The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-06-02
understanding the true interests and honor Of your rel
gion better than s official advocates you exclaimed with
honorable Indignation 49,

given Benefits statement without the endorsement
Of your own respectable name, his character would
have been antidote 10 the poison which he cir
culates and the depiorabie results which since fol-
lowed would in all probability have occurred.
But | shall not press this matter your sten-
ton at the present time. In fact from what road o him
in paper and other respectable Journals sup
pose that their editors would not have willing
placed the slightest confidence in him regard TO any
matter involving truth and honor And yet what was my
astonxhment behOdng him converted under your
into "a Roman Catholic editor" and his testimony RI
ceived by you, as il regarded II with habua conf
dence. The man himself have seen, but my opin
ion of him had been already formed by
which. Tor quite enough. One tina, he was
private and confidential letters :-another was that be
seemed to deny and epudiate h,s country and his
the land Of Bruce and Wallace aud for the second there
IL another reason, no doubt which his counrymen can
land, he makes good {" Native American" He says:
CHAPTER XIV.
The ONLY chapter vorth reading in he episleb don't
give The namS Of The assassin.
" Why asked my friend, don't you 60 among your
do, said he Then nj tell you tho reasonthey are
I'D scaIy set, from top 10 bottom, and when pass
avoid shaking hands as would avoid the itch. Ha he
the Natives IN stick to the Nssi1es-.a as for the
CRATER XVI
TIE Bishop reads the polite Ksrau Of the dayJu ,vOn
tell hs nome Of NE assam.
do not know at what period Bennett. wrote this but
had vague recollection OF in nv own mind which j.
confirmed by the quotation here given and which may be
found ia the Life and Writings Of James Gordon Ben
nett" pages
7ae Bishop cafhd,ss has back but wOnt tell the name
But appear. tina. Ss Is no: oniy but that
he has their princiesat least far the Bible con-
cernsd You would suppose that not brought up il one
OF our public schools himself he would recommend the
system thole schools by it's results in his conduct
and character He says: was educated strict Catholic,
but it was an enlightened Catholic too My school book in
| m "A *
Protestant Bible Yet found that the reading OF
that Bible at school ever left any bad effects behind On
the contrary lett good effects II filled tha young mind
with the glorious sges the clnssc language the noble
ideas, and the everything principles Of true religion rom
its upper fountains. There be 10 harm 10 good,
moral liberal, intelligent Catholic in having tho Bible
yes the Protestant Bible in school The Bible the
church-in every Bishop Hughes committed most
fatal mistake to raise that htle narrow, bggotted
question about different transations before inc Ghfsan
and intelligent community Bennett April 10, lssa
What could Mr. Hiram Kechum himself say more than
this And Bennett be example oil the moral elects
Of such training what stronger reason can we nave or
making it's adoption universal in our public schools J.
from which BY the by apart from particular TRANSACTIONS
never asked that it should be excluded
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Bishop takes physic With very bad graeeand
vont tell the name IF the ossassin.
Bennett has pretended that his assaults OF which
have three dozen still in reserve we're nude ~
consequence OF conduct at Carroll Hail. and then only
the public good This il entirely false His grosso:
assaults made before the ut Carroi' Hal
nothing authorize his assaults under thn plea OF
public good. Yet my admitted innocence did not D. oect
me. But why should speak OF my sell IL there cler
gyman of any denomination whom he has spared Ny
amisble sanity predecessor even at the age years
Bishop Dubois is not patrarch he does not effect
reforms by his example, by his pastoral advice and 90
vernment No no He is doing Cathocity service "a
the devil did Job n serviceby his want oil all example
by his entire misgovernment his caprcious AMI ri
! diculous tyranny. ' The conduct OF Bshop
Dubois has long given great offence to the Catholics
/ { nDric lyr
surd he has reduced and Ia reducing the standard oil
Ca,holcity to a standard that would make Maria Monk
pity it, and Dr. Brownies say prayers Tor its sale'y VI
Was il for the public good that such foul attack
ado on GIN amiabis and aged clergy man. whose and
character should have shielded hint No. no There
nothing of public good in the question and evrn as re-
CARDS the Native American party Whatever its principles
were believe that they breathed ha spirit Of
termination which would appear from ennetts reports o
their proesedngs For instance describing the sensation
Loud applause Cries OF nevsr Wen die first; 're3 kh
The old Pore and vlnr oss p,iOssise TO ~" Fih'r)-
have underlined the words a. making the spirit which
Bennett ascibes to the meeting It Probable hat ms
were Carroll Hall But the other hand Is it not most
dangerous find him the day preceding thii. az It his
object werc to urge on the ana inc wicked 20
We hear il whispered that the Irish Repeal Abolition
lists who have bcn organized BiihopHnghes and John
McKson, intend to make attack upon the Young Amer
leans, and to drive them out Of the sixih-gemne No
| reT,bsr 2tih, 1913
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the conduct Of the Irish, as the following pas
sage viii show
against the OF this party and strange M may
appear Irish adopted citizens, who are generally tn
hrst in the feid lie dormant terrapns IL December
Emmett, October 2ath ls4s.
| CHATTER xxx.
7A> Bishop scy, Ae amt bic afraid If Bennea-bvs wOr
| tell the name Of The assassin
Materials of this kind thicken around me as advance
Ia my subject; bu; shall give up for the present out q
| al.
And willis, know that Righteousness IL insepuraol
rom freedom must he prepared to bear 'Th ,he ev
for the snle Of the good think this letter viii ,enci
even Mr Bennett hat editors have duties as wei t rgh
in conducting free press; and that the nsuume whei
thew abuse BY lceroueDsss constitutes alter all, tb'
most and rigid tribunal al hch to aIraign them
for pervertng from its Legitimate use Bennett haf
public motives for pouring the torrent OF his
,nr for the last sx wears the motives VIII J
ufy me for vindcaimg ,e ard for pointing DOT th'
dangers to wsich every asns , me rnua, nbs
of free press by editor without moral pfinclpit
Some will AK wseihes Ia WIRING al hhys Con.
have no. y!os,ed chsrity. My answer 10, that have
not ADM. htf Dcn, were man who regsroeo ehti
charity ruth in his attacks upon others OF those al
acks were without their influence SOCIETY VI agebe
Indeed know that should be violating this heavenl!
virtue. But Bennett has placed himself IA hRei 20
sion towards society that ii we're charitable 10 h'
community must seem 10 be unchsrfiebie sowsfds MIN
Just imagine. IL you can, mn incarnation OF oehohsh
placing itself the highways ocviixed society rang
ing with prying Inspection, around the hole chcIeo
official oi social and domestic life ~ust as TN
freebooter sweeps the horizon With his telescope
1 looking Tor prey ;.lmhRmc thut '"sbht
on it's victim with fatal secret oil guilt or mlsioi
tune Che wounds Of which might heal II allow I'd thu
| ns,ural privilege of shade silence whispering INA
fatal secret with sardonic triumph into the sars Of
| those who thought 1t was unknown and then avnp
TO and fro the scorpion lash Of Its internal WHIP until
tears money or both are made to gnsh 10th ahup
dainty land then you will have conceived my idea oil
the powers that may be exercised by bad man hay
ing The command Of n free press You say Bennett i,
too contemplate for notice ;.tben answer the ques
ton why II that society susains his paper You say ht
~ too contemplate for notice, and why ~ that you
- that her larn NM
time than incur his eniiy eli regard not for your
self Mt least for your little daughter who climbs your
knee or as OConne expressed 1t in the poetry of his
grief 'or the lamb that slept in your bosom knowing
very we'll you do that though you fear not poison
| ed arrow" may be prepared for hom, when you taf
EXPECT IL. You say that he IL too contemplate ,oi
notice and yet female curiosity Will read his paper
TO see what he has to say ebsut others, whilst lie
male modesty bushes and tr' nbes at the very ideeo
itself being made the object Of his remlrka Let society