, 1877-06-03
DR.. Hedges Delights the Liberal
Wing.
George William'e Teldgram-0livet Wen
dell Holmes Comforts U.s..

or thlnk Of going To tho Anni-
ycrsartcs, unless armed and equipped with
waterproof and umbrella To 70 across the
Common now is to get ths most dlst'nr4ve aud
characteristic idea Of Boston. or rather Of tho
old New England elament,-the religious, or
chnrch-roIpg element, which sprane originally
from the old Puritan systcm,-ths system
which Was 1t its height when GOV. End'cott
ruled the land with m iron sway, and; lator
still, when superstitlon ran riot and IN tho
name Of God tortured mud put to death those
unfortunAtcs who came under the ban Of witch.
craft. In those days the system Of holding
mectings Ia similar faahion, In the late spring,
~ these May meetings Of to-day. was intro
duecd. But those Of the past were OF
TiIH OLD, aI91p SCHOOL or ORTHODOXY
Epfseopallans would have been secuted and
prosecuted es pop'sh Invaders, and UDItarians
would have been put In tho stocks and driven
from the town II they had been found 10 the
land and 30 much as peeped Of their FREQ
thinking. But gradually all this Il chaugcd, and
the May meetings hare como down to us froo
to everybody to .mces aud to speak any hercsJ
under tic sui. Yet To 90 across the Common
IN these days Is to see constantly in tho rural
visitor, and sometimes in tue old Bostonian, the
comes now, for a. write look down over that
broad path that Holmes talks Of 40 romautio-
ally in his stoly Of the school.mistrcss; and as
look sec three slf.Il, lanG, austerc-faccd gen
tIcmen In unmt4tnknble coflata and
TIES or THE IMAACuLATE cLKR-
and struggling along fcw feet buck arc three
more. None 0f tho SIX vary In . single
general, csscnttnl. Of appearance. They hnve
New EnE'and purltan,-thc traits that arc 80
u'stlnctlvc, that Dosttin Traveller Of liferont
typs not long agu, sitting at n Partisan CATO
tal'la and suddenly enconntertnG, ~ le glanced
VI sws III ss Sss ssnas ,oa s'sa s to es
beside him. "that those two men were burn aud
bred nut uvcr tc,t miles At the fartllcst from
Ds,Atom; md that they wcrc bred III the strict
osthu.lox faith, and at the present. time arc
won in thirty minutes from It's taking. And It
ts this Puritan element which, holding its own
in straight desccut from tho EndIcotts and
Mathers, forms an clement that keeps aud
potnt Of lntarest that ecntrallzcs, aud focuses,
and makes such IN atHospnerc-1 don't know
what else TO interest that all de-
nominations, all social aud moral organizations
haye The rtnE 81 ,. ths @ague.Ism
diuonary last week 10 May. Now York long ago
gaze up1ta anniversaries In this gala spirit It's
verY unnuticenblo affair there now but Now
York comes to uoston, and feels young aEaIn In
to tho Unitarian festival on Thursday and to
sho FREQ Religious festival on Friday 1nsteai Of
wearing out, tho Anniversaries, or The societies
that ''comc in to tho ring" to speak in
THE uN0oDLr rHKABE or THE uN0oDLY 0u1i-
pHEN or THIS 0ANHRATION, ;.
are yearly, Increasing. Last year we thought
VIZ bad about all tho beliefs and isns rcprcsent
ed, but this year We have q bEarl-ncw onc,-
Ne. ts q dos6t Su 70
shall lavo d Society for the Muzzllng Of tho
tuas wsiRR ssa; hae m hs row dfs's Ss
fs'shsd .sa IT, :st h.ito m sns amis ny
9otn .for Blanche. Tray aud Sweetheart who
fenths Of The community by what Appleton
calls their "alavcring mouths" which these
9no;;tenths believe 70 carry hydrophobia.
oi this week, and that ia point of
. now attraction deseryaa fresh mention, let
inc now give llttlu description. It had been
whispered about for soma days TINT tho Woman
BuG ragiEts wcru TO huvo new ally,-that>
JANIS i. 11aLDs WAS TO sPxAK ron THEN At
FREMONT TaNPLE
on the first OF tho week. have said before in
. former letter that Mr. Ficlls was not popular
H. Feids' f1lends csils StIas pestfcrous set
Of faue eanlere that ind NJ virtue out of tho
,egulaF school," However that may bc as
aoon last hs there ,oy. T. pEoRoytl0n nat % tao
applaud, but to spcer .. Mr: F!clds, And Il
was ono Of thia class that said, when the wills
per rosa that Mr.; flelda was 70 speak for tho
Woman 8utlzagtstAs "Fields Will nevcr give
tho Woman SutlraEists an original speech ur
address, In support Of thcrr platform. ua'll
give them ono Of hIA lectures On distinguished
men, and put iu = word that that man Was q
great lrend Of woman. .
BUT M1'LL NayRn oONH OUT rAlR AND SQUARE
ron THE WOMAN CREED:
r tr At1fttf1 him IftA
like Phillips aud Dowltteii who can DO this"
We'll. when the evening came, Mr. Fle!ls
came with II TO fremont Temple. and gave by
adtrcss, and + seas o1ls Of hts !estures, that
adruit word, that he, sydney Smith, was. ~
bold and outspoken friend of Wo,nan's riRhta,
~ ha wss Of the rights Of all others.
That agRlust the. prevailing aystem. Of cduca-
md md nc now ' srs for tns wotnea of Great brtain
dates from the beginning Of hfa advocacy uf
their claim to equal pNvlteeeA with man. He
stood almost Alone tn asking that women
sooa carried the English people tu biz idea that.
II the education Of women u improved, the
education ot man will he Improved also."
''There, didn't tell YOU sol" shrlekcd tho
antt-Fields faction In triumph.
Smith, and We arc delighted to hear it," cries
back tbs Fiella folk In response.
"Rut you can't deny That he AasaE declared
htm1clf viii you or U you.
III HAS sIAFLT STOOD on ANOTHER AAN'a
Lk1B. -
Fields always atAnds upon other mems legs for
the rrssoa that hs Is afraid Of tho wsasnsss Of
bis own" ., -
This il 'lttls private friction, OF course,-a
believe In III, gield4 and soma who do not. hut
It il significant Of the temper Ut the time In re-
gard to the fs4orites OF this hour.
Another Of the sfga!6ssnt things |. tho ID.
vanced stand that Uy. Hedge took tho other
day at tbs Hollis Street Church 1t tho annual
meeting Of the Mini.terial union. tbs Rev. q.
y. Dole, Of Jatpsica Plain. delivered ~ stltrets
upon "Relixtous Tendencies Of the Times"
aud In tts discussion, IN which thy Rev. ". y.
ChanulnK aud Dr.. hartul sud otheTs. pastlca'
p4tc1, Or. ledge rame out good deal strung
If than he hss ever duus bstuss On tue radical
platform.
II MAS bxsx NATTER or CRITICISM wltu.
~, soM1
of the advanced thinkers that Dr.. Hedge has
gefraIned frout dselaFtug his lull fecllax 10 re-
Rard 10 the liberal wing, Or his full sympathy.
But hts statements of Monday rau leayu no
rootn Tor that crit cia1n !u tho future.
And al this In the midst, Or alter the months
ot Mopdy lnlnistrltons! And ~ tbis e0s,,le%>,
tlo4 mustn't furget To say thAt tllv Young
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