The New York herald., 1871-10-08

recently disclosed, that our religious contem-
poraries would have been overburdened during
the past week with homilies on the enormity Of
crime in high places, and that they would
have suggested the remedies necessary to
purge the body polite of its present fstid
impurities-and there are a number of articles
touching on the subject. In the columns of
the Christian Union, Henry Ward Beechers
paper, we find an editorial under the heading
of "Honest Men for Leaders" But this does
not touch upon Tammany corruptions at ALL
Mr.. Beecher seems to have turned sharp
corner on the r0ttenness at the New
Court House, and gone straight toward the
Tom Murphy in the following irreverent
manner
1t Is not the question whether the Collector has
been faithful IN MS present Office nor whether ne
has served tie republican party with fidelity, nor
whether he Is skilful political manager, nor
whether he IS useful to this or to that partisan chel
in The republican party The question IS larger. ls
It right to put q dishonest and dishonored man at
M zens TOT 70 follow him. or else 10 Withdraw from poll
tics ' WIN General Grant insult the men
giving them for a leader man whose alleged deeds
should have consigned him to the PenitentiaryS Is
this the ROAD to the permanent influence Of the re-
publican party There Is no middle ground Mr..
murphy must either be cleared or cleared out.
In the midst of the excitement attending the
shortcomings of wrstched Tammany it must
be refreshing to the public to know that there
are still other fields from which the stubble Of
corruption should be rooted out.
The Christian Union exhibits an apprecia-
tive sense of the subject it treats of when it
says ''there is good deal of talk about the
waning power of the pulpit" and continues:
The secular press, especially in some OF its repre-
sentatlveS, seems to CONSIDER Itself as the established
successor to the dep0sed monarch. There are few
things more edlfyng than 10 read the Monday morn
ing comments OF some Of our city dallies on the
preaching OF the day before. BY turns they pat the
clergy on the mead as humble assistants In the great
moral work In which the press is chief agent. ana
severely reprOve their sins OF wordiness. selfseek
ing and ineniciency. On the whole, we get the i'm.
preston that preaching Is q mcdl4val relic, not
without good uses, but rapidly losing Its power In
comparison with the nineteenth century forces OF
steam. telegraphs and. above all. newspapers
This kindly reference to the HERALDs Mon
day morning reports Of sermons delivered the
day before would be more highly appreciated
were it not coupled with first rate notice of
some bound volumes of sermons printed some
two or three months, or perhaps years, after
and newspapers, to which Mr.. Beecher refers,
have but few way stations nowadays. The
motto is progress-"g ahead'-even if it
include the solemn freightage of religion.
The Methodist glories in the "Downfall of
the Ring" and continues
We must now. while we are reforming. reform
thoroughly. The rogues speak with knowledge
when hen I tney say they expect tnat all this trouble
1" will blow Over.o They know New York. ana well
understand that New York IS shocklngly indifferent
70 its own affairs. The lawyers, the merchants, the
samlnIstration; Now that we are saving New &
sp0llatiOn.
The Methodist wants New York managed
without regard to the distinctions of political
party. ''The Devil" it says, ''never invented
prettier device for arraying honest men
against each other than that which obtains in
our present method of making city nomina-
tions." We have thought for long time that
Satan must have had some hand in making
certain local nominations, but we never have
had such sound religious authority for the
fact beforehand spoken out so boldly, tool
The chief feature, however, in the Methodist
this week is the leading editorial on the Subject
of ''Mormonism and Methodism," topic
equally as live as that of our local politics.
According to the Methodist several Christian
denominations are already hard at work in the
Territory and with the best prospects. The
Protestant Episcopal Church is singularly
energetic. The Methodists only want a suita-
BILE edifice and material aid to get up lively
revival among the Mormons, whose heresies
are fast succumbing before what Brother
Beecher would call ''steam, the telegraph and
newspapers" aided, we might suggest, by the
Gentle logic Of Judge Mexican and the not
quite so gentle logic Of Uncle Sans artillery.
The 7dbtet-Catholic organ-in reply to
letter from Mr. w. Seton, written in Munich,
Bavaria, says
We are STRUCK even shocked at the ignorance OF
the populations OF old catholic countries. not OF the
81 on ans which, rests
another Iault with Continental Catholics say In
France, Italy, spain and Austria. in giving up
the management OF public AFFAIRS TO mere nominal
Catholics Pr0teStants, Jews and Inndels II they
a mo Gr the Of
had not the power and were not responsible lOr It's
exercise; but when power passed into the hands OF
Catholics they became responsible for the acts OF
the government, and were even bound to manage
public affairs IN accordance with the principles and
interests OF their religion.
The Golden Age-Theodore Tilton-touches
on municipal anarchy, and says:-
II the leaders OF the Ring cannot be brought to
justice through the courts tney must be impeached
or compelled TO resign. The government must be
snatched out OF their criminal hands and given TO
men IN wnom the people have confidence. Nothing
short OF TINS Will satisfy The aroused and determined
temper OF our people. They demand that now a
blow shall be struck which shall smite down all
offenders and make repetition OF their crimes I'M
possible; and Il the Committee tof Seventy stops
short OF this its members Will find that they have
played with nre over magazine OF powder.
The Obser0er calls for the combination of
good men against the conspracies of the bad"
and remarks -
The time has come for good men TO assert them
selves In tner political associations, and by main
tanning their Integrity among bad men, compel their
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