The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-19

Karsas, II will not surprise us. There is no
genuine fusion between the Bre 3kinrdga and
Douglas faction. The breach has widened be
tween them since these late elections These
enclosures concerning Nh. Douglas, therefore,
will do no harm. w publish them as among
the political curios'ies OF the day. A tremrn-
dous revolution il upon ns, and every man con.
c-rosd IL Southern trade or Northern stocks
would Do well 70 set his house in order.
The Rebellion In Chtna-Its R-iigtoas,
ana Political Inn portancs
The interesting narrative of missionary
yisit to Somehow, the headquarters OF the Cal
nese rebels, which appeared IN our columns
yesterday. confirms the belief entertained A -
the Christian origin of the movement. Tnae-
ping lie leader. undoubtedly deserves large
share If the credit claimed for him BY the Pro
es'ant missionaries under whom he derived biz
religious Inspirations, but he would have been
power'ess TO move tn masses az Dr. has done i
they had not been prepared for h's teachings
by the labors Of Others. The seed Gown hy
the Jesui,4 had long been germinating silently
and seadily in various parts 81 the empire. and
it required but the aid Of a physical movement
capable OF stiording il protection to dev.lope
i's frnits We have the evidence Of successive
Jesuit works for more than two centuries back,
aud IN our day thai Of the Able Hue, 10 show
that the thread OF Chris ian tradition had never
been Interrupted amongst the descendants
of those VINO hal frst proh'ed by
the iuatru ,tions of the emisssres OF the
Roaish propaganda We sre, therefore
enabled to met sure execsiy The degree OF credit
which ia TO be- awarded 10 tue labors OF the
Pro,.s ant missionaries az wei! ~ 20 their pupil
the leader of the new movement.
The effort to narros Gown 70 mere -ectAriau
view 4 great phase in the lite Of q people. xhch
has reached maturity through stages analogous
in point ot time aud circumstances 20 most
other revelations OF a similar character Is a.
unphdo,ophical ~ IT il incorrect No great
and vial chaDge 10 the religions or political
condition ot people has ever been accom-
pli.h.d without long preparation. Toe trsn-i-
ton from one form 10 another may pe sudden
and Effected apparently by violent causes. but
con easily trace its origin aad gradual ap'
Proclamation Tar back into the past Meu are
not the creatures Of impulse. or the tree agent.
thai trey believe themselves TO be. In IN alters
Of opinion and convi,tion they are Influenced
b. u ,ide witch sets slowly in, aud carries them
along with u oy insensib,e degrees.
Christianity Itself was not exempted from
the law Of slow progression which seems 90
govern all great revolutions ia tn human
mind. From the time when Paul went forth
pfocisiming the doctrines Of HE DIVIDE Mls
ter down TO that Of Constantine II had 20 soik
its way throush the most dishesrtening Difficult
ties. poverty. humiistion, persecution and
n.ar'yrdom. But no obstacles that II encoun
tered tended more to obstruct its spread thaa
the corruptions that crept into 1t when tue
transfer Of the seat OF government from Rome
10 Byzantium induced CONSTANTINE to raise up
the bishop Of that new metropolis as rival TO
the Roman Pontif Anumber IL Pagan super
s,itions were enerafted on the pure faith re-
vesled to the world by the Saviour. the wor
ship Of saints and martyrs being more or less
conducted after the fashion Of the religious
services that were performed in honor o. the
gods before the coming OF Christ The history
OF Chris .iauity Ia Coma pres .uts all these
phases down 10 the minging up 10 our own
day Of the Confucian and Bhuidist doctrines
with some OF The main features Of the Christian
belief
The Reformation. although II owed to Luther
its Immediate impulse, Wa not tue lees move
ment OF slow growth Mems Minds bad been
long prepared for some euch change by the
mons,rous abuses and corruptious Of tne Romi-h
church and Luther Vas merely the exponent
OF the popular convictions Had he never ex
listed the great change th,, Wa impending
would ha - found SOL ne other leader ready 70
suffer aua sy down his life iog il. Tne access
10 H-br.s literature which the invention OF
printing afforded 10 the ls,ty smoothad away
som. az the greatest obstsclas that lay 10 his
path. comparison II texts showed hog the
pure doctrines ana teachings VI Christ n.d
been perverted 70 enrich and aggrtnizs the
corrup; structure built up ny eccles,asticsl
fr iuus and u-urpatiohs.
In the politics, affairs Of the world the same
Influences and the same governing Laws are
observabl-. The French revolution, for in-
stance. which owed its immediate origin 70 The
grinding tyranny Of the pfivileg-d classe-. can
be distinctly traced to the iohuerce which the
literature of Greece aud Rome exercised over
the French mind. The -pectscies - republican
power and greatness that were there s2nibited
TO II offered an irresistible temptation e. the
ambition OF the men who brought ABOUT that
fruitful event
The Chinese rebellion, when we examine
into its an,ecedent facts. cannot but be reg nd
ed as a movement fraueht with the mos. i'm
portant changes 10 the future dastioies Of
that empire. II presents all the evidences Of
one OF those great religious and political revo
buttons which have affected permanently the
interests Of humanity. II il not the iess Chris.
t;an In its or,uin haeause blended with sonla of