The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-20

I hnaWOfs once gthIItTnHH /
that there is any intonton even In the eill 70 stne
ot the people account Of their peculiar rehsious
tenets. Rome needs no particular eoiogy u,a ~ Ine
hands OF gentlemen who suppose tlat phlcuinaI
religions sect supports at present the DemociAuc
organ izaon OF this country for the recent events
have shown TO rejecting men that thh power "
self Is
NO LONGER UNIT,
and cannot be- The syllabus recently uttered BY the
head OF that organisation Is & an,omon On ,po @
New York dare not endorse and 20 home among bis
people II Is an attempt 70 % letter sse 'TeeaSm on S
tempt to etrkc Gown the rising antagonism against
every dcsposm on,the face OF the earth in the form
OF representative governments, foremost among
which is America. the child and the hope OF
ruK xARru's OLD AoE.
Talk to me al this time of day about Rome being
the patron OF science aud the mother OF arts Why,
cir, there Ia this day more o that genius which
makes even the marble Itself the divine beauty
OF life more OF that power to-day In living America
I@rowies se eae,Ie@on,i WHY tSsn talk al this time
OF day about dignifying that little principay with
resident minister from the United ststesi Do not
the gentlemen know that the oreD n OF all the men
reared In the faith OF the Church OF Rome uttered
the word while under the ban OF Charles ", Leo K,
Christendom. refer TO the Aulu tine monk who
found ont for himself and TspeSss. % %sStDd S e
ened MUD Of the nineteenth century, that
NO NirRED HAD
may in the grace Of God or divine right interpose
its dark shadow between and his Maker. kx.
ctementl Under the omnipotcnt power OF ,hsi
utternnce every tyrant, whether in Rome or out OF
ious and unsiesdy hand and tbo day is not f,r dis
tant when the very throne OF his power shall turn
to dust and ashes before the consuming breath OF
tue enlightened public opinion oi the civilized
world. which declares for tree governments. free
churches, Tree schools, free bibles, aud Tree men.
Mr.. DAVIS O7ep.. Mass, In reply to Mr.. Brooks,
said that tina; gentleman had said that he (Brooks
bad laid aside his religious character and assumed
that 81 the reprt sentative. lie (Dawesl had not
Ila had not fCnn M ia 10
ms PUBLIC DUTY
to lay aside any religious tenets that he miyht have
IL the gentleman RON New York had found II
| necessary, the more was tie pity. (Lauehterl II
,asouism Of hts against tie whole class Of persons
who held tho religious tenets about which he now
for repentance" he (Dawes) had the advantage
OF him In that respect He Dawes) never belonged
lie had nsSer Sc, up Tia. il was against the genius
the safety OF the nation TO ye political rights to
siioreigner Of any religious tene ana therefore he
igous character 70 do violence to the principles
or theory of the Government 10 oroer 10 atone for
| on the kepublican side Of the House.
MIR. CovoDx Rep. Pal rose TO make some re-
marks amid much Ia aushter, and several suggestions
Us to Ahab and Ben na- Dad but his remarks of
political not Of biblical character He said that
when he was taking lessons In Know nottingham the
| gentleman IRON New York tBrooks) was their
GREAT nEAD CENTRE.
| [Laughter1 He (3rooks twas the man who edited
the paper to light them their way. lie was alter
the Catholics them but now he had got into locality
where he wanted Catholic votes. Why he had taken
that side and brought UP the religious question to-
day lie Coyode) did not know unless IL was because
the great Council at Rome bad proclaimed the infai
bility OF the Pope, and the gentleman from New
York wanted to get under the Pope's wing that he
might be saved hereafter. Laughter on both sides
| Er. vooRHsEs Dem, Ind.), took Mr.. Dawes to
S Ma fe ae s eroo % MSsh he had nos
laid aside he presumed was that which he inherited
nom his ancestors who burned the witches in Mas
sachusetts There was reason in the past history
| Of Rome why THIS coUutry should not hold dipio
| matte relations with her.
Mr.. DAVIS (Rep Ma y referring 10 Mr.; Brooks,
said he knew tha, ic denied having ever been In .
know, NotttrE Lodze. hni that hid 70. .,'"s ne
| fact OF his having been IN advocate OF know Noth
| ing doctrines.
Mr. BRooKs-u Is not so. Its not true. Ex
Mr.. DAWES, not noticing the interruption, said
that Mr. Brooks had u2deriAken to derive all ths
keeping his head out OF the halter.
Mr.. BRooKs OF New York referring to me ths
stated over and over again in the House that Il,
never had been In kno Nothing Lodge, neVel
la belonged to the Know-No,hng party, never had
advocated its principles, never had believed In them
and had been journeying in foreign lands during a
large part Of the time " that
UNHAPPY AGITATION.
Mr.. HoAR declared he statement as to the burning
| Of witches In Massachusetts, entirely false. y,
| human being had been burned at tie stab
Nithin the limits Of the Commonwealth OF Massa
Mr. VooRnEEs (excitedly)-That is not true.
Mr.. HoAR vent on to say that eiO ears ago, wheI
the authority Of the books OF the Old Testament tn,
| Courts OF Massachusetts, had condemned and exc
'I%s n or ,nS & ss, aSoS9 o So
| the people OF Massachusetts had seen
TIE ERROR AND wIcKEDSKss
| of the proceedings. IL was her love OF liberty an
her intelligence lsneering laughter on the Demo
cratic sidel that III 81 exposed the error and wicked
ness OF furnishing human beings-for that tie minis
formed almost repen,ast procession. aud had nsEe
pardon OF God and their neghbors for It, lMor
laughter on the Democratic side.l
As to the burning Of converts in Massachusetts
the matter was simply this In 1876 rumor la
spread one evening through the streets of Bosto
oi some terrible cruelty practsed In the neshborin
, town OF Char,estown on some young woman win
! had beed placed there, and mob, In the dusk @
the evening, had passed over the bridge, and som
wicked man, such as always found 10 lag
cities, had set Gre 70 that convent. But what ba
Massachusetts donot She has arrested, tried,
SENTENCED AND PUNISHED
| the criminals ana the crime was more TO be In
| puted 10 her than any crime ever committed With
he limits OF amy civilized community In eonelI
sion he said that It did not become the politics
| friends of the who had buried alive onr so
| ders at Fort Pillow, or OF those men VINO ha
a burned Orphan Asylums at New York and had hun
heroes on lamp posts 10 talk OF erueltes In pa!
ages. -.
5 yociferated "Order," "orher" rose and M
VOORHEES, exclaimed at the top Of his voice and in
|
false every word he says IL false and he knows IT,
Mr.. STEVENS demanded that the offensive word
3 | be taken down and reported to the House.
Mr.. FARsswoRTH, in the hope OF putting an en-
| TO tile controversy moved that the Committee rise
] The CHAIRMAN (Mr. IngersoD appealed to II
| Committee TO be in order.
BEDI.Ah LET LOOSE.
| Al this time many members were on their fe'
| making excited gestures and motions OF varioJ
| kinds, amid which nothing could be distinctly 2
' | coynized by the chair. There was Mr.. ioar ngid
, | cool and serious after having launched the da
4 | Which had 80 stung Voorhees,, and there was Woo
J, hees repeating the charge OF fasehood against NJ
Hoar. and refusing to take II back or modify II, an
Mr.. Stevens demanding that the offensive words
If written out, and Mr. Cox making the same deman,
e In regard TO Mr. Hoar's offensive remark, and NJ
Randall chalt tnging the taking down OF every TIM
m that said, aud all the CHAIR man seren
NJ y and good temperedly striving TO bring peace aI
/, | order out OF the prevailing uproar and chaos.
In the midst Of this confusion, the only intellgib
ct Incidents were these:
lp Somebody asked Mr voorhees, to withdraw II
"a Mr.. VooRHEEs-I withdraw nothing. When q
a gentleman from Massachusetts, said that was Il
m poisc-. friend Of men who burned American eli
To- zens at Fort In.ow, and negro orphAh asyluIht
n New York, Of course do not retrsct what said.
90 The CHAIRMAN appealed to the Committee 70 ke
he order, so that the proceedings might be mehodic;
w. II not logical. Laughter.