The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-19

the merits or dement's Of his reign. His
career its trials its glory, its great crime and
his punishment are known to the whole world,
and child can draw the moral. eff history
teaches anything, if the fate of the two Napo-
Icons has any lesson we learn from Sedan and
Cnlselhurst no less than from Waterloo and
st. Helena that it is fatal to betray the Church
of God
The Revie,o thinks it is idle to speculate
upon what is to be the future of the young
man whom already they call Napoleon Nv.
IF ever, it says, che energies from the OBJ
security of exile the bitter experience of his
race and the prudent counsels Of that noble
woman his mother, may win for him differ
emit fate from that of his father and grand
uncle"
irreverent, considering the divinity that
doth hedge king" when it refers to the dead
ex-Emperor as plain Louis Napoleon, and
goes on to say
This corruscation in the political ornament has
gone down in the obscure night: and, outside of
very narrow circle unwept. unhOnOred He was
the principal one that betrayed our Hoy Father
Pope Plus TX, into the hands Of his PiedmOntese
enemies. AS participation in this sacrllege, he was
tpso Jdcto, excommunicated, When he was sud.
denly, dying they ran Tor the priest. The priest
camensoo latel Aors peccato,um passimdl, In
this loose age we suppose some priest will be
found somewhere to say a funeral mass for him
or at least over his dead body. But William II.
Oh England, william RUFUS, did less harm to the
Churcn, and less Indignantly, than Louis Napoleon
ala. or William, the monks OF Mslmesbury, whom
ne had despOiled, recorded that HE died I'M
shriven, and no prayers were said for his SOUL"
The Catholic Mirror (Baltimore) has nothing
but sympathy and respect for Eugene, but for
Napoleon, it afirms, no Catholic can feel
respect
His talents were shining, his greatness as ruler
pre-emnent, but the heart was laithess, and, in
placing the head of the Church in the power of the
Pope's enemies and then abandoning him TO their
U0ssack mercies. Napoleon sloped the way to his
own certain destruction. Plus TX. is still at
Rome and Napoleon sleeps in the exlle's grave in
foreign land. We are looking lOr Bismarck next.
And SO, we lear, is His Majesty below.
The Liberal Christian (Unitarian) Rev. DR..
Bellews-passes the obsequies of Napoleon
and touches on another French product-to
wit, the Credit Mobilier In its opinion it is
already plain that however technically and
formally correct the operations of the Credit
Mohilier may have been, it's ideas of propriety
have partaken somewhat Of the French char
acteristics of it's high sounding name. cit is
this peculiar French morality which has just
Emperor, from which America has so much to
fear" Continues the Liberal Christian -
There is altogether too much ground for the
Paris when they die" The fact is they 20 there so
frequently before they die that they have very
not merely French gloves and silks and laces, but
French morals and characters, and too many Of
them give evidence OF having been residents there
in spirit, even If they have never crossed the
ocean.
Our Baptist contemporary rejoices in every
investigation which helps to reveal rottenness
and corruption in the leaders of the people,
If its existence be successfully disproved the
result is much more agreeable and perhaps
quite as salutary to public morals as the con-
trary. We are, it says heartily opposed to
the recklessness which speaks i'll of all those
in power as we are to the whitewashing which
saves knaves and thieves in high places from
exposure. Let the truth be known, whatever
it is.
'Life or Decay" among the Israelities, and
talks right out in the synagogue in the man
ner following; that is to say -
There is no lack of intelligence, Of money OF
able men to expound our history; it Is nothing less
Than downright Indifference on the part OF the
prosperous portion OF the community that Is an
swerable for the disgraceful darkness prevalent
among Jewish young men on the history Of their
own race Our well-to-do men have given gener
ously for many noble charities rejecting credit on
and exacting respect for the name of Israel; but
no provisions have been made, we venture TO say
In any three places in this country for an able,
clear and connected series oil lectures on Jewish
history
1t has long been boast of the Hebrews that
they have no paupers Of their sect burden
upon public charities. How proper it is, then,
for the well-to-do to see that there should be
no poverty in knowledge among them, espe-
cially as relates to the history of their own
race
The Jeaoish Messenger strikes similar
strain. It calls upon Jewish fathers (no OBJ
lection, probably, to grandfathers) to provide
means for training the Hebrew youth, begin
ing with the school to interest them in the
story of Judaism-its origin, its struggles, its
innate superiority, its mission, its destiny
lead them to practice their religion, to become
proud Of their race, ito emulate the good
deeds Of their ancestry, to do their part in the
work of the present day as worthy citizens Of
. great republic and faithful members of the