The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-01

Than Is dreamed OF Dy our philosophy at present.
You may think what you please, but those 500 men
are simply miracles. Something has done for
them wnat all the rhetoric OF temperance lecturers,
and all the pleadings OF mother and wife aud their
own wills, many times resolved, could not effect.
II we believed the Bible more we should pray
more That tells us, in a way not to be misunder-
answered For myself / believe 1t TO be literally
true, and, more than once, have been helped In
ways knew Lot or CLIMAX.
A Roman Catholic Answers DR.. Fulton.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
While reading last Mondays HERALD came
across a sermon preached by Rev. Dr. Fulton, OF
Brooklyn. 1t was under the heading american
ism In Church and State" -
Interested by the heading. I read the sermon,
and must confess my interest changed to sur
prise before I reached the end. Now 1, as a
Roman Catholic. ask space In your impartial jour
nal to answer at least, few OF the reverend gen.
tieman's statements. In the first place he prayed
for the wOrshippers In the Roman Catholic
churches ana hoped that the Gospel OF Christ
might be preached more from their pulpis. Now,
allow me to state that 1t Is only the Gospels OF
Christ that are preached In our churches, and our
ciergymen never descend 80 far below their calling
as to preach such hatred and bigotry the Doctor
did In his Sunday sermon. Dr. Fulton, In his
mon refetring to '.Romanism, said thatits power
m. American 'wass broken. Yet o, moment after
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America was TO be Romanizedf he also asserts
that there are ROmanista born and brought up in
az any to be found in Italy or Rome. now defy
the Doctor to find any Roman Catholic, even the
most uneducated who feels or expresses SO much
narrow, unchrtstan bigotry and Intolerance as he
did IN that one sermon. The reverend gentleman
states that Romansts owe allegiance to no gov
eminent but that OF the Pope. and therefore can
not be good ciLizens OF the Republic. Now, II DR..
Fulton was not a very bigoted man he would not
speak thus of Catholic Americans, who so molly
will m a
UNION OF our country in the late civil war. 1t is
also very strange that SO many ''nstural enemies"
our country. beginning with the Revolution.
Among those are the names or JOnn Barry, nrst
commodore o. the american navy ana Lasye5ts
as r. b. Taney, Chief Justice. and Phil Sheridan,
second in command OF our army. As regards DR..
vents, they are ridiculousy false. 1t Is
sad sight, the reverend gentleman thinks to
sss noD ali the places are died By men With
brogue. But suppose, DIR. Fulton, that men with
brogue" are honester and more faithful to their
what Them The priests will do nothing without
paw he asserts. Now will venture to say that nis
nrss IN the United States. The Doctors stories
about the poor Irishman with the dead child ana
the poor woman who signed away her property must
the woman's sister went to and who was the bishops
The Doctor should give details. am glad to know
from such reliable source that most OF our news
papers are Influenced by Romanism. Prominent
among the class so influenced must be the New
York World. which went so far as to call the Doc;
The Doctors brethren OF the Protestant press must
feel gratifed at being told that there IL no truly
IS the editor. A ROMAN CATHOLIC.
A Freethinker Takes Shot ut DE-.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Dr.. Fulton last Sunday discoursed on the subject
Of .sRomanism," at the Hanson place Baptist
church, Brooklyn 1t Ia subject which nearly
every Protestant minister speaks about at some
time. He said Catholics believe everything their
priests tell them lam Indifferent to both Protestant
and Catholic, but see no difference between DR..
FultOn's congregation and the most blgoted set OF
Catholics, when they sit and listen to such false
statements as that gentleman uttered on last Sun
day. am inclined to think that he made them
without due consideration or else he must have
known they were false, as l have a bun
Oner at Andersonviiie for many months,
and when Protestant ministers OF Baptist and
other denominations were afraid to visit US lest
they should catch smallpox or "bOsom friends'
there were two Catholic priests who visited the
sick and dying regularly and cneerialy: Iney dld
week, and one furnished the sick soldiers -four
with his own money. feel grateful Tor their kind
ness when was down with fever, and no other
minister would be seen within mile Of the poor
fellows. who needed their comfort and help: Such
in nice, warm churches, with rich congregations to
listen to and admire their eioquence and to raise
their salaries but in time OF acga nsed they are
not to be l0uno. rhEcAHLNnHrs
A Missouri Baptist Scalps "Balhutus.''
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Being q stranger to New York. and coming from
Missouri to spend few weeks in this great city,
on Sunday morning went to buy the best and
most popular paper in the city. The HERALD, was
MI pfor otinn
subject thought one, and the first paragraph that
/ saw was "a Catholics Reason for Renouncing
His Faith.' 1t seemed so strange SO out OF the
truths OF that Church that Catholic leaving that
am compelled though a member OF the Baptist
Church, to say that Balbutusn or 1.-The suffering
fool" does not show any more logical reasoning for
Any one with the least comprehension can see
that 'BalDutus'' Is an Irlshman by his opinions
with Irishmen OF all religious beliefs, but never
met one yet who, loving his Church. no matter
what creed he possessed, could be prevailed on to
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The Sea Cliff Association Controversy.
NEW YORK, Feb. Is, 1874.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
In your issue OF sunday last an article appeared
stating that the trustees Of the Sea Cliff Association
had denied that they paid $4,000 for damages sus-
her controversy with said association which arti-
Gle was accompanied by card OF william Meal
lister, A. T. Briggs and Richard Kelly. dated Feb
ruary b. 1874 wherein they state that they accord
to the trustees OF said association and their repre-
sentatives the fullest integrity OF purpose and
action In all their business dealings with Mrs. Lang
DOM
This article does great injustice to Mrs. Lang
don. The facts are as follows:-Mr. Chauncey
Shaner brought an action in behalf OF Mrs. Lang
don against the Sea CHI Association to set aside
an agreement for the exchange OF certain lands,
which agreement had been unduy obtained from
her by said association on the $50 OF December,
1872. The grounds upon which the action was
based were fraud, deceit and Misrepresentation.
After the action had been pending for nearly q
year the ASSOCIATION cancelled and annuiied the
agreement Of December 49, 1872 and executed q
release covering a claim Of So, 900 which they held
against Mrs. LangdOn, whereupon the suit against
the association was discontinued. The settlement
was not contaminated until Monday afternoon,
February 10, three days subsequent to the date Of
the ''cardn Of Messrs. McAllister, Briggs and Kelly,
and this settlement took place in the presence Of
the trustees and myself, acting as the counsel Of
Mrs. Langdon IN behalf OF Mr. Shaifer, ne being
otherwise professionally engaged in court.
In N | thank IN