The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-07

simplify The adnnnistrat.on OF Justice % have color
metre IN The courts and the law books shoud contain
and determine exactly the shades In each mans com
p,exon This would be Q lees labori0us method 81
ruling a great empire than By laws, i eli that the
is TO refer 70 his skinchemist 70 pronounce upon
the color Is the process Of degradation TO
tight OF ctzenshp-is he 70 b. dragged before Judge
possibly unprncped or politically hard princpied a.
the bench be sits upon or before jury as preudced
the slave drivers or the South and be there exposed TO
the infamy Of personal examination TO be handled
and turned about to enable experts TO decide whether he
sble for the colored man TO svade the torture this
hum atg and degrading inspection, because he 10 50
like the great majority Of whites that spectator would
not dare affirm him to Be . col0red person, surely no
not compelled TO oriminaae himself and give the judge
the registrar at the poles the means Of stamping him
which al this injustice is sought to justified that
tho rebel white in the rebel states have been &C
TO despotize over the blacks ~ na they
DO expected without extreme reluctance to re-
lnquish that power them even as freedmen, and
therefore proposed BY Congress and the Legislatures
their return into the Union by giving them that right Of
dsfranchising tho blacks which they exercised In the
past. And Ss injustice i perps.s.ed even N o tine
ment from church minister Let us hope that by the
mercy OF God in this New Year Of national pressr
luton Of an enancipated and enlightened Congress- tins
relic Of the barbarism Of slavery will be swept away,
, ana sr e r Us one M
not only the constitutions Of the states azs purified from
the injustice Of class legislation in the word white
but the constitution Of the United States Also shall be
insured against the possibility Of over being made the
instrument by inmation, Of such an niQuy, and
The sermon was listened to with great attention by
large congregation.
Church Of the Holy Commanion-1 Missionary
The annual missionary services OF this congregation
held this place Of worship last evening" in connec
ton with the usual religious feast Of tho Epiphany, or
Twelfth Night in the presence Of large audience who
had assembled for the purpose Of hearing addresses BY
the missionary bishops Of Nebraska and Colorado After
eloquent aIusion TO the suspicious festival OF which
yesterday was the anniversary, the Right Reverend
Bishop Clarkson made interesting statements In
regard 70 the missionary claims and requirements Of his
diocese. comprising tho Territories Of Nebraska and
Dakota, which, he said, Ave times larger than the
State OF New York and with all this OF terri
tory and . numerous and ever increasing population.
contained but five Episcopal churches The people Of
consists OF large tract Of ne country stu it could not
boast of tho immense aurferous wealth OF its sister Ter
ritory Colorado and 1t was for the purpose Of asking
aid in this direction that he had visited this city, to
deavor to raise amount sufficient for the erection Of
four churches for Nebraska and one for Dakota
The Right Rev. Bishop Randall, OF Colorado, next
addressed the assembage reference the claims
his Diocese comprising the Territories OF Colorado and
New Mexico. He said tina, the demands Of the people
Of his charge upon the people Of New York were not
altogether groundless Is In that direction we are
looking for homes for our surplus population which ere
peed for the distance from the Missouri to the
Rocky Mountains, and which is destined TO become the
Jet the citizens Of this State win but be preparing the
country in advance for their settlement. II is true he
said Colorado il rich in rs mineral but the
Of granite, whi wealth, here, finds its way INTO the
hands Of the fortunate few. After remarking on the
rtores within his personal knowledge and the abolition
Of the vice o. gambling, and the still more henous
vaient are replaced BY the foundation Of good
moral social and religious ystems-the speaker made
;ouchug appeal 70 the charity O. the adhsrsn!s Of the
vsioped giant the umpire Of the West"
Catholic CsremeniaI-Lectsrs by Rev. DIR.
~. ,s4 O,Coanor. r.. T..
This the subject Of lecture delivered last evening
in tho church Of ST. Charles Borromeo Sidney place.
Brooklyn. by Rev. Dr. O'Connor 8 J., formerly bishop
Of Pttsburs Although the price Of admission 81
the church crowded TO repetion long before the
time appointed for the Of the services
The reverend lecturer spoke for about hour and a
half during the whole Of which time he engrossed the
undivided attention OF large and fashionable
gregaon. The burden OF his discourse that
monia was means used IN every condition OF life to
express the inner feelings of nature. Love- JOY
hate and ali other emotions given not by
nero words Alone but by certain ceremonies and signs
which ofienmes express our feelings more strongly
than they could be expressed by words He then
dated the necessity OF having outward forms for
public worship in general and dwet the beauty the
antiquity and the absorbing nature Of the cere.
monies OF the Catholic Church. All Of these, he said
had meaning attached to them which in some parcu-
lar way expressed the belief Of the faithful In the
various mysteries Of religion, and all OF them were TO
the Cath0lic in every condition, full Of life aud vigor
The services closed with the benedic.on Of the
blessed sacrament During the evening ponizetti's
vespers were effectively rendered by the choir.
The Rev. DIR. Marsh the Excise Law.
Last evening the Rev. DR.. Marsh delivered. at the
South Congregational church. Brooklyn, a sermon on
the Excise law His the 5th verse OF the 18th
chapter OF Romans: Wherefore ye needs be sub
Ioct only for wrath, but for conscience sake After
few preliminary remarks the subject for the evening
opened There is human law which conflicts with
the law OF God and spreads and calamity through
out the land. There those who are opposed to all
lawwho reject the Gospel and live oaly for gratid
cation of their passions; but by the blessing Of
Cod have legislation for the suppression Of ntox-
eating drinks The Maine Hqnor law proved in 1855 the
people had confidence in it, II was OF incaculable ben
GIFT but set aside by the Supreme Court. me OBJ
servance OF the Sabbath Ia New York and Brooklyn
has proved failure in the suppression OF SIM pauperm
and crime. The reverend gentleman then referred to
the immense number OF liquor saloons In the two cities
two-thirds Of which only are licensed. These should
bring into the treasury Of the State 900 600 The
Sundays of the two months last year that tho Excise
closed those days. and the sales during the days
greatly reduced las; year there were 9s,ss6 ar.
rests for drunkenness aud committed by persons
under its Influence III the law had been enforced this
number would probably have been reduced 0,000 Less
than one-ha The number OF arrests made during
the sabbaths OF the two months in 1863 than in the
months Of the year previous The Excise law
declared unconstitutional by inferior court Thirty
AVE million dollars are expended yearly in our
drinking saloons, and the greater portion ots this
amount comes from the poor and working
classes aud people suffering for the very neces.
sarics Of life. The enforcement OF the Excise
law may he met with the greatest opposition
and, IL necessary, by violence God. who had broken
tho chaips OF 000 00o has sust aimed this law II
Is now declared constitutional by the highest court 10
the State. u now depends upon leg siators TO do
their duty. superintendent Kennedy has Just issued
order TO all the police To enforce the law and " public
sentiment ~ IN its favor 10 must be successful Many
who were at first opposed to the Law delighted
with It. There IL now fear from riots the courts
reversing the law No doubt attempts will be made TO
repeal IT. so that the destructive business may be
timed prominent physician gave as his opinion that
halt of the foreigners who 20 die
from the effects OF iquor in years Let Christians
do their duty, and speak in it's favor--not from
worldly interest, popularity, nc, but for con-