The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-11-19


Were one to Judge frou the captions Of the
editorials in the Leading religious papers pub
ished In this city this week there would be
conclusive evidence that our religious contem-
poraries are taking more lively interest in
the progress of politics than in the progress Of
religion.
For example, the O5seroer (brimstone re.
puollcan) gives leading editorial article on
the "Power and Duty of the Secular and Reli-
gious Press" in which an Indulgence" is
granted, one that might have been supposed
TO emanate from the Pope of Rome. to the
effect that ''the great license granted to the
press is not az unmitigated evil" The o.
serger goes on to say: -
Some prominent and most useful papers are sw,n
and persistent In the detection and exposure or
lnjuIy they wish to effect, while they pass in sIe1ce
or with faint rebuEe II they do not openly defend,
snis n practices s Of their own pry Nor
The vice as widespread as the parties themselves
Good Christians. able and godv minister's OF the
Gospel are injected with the same prejudice and
blindness-a moral inability to see the beams In
their own eyes, so hideous and huge, TO their Wis
l0n appear the deTeclS IN Others
''Good minister's able and cody ministers
of the Gospel of the Presbyterian stamp
should take warning from the above, else they
may be unfortunately classified in the cate
CORY of those who are called the German
silver" Presby terian oracles of the day.
The EUangeiist-not of the German silver
style of Presbyterianism, but more of the
''true blue" order-gives the public an
editorial on the ''Uprisng of the People," the
text being the result of the election week
before last. These are the deductions of tho
Evangelist =
For some time past the impression had been gain
I'M Ing that our city government was managed wholly
That fraud ran riot In all our public affairs. The
press did It's duty nobs IN exposing these abomna-
lions. The vague general charge OF fraud was for
titled by evidence by arrays Of facts and figures that
could not be denied till at last the convection
not with rage and Indignation. When the pubic
mind IS IN this mool politicians can do nothing.
wind.
1t may be all very well for our worthy
religious confrere to say that these municipal
malefactors are ''driven before the wind"
but why are they not driven into the State
Prison?
The Evangelist continues -
And yet we must not forget that In this fgh,
against corruption nobody stood in the ranks more
manruy than Samuel J. Tilden and Charles
O'Conor and hundreds like Them 1t would only
pary triumph lea IS something nne hgsr
ana better It 10 victory Of the people over those
who. entrusted with power and responsibility, have
deceived and pundered them.
The fact of its not being ''a mere party
triumph" may be determined after the people
witness the action of the incoming Legislature.
Albany is a kind of Crock of Ages, upon
which many party bark has split
The Evangelist furthermore says:-
And this result gives faith, not only In the
people, but in our institutions. as furnishing safe
spring up under them. We confess we had begun
to lose our confidence and to ieei that in this city
effort for reform we had enormous odds against US.
Universal suffrage male the votes OF tens OF thou
sands Of ignorant freshmen Just landed on our
shores equal to those OF many intelligent Ameri
cans. With this mass OF Ignorance to contend
against and with all the low elements OF the city
organized under the lead Of cunning and unscrupu-
lous men, the better part OF the community nad Dut
general was feeling that many OF our best men
despaired OF peaceful remedy, and began TO talk
CO. ke na OF san
ter justice on the heals OF this organized rulanism
A vigilance committee" headed by the
genial followers of the Evangelist would have
been terrible organization, no doubt. But
when any religious sect, no matter who they
are or where they come from, whether hea-
then, pagan, Catholic or Protestant, begin to
talk of vigilance committees they only ex-
asperate the public mind, and the result is the
contrary from what its originators propose to
accomplish.
The Independent gives US chapter upon
the ''Waterloo Defeat Of Tammany Rascality,"
apostrophizing as follows.
Thank God that this oligarchy Of politicians and
Knaves has at last been crushed The election OF
last week gave to the party IN the city
O deserved waterloo defeat Inc people rose IN
their might and hurled the power OF the popular
Will AGAINST the party that mad been politically al
lied with the New Y Ork ring OF thieves, and made
pretence Of disavowIng the alliance until 1t saw
the storm gathering ana the DAY OF Judgment near
al hand
This sudden and overwhelming revolution
of public feeling, continues the Independent,
has meaning which politicians and political
parties would do well to remember. Cor
ruption and rascality, however successful for
time, have their appointed bounds, even
under the most despotic governments, and
certainly so under those Differed and regu-
lated by the popular will.
Says the Independent, finally -.
1t now only remains to bring the Tammany
rascas and their allies to penal justice. and then
this chapter in human history Will be fully written.
The Golden Age leads off with the ''Rout
of the Ring" and goes on to say:-
Our only fear Is that the people viii lose their
patience and get tired before their work Is done.
They have taken step winch requires to be followed
up by march, campaign, crusade. We have be-
gun war not only upon the Tammany Ring, but all
corruption and fraud, ana all Rings OF every sort.
This the significance OF the election Of last week.
1t was blow struck at all peculation and misuse
or governmental patronage and lobby legislation;
the blow aimed at the head OF Tweed was also
meant for Murphy, and all other fraudulent officials
whose passion Is pecuation and whose influence Ii
faint.
The Golden Age evidently desires to see a
Charles O'Conor in Washington.
The New York Tablet, Catholic organ, gives
an article on the ''Month Of the Dead" and,