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upon 54 Senators, in violation of their sworn duty,
to convict and depose him for any other causes than
those alleged in the Articles of Impeachment. As
well might any citizen take the law into his own
hands and become its executioner, as to ask the Se-
nate to convict outside of the case made. To sanc-
tion such a principle would be destructive of all law
and of all liberty worth the name, since liberty un-
regulated by law is but another name for anarchy."

The man most abused outside the list of " re-
creant Senators " is William M. Evarts. The
charge most strongly urged against him as a Re-
publican in aiding in the defence of " the greatest
criminal of the age" is that he sold his opinions for
hire, the Independent actually going so far as to
accuse him of being bribed. Now it is asserted
on the best authority that this able counsel received
no fee whatever for conducting Mr. Johnson's de-
fence. This being true, Mr. Evarts must have lost
a large sum, considering that his time was worth far
more than that of most of his professional brethren ;
thus, in giving his services, he gave away a sum
few working men could afford. The charge
that he " sold" his ()Onions is one of the
most ridiculous that could be made against
a barrister. Why, what has be in a professional
way to sell except his opinions. and uo 110 L any
lawyer to rejoice that there are people who consider
his opinions worth paying for ? The term " hire-
ling" counsel is just as ridiculous as " fee'd" physi-
cian as a term of reproach, and a doctor might with
exactly the same justice have abuse piled on his
head for exchanging advice for money. We pre-
sume that Mr. Evarts being requested by the Pre-
sident to take up his case, as one of the most emi-
nent counsel, very properly did so ; but, knowing
that as a member of the Republican party he would
be subjected to hostile criticism, he declined remu-
neration, keeping his hands perfectly clean to meet
this sort of charge.

A JEWISH FESTIVAL.—Last week was celebrated
in all our synagogues the beautiful and ever-wel-
come festival of Shevuoth, the anniversary of the
day which beheld the revelation of the divine law
on Mount Sinai. Nearly thirty-two centuries have
elapsed since God spake amid thundering and
lightning, amid earthquake and convulsion, those
ten words which form the basis of every civilized
religion. The dicta intended for the moral
guidance of the whole world were first made obli-
gatory upon the Jews, and became the nucleus of
that code of religious, moral, and social laws, the
wisest, the noblest, the greatest, and the best the
world has ever seen. Judaism, living and grow-
ing during all these centuries, has been attacked
often, and from many points of view. Some have
attempted to prove that the sacred books on which
it chiefly rests—the books of the Pentateuch—are
unhistorical or unscientific, are contradictory or im-
moral. Others strive to show that the Mosaic
code is the work of several authors, holding dif-
ferent views, and separated from each other by
long generations. We do not at present purpose
to combat these views ; we hope in another column
to present to our readers some reflections upon
these important questions. When Judep. was a
sovereignty, and Jerusalem its capital and its
fane ; when the Israelites were independent and
free, possessed of country and self-government ;
when the Temple stood on Moriah, and the priest-
hood ministered before the Most high,—three
times in the year did every male present himself
before God, on the festivals of Pesach, Shevuoth,
and Succoth. From the remotest portions of the
Holy Land they made these pilgrimages to Zion,
bearing with them of the goodly things of the
earth for gift and sacrifice. Arrived in Jerusalem
they held glorious feasts. They thronged the
courts of the Temple, rai..iing their 'glad voices in
poems to the Bestower of blessings. They rejoiced
before the Lord. Their hearts were lifted up.
Parent and child, relative and acquaintance, sepa-
rated during many months, here met and em-
braced. A thousand greetings passed ; a thousand
words of love and peace were spoken ; a thousand
griefs assuaged ; a thousand strifes healed. Joy
reigned in the land, and gratitude filled the skies.
And When the festival drew to a close hands were
clasped, and loving messages were sent; and the
Israelite, with calm in his heart and fervour in his
soul, wended his way back to house and home.
But it may be urged by the same objectors, " All
these things are of the past. They are but a re-
membrance, a dim reminiscence. No joyous
pilgrims now wend their way to Jerusalem, no
altar smokes, no incense sends forth its fragrant
cloud. The Temple is no more, and with it hav e
departed the joy and the feast, the mirth and the
gladness." Not so; these festivals still form
centres round which are gathered our happiest
hours. The joy may be somewhat saddened by
the recollection of the past, the feast may be some-
what shorn of the noble proportions it bore in
olden days ; still we do rejoice. We still spread
the festive board. We have lost the Temple, but
we have still the synagogue. For the sacrifice we
have the prayer, for incense we have the heart's
devotion, for the wheaten loaf we deck the house
of God with flowers. In our homes, too, we keep
the festival. We cease from work, the family circle
is united, the friend is welcomed, the poor fostered.
Everything wears a brighter, a calmer, a holier
garb.--Jewish Record.
A quarrel connected with matters theological
has lately arisen among the Protestant clergy of
Berlin ; and, as there seems to be some probability
of its attracting a good deal of public attention, I
will give a short outline of its origin, says the
Berlin correspondent of the Manchester Guardian.
At a meeting of the synod of the Berlin circle,
held in October of last year, the Rev. Gustav
Lisco, a clergyman of very liberal opinions, had
to make a report on the religious and moral con-
dition of the congregations of the district. In
several passages of it he advanced opinions of an
extremely rationalistic character, which called
forth au immediate protest from the President in
the name of the Synod; but, in conformity with a
previous agreement, no further discussion took
place at the time. Shortly afterwards Mr. Lisco
published his report twice—first in the form of a
pamphlet, entitled " State of Moral and Religious
Life in Berlin ; a Synodical report. By Gustav
Lisco, preacher at the New Church ;" but all al-
lusion to the protest was omitted ; and, secondly,
as the official report of his own parish. This
greatly incensed the Synod. The more orthodox
members were greatly scandalised by the opinions
advocated in the report appearing to receive any
countenance from themselves, and drew up a de-
claration, which became the subject of a warm
debate at a sitting held in April. It is a little
incident which occurred in the course of it that
has given the quarrel its present importance. The
report contained one passage too long for quota-
tion, but to the general effect that those old views
of the creation, based on orthodox Protestant
theology, which had satisfied our ancestors, were
now exploded, and that modern science had re-
placed the Biblical representation of the cosmo-
gony by another in which miracles had no place.
Mr. Kuak, a Berlin clergyman, of the strictest
orthodoxy, asked Mr. Lisco whether he (Mr.
Lisco) belonged to those orthodox believers in
whom the Biblical view of the cosmogony had
passed away? Lisco replied, "If you will allow
me to say so, yes ; for, whether you know or not,
you have undoubtedly also received into )our in-
tellectual life many elements which destroy the old
views of the system of the world. To mention
one—you will hardly believe, in conformity with
the Bible, that the earth stands still and that the
sun moves round it ?" "Yes, Ido though," inter-
rupted Mr. Knak ; " I accept no other opinions
respecting the world than those found in the Scrip-
tures." " I beg your pardon, said Mr. Lisco ;" I
confess 1 have mistaken you. Your orthodoxy
stands =
impeached in all its glory."