, 1873-02-18
NEW YORK.
Religions bigotry."lloa Tho Re7: John
Weiss HAS Treated by Some.
" Young Christians
Agricultural Opposition to Re-
peal Of the Usury
LAWS.
Legislative F1are-Up on the Question
Of Free Railroad
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From Our 0,on Correspondent.
New YonK, Feb II, 1878.
|. TIE nEv. JOHN WEISS
| ts del1ghttng refined aud intellectual audiences
| BY his course OF lecturos on tho " Characters OF
| Shakespeare" which ho ib delivering ut Robinson
hall In this city, md at tho parlors Of tho
Woman's Club, In Brooklyn. "A number Of our
best-knoWn literary men invited him to givo tho
lovers OF tho groat playwright In New York the
benefit Of the scholarly loctnroa ho had prepared
on tho characters OF his heroes and hcro-
ines; and, as Asaoolation Hill, tho hend-
quarters Of tho Young Mons Christian Aa6ooia-
| tion, is central and convenient place, It was
engaged for Mr. Weiss use, OF the tanitor who
is authorized to rent tho hall for lectures, road
lnee, - eto. o.. NO sooner, howovos, had ths Direct
than thoy hold mootlng, cancelled tho contract,
and refused to let Elr. Woiss looture In their
mil Ana rvbvp a,n,n1v ho,.nso ~ w.,u.,
+,'ao,orio.1 Ill.,. s aaa nosas. vtuso ". "'tas
orthodox" that is, they do not CO.
tnoide with the y theological yiews
and opiuions Of tho Directors Of thu Yonno
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jmmaon1ate Young 0hr;atinna aid mt h,sa +ha;r
refusal OF the hall upon anything immoral In
| the character of Mr., Woiaa. or ANYTHING obncene
t., ,,;s q uch.ro,tora ~ ah,1,sn.oxo - ~. ~ =.
morale ara irreproaohable. and hin leotnroa
| chaate and scholarly. Wherever ho is known, ho
| ia respected and loved He never, like PHELPS,
| Dodoo 4 a.. imnortod Iaad atatnorv ~.
made falao invoices for the purpouo Of
defrauding tho Government. Ho never, like
me christian statesman" Fomeroy' bought OF
bribed his way into Congress. Ho mover, like
Wileon, Brooks, Colfax, Patterson, Kelley, and
| other pinIs Of pietv ;ant rroprtatv took uredft
.ao'o. '..on "uu n.1 @'ous ~ oaa ~ aono
| any or all OF those things, and been sound Oh
| the goose" theological, ho could have had tho
use OF Association Hall. and Hno questions
reformcrs. and tho hull IN which Cough
can an, perform his s1'ties, Mr.: Mrs: Stowe
Mrs. scott-siddons smile prottily and
read pleasantly, has its doors impudently closed
in bis faoo BIZ them. Was thore eyer moro IN
he dsSes sass s 9sGtS
| fort. however. to know that their fanatioisr3-to
cnl It by no harsher name-has aroused such a
shirt Of riahteoue INDIGNATION among rirht-
thinking people. that tho robuIes% % those small
eoulcd Creatures have received. and are roceiT-
ing. make them faoi na much ssi,amed At fhoir
oontten1ptiblo narroy-rnindcdnes as they arc c.
pable of feeling, And much good may oyentu-
mon 1 9 freedom q Of opinlon. >A4 11'11' ~S'~'A
| ''foA @Ns''A TItr rAns,rna,
It seems to mo the snn noyer shone IN . Glass
| Of mon more blind to their own intereata. and
on1tural olassoa Of NOV York. Thepa nv Ire fvo
bllIa before tho Ioeislature at Aibany,-one to
exempt bonds and mortgages from taxation, and
the ofhor to repeal the Usury laws,-that ought
to uaes without dissenting voice, Yet strange
to saY, thoy aro meeting with tho bitterest oppo-
stion from tho very men they would benefit
most. In all parta Of the State, tho
farmers arc fighting against them, and
| froro tho rnra1 Ainfrirtu aon,nnt fhn{r nea