The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-05-11

pirate their toothless gable before the world
was taken away. The pretext on which the
parsons and the Impoverished geniuses had
pounded at the public ear was gone. The
windy abolition orators were ready then to
empty the whole arsenal of their curses against
the poor niger because he had not refused to
be made free by any one else.
1t looked for little while as if this society
without an object would have to drop out Of
the public view-as If the parsons would have
to give up handling the money contributed to
free the Niger Some of the members, having
an idea Of proprety, proposed that the society
should earn the respect of the world by going
decently out Of existence But that was strenn-
ously opposed by Wendell Phillips. Mr.. Phil
lips has an eye to economizing forces. He was
opposed to scattering to the winds, simply
wasting all the enthusiasm Of the old ladies
and the noise that the parsons and unappre-
ciated geniuses could make in the world. He
saw that the Anti-Slavery Society had become
power in the rural districts, where amidst
the supplemented people the more noted
sisters are each as great as Deborah
was In Israel, and where a man as
glib as himself Is as good as prophet any
day. Since he never cared pin for the Mig
ger except as topic for his scolding, 1t made
no difference to him that slavery was gone.
Any other theme likely to catch the public ear
would suit him as well. He can scold az bit
terly one way as another. And 90, through
the exertions Of Phillips, the society was kept
in existence as q political machine-asa means
OF scattering broadcast through the remoter re-
gions Of the country the violent doctrines Of
the extreme radicals. From every convoca-
ton OF the society it is supposed that the par
sons and old ladies will carry home the in
spiration received from the great Wendell; and
these, like so many apostles of radical doctrine,
will scatter the seed, with judicious additions
of their own suited to particular localities, cir
cumstances and candidates, and thus the leader
counts upoE affecting the country and Congress.
But the society does not yet understand the
use to which it is put. II has not caught the
cue. It kicks in the traces tremendously, be-
cause it does not know which way 1t is pulling.
1t still feels the disgust of having lost its yoca-
ton, and manifests it by q general dissatisfied.
ton with everything and everybody. It
pitches into Horace Greeley and Carl Schurz.
1t denopnces the Freedmen's Bureau. It does
not know whether to censure Congress or not.
1t was unnecessary and gratuitous" for Henry
Ward Beecher to say that he never saw the
wench he would marry, and be is given to
understand that he must repent Charles
Sumner, it is said, els the most dangerous man
in the country, and has not been denounced
enough" Not only is the Anti-SIavery Society
Disguised with all political parties and men;
it is also Disguised IN large way with the
gentler sex. The poor foolish women who
make themselves disgrscefally conspicuous in
this society feel that the voice Of the whole
worthy portion Of their sex is against their
course, and they denounce as "fends" an the
women whom the world ct large respects.
Thus does the society strike wildly at every.
thing that comes before It; but It will mend
all that by and by when Mr.. Phillips has trained
it well in It's new vocation, and there is
possibility that its antics may yet disgust the
country with the radical programme as tho
roughly as IL did with the anttslavery agi-
tation. st
Oharitshle Dcqussfs and U6slesaassncar
"a. Exsortlons.
That history constantly repeats Itself Is an
old saying which events are continually re-
viving. In the middle ages the priests, ~
trading upon the fears Of the ignorant, the god
nature Of the benevolent, the weaknsssesof the
inHrm and the consiences Of me dyiag, sue
ceeded in accumulatiag vast amount Of
money and lands. Il is estimated that at one |
time they possessed about one-tlird Of all the |
property in Europe This tremendous mo- |
nopoly led 10 discomfort; dicontent induced |
revolutions, and these revolutions swept all the |
temporal possessions of the church nut aetne
hands Of the prio.S and INTO the treasury Of
the go-inment and the people England suf-
Cred as much from this curse as any of
he continental countries, and could only rid
lerself of 1t by tn statutes Of mortmain and
he Wholesale sequestrations Of Henry the
Eighth. In MEXICO we have seen the same
ystem attended ~ the same results. The
hurch property and the efforts Of various
10 interfere with the church
property have occasioned many revulsions
here, and hsve been the principal cause Of
be unesttled condition Of that republic.
Recent revelations have shown us, however,
hat the desire Of pecunisry aggrandizcmcnt Is
OF confined to the Roman Catholic Church.
. far as this country Is concerned we hear
20 Of this greed In connection with the Roman
atholic Church than with any other. That
we Of money which IL the root of an evil
ourishes quite as luxuriantly upon Pro-
,stant soil. The numerous meetings Of
lis anniversary week are, for the most part,
'ere devices to Ill the pockets Of panons at
10 expense Of the pious. There are exon :,
ons TO this rule; there are socieban eco :,
ALLY do great amount of s6s, IKE angels !,
omical way; but these e5stwsen. In almost :.
sits, are s.-- and = .tsr.sd With Tho very =
= !. case organi-.sics 's~' 'u Wv" q
ut ob,ecs. 49, been prostitutedl into ma
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