The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-10-06

Union. bc'ore VIC lapse OF many weeks, she
public will begin to perceive the results of the
stupendous energy that has been displayed. A
little patience, and the roll of the loyal wave
will begin to sweep over the Southern States,
in food which will drown the memory of the
| rebellion cs 1861 forever.
The Crusade Against the president-AEo-
Iitionis,n and Tnh&elity IdentiMeh.
As our readevs know, the manly and states
maniike letter of the President to General
( Fremont. modifying the foolish proclamation
q tie Pathfinder, was the signal for general
onslaught Of the teoiitionists upon tie govern
merit of Mr.. Lncosa. Their psipiis rang with
denraaciation, their presses foaaied with rage,
and from the rostrur1 the spoutiag demagogues
and frcssy fanatics hare ever since assailed him
with every kind Of missile wbiIs treacLerous
masked OBSTETRICS, umanned by cowardy asrsil-
ants, like che "lissle villains" OF the Tines,
! opened calling fire upon him 1T The ysYy
moment thas they waved the IMAM flag in
! token of Friendship.
! But, TO giye The devil Lsssdue, we must nc
J knowledge thsy The later iynCt the mode OF
warfare selected by the Til nae, tie clisf orgas
Of lie abolitiorisss in tlis city, the "loag Tom"
! Of the party, whih openly a.sd without disguise
blazes away at The President without utter
mission, and CT encourages Fremont to nsu,iny
against TIE government Two or three
days ago that journal cont,ined an astio,c
o. several columns, directed against tie Chief
Megistvate the cons3tuti0n, the Bible anos com
nor sense, and-xcttiag zip abssr vt roaso . for
human alteration in me shape of IN ebony idol
instead of Jesus Ch,'ss- just as the icveslng
Jacobihs in tEci Fro YekaReyoiuton set "a n
prostitute in the q athe arai Of NotroDame aa>tho
Goddess OF Reason, TO &c worship ped by the
people. In this in idel Mcubration, not only IS
Christ degraded tic mere man, put on an
equality with Con- fnciu y and the impossor Aa-
heract, hat the Hih G is reduced to tic leyd OF
the sbas.er ard the Veas'of the Ii.adoos, the
ZanI.Avess OF the Persians and tie
Koran Of The "a nhcu a.ans. Ipdacd,- fss
sacred beck VII .ch contains the, f,itli
az Chfssgs9s IS place d even below tho, 'ss,iaaa
iaqentions of hcathei philosophers; for we are
told thi; sfe Bibic n ID Christianity are y com
nanbd wsssa several parts are borrow ed from
eide sac.ps. books Of Egypt ard "thatsacred
books of Miadostan, and that the sysieEl is
inferior TO the panthci srl Of pagan Greece and
RaIne, wh;sh, '4rnorc liberal than others in the
matter cs religion, not only,welcomcd religious
il.sas frors oil quarters and kept rooW in their
panthcons,icr the gods Of IL nations, bit, more
wise also, t4cy blended iLsir religion with all
their affairs. Hence they hod,. technically, no
sacred haoLs.o
And tais Is what the, aLCtitic,a sect desire for
Americs--the subversion by force s-st only Of
Ale nsiii.uioa Of Negro slavery at tha South,
but the asrog.,on of'tla -Rlse an,. CT Chris
tiauity, aud tie suhstitB tic sef Z" tho religion OF
| reasolS7 to DO blended wf3 i all car affairs"
| iucudiag women's riahts.<fre @ lovs, commun-
ism, and all tie filthy orgies. nainaiass abouli-
nations and idoiatrous practice denounced by st
Paul st Athens, in Greece, IN in h,a GEpistlc to
the Romans Hence, il the essay in the Til
t,.ae, thc Bible il ridicuGd ia terms Of measure
less blasphemy. The beck Of "Esther," "yhc
Songs Of Solomon" the EAR ratiye of the miracle
of Jonah and the whale, 2 and all the histori-
cal portions of the Ole Ta sianisn. are repudiat-
ed as absurditics in incl Catholic and Protest
en-. faith,' while the MIR clcs Of Christ himself,
upon which Christianity is founded and His d-
vine wisdom proved ape described az "ground-
Less imaginations, orkheer ;ict;cns, when the
empire Of superstition wal universal and the
popular appetite fer mary sls- 50 clamorous.''
The reason Of this assault upon the Bible an
Christianity is tsoasse tAgy mt only do not 3
nounce slavery ASA sin. hit, sndcr certain ois-
cumstances, giaeit their >sanstion. Hence tie
divine volume is called -thc slaveholdey IS
Bible" and i is notorious that the aboltianist
clergy arc i,.idcls at heart. and preach up what
/ they call 'tae higher law. something above the
holy Scriptures and ahe consultation, which an
pronounced in tae Ti-b, ne to be mers s.r,aa
| bsf." Il allusion to the prophecy oi Noah, siit
I rightec,s man saved b. the Almighty in til,
j Ark; .he prophecy tlaat Ham should he "a ser
n want of servants" and his race be aAway
: slaves, the writer in the Tribune ceatends tha
1 ii = "a weighty Argument against the Christian
r religion that drunken Noah's helchay ha
Il been allowed TO work so much misery Agai
g he exclaims. 'siIow significant eff ths, blindin
e. aud binding power Of an authority religion
the fact that enlightened Europe and enligb
+ ened America still cling 10 The. books wbc
d naor heEighted, bigoted JiAdea furnishe
Of them" lie winds up lis thadc Of shocAin
OF blasphomy by attempting toy place the Create
ch in dilemma as "a p@eHal. and unjust Cod"
of the Eible be rcallwan Inspired book; but
n cong,atuatcs hjyself that at is fast sinkir
at under the CLAIM TO Inspiration"
rs All this revolving defamation Of the Bib
III. and Christianity is but the prelude TO LAHORE
cd ASSAULT on The constitution, Ind the President