The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-23
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Appeal - Religious Rancor.

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Brace and Barnard give US another fash Of
light upon their movements. They inform US
that the HERALD's attacks on the charitable
institutions Of the city are confined exclusively
which are under Roman Catholic management
are left alone" .sThis in carrying bigotry
pretty far" We should think So These
salaried philanthropists accomplish two pur-
poses in this statement They say what is I'M
true about the HEnALD and they make that
appeal to religious rancor which history al
ways shows TO be tho resource of the ignorant
and narrow-minded.
Our readers will certainly not require US to
say anything in response 10 the assertion that
we ever make determinations. either in the
way of praise or blame on the ground Of
religion. Our columns this morning show
the impartislity with which We treat all
religious questions. a. they have shown it on Q
thousand occasions before.
Mr.. Brace il said 10 be in the habit of
visiting Europe at the expense of the charita-
BILE people who support his institution. We
are afraid that he has learned one evil custom
in these journeys-that of religious intoler-
ance. He has no doubt met with Englishmen
who have no politics but prejudices. who pro-
fess now all the anger and malice that we're
common in the times of the religious wars,
and who contemplate renewed religious war
with exultation. These fanatics are mainly of
an ignoble and ignorant type, with rude gifts
of speech and occasional access to the news
papers. We can understand how they would
impress Mr.. Brace. But if he spent more Of
his time at home, and gave some attention to
the institutions and genius Of America. he
would know that there could b. no argument
more absurd and injurious to the person MAX
ing it than this appeal to the spirit which
hanged Quakers and burned witches two GEN.
turtles ago. In this country, Mr.. Brace will
permit Ms to inform him, there is the utmost
freedom of conscience, and nothing could be
more offensive to right-minded Professionals
than these Whitechapel and Bethnal Green
appeals TO Professionalism. This is particu-
larly SO because America il q Protestant
country, every State and, with scarcely an ex-
ception, every city and town being largely
inhabited by Professionals These appeals are
made to the religious convictions of the ma
jority of our citizens. But they are none
the less impotent and grotesque. In England.
as we have said, such appeals have still GER
tain influence among the lower orders of
fanatics and we see in the Tichborne case
that they have been used with pertinacity aud
zeal. But even in England, and especially in
the Tichborne case public opinion has indi-
Gated very plainly that these crude and vulgar
imputations are sadly unbecoming the char
acter of an English gentleman.
Let Mr. Brace leave these in,putations and
this style Of rhetoric to Bethnal Green, where
it belongs; and, instead of endeavoring to
impose upon our people the forgotten anger
and strife of religious intolerance in England,
let him tell us something about his books.
What we wish to know is what is done with
the money subscribed to his institution !?
How much goes to the poor and how much to
salaries? How much does he expend on his
foreign trips? II Mr. Brace will give us this
information we shall not quarrel with any
thing he pleases to say about our "bigotry"