New-York tribune., 1873-07-04

order 10 get rid OF oil religion that does not hold from
| the state or as we Americans say, from the people
It's design with the leaders OF public opinion is to get
rid of religion and train mp children and youth IL pure
secuarism, only another name for atheism; Tor wn"t
else s the assertion Of the supremacy OF the ttate o
the secular or OF the human order, but the dena Oh
God since, 70 deny the supreme dominion OF Co.. OF INC
supreme dominion OF the Word made hesh' II "o
much atheism is the denial of the being oi oou
Nothing but the saving power OF the only uu'
can preserve society and government from a'"I po
struction owe as Catholics must whatoye7 IA pres
emf dscouragemens continue to assert as We nave uc
gun by defining them the rights OF God Represented Ny
the church. the rights Of the family Represented '9 ~
parent and the rights of society represen'eu Wy ""
state defined consecrated and placed under 'ne Pio
lection of conscience by the church Our demands WI"
h heodod or resisted to-day, will be scofed nj py
nuhlc opnion but we must not faer we must persiSt
m nroelamipg the right and in demanding )usuee' anu
only iustice and the time will come "heh VIC e""''
| be listened TO- when he in whom we uus' WIZ 'o'
| 70 he heard and enable us 10 taVe Ao',''
! ar,bortv. and society, as wen as our own souls
An effectual mode OF disposng Of the pes'he' pho'
hrs % ,he Dresent day is laid down In the following
cbeertu programme, which needs only touch OF tne
Inouisiton TO be perfect "From the point Vi VIC" "
morals op tried by rigdly ethical Standard euc SCI
entsts as Darwin Sir Charles Lye Sr Johh buoooch'
Tatne Bfehuer. Professor Huxley, Herbert Spencer
others OF the same genus WIZ Iubueh VpiAiNhSi
uries hypothesis which at best only plausible con-
lectures under the imposing Of science and which
unsette mems minds bewider the hafearned, misead
the ignorant undermine the very bases OF society ana
assa the whole moral order OF the universe, are fear
fully guilty aud thousand times more dangerous 70
society and greater criminals than your most noted
thieves robbers burglars swndlers, murderers OF MD
night assassains Instead Of being held In honor feted
and lauded as the great OF their age and country
haId no hem
deserve that public opinion should brand them with in-
fanny as the enemies Of God and man. OF religion ana so
ciety of truth and justice OF science and cvzaton
They are such men as IL followed the injunction OF
81 John the apostle Of love- should refuse to receive
| into our houses, or even to bid goodday"
! THE NORTH AMERICAN.
| The present number maintains its usual char
scter In the selection OF subjects Of public and political
interest rather than Of questions perainugto TO literature
and art The most prominent articles are on ihe FRO
posed Changes in the Telegraph System" in which Mr.
Gardiner Hubbard reerates his favorite arguments for
the transfer Of the telegraph from private corporations
| 10 the General Government "Fres and Fire Depart
ments" commenting the defects of the prevailing
American system for the extinguishment OF fires, as
illustrated especially in the great conhagraons III chi
cago and Boston and the recent Session OF Congress-
in which tho principal transactions OF that body are
frankly handled without any attempt at circumocuon
In the Critical Notices." which form the most readable
part of the number the position Of the late Mr. BncKe
as a philosopher and historian receives fair II not an
exhaustive estimate. His peculiar merit is stated TO be
the change OF the discussion OF the laws OF historical
progress the domain OF abstract philosophy to that
oi literature which he did with remarkable breadth
and boldness thought and in agreeable aud lucid
style attract and hold attention But Mr. Buckle,
! though a great reader no scholar. university
education would have stood him in good stead. His
reasoning defective account OF the inadequaoy OF
ms materials, both In his treatment OF the natural
sciences and of special historical questions. Many OF
the books he made Of OF very secondrse char
acter. In mythology for instance he makes no mention
Of MaxIAler nor IN Egyptology of Lepsius Brugsoh.
One OF the Notices accords high praise to Mr Matthew
| ArnOlds Literature and Dogma" which, considering
the decided hostility Of that work to the religious ideas
| of tbe age, must be deemed not little remarkable.
The writer afiims that though the book has strong
flavor Of Mr. Arnolds personality. at will be found TO
express words great deal which many had been un-
consciously working out in their minds" 1t is
certainly bold assertion that It tends to help Chris
tiany, however hostile it may be found to separate
sects" unless the term used merely Pickwickiau
! sense.
| THE NATIONAL QUARTERLY.
The subjects treated in this Review embrace
a wide range OF ancient and modern literature from
Alchemy and the Alchemists" TO the "NapOleOnc DT
nasty" including the Material Hypothesis OF the Soul,
/ and "Our Wonderfully Reformed City Government"
The material hypothesis Of the SOUL which is explained
IN elaborate paper, suppOses that there is In man
refined supersensibe substance III which the psychcal
force resides which is separated from the grosser
and sensible portions of the body at death when the
subsensibe substance is held in combination with the
sensible all the functions OF perceiving by
the senses are performed The sensations Of the exter
world conveyed directly TO The subsensible sub
stance because is compounded with the sensible por
tons OF the body. The subseDsble substance may be
combined only with the brain, may be combined with
whole body; but in either the operation OF tho
sensitive aud the perceptive powers, physical and
psychical perception, must be practically simultaneous.
The dissolution this substance from the rest OF the body
at death. easily supposabe on the principles which
chemistry and biology discovered; for II easy
for nature dissolve is for her 70 compound" An
article "The sun and its Phenomena" describes the
results Of late researches the subject and without at
tachDg too much importance TO their scope and achieve
ments concludes that are as yet unable to deduce
from them general idea Of the solar constitution All
our knowledge still provisional, and at best We can
| only claim 10 have made step forward toward the
| solution Of the grandest problem Of the sciences.