, 1873-03-23
To.Day's Sunday-Schoo1 Les
SONIA $4,000 BE-
quest.
The New First Congregational
Church.
Programme Of Tc-Day's services--.Cal-
endar lor the Week,

prevailed "stA great unanlm1ty. that the dt
Ave1ancc Of Foster from tho scnte4ce Of til
courts would be gross outrage upon Justice
and Of incalculablo injury to public morals
Further remarks on the meeting, given in til
Observer, show that, when it was proposed t,
embody this opinion in tho form Of resolution
aud to layit before the Governor, It WIS eajd
and the sentiment prevailed, that such an ex
preston would DO impcrtincut aud indolcate
Is they thought the action WAS Of those clergy
men who have sought to persuade thu
Governor to arrest the cocrso Of ius.
Eco in tnis case. Tho ccurto having ali
acted upon it, and with calm dcliberation con.
signed the murderer to the doom he deserved, il
the Governor was moved By sectarian and minis
terlal influences, or BY his own sympathes, to
thwart the opinions Of the legal tribunals aud
break down the bulwarks OF justice, Oh him Vas
the responsibility, and society would roquiro tho
blood Of the innocent at Ills hands.
Most powerful pressure was brought to bear
upon the clergy, the press, and private iudiyid-
uals, to induce them to favor the murderer.
Thousands and thousands of dollars wero cx-
pended, and any amount wcs ready. But the
number OF petitioners Eas very few, aud the
Immense body Of the law-abidins intelligent
people trcmblcd les: the Governor should. in
fA"y AVA A4AAA~sCA ~ Ju6t Ctll-
munity.
In the enme epirit, tho Christian Onion
adds:
Foster have ottea escaped the ga2ws; but this fact
worked cgatIst rather than for him. II 1sorse men,
guilty OF the s2o oense under Ear agyravatirg
ercumsances had act eo often escaped deserved pun
ishment, the Governor might, perhaps, hxvo thought
t not incompatible nit4 tho public welfare to send
Foster to the s;ate Prison instead Of the galoNr.
Through the cunning ci unscrupulous lawyers, and
tte ignorance and wtkess Of jures, nnd still
more sozry TO add, the untattfuness OF courts i'm
punity for murder b=d almost become rule in this
metropolis OF the New World and all good citi-
xens imIerasively demand rigid execution Of the
law upon tie rra1,G1syor.
As En- Illustration Of tho feeling of prominent
clcrgyIncn i'll Chicago upon this point, VIC give
the subjoinel letter:
To tie Edj:cr q The Chicago Tribune:
SIR: wish to express my very great satisfaction
with the position Of The Ja1rUSE in favor ct the
ton Of Law ior the protection Of human ufe our
ton has Just put down 1surTeciion against its
life. And civil S:a:e ia in leadlv clutch with
the forces Ct for the PRESERVATION CT the sancti.y
Of the iTes Of a cl:zens Il tho former contest, the
nations hcart thrilled br tho prouuncia1ueuto:
The 1rs! man thl. pulls down the og, shoot him
tie spct" To the eiect III this present conflict,
sse the words Of the old herociyan, yet ringing
IN cars: "Eytry man who strikes nurderous
blow tie Ifs Of his fellow must It made feel that
lila own in certain peril" This declaration OF Gov
Dix, IN tbs notorious Eoster cse, agaipEt tho pressure
brought 10 bear upon ha, will tend to tore up public
sentiment all over tho country, ss well IS in his
the supremacy OF the l1. His refusal intc7pcse the
executive clcacncy III t.;s really the highest
exsre.xe Of erey 10 ts p5one waoso @ u. Ives you'd
Of Gods World" Nlioeo sEcdde;l mnn's blood, By
shall bis blood be shed "a law enacted for
kind hundreds Of years teso1e the Mosaic system
up the instincts Of humanity and the wehcinE Of
society demanding that tie will{l murderer just
as safeguard to tie life Of the people It seems Ut
tecIy amazing tha: Or. Ting and other clcrgymen in
New York should be SO carried away by their synra
%r~fAx
lsv wtrh, Il ones embraces the highest justico and
1Ae :-uc~t mercy. il noT.
CHICAGO, March Is, 1873.
THE RELIGIOUS PRESS OF CHICAGO.
No new star appeared on the horizon around
Chicago aftor the successful commencement
Of tho Standard and tho 4drocdte- in !
lest Sunday TR1nuSE-anti tho sacred number
Of soren yenrs had rolled away. The Baptist and
Methodist organs had the field. It WAS for them,
during all tnia while, to herald to the world tho
religious growth and ecclesiaatical movements
u tho rapidly growing city. Standing, as they
lid, then, as now manfully BY the tight, they did
.tions they represented, but for tho general
public good Together they battled for tho
sabbath days observance, temperance, integrity,
he Bible, and the divine ordinances It would !
Fork had been done than wes, but no one can
ell how much more immoral or lces religious
Chicago would have been to-day, if these two
'ioneer religious journals had not pounded away
u ~ atons nose Esven senrs. ine he1. ~
'!nltn' "no 1as enseu .eo oonoo'o !1uIi a tne oe-
eaa G..a LILO 1S9saeB SeB W. P+,,aI ~ @ a"
soe oa4'oAo. oeaI4'o po-Pe'uIil
nenolanse J. M ifom ,no oEo c1eo cuulcnos 4e
~ 1nG ona u tsns -. ~" e11 nuu
outi Jus. ~ 49, sien i;o :. tnu a4 He nau H ~
@ ~ ' peon Th
h;a hI In1n n.nar ~ ras =, 10 40 n01'o VI
'''' fDp0A "'' THE EXPOSITION,
d,ted 1,v +be par Dr y :. H;ca md o,rned liz
n Mccnr7nicl sn1 1 Eso: t WA % q, Ponna nj
rar-;.tnr @ ~ 15.io IL +ha vsh;cia ~ praa1ar.
,nisna in the Vest but alas tin etrort f:;1su.
attainod circulation Of about 600, end thun-
arad forth its Calr;nisn1 for thrne short res-a
nd NV Was then sold to % Dr. Hnr;o. of P,}adeInb;a
las ch;canp " wna fnowad sne.,a;1v ~ W.
the1s to-wit that Of DE- Ncyin. With
be Standard, and Dr.. Erskine. with the ". n.
7resbvferion. Tie former vns sold to tfo Int
Of. which, after reaching circulation OF Go9o,
;as also disposed Of to Ir. 1Iartien, Of Phila,-
e1nhia. Tho Prcsbyterians OF the Northwest.
or some renson, Lave never co-opcrated fully !
-ith tho efforts made in this oity to give them
n orrnn. The Journalistic patriotism-if wa ,
Wv he allowed to use that term-has never been |