The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-30
rho sosnsI OF Hatred.

against the Catholic Church The fact that
the HERALD should be under admonition Of
this kind will not be without interest to
those OF our readers who have been told by
rival newspapers that 1T is subsidized by the
Pope and is edited by corps of Jesuits,
most OF whom are graduates of Trinity College,
Dublin. The caution" to which we refer.
covers several columns We have read it
with due humiliation and care. 1t seems that
the HERALD has incurred the anger of this be-
nlgnant and righteous journal by publishing
an account of the ceremonies attending the
opening of the Freemasons Hall, in this city
Freemasons are, according to our monitor, ga
criminal organization the members of which
are bound together by secret oaths to reveal any
of whose secrets involves certain sssassina-
ton, and every member of which is at any
time liable to be forced to be an assassin"
For publishing our report we have become
the medium OF ''blasphemous propagandism.
The second offence is the report OF a sermon
of the Rev. o. B. rockingham, or, as our critic
finely puts it, 'the revolving blasphemy of q
man of the name of rockingham" We are
asked 'what business had the HERALD to give
this blasphemer a place among Christian
ministers and to dub him Reverend" Our
third offence was publishing letter from
Belgium describing the history of the Church
controversy in that country Our fourth is
the printing of despatch from Central America
announcing religious riot The conclusion
to which our contemporary Arrives is that the
HERALD has been betrayed, and that it has
fallen under the influence of Freemasons,
1.-THE pernicious sect which is blightlng the
universal world, and that somehow the Free
masons have crept into the paper unknown
to the proprietor
1t might be easy to answer the reproaches
of our gentle mentor and by due diligence be-
come again dutiful follower of the Holy See.
But it seems that while we have been bring
ing down upon our head this deluge of in
fallible wrath we have also incurred disfavor
in other quarters. According to a peculiarly
Protestant journal, of which we had never
heard until marked copies came through the
mails, it seems that the HERALD is in the con-
troll of the priests; that no one is allowed to
write for it who has not been blessed by the
Cardinal and duly instructed as to his duties
that large source of lis revenue is in the
subsidies it receives from the Pope and the
General of. the Order of Jesuits, and that
nothing would crafty this journal more than
to see the streets of our city deluged with the
blood of Protestants. Now, what is an ac-
commodating newspaper, anxious to please
everybody and to offend no susceptlbilities, to
do with these antagonistic admonitions If
we are told by one competent and judcious
critic that We are under the control OF the
Freemasons and have no other purpose than
to destroy the Apostolic Church, and if at the
same time we are admonished by another
heightened observer that we are body and
soul IN the hands of the Jesuits, how can we
reach wise conclusion as to what influence
controls the HERALD and as to what is the
best means of satisfying our friends
The truth, we are afraid is this, that the
HERALD is newspaper, daily journal, pub
lished in the interest of freedom of thought,
liberation, truth, liberty and justice. We
confess that the HERALD published an &C
count of the ceremonies attending the opening
of the Freemasons Hall. This was because
body of our fellow citizens who find comfort
in that organization. At the same time the
HERALD published, at greater length than any
of our contemporaries, an account of the cere-
monies attending the imposing of the berretta
upon Cardinal McCloskey. This was because
large body of our fellow citizens felt the
deepest interest in an event historical in its
character the creation of the first American
Cardinal. We must confess that also within
very few days after these reports the
HERALD published the most comprehensive
account of the dedication of DR.. Halls
church. on Fifth avenue-an event Of deep
interest to Presbyterians all over the
country. In the same spirit we furnished
the report of the lecture of Catholic priest
in Philadelphia, who, having fallen from the
discipline of the Church, is now endeavoring
to arouse the ant-Catholic feeling. AS to
the letters from Belgium and the dispatches
from Central America, we are free to say that
we print our news as it comes to us. 1t is
not our habit to edit correspondence or de-
spatches or alter q narrative OF facts to crafty
the wishes of any sect or party.
1t is difficult to teach federation and kind
ness to partisans. The HERALD cares nothing
whatever for the Catholic Church or the Free
masons or the Presbyterians, except so far as
they are elements of the society in which we
live. We certainly do not print a paper in
the interest of either of them, but for all Of
them. We recognize them as influential and
powerful bodies, forming great part of the
Republic and worthy of attention and respect.
For the HERALD or for any independent news
paper to take part in q mad crusade against
the Fresmasons as "assassns," against the
Catholics as tyrants, ''anxious only for re-
turn of the Inquisition," against Presbyte-
rians as hard and rigid men who would will
ingly send every opponent of their faith to
tho scaffnld is 10 dishonor the ace in which