The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-02-19
FHILApELPHIA, Feb. 10, 1915.

FHILAprLrHIA, Feb. 10. 1875.
a Mise The snov and Sseishins-ss aususi~s's Church
Cass-Msrs .amH..amsricanisw-.a BlsO at Civil smi
Religious -Misesllansous-Stecks, r..
was too late by Ave minutes for the New York train
last night, and a. . miss IL good . mile" of
course lost the transmission Of letter There
was probably no very great loss there nothing
local character sufficiently particular to make the
letter OF any very great importance By the time the
last train started for New York yesterday the sleghng
had entirely disappeared II revived again this
morning, by fall of night but is fast van
ishing before the rays of the sun.
Amid the excitement occasioned by the state of our
foreign relations and the recent exhilration Of
the storm, people have almost entirely overlooked
aproceedng of local character which is well calcu-
lated to strike every American with onishment if not
alarm st. Augustnes Church. it will be recolsct
fell sacrifice to the fury OF the mob In Nav 1914
%Ss inc ksasnsson riots were going on though sua
not solitary member Of the congregation had been en-
gagged IN the melee or countenanced 1t in the remotes
trustees Of the order in whose name the buildings
church and parsonage-wers held, commenced their
the laws Of tn. State Nobody dssmsS os
opposition being made AL parties acknowledged
the justice of the CLAIM and the itorous character
OF the claimants Judge, then, OF our astonishment
when the county commissioners, by themselves and
their solicitor interposed most vigorous opposition
not by imPugnng the merits Of the case but by taking
and extraordinary grounds, which have not even
the merit Of being, IN legal sense OF purely tsohni
@
mere bubble, for they would have set that down a.
perfectly in character with third rate lawyer who
profession but the defence in the present case Is so
monstrous that if it do not consign it's authors to the
rision of all the nations of the earth few weeks
since gave the readers Of the Herald the fact Of the
filing in the Supreme Court Of the extraordinary and
original document in which this defence is embodied
Al that tme 1t appeared to be objection to the
form In which the owners Of ST. Augustne church had
proceeded II struck me as causing unjust and
atous delay in awarding rights by law but
q more careful perusal has convinced me, that the
the damage done to their property if not deprived of all
remedy and that too by invoking principles that are
disgrace to the darkest period of the middle ages The
doctrine is that the owners OF the church. being Catho
lie priests have no right to property in this
try even for mere religious purposes and they have
Of that property This appears be the gst OF the docu
ment to the Supreme Court, which is spread
six or eight sheets OF paper and which contains ell the
nonsense put forth argument for the last years
BY the natvist newspapers and the fanatics who have
Joined in the native movement. In pecunary, and
even religious point of view: care not whether the
proprieors Of st. Augustines!church recovered
cent for its destruction Had it been burned
war soce.y WOULD not ., 9ss
than the adherence always feels at the destruction
Of place Of worship if never again had arisen from
criminal weakness OF society, and the laws have pre-
scnbed recompense forall property destroyed say
most arhng Which fatal to al liberty to u rspu
date. Talk OF the generalization which would be the
compared to the setting aside Of law in the case Of nd
viduas who might DO obnoxious to popular clamer but
when the law set aside because Of the religious tenes
of those who claim its benefits the shock to liberty Of
conscience, to social order, to civilization, is
whelmipg that the very foundation of society must
crumble ashes The principle announced by the Coun.
~ Commissioners it, in effect that to be Catholic to
belong to the order Of the brothers of the Hermits OF
macy the Pope is to be deprived Of civil rights; and
though such persons not exactly be hunted through
the streets and shot down like mad dogs, yet their
houses and churches may be burned down over their
the protection Of the law civly and have no right to
this do trDe gated in the nine,eenth century by
branch Of the public authorities of the freest
ment on earth which government processes to be the
exponent Of the will Of people Boosting of their civil
and religious liberty. am Catholic and look upon
the assumed lnfallbility Of the Roman Church, will
ever an American citizen, capable think of apprecia
ting the glorious institutions Of my country and uoh
detestahle principles those BY the Coun
ty Commissioners, in the St Augustine Church case
should obtain an ascendancy, which God forbid feel
as every honest man should feel that there is long
er any hope for the human race and the it would
please the Almighty to surrender up into the hands
Of unmisigaed desposm the better it would be for
and our posterity.
But no: The people Of this country will permit no
such outrage as that attempted to be peeraed by their
lanlesS agents. IhlS new and monsrOus manifestation
Of natvism will meet with signal and lasting rebuke
The Supreme Court may and doubtless will patiently
hear the argument the motion which has been mad
and they may decide the mere technical question in ia
vor of the county but that they will decide de-
prve the church owners whether corporators part
This however appears be certanthe principles an.
nounced in the petition to court be sanctioned
by it, by the people Such political heresies are Tor
another meridian more ancient date and less civil
lied state OF society The odum Of their
will stick to the present board OF County Commissioners
nd hair nd Ia Cd cf NAa
and think know the American character too well to
suppose for moment that political power again
ception Of principles upon which the institutions of this
country are founded.
The court of Quarter Sessions finished the term last
evening and discharged the petit jurors, after having
disposed of $50 homicide case was postponed
TIL The next term, in consequences Of the illness Of Geo
W. Barton Esq counsel for the prisoner Our river
Npresent entirely free Of ice, and navigation is unm
peded.
Mrs Lewis played Richard at the Arch last evening
She excellent actress, and is immensely popular
The magnetic telegraph is in operation to-day Fort
Lce on the Hudson but the crossing of tho river by
poas interrupted by the ice and the communication
with New York 10 even less certain than when the sta
tion was at Newark. There to DO a lamentable
they do not shortly correct viii ruin the credit Of the
concern.
State ves are not good they the day before
Sales OF Stocks ut Philadelphia.
;. FIRST Board, Feb $3.50 Wilmington 6i,. 1858.
I ,H Hs Sunv ST. 90 90 and
6si; 1000 Susquehanna Bonds o, 81; 20 shares Com.
mercial Bank 81.
ArrKR BoARD-5o shares Uuted States Bank. Al; 80
90 Reading RR s0i; $4,000 state SIS, 69a 5000 do COZ
5000 doc days 693.
SECOND BoARD 1000 Reading Railroad Bonds, 72f;
90 shares Wilmington RR, 81; 200 do do 80; $500 vii.
mington RR IS, 1885, II; A67 Schuylkl Inessst Al;
shares Farmers and Mechanics Bank Al 5000 Kentucky
Bonds 991 100 shares Girard Bank SCI $50 do Beaver
Meadow wn, 1s 100 do 0irard Bank 81.
ALBANY, Feb IL, 1876.
Legislative P,ocesdiags-Supposed Fraud on the
State 7reasuy-Hossaton,c Railroad, &c.
The Senate met as usual.
1t is believed that fraud, amounting to $1,000,
has been committed upon the State Treasury bycerain
contractors and commissioners the lateral canals
several years past Resolutions Of enquiry submit.
ted, and will probably be adopted tomorrow
The Senate, at an early hour, went into committee
unon the Taxaa resolutians md Mr. Snaneer