The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-02-18

Ii the one who can least be held responsible
Tor the character OF his Cabinet Doubtless Il
but one OF the present members of the Cabinet
would have sufficient self-respect to resign u
ii were understood that the President desirsl
it; but he cannot supply their places Ia 40
cordance with his own will.
Tho Rev. Mr.. Tying and tho Cane.s-As
Episcopal Mouse and Its DIeuasaia.
Horace, . shrewd old satirist in his vav.
was never more happy than in bis remark.
made on . certain occasion, concerning the
exceeding utility Of stupidity. "D,dcs oct
dssipere IN locon run the exact words Of the
rhyming humorist, which in very common
English, enounce the general principle that II
Is capital thing to make fool Of ones self
occasionally-an aphorism which Ia just now
being illustrated In New York by . rather
peculiar trial, conducted by rather peculiar
people, with . rather peculiar culprit in the
dock, accused Of rather peculiar behavior
The reason Of the whole matter is that the Rev.
Stephen b. Tying, Jr., has violated the canons-
First, In speaking when he ought not to have
done-that Is, without leave of the parish
authorities; and, secondly, whore he ought not
to have done-viz, in . house without =
bishop. Now, there are acknowledgements
cannot be kept in the traces without canons,
as the history of the world has long since
demonstrated-and canons must be obeyed,
no matter how absurd, for an ecclesiastical
body without canons would be simply like
Tammany Hall without by-laws-an organize
ton in which nobody would be amenable to
anything except his own iallible convictions.
Fallible convictions, we say, and so say tho
judges, for 1t has long since been proved that
man is a fallible animal, quite liable to break
loose from all canons unless properly limited
by the code Of penances and penalties.
1t may be shrewdly suspected, however, that
Mr.. Tying has had profound reasons for forget
ting the canons. Men will be original some
times, and will behave in an exceedingly origf-
nal manner, and the behavior is not, Of
course, to be attributed to any seeking for
notoriety on their part, but to the intense
originality that is in them, and, like Sterne's
starting or murder, must and will out Origf
nality must be expressed, and If . clergyman
is original in his way he cannot be expected
to gulp down his originality, unexpressed, just
out Of obedience to the canons, which are NOT
intended for original people at all. There are
other ways of being original, to be sure. Some
people gnaw their finger nails; some suck their
thumbs, some turn the whites of their eyes out
ward by way OF expressing their originality,
and all these are very harmless ways Of doing
the thing according to canon. Mr.. Tying could
not submit to these quiet ways besides, neither
Of them was exactly genteel, and hence Mr..
Tying disregarded the canons, and was original
at the expense of notoriety, though not for
notoriety's sake for, lest we might be missp-
pretended, we hereby declare and make afa-
davit that, to the best Of our knowledge and
belief, the culprit on trial never had any ink
ling for popularity. Than to make noise In
the world nothing was further from his inten-
tons. He was simply original, and could no
more help breaking the canons than poet oan
help writing doggerel and this we say out Of
pure regard for Mr.. Tyng's exceeding origi-
nality.
The conJreres of the clerical unfortunate
jealous fellows, without q particle Of that
originality which travails to express itself
thought otherwise, however, and have, there
fore, called the gentleman to account for those
sccentricities, which are only the eccentricities
OF an individual painfully overburdened with
genius. Accordingly, they sit in council upon
his behavior, while all the world laughs and
tips the wink to the unfortunate and sniffles in
his delighted ears that to be decapitated for
violation of the canons ia more honorable than
to fall in defence Of ones country. The world
is fond Of heroism; it adores martyrs it hates
canons it has passion for egotism, which il
originality and has some sort of respect for
the CHASTITY and cynical egotism of Nero, who
fdded over the flames Of the Roman capital.
1t has a liking also for original people whs
break the canons, and hence It smiles on Mr.
Tying, while Mr.. Tying smirks and bows in
return
Now, with all respect TO these reverend
judges or jurors, they are all wrong They
have no comprehension either Of the spirit Of
the age, which abides no canons, or of Mr..
Tyng's originality, which defies all reduction
to canonical formule. As well might the fixed
stars seek to sit In judgment upon the pranks
Of comet as well might Professor LOOMS
attempt to call the meteors to account for VIC
lating his very carefully compiled astronomi-
cal treatises. Comets, msteors and original
people will shoot out Of their orbits and to sit
in Judgment thereupon is simply to illustrate
the aphorism Of Horace, viz =" II is . capital
thing 10 make . fool Of ones self occasionally"
molehill is not . mountain, though dis
cased visual organ may so magnify 1t, and
canons are neither religion nor an essential
part Off,
WHERE TO ADvERTIsE.-One Of the many
evidences which almost every day produces Of
tina heat ruadium for adUort;ein0 MAJ ~