The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-09-11


revolution in public sentiment that might lead
to The restoration of the Orleans family.
The second Letter. from His Holiness the
Protestant Pope. Henry Ward Bcecher.
We published yesterday second epistIe
from iae Rev. Henry Ward Beecher 10 a mont
Der OF his congregation, explaining and de-
Tending the Cleveland letter which has attracted
80 much attention and comment. Mr.. Beecher
takes back none Of his former statements and
denies that he * sorry that no wrote his pre-
yious letter. On the contrary, he reiterstes its
views and sentiments and insists thai the
Southern States ought to be Immediately re-
stored to their constitutional rights. Both OF
his episties are so conservative and so states
manllkc that We can no longer rank Mr.. Beecher
among the mere ministers Of America. He
deserves TO fill higher position thau that Of
psstor OF Brooklyn church. We nominate
him for The Office, and shall hereafter recognize
him by the title Of, his Holiness the Protestant
Pope OF the United States.
After an attentive perusal OF This latest bull
OF his Holiness We flnd that We can endorse
every word of it. He crltioises the President
severely but il is in the spirit of a iAeDd and
moi OF an enemy. As he says, the President
has peculiar temper and ia rather apt 10 as
sail those who disagree with lin but Horace
Greeley aud Ihad Stevens have the same pecu-
liarities and do not possess that kindness Of
heart aud sincerity cf purpose which redeem
President Johnson's errors And this suggests
a -. s-4 - lof&..
OK his Holiness. II is . sin Of cmissioa rather
than az commission; but IL oagla to be reme-
died By good stcong sermon nexi Sunday,
whea Pope Bcecher returns TO his congrega-
tional pilgrims. The point Is that he neglects
TO criticise Sumner, Phillips, Wilson, Chandler.
Stevens, Greeley, Cheever, and tho other radl-
col leaders, with equal severity. III President
Johnson uses severe language. so do they.
"Lisr." "trsilor," " renegade" ."mnrderer"
| and g wretch " (,s,s the 1s.;Je.ae) are the
mildest terms they use Ia their assaults upon
| Che President. Surely, his Holiness the Pro-
| testsnt Pope, cannot sanction such epithets ss
| these, and he will take the earliest opportunity
| 80 rebuke them.
| To President Johnson's numerous cxoelien-
cies--to his horror Of secession, his resistance
| TO the rebel leaders, his heroism In the dark
day. Of tho war. his jealousy OF Capitalization
his simplicity Of manners and his true love o!
the common people Pope Beochor does the
amplesi justice. itis eloquent sentences cont
pletely exiinguish his would-be critics. He
leaves no, rag Of poor Greeley's oid white
! coat. Rising above the corrupt atmosphere q
parties, he will not cali himself Johnson man
or ANYBODY elses man, but regards current
event. from The s,sndp OF statesman, q
| philosopher and Christian. lie remembers
| that II President Johnson sometimes makes un-
~isc speeches, 50 did President Lincoln. On
his trip from Springfield TO Washington Mr.. Lin.
cola delivered various o..hand addresses, and
everybody then thought that he was not earnest
enough. On his trip from Washington TO
| Springfield Mr.. Johnson has Also spoken often,
aud many people think that he Is too mnoi IN
I earnest. Both Lincoln aud Johnson sprsag
from an origin not favorable 70 finished crafory.
The one was as,-boalmsn from Kentucky and
| Illinois and the other y tailor from North Caro-
linz aod Tenpessee. To expect thu polish Of
an Eyereli from such men would be absurd.
| II Is enough for Pope Becchcr, ~ for eli othor
sensible people, that shese Presidents should
have correct convictions aud carry them GU,
msninlly. This IL the moral Of she second
epistlc Of His Holiness, aud wa commend il to
she intelligent masses OF The oounify.
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