Oh! my dear friend, let us take courage, and go boldly forth in the cause of truth, and strive to awaken all from the lethargy into which they have fallen--a lethargy for which their priests are alone responsible, for they administered the deadly drug." "I feel as deeply as yourself, dear Mrs.Carlton, the evil tendency and deplorable consequences of the institutions by which we are surrounded, and the little that I can do will be gladly, oh, how gladly! contributed to the work of reformation you have so nobly begun." "You forget, Mary, in your proselyting enthusiasm, that Aunt Lizzy belongs to the despised sect; surely you can not intend, by attacks on her religion, to render her home unpleasant ?" said Florence.
Mary's eyes filled with tears, as she glanced reproachfully at her cousin, and replied, "Nothing is further from my wishes, Florry, than to make her home other than happy.

Aunt Lizzy has every opportunity of informing herself on this important question.

Yet she prefers the easier method, of committing her conscience to the care of the priest; she has chosen her path in life, and determinately closes her eyes to every other.
The state of the Mexicans around us is by no means analogous.

They were allowed no choice: bred from infancy in the Romish faith, they are totally unacquainted with the tenets of other creeds.

Implicit obedience to the Padre is their primary law, the grand ruling principle of life, instilled from their birth.