The New York herald., 1873-11-24
PRAYERS for the President, Con-
gress and the People.
lCastelar's Struggle for Liberty in Spain and
Cuba-.HOw Should We Deal with the
Weakest Republic Of Europe!
Blind spain without Sab
bath or Bible.
The Fate Of Tweed and the Trials of
the Poor and Famished.
LYRIC HALL

Our Growing Army OF Unemployed
Observation-Disclosures and Sentence OF
Tweed-The virginius Massacre and
the Duty Of the Government-sermon
nv the Rev. O. Il. FrothinSham.
The unusually large attendance at Lyric Hall
Yesterday morning was undoubtedly due TO the gen
eraI suppositon that Mr.. rockingham would speak
on the Cuban question. His subject, though not
specially this topic, was OF that broad character,
the subject being "Humanty," that embraced this
quite naturally. if not necessarily, within the
range OF ideas discussed. He alluded to an
other topic OF present absorbing Interest-the
trial and conviction OF Tweed. After some general
PREDATORY remarks, he said that the word hu-
manlty was comparatively new one and OF re-
cent origin. 1t occurs, he said, lew times in
Shakespeare, but is not iound once in the Bible.
Pity is not humanity; charity is not humanity
the great word in the New Testament is charity.
1t does not mean love or brotherhood. The Chris
tan exercises charity toward his fellow creatures
II is not amsglving but the bond that unites
mutual believers. This is not humanity. BY hu-
manity we mean something organic. Kindred
people are by the tie OF blood that holds all to-
gether, and this tie holds good under all circum-
stances. Take the bond OF friendship which is the
noDest that holds individuals together. Friend
ship Is the relation between people whose higher
qualities are in sympathy. They try to build one
another up in nobeness and are mutual servants
who are serving each other all the while. Friend
ship Is limited. The
TIE OF CITIZENSHIP,
by which every man in the community is united
20 every other man is wider. We are kindred with
perhaps dozen, friends with few but we are all
members of community, all workers together,
wise and for the increase and perpetuation OF
humanity. Does the German acknowledge the
humanity OF tho Frenchman? or does the IriShman
admit the equality of the negro9 Weigh the word
Itself. 1t comes from the Latin homo,
which NEAR means "a, man, and homo comes
are all made OF the dust. Out OF the ground we
all come on the ground we all LABOR; from the
ground each man draws his sustenance, and into
the ground We all sink when our labor is over.
common labor and common lot makes Us oil one
whether we be American or Spanish, English or
African common destiny belongs to every one,
and this means a common future. Education, i'm
provement and mutual discipline is what is implied
IN the law OF humanity. Benevolence is q feeling
30 pity and generosity Feeling comes without
call; humanity rests in silence. The workingman
says regarding humanity, that IT ought to give
tions ought TO be obnterated. II is unequal and
innuman that a few should have much and so
many nothing. How should we feel If we were
laporers and our children
DEPENDED UPON Us FOR BREAD
that we could not Nrnlshf Yet, there ls this fun
damental question OF humanity which Is para
mount above all other. We pity them and would
shed tears Of blood or them, but then society has
continued, the lie OF John Stuart Mill His father
was intellectual and very much attached to this,
;n intellectual pursuits The boy had hours for plays
but even while he was walking in the garden he
was reciting some lesson to his father This in
telectual law was continually over him. The other
DAY heard OF mother who had favortte child
little GIRL graceful IN form and beautiful in face
VINO was INDUCED in all she desired
she was never corrected nor crossed. These
are two extreme cases OF domestic training
Winch was inhuman? The mothers system was
eweeter and gentler, but more ruinous. All the
humanity in Mill was carefully perpetuated and
cultivated and his senses kept in subjecton to his
thoughts. The other was dlsohedlent and would
grow up to be woman OF the world cold and self
ish AS a wife she would he very uncomfortable
and as a mother negectful and selfish.
THE CRIMINALS PLEA.
The criminal presents himself before society and
begs ior light punishment he says, I'VE are all
getting living. You are getting yours honestly;
am getting mine dishonesty. / work and you
work" II he is what he is 1t is because society has
NOT not treated mi him ii, as man What right
interested IN the human qualities. II cannot
allow It's members to degenerate into murderers
the Criminal there is another humanity to be con-
9oered. IL orders the criminal TO be shut up IN
prison Humanity does not require him to be
treated leniently or TO 90 at large. When Judge
DAVIS yesterday afternoon pronounced the
SENTENCE OF WILLIAM NJ. TWEED
ne seems TO have spoken out OF the heart OF our
humanity IL is better that one man should be
made TO suffer than that hundreds should be made
miserable through his misdeeds There is no in.
humanity In banishing from the confines OF society
those who tear society IN pieces. We have ali
been for some days excited over one OF those in
society. In
THE vIEGINTus MASSACRE
there was not only utter disregard OF the feel
ing OF the civilized world, but an utter disregard
oi international pledges and common decency. 1t
was savage and the deed OF savage men: 1t was in
human, cold blooded and heartless Is 1t nhuman
70 invite war is 1t right TO embarrass OF the
best men, who is trying to remodel SPAIN 1t
would seem more human to con1ine all angry feel.
Ing ID the smallest bounds War strikes at the
heart OF humanity Ii is not in the amount of treas
nIe EXPENDED; II Is not even In the devastation
that war brings TO every home; 1t is that war
plants It's foot ON all the hne delicate sentiments
war deranges all interests; 1t emDroils people
who have been knitted together, and the whole
0l CIVILIZATION Is pushed back thousand years
VII you make us 90 all that work over again An
lhhnmanity that Is made permanent IL worse than
wal. An institution like our Southern slavery was
worse than war. II the affairs in Cuba can be
hetIed by anything but the sword let them be, and
speedy. The law OF humanity is tnat a man
sMnouio M not i've Tor himself alone. This law re-
gulres that he should do all he can to make the
woria little more just and equitable.