The New York herald., 1868-04-04

Pale, in the name of the Holy Ghost, win
Bibles, bayonets and bullets, and set forth
heretofore as the anointed precursor OF the
Crown in that country, the English party men
just now pronounce that Church failure, and
its "disendowment" and ''disestablishment
are spoken Of as a consequence at moment
when it numbers a million of communicates.
Ignoring the fact that royal commission is
preparing to report to the Queen, from
sworn testimony, the exact condition and
position of the Church in Ireland, Mr.. Gladstone
presses forward series of resolutions in the
House of Commons seeking for its immediate
separation from the State by Legislative enact
ment Mr.. Gladstone wishes to tumble the
edifce down, but presents no plan of substitute,
nor does he even promise to elaborate his reso-
lutions into positive shape, should he succeed
in ousting Disraeli and obtaining the first
place in new cabinet. Timid, yet honest,
members are confused and affrighted, and
themselves into closer phalanx, and thus iso-
late themselves more completely from the
advancing masses. Earl Russell refused to
attend Mr.. GladstOnes caucus at Carlton Gar
dens, in which it was arranged to spring the
Irish Church resolutions suddenly on the House,
and Earl Russell is blamed for this by
those who do not see that his lordship-
who once preached the finality Of re-
form would by his attendance approve
principle of church ''disestablishment" in Ire
land which might end in restoring to the State,
for secular purposes, the territorial founda-
tions of the House of Bedford, the Abbeys Of
Woburn and Tavistock, despoiled in the
main from the ecclesiastical foundations of
another sect. And so it will likely be. The
Irish Church will most likely be sacrificed for
party votes The Church in England will be
attacked next, in order to obtain the votes of
the Dissenters and Quakers, and, as natural
sequence, the law Of entail and first estate in
land will follow in order to crafty the wishes
of the working classes or "men of no property. "
Viewing all this from an American standpoint
and in country of religious equality and COM
plete federation of sect, we cannot but rejoice
that the people of Great Britain are becoming
a real power in the State, although we regret
to see that their sudden advent to the
franchise reveals such bitter tone
and unscrupulous conduct on the part
of their public leaders. All this, however,
must and. will be remedied by the people
themselves, as will our political troubles.
Disraeli hints at a Robespierre and Gladstone
intimates day Of no religion, just as Ben
Butler is quoting precedents to sustain the i'm
parchment of President Johnson from the mar
ried life of Henry the Eighth, each seeking to
mystify and intimidate aud thus gain and hold
place. Robespierre and Henry the Eighth
were powerful personagcs, each in his day and
according to his opportunity. M. Theirs, who
has studied the history Of the French party
leader attentively, illustrates its close by his
| illustration, "The Last Cart to the Guillotine
while of the unscrupuious violence and pas
sion of Mr.. Buffers British ruler England is
reaping the bitter fruits at this very hour in
the Gladstone resolutions and the "audacity
and "zigzag' course of a Premier who il
almost stranger in the land on account o
his exceedingly ancient lineage, direct from
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