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192 RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES.
that Evangelical Religion is in the ascendant both
in England and Scotland, but that a war is raging
against the church as a legal establishment in both
parts of the island; that the manner in which the
conflict is carried on is curiously indicative of the intellectual
difference between the English and Scotch.
In the former, Individuality and Eventuality (which
give a practical tendency to the understanding) predominate,
and the English oppose the church by refusing
church-rates to maintain the edifices of the
State religion, and by every other direct means that
the law places in their power. In the latter, Causality
predominates (which impresses a speculative
tendency on the intellect), and they write books, deliver
lectures, and pour forth a continued fire of argument
from a thousand batteries against a State religion,
in the full confidence that in the progress of
time, reason will triumph, and the Church will fall.
The English seek an immediate result; the Scotch
wait patiently for half a century, or a whole one if
necessary, and never relax their cannonade. In Scotland
the church is making a vigorous defence with
the same arms. Pamphlets, periodicals, speeches,
and sermons are constantly pouring forth, charged
with vigorous arguments in favour of state-enacted
articles of belief, and a state-paid clergy.
Religious Freedom in Prussia.-I added, that
northern Germany appeared to me to be rapidly advancing
in education, intelligence, and industry,iwhile
Austria is nearly stationary; that the Germans are
the most simple-minded and kind people among
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/232/?q=%221838%3F%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.