The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-27

the columns of our religious contemporaries
The pages Of several are filed with explana-
tory statements in regard to the culpability of
certain mercantile firm in this city in is
dealings with the government, which state
ments have the appearance of being paid ad.
vertisements, although assuming in part an
editorial shape. The cause of religion gets
slightly mixed when its newspaper oracles
devote the most conspicuous portions Of their
columns to such publications, at any rata
while the question of guilt or innocence of the
accused is still an open one
The Evangelist, in a lengthy article on the
Indian question, says ''there seems no suffi-
cient ground for the common idea that the
Indian is necessarily doomed to extinc-
ton" and asserts "that there are facts which
attest not only that he may be civilized, but
that his race may even multiply instead OF
wasting away The editor proceeds to show
that the Cherokees have their own written
language, that some of the Sioux have
adopted the dress of the whites "a wea k
ness all Indians have when on the warpath-
and that the Pawnees long noted for their
ferocity, have, during the past three years,
made rapid progress in education and indus
try. The interest in the subject which has
been evinced by the several Christian denomi-
nations which Jhave their representatives in
the Indian field encourages the Evangelist to
hope "that, in the elevation and preservation
of race hitherto rapidly wasting away,
Christianity may reap one OF its most glorious
harvests. Pray it may not be a harvest 81
death, with it's untold savage horrors.
The Independent wants it to be understood
that ''to Captain Jack General Candy was
only the leader of the soldiers who were
trying to give them up to their enemies to be
put to death" After assassinating him, then,
why did Jack strip the body of the General Of
its clothing? Perhaps the red devil is even
now fourishing among his black rocks, with
the uniform of the brave and beloved officer
| upon his own miserable carcass. The hide
pendent does not believe that three hundred
thousand Indians should be exterminated for
the crimes of only two hundred and fifty. II
is not likely they will at least Immediately,
if the work of determination does not go on
any faster than has marked its course in the
case of Captain Jack and his band.
The Christian lnte1igencer solemnly asks
''Does our Christianity teach that Digger
Indian babies are kind of vermin to bs
stamped on, like a nest of young mice OF
young adders?" According to our latest ad.
vices from the Modoc country the United
States troops have not yet exactly reached
their proper stamping ground.
The Christian Union thinks grave mistake
has undoubtedly been committed in the treat
ment of the Modocs. ''The error of mis-.
Judging the temper of the Modocs" says the
editor, (which led to the death of the two
Commissioners was pardonable, though ter
rible in its issue; the error of stopping ia
consider their temper at all, after they had put
themselves in the attitude of armed resistance
was fundamental" The Union continues -
A friend who conversed the other day on this
subject with General Grant informs us that the
h reply 10 aey s a nc m r no, ses
Indian policy. The government would continue
hereafter, as heretofore, to use al means IN It's
It's citizens This seems to us the view OF common
sense. Whether the abolition Of the reservation
system, the breaking up OF the tribes, the estab
lshment OF Indian citizenship the abandonment OF
the connection between Indian agencies and re-
lglOus denominations, and other measures advO-
Gated in various quarters, would be feasible or de-
sirable, is a question the consideration Of which
must be postponed
The Golden Age comes to the conclusion.
after a careful investigation of the subject,
that ''Old Trinity-the cathedral Of dowI
town and the lower classes-the rich church
of the poor people-the Sunday asylum of the
strolling stranger-is, after ALL not only the
proudest but also the most Undetermined
o,,I f,,1 oh in, all no att bo,
in all the land
The Examiner and Chronicle complains of the
apathy in regard to foreign missions, and as
serts that =
While large sums expended on houses Of wor
ship and other instrument aties Tor promoting the
religious life at home the undertakings OF the Mis-
sionary Union in heather lands fall far short OF the
necessities and the opportunities OF the work, and
these inadequate undertakings fail to be carried
out with due efficiency for lack Of the men and
money needed.
The Methodist, in an editorial on the subject
of Journalism and Religion" asks:-''Is it
fact that the tone of the American secular
press has generally become antagonistic to
evangelical Christianity" and remarks:-
The secular press is perhaps the greatest power
now influencing public opinion in this nation. 1t is
daily reiterating Its impressions on US and our
families. Its indirect moral influence Is almost
irresistible in continuously moulding the habtual
thought OF the people. No necessity is more urgent
with the American Christian public than COM
manding secular press which shall properly repre-
sent religious and ecclesiastical affairs IN our prin-
cipa communities.
And just such paper the american
Christian public have in the pages of the
HERALD.
The Liberal Christian discourses profoundly
and learnedly on the Antiquity and Persist
ency of the Unitarian Controversy and other
matters.
The Heenan's journal is happy over the
restored health of the Pope. In discussing
the Modoc murders the Journal considers Cap