The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-05

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affair which, 1t appears to me, belongs not SO
much In my department a. In that OF the holy
Gnost. But 60 and ask the latter Well, cour-
teously rebuned here, he went door further and
announced himself TO the Holy Ghost But he was
compelled to wait several hours in the ante
chamber since the Holy Ghost had old Catholl-
cism under the microscope at that moment, trying
10 discover germ OF reform In IL. Vexed at not
nndlng what he had expected, he came into the
anteroom, and as he caught sight OF his pseudo-co
league, his features became red with wrath, and
thus he chided him. unceremoniously Thou
contest just at the right time. l have long kept q
shot reserved Tor thee. How canst thou presume
10 come before me-thou, alter thou hast so far
forgotten thyself-to nsh up again, with all pain
and persistence. the old libel; to define, to dog
matize, TO preconixate the old, base calumny, that
! had stood In unseemly dogmatic relations to a
highly respectable young woman, who. besides,
was the wife OF q brave carpenter, descended
from Q very respectable house, just as II / were
spring. in-the-held or q heather Greek god. Be.
gone, or l viii call on some OF my big angels to
explain to thee the mystery OF the unburned
ashes which thou hast not yet dogmatlzed.'
"His Holiness returned to the prison Of the Vail
cam very much annoyed and depressed But
Pater Beck soon reused the soul strings OF the In
fallibe to the proper syllabus and excommunica-
ton PITCH especially BY the argument 1t mat
tiers mol whether the "Grobian" door up there
inspire Your Holiness or not. Sacred and proane
history prove that the world can be governed
without Geist at ALL
Geist here applied to the Holy Ghost has the
Specification In German OF mind, intellect and
spirit, and Dr.. Scherr intends to say not only that
intellect is not necessary qualification for ruler
ship. but the influence OF the Holy Spirit can be
dispensed with in the councils OF the Vatican.
THE EDITORS DEFENCE.
The state Attorney demanded Q sentence OF
three months Imprisonment, in accordance with
the le6th paragraph OF the German penal code ton
blasphemy). Paul Lindau conducted his defence
In person, assisted by the Advocate Prumker. He
expressed his astonshment at the charges made
against him, and denied that any unjustidable
satire mad been used. He nevertheless hoped that
this process would decide the sti unse tiled ques-
ton as TO whether or not satire is a justlnable
form OF literary criticism and polemics II the in
eliminated passages OF the article were punisha-
BILE, then he said very many Of the most
characteristic and interesting works OF Ger
man literature, from the Middle Ages up
to the presehD day, should be banished
from our libraries. He could cite books
and passages by the score which were far
more blasphemous than DR.. Scherr's article. He
Bebes "FaceuG," OF the dlsputations of the
scholastics, Of the medieval Tableaux, OF the
Mysteries OF Luther's satires, OF Hene and other
satirists. The anthropomorphic delineation OF
the person OF God was quite common. In every
student songbook God appears as human being
who loves good wine. He referred to the Pro-
loguc In Heaven In Clothes 'Faustn ana asked
the Court II the expressions OF Mephistopheles
ABOUT the Lord had ever seemed blasphemous:-
like at times, the Ancient One to see,
And guard ganst breaking with hints SO civil;
So kindly speaking with the very devil.
THIS DECISION OF THE COURT.
The Court decided that Lindau should pc held
irresponsible for the article, and was Of the
opinion that the incriminated passages were
satircal, and that satire was justinable form Of
literary criticism. But 1t held that there are GER
tain objects which should never be made the OBJ
ject oil satire. and when these objects are treated
in satirical manner this treatment is offensive,
and in this case the satire cannot be
allowed to pass unpublished. person writing
satire on the person of His Majesty the EN-
peror would be guilty OF high treason, and the
same principle holds good when the object OF
satire is to man the dearest and most sacred;
| and whoever satirizes the person or God,
! aud speaks OF God IN manner offensive to true
religious feeling is guilty Of biasphemy III the
or the l66th paragraph OIL the PrusSan penal code,
which characterizes basphemy as the 'Incitng
an offence by publicly making use OF insulting
epithets.r That the article in question had given
offence was proved by the complaints OF the
! GerTsaat0 1.-THE organ OF the Catholic Church) and
in the K3e,lz Zettung (the organ OF the ulraProt-
estant party and the Court itself considered the
| charge OF blasphemy to be proved. AS miti-
eating circumstance the Court admitted that the
/ point OF the article had been directed specially
| against the Papacy and the doctrine OF nfalli-
4 bity but God had been thereby brought
unduy within the range of the satire and
His person insulted in the designation
Of "Groban,'' and in being described as the mem
Der Of a firm carrying on the business OF Heaven
The Court therefore was induced to measure the
punishment accordingly, and sentenced Herr Lin
dau to four weeks Imprisonment. Lndau has al
ready appealed from the decision, and we nave
not, 1t is presumed, heard the last OF the case. TO
Catholics the only gratifying part OF the whole pro-
ceedIng is the spirit evtnced by the Prussan gov
eminent to apply the ola proverb OF "What is good
for the goose is good Tor the gander.u SO many
Catholic priests and editors have OF late been ar
rested, imprisoned and fined for 'blasphemy,
against the powers that be that 1t is only act OF
| justice TO Gluten heather editor now and then
Tor blasplemy against the Head OF the Church.
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