The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-25

The Juice Of tho Religious Press.
Many, if not most, Of our religious ex-
changes this week devote their editorial
space to politics or to questions of social life
Inc Golden Age, speaking for the liberal
party says neither of the great parties want
to grant the concessions asked for in 1879,
though 1t thinks the republicans would be
glad TO welcome the liberals back again and
to do what they could for them. But 1876
will bring forth new questions, and the Age
thinks the liberals had better remain inde-
pendent for another while. The Caristian
Union gives q sarcastic review of Professor
Marsh's Indian exposure, and then makes
some serious comments thereon. While it
processes strong confidence in Commissioner
Smiths personal integrity it says there are
several weighty reasons for scrutinizing very
closely the course of his department. That
an Indian Ring exists-the Union says
has been proved to o moral certainty.
Professor Marsh has all the qualifications of a
first class witness, and his statements are cor
roborated by army officers, so that they cannot
be offset merely by the good character of the
Commissioner nor by his personal assurance
that everything is right. The Methodist on
the same subject shows the difficulties in the
way of having an honest and upright admin
istration of Indian affairs, and then adds that
we shall have trouble, Investigations, rotten
ness and disgust until we get the Indian out
of wardship and treat HIM as we treat other
a IL: =
way off, but these and similar exposures will
hasten it. The Christian hatelligencer excludes
Professor Marsh items of evidence concern
ing sugar, coffee and flour, of which he admits
he knows very little of bis own observation,
but as relates to the other eight articles con-
stituting his arraignmezt of the Interior and
Indian departments the hntelligencer says they
present strong case of Encouragement
incompetency and fraudulent practices. The
case wears an ugly look and the charges
involve the honor Of the nation and the rights
comforts and lives of helpless people who
are largely dependent upon u.s.
The Observer speaks of the hostility to Sec
tartan appropriations as the new plank which
State after State is inserting in its political
platform, though it has no fear that any po-
ltical party will be SO stupid as to commit
itself to the support of the Roman Catholic
demand. 1t trusts and believes that both po-
litical parties will be found faithful to the
American principle of equal justice to all and
favoritism to none, and in this view it would
have the Ohio democratic plank put into
every State platform, completely severing
Church and State The Baptist Weekly has no
idea, ''in view of recent utterances by Romish
ecclesiastics, that any measures which can be
adopted will ever reconcile them to our school
SYSTEM but thinks it is worth while to con-
slider how far our own principles logically
lead US in our schools, supported by general
taxation as well as other institutions. The
Je,oish Messenger regrets that in its Church
there is no judicatory akin to bishop or
council, conference or assembly in other
denominations, to whom questions of govern
ment and Church polity may be referred
The rabbi is the exponent of ecclesiastical law
in the synagogue, and when his opinion con-
fcts with the congregation there is no re-
course but to fly to the civil courts,
as was done IN the case of the congregation
b mai Jeshurun recently. 1t calls for Coun-
Gil of Israelltes, with presiding rabbi, and
thinks such an organization would give them
more respect among other denominations than
Jews have now in their ecclesiastical relations.
The HebreW Leader agrees substantially with
Judge Larremore's decision in the case above
referred to, and thinks that many customs
were expedient in ruder times which are not
necessary now-such as the separation of the
sexes in the synagogue and the like.