New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-09

SUE, this party II fortunate enough 70 nave uPou
| its side most Of the ministers and most Of the
churches; but The Courier il bent upon being sort
Of journalistic Luther and upon eaecting reforma-
ton which shall make the whole ecclesiastical body
hardly and heartily Hunkerish. But, although it
has piped it, BEST there has been and is likely TO be
but sorry dancing to its music; and notwithstanding
it hss demonstrated evidently TO it, own satisfaction,
that all New. England il already up TO its middle in
slough Of Atheism, very few people have needed its
warnings, or been frightened BY its violent prosesta
tions Still it does not bate one jot Of heart or
hope, but keeps sharp eye out for this or that
--latest form of infdelity." And it has enough to
do. Formerly there was nobody but Thee. Parker
to abuse and that phosophic preacher was chastised
daily and dresdfully. Even now in districts some
what removed from the headquarters of heresy,
certain newspapers continue to thrum upon that
harp Of q single string, and when they want par
ticularly fnshtful bugbesr wherewith to recall the
people to sense Of their political duties, to bring
out Theodore. This il the wont Of the pious FL.
prsss, in this city, which always denounces every
political opinion which it does not approve C.
piece Of arrant Parkerism, greatly to the bOthera
ton Of intelligent and unsophistcated readers, who
can see no more resemblance between the faith of
the Music Hall preacher and that of the Republican
| party than between the Venus de Medici and the
| North Pole However, this Jumping process is
| found by Sham Democrats and the Ameriednissmi
to be convenient, and they do, no doubt much con-
found many weak Understandings BY putting into
the same category Vegetarianism, Bloomerism,
Socialism, Atheism, Teetotaism, Comeouterism,
Free .Love.m, Spiritualism, Animal Magnetism,
Disunionism and-Republicanism The reader
will pardon our use of the terminal "ism,"
which, although not always accurate or elegant,
| is merely in conformity with the precedent Of
the generators Of virtue and religion. They
never mind little bsrbaric etymology if they
can only bring in this same "ism."
Their whole stock in trade consists Of "isms."
That il the worst name which they can give to the
argest dog of doctrine II is a settler. 1t is
conclusive. 1t is the colophon Of controversy.
But if the able editors who use it so glibly were
called upon to explain the connection of great
and powerful party with certain little sects which
spring up here and there, protesting or maintaining
odd or novel or unpopular doctrines, we fancy they
would have to scratch their heads for long time
before they scratched out philosophical demon.
stration of the resemblance. If we were at all
querulous, we might complain, and justly complain,
of the exceeding unfairness Of making all the MEN,
bers Of great party, numbering over million Of
voters responsible for the idiosyncrases or hobby.
horses of handful of people who may or may not
be connected with it. But as remOnstrance would
be useless we must even let the DisuniOn Shriekers
have their own most honorable way, being pretty
certain that if they believe what they say, they
make greater fools Of themselves than of others.
But we are wandering from the point on which
we meant to say few words. The Courier, in its
pious denunciations, is not now confined to the
great Boston heresiarch. 1t has plenty of orthodox
targets for its paper pellets 1t is opulent in
tagonists. The number of people which it is at
liberty to smath must be richness not without
embarrassment. Sydney Smith told the Bishop
who was going to Australia that there was always,
in that land ga cold missionary upon the side
beard" and in Boston, The Courier can always
pick out and pop off preacher 1t is rigid and
constant in its surveillance and keeps q corps of
moral detectives whose business it is to hunt up
the ,ame at headquarters. One of these function
aries, last Sunday visited the Mount Vernon. street
Church, wherein breaches the Rev. Mr.. Kirk, who
last year also took the liberty Of preaching against
the Kansas sin and shame. No sooner had this
emissary entered the lobby of the meeting house
than the following pestient athestical dangerous,
disorganizipg and demOraliziDg pacard met bis
a,tcnished gaze:
There will be meeting of the Mount Vernon Association
IN Boon N Tb. On fssp debate e tho os
Re.olred That we be duty the
wealth"
There it was, as The Courier ahectingly says, ga
regular notice in the regular box" And yet the
house was still standing, and stated preaching was
still going on. The indignation Of that paper is 30
great that its comments are necessarily Of brief
and choky nature. It seems to think that the
Mr. Kirk and bis pulpit and his organ loft, and his
meeting house, and all the privileges and appurte
nsnces thereunto belonging. 1t does state, how
ever, that this Mount Vernon Association has dis
cussed the questions whether it's members should
join the Know Nothing party-and whether the
city government was right in refusing to print Mr..
Ayers Grafton 1t has been, it seems, an old sinner.
Now we cannot share the wrath and alarm OF
our Boston contemporary. Mr.. Kirk has the reputa.
ton of knowing pretty well how to keep bis flock
from wandering into improper pastures. Nay, such
i, bis reputation in this regard that he was recently
sent to Paris TO organize the new American Church
there which work we hear that he has very pru-
IDENTITY and successfully accomplished. Nor does it
1900. that th;s Mount Varnon A ,a0ciatOa ia a re-