The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-11

| ness are nseparaby connected, ana that believers
ought to MAINTAIN order and practise good works,
| Tor these things are good and profitable unto men.
We think that this is equally free from the
| "Pharsacal strlctness" ON the one hand and the
"iberal Christian looseness on the other, both OF
which you Justly condemn Enw1 Yours s% %e
Pastor Third oniversallst Church, New York.
Comments ON Pero Hyacinthe's Critiaue on
| the Church.
| To -HE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
| In the leadtAoArcle Of Tuesday, the 9th inst on
the French republic. the HERALD refers to the late
| statement OF Father Hyacinthe, that "The church
has failed in its mission. 1t has been too much
occupied with dogmatic questions and too little
| with the instruction OF its nock." The very just
comment follows this statement that ''Ths Is why
| the people have no God, say 1t is impossible to
| believe in or love Him. Why viii not the Church
| (and here we mean all Churches, Protestant and
4 Catholic aike) become the ally ana the teacher or
| the peope?" Further ON the ii .RALp pertinenuy
| adds-'If the Church will not march with the pro-
gress OF the times ana the aspiration OF the people,
bloody revolutions ami anarchy must be the conse-
| quence, and the Church must fall. 1t cannot COM
| mand the respect Of mankind and continue to have
| influence Ii 1t sustains tyranny ana ignores the
| wants OF the people,"
Permit me &c answer the question In the above ex.
| tract-"Why Will not the Church become the ally
s.a teacher OF the peopier by saying that there
| time when such query need not have been
| made. There was q time when the churches and
catnedrals OF Europe were Tree TO all peoples, to
which all were welcome, and In which, with possibly
TOO liberal CHARITY even maelactOrs were protected
| There was time when the Church was stout
friend and deienier OF the rights OF the peoples or
| Europe against the tyranny OF kings and the en-
| croachments OF despotic governments; when the
Church took upon herself me charge OF the poor
| regulated and supervised popular amusements. But
| since the fatal git Of King Pepln or the eXarchate
I..f DasrA N no II n a
raj as well as Spiritual Prince that order OF things
has gradually declined. The prince temporal gradu-
ally became The trend OF governments rather than
| the friend Of the peoples, and at last since the
Council or aren't, their interests have commonly
But happily, that sad state of things is now pass.
Ing away. Inc union oil Church and State has been
| dissolved by the action OF the late Ecunenical
Council and The great Christian Bishop claims
pIouder title than that OF any temporal dgnIlary-
VIZ. that o. the nai!ibie ruler Of the kings poien-
taes and peoples OF tue world. Events are proviug
| rapidly that he can only mold tins position at the
cost OF his temporal dignity. The Church, and the
! Church alone assembled from all quarters OF tue
goDe has answered the enigma given by our
Saviour ana errngly read by the Pharlsees-"Gve
unto Cesar the tnings which are Caesars and 10 God
the things which are God's'-by awarding The penny
to the Nicegerent oil tne Deity upon earth.
The ties that formerly bound the Church to the
chef Catholic governments have by that answer
been broken, ana Protestant nations-viz.. England
anu Prussa-have put themselves forward as de-
tenders OF tue Pope. But II is evident that little
lance can be placed OH their spasmodic and In
terested actions. The truth is. ii the Papacy does
rest on tne governments OF Catholic countries 1t
must rest upon the peoples. 1t has no other choice
HERALD on November 49, 1862 this course viii require
the church to sustain BY It's counseis the Just de-
ee aps thu ohaIc THuss
Is what they to be taughtS Subjects relating TO
aks ae aW N e nqc are eG
Christianity has promise OF the life that NOW Isl
n, vel as OF that which IS 30 come" the tenure
81 dana ~ The Mosaic law gives distinct
snee on that s.oiect. The people OF England would
crowd 70 hear an he IS sold forever for The
1enI 10 WINE and We are stranr end soourneIs
with meD the Catholic Gnu. n . .nIougn
the centuries has distinctly ana IRE ueta snr
condemned the crime Of usury direct interes. OF
money on which the financial and national debts
systems are based-the working classes OF both con-
tinents are anxiously waiting to know the reasons
why, by sections, In America and Europe, they are
arriving at the same conclusion. me authority of
its repuislve features, and teach us what Kind OF
unity oil property 1t which instituted by the
ceived the Baptism of fire and OF the Holy Spirit 1t
seems almost crime TO hint at such subjects, but
the interests OF mankind, more especially OF the
richer and poorer classes, are deeply involved liz a
just solution OF these problems. In the grisy pre-
sence OF advancing crime ana advancing misery ne
Is no radical but true conservative, WAC brings
them into the foreground for discussion Woe be 10
such false shepherds as would ignore these signs of
the times and surely blessings would follow the
pastors who VIII bring the contestants TO state their
grievances with the loving words, Come and let us
| reason together" II. w. HUME.
Capital Funishment-What Is Deaths
| To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Nothing Is more revolving to the mind OF an en-
lighteneu man than the penalty known as capital
punishment, ana a great evidence OF the antipathy
borne toward 1t is exemph1ea by difficulty found
In empanelllng a jury Tor the trial OF murderer.
The sense OF the community is so decidedly opposed
to the punishment OF death that every instinct
lively shrnks from being an instrument In its innic-
ton. Thus 1t is that in every trial for murder.
| among thousand honest and aw-abidlng citizens,
twelve are with difficulty procu ell, no matter how
bastard the crime that has Teen perpe;rated clear
the evidence given Those who do serve are OPP
pressed by the awful weight OF their responsibility
they harassed 10y conviction OF the fability OF
| all human judgments, and they gladly seize upon
the least naw In the evidence as excuse for re-
| turning verdict In a lesser degree.
| Insanity Is favorite plea, and one that Is
generally taken advantage or by artful counsel as
| the surest mode OF Interesting ana Influencing a
Jury in behalf OF the accused. and thus 1t is that in
the OF some or the most cold-blooded murders
| ever committed verdict has been returned OF
| mot guilty." and the criminal has been sent again
| to prey Oh the community. II man Is insane he
should certainly be confined beyond the power OF
| dong harm, tn )ugn the insanity should have
| been but temporary occasioned by some injury
| which exalted the passions to such degree as to
| confound his perception of right and wrong. What
guarantee nave we that similar circumstances may
| not again produce like eject aad lead to otner
| victims OF mis- supposed alteration oi intellect.
| But If perpetual Imprisonment were substituted
for the penalty OF death tue repugnance towards a
| convection IN the FIRST degree wo Id not exist, and
any twelve men could come to their duty unbiased
| and iearlcssly.
| Tne man argument OF the advocates OF the death
| penalty Is, that II serves as an example TO deter
others from the commission OF crime. 1t is grave
error; for experience proves that. II anything, the
| punishment OF death has an extremely dcmoraIiz-
Ing influence on society; that many years since,
when executions were pubic, the judicial murder
ol fellow beng was holiday, marked by RIOT de-
| bauchery, drunkenness and crime. The amount OF
crime generated uader such circumstances IL s I'M
possible to calculate, Tor frequently twenty thirty
persons were committed To PRISON for various
Offences sometimes among them one or two for
murders, thsy being cttered III the very irons worn
by the condemned man. aud To use an expression
we have somewhere met with, (which had scarcely
been laid or long enough TO have got cod.r
Happily these thngs have changed. Public exc
BUTTONS have been abolished, anu they are now per-
t.Iu Ia.l