catholic or Protestants, but I hate sin in every form and especially under the form of religion.

CHARITY.