New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-16

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erfully to the heart and kinde the ~ them
t easy for to attach an exaggeratsd vs s,r,inng
In truth no virtue more needs s INV own very
limited observation Of life should say tnas wcak
very benevolent Mstvs 70 the appro
baton OF Others readily to vanity anu an - Tar
from madness The strong are just. And justice Is
far rarer Dobler higher, more difficult hing ths y,
Olence. But benevOlsnce being the popular 'utuo ~,
the century there is general propensity TO win lts
easy and lavish honors Hard old money ~; H..
long life OF hard dealing amuse dreary, ehlaleas,
friendless oveless old age by founding institutions o
which we have too already, and conslgnng MASSES
Of ilgotten property 10 the spoauon ana mismanase
ment OF trustees. .
just taxation OF these institutions win but nyigorate
those which have right 10 exist. and gradually eAtn-
gush those which ought to have been called INTO
being. ~,
haps all good dead heads IN other lands when they have
died, have come to Americas; and we know ior a COT
tainty that many have been translated hitler without
going through the ceremony OF dying Desdhea1sm IN
the United states has been cause Oh o ss cor
rupted by it, The franks OF members OF Congress useu
to lie about eyeryWnere ana psops pssses was
told that nobody but fool eyer paid MS iare bao
making an effort TO change all this: The late Horace
Greeley OF the first 10 set hs face against lo
deadead principle in all its manifestations going so
far "A TO nut down his four cents every time he took
copy OF Tue TRIBUNE from the counter Oh ms own
office. When the late Horace r. Clark OHereu mn a,
Chicago free pass TO NewYork he refused IT, ana dc,
nOunced with his usual vehemence the entre system vi
priyiiere has been abolished Mileage il allowed no
more Free stationery and penknives relninis-
oence. These three great measures OF reform snce 10
redeem whatever errors OF judgment the last Congress
may have committed The railroad corporations are
making vigorous effort TO break up the fraudulent sys
em OF free passes Conductors of the great newspapers
no longer quarter members OF their stan upon notes Inc
free list Ia every and in everything struggling 70
get susDended IL remains erase from our statute
books the entire catalogue OF exemptions from taAaton
and to adopt 1t an nyiolable principle that Whatever
property the State protects shall contribute us qoa 70
the States support or II the churches anu
prefer it-nO taxation, no protection
THE DISCUSSION.
Mr. Francis f. Abbot OF Boston regarded tho reading
the Bible schools relic OF the medieval ages
He had no objection to others enjoying their own pecu
liar beliefs but he did MT want their beliefs crammed
forobly down his throat. He thought That the adVo
Gates OF reading deuded antagonists to the puohc
schools themselves, whose safety depended wholly upon
tho intelligence and virtue OF the people. we VINO
believe In our Republic De continued, must lnsIss upo
the defense OF our public schools as S to seo1ar
education alone He regarded the Constitution of the
United entirely free from all faint OF Ogoty
OF religious crecds, and would nave all state Consul S
brought into harmony with H. oeclarlan ulhot-
encos STATE affairs were like pebbles inside OF 9ecaCe
neutrality-suspicious. lnenaoes Oh ther uitiiae di
ton Should any ask him what Tree reglons OudlnR'
he would reply, Look at tnis Republic And when we
look at IT, should feel tho same realty hat tne roman
Catholics do for their church. aud DO as much Iort
then should have here temple sacred 10 humanity
Col Hgginson said that the little State OF Rhode
Island, which was his home. there were marked pc
taxation Tue State Constitution says that no person
shall be taxed for the support Of any religious ialA
Island finds this guarantee broken as often as
tax-paying day comes about ana mas 10 tahe
should fall upon church property. In Rhode Island
churches cases individual ndugehces tnae
any person have his own estate II ne chooses 10
pay Tor them. On one OF the most valuable lots III new
port humble church ed1ce belonging TO tue MINIS
ter OF the church and his brother They own the cnrh
in fee simple, and 1t is probably the ony
free church in America so far as the cie el.
Is advancing in Newport, and any day these men eau
sell tnis property which they never paid taxes and
III, IN rs. N
it is not a matter church immunity but of individual
immunity. Holding church from taxation throws Tue
burden on persons outside that church Roman CathO
lie church IN Providence recently bought Tor SiUOVvO
eligible land just outside the city when noa
OF ten years, without having borne any burden oil
taxation. the church can seI the anu an az
lc ana others, acquiring landed property as speCula
ton but do strongly object TO the taxes when they
e.ca ne coming out OF my pockets The advance OF
Catholicism is not especially TO Dc depored on account
OF any distinctive characteristics Every churcn re-
enough aud fully organized. Ihe orgduZaton oI an
ecclesiastical body ana the basis Oh its 'nOugnt arc
oism. In the matter of Bible reading IN schools, we
nave TO contend the rights Of the Roman Catholics TO
save our own We reason to DO glad that Catho-
cisIn in tnis country as also that there are
Lavish syBagogues among US, tnat they both may fur
nth additional tests Tor religious federation.
object strongly to retaining ana enforcing
even 10 the retaining it without enforcing be-
cause in the latter the Bible Is 100 often looked
upon as a fetish idol 1t stands as something super
natural preternatura inconsistent with every word VI
science taught 10 children In the basis on which 1t
mt In the midst OF the progress of science IN the nne
teenth century there remains this stagnant some
thing about which children are permitted 10
ask no unfettered questions. There Is something
melancholy Sin the not uncommon position
OF radical and enlightened persons who send their chill
dren back TO the OF Dewilderment which they
have escaped and to take the errors they have lett
behind Protestant mothers send their girls to Roman
Catholic schools and too often their lives are made
desOate by their entering nunneries Even
among great thinkers the lasting effects OF early
superstt0ns may be traced Roman Catholicism lald
its terrible impress in early life upon the magnificent
mind OF Auguste COmte, and he spent great part OF
his DAYS in organizing his ideas INTO Roman Catholic
forms making them and small. Col HigglnsOn,
I'm closing enlarged upon good fortune OF those who
were trained literally, and subjected TO the ago
MES sOrrOws and sOctudes OF puzzling over cOnVc-
lions OF total deprayity aud the tine points OF CaYns
To-DAY's PROGRAMME.
The Rev. Mr.. rockingham announced the
programme OF day follows:
Morning Session, a. ma by Prof Edward
L. and discussions questions relating To the
general subject OF Science aud Religion, 10 Do parcl
pated in by the Rev. John Weiss, j, W. CHADWICK, VIII
liam C.. Gannett, and T. W. Higglns0n;, paper by
Anthony Brown Blackwell on Natural Religion aud sub
iects connected Herewith, to be read at IL IN.
Evening SessIon.-Essay on The Religion OF Human
ity," by the Rev John Weiss, aud discussion By MIR.