New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-10-07

| an amendment to the constitution, to be
submitted to the United States Senate for
Its action, looking to better and more
practical mode of eiecting President and
VICE President, and providing tribunal
to adjust and decide all questions relative
to presidential elections which may be con-
tested.
Acknowledgement Italia, Tybee, Ply
mouth, Thuringia, Seminole, Barves and
Perriere
Arrived out-Salnaritan, France, Repub-
lie, New York and Australia.
Tue Evangelical Alliance to be Enter
tained.
The recommendation Of Mayor Have
Meyer, that the hospiralities of the city be
extended to the Evangelical Alliance, passed
the board of aldermen to-day. 1t was OPP
posed in the bosrd OF assistant aldermen by
MIR. Clancy. but passed that body also.
FroceeGings OF the Evangelical Alliance.
At the afternoons session of the alliance
at St. Paurs Methodist Episcopal Church.
Professor Arnold Haygot spoke some time
on :he subject of geology and the Bible.
Next paper on Christianity and humanity
was read by Or. }. Williamson >evin, of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The discourse
was very deep and philosophical. AT the
conclusion he was greeted with hearty ap-
plause.
Professor Edmund Speiss, OF the Univer
sity of jena. was next introduced. His
subject was theology and philosopy. The
speaker spoke in broken English, but never
theless his address was no: devoid of inter
est. He Gilated az some length on the diff
ferent races and religions, and their relaton
20 each other. He ended by hoping the
whole world wDnld at some future day be-
come united in their religion.
4 gentleman in the aisle of the church
then rose and proposed the following gues-
tion to Principal Dawson: 'Is there a nee
essary antagonism between the Darwinian
theory and Christian church F' Upon rising,
Principal Dawson said that it was rather
hard question and that it would take we'll
prepared treatise to respond satisfactorily.
He remarked. however. that he would do
his best. He said:
In science we don't hold that We san do
anything without matter and force; we
must possess either. scientists hold to
creation and the Spencerian philosophers
hold that they can produce living bodies
from dead matter. This they have not,
however, as yet, fully proved. The Oar
wi1ian system is as follows: That all forms
of vegeta ble.anima! matter are the result of
undesigniDg force. Darwin reasons us 30
the possibility Of the development of
species. but does not produce any scientific
facts. There may be ii modified variety Of
truth ia the Darwinian system as to the
various varieties of the races, but that man
was produced from an ape does not at oil
accord with scripturai revelations"
The speaker treated this subject in
highly scientific manner and drew several
philosophical conclusions. He answered
several questions put TO him by DE-. Hodges,
the celebrated theOlogian, relating to the
suhinct satisfactorily.
A missionary from China. DR.. Aiken,
spoke tor some time on the similarity of
some portions Of the religion of barbarous
natons--especially those of Chlna--to the
forms of the Catholic Church.
Another reverend gentleman spoke en-.
Enthusiastically in opposition TO the Darwin.
ian system. The conference :hep adj'nrned.
4 meeting will be held at Association
Hall tonight. The proceedings will b"
conducted entirely in French. There will
be four meetings to morrow. at one OF
which Henry Ward Beecher makes an adj
dress.
The meeting of the alliance at Association
Hall tonight was very thlnIy attended. NJ.
Bovet. Of Paris. presided. Rev. ID. S. Chotf
welcomed the French delegates in behalf OF
the American branch of the alliance. clos
ing with til. hope that France will! soon en-
iev the blessings Of general education and
morality.
Professor Charter responded, after which
speeches were made by NM. Decappet.
Linieer. Fisch. Bregner and Rochlein. M.
Decappet declared that Catholicism was
the great enemy of France, and the preach
ing of puye Scriptures the only hope vi that
nation.