The New York herald., 1878-08-25
CHAT BY THE WAY.

There is keen sarcasm In the story OF applicant
er the position OF general dsprsdator In the Post
pmcc Department, to whom Postmaster General Key
responded that there vacancy good many
arc In that business and many would Ike to b.
While the olhcs OF Mayor II bsgsng among the edi
tors for an incumbent one Of pious excbanges
With an ego to business, suggests Dr. y. /. Primo a.
the coming man. But Dr. Prime, though q much trav.
FILED man, brilliant writer and the oldest editor in
New York to-day could nsvor get the lager beer and
whiskcy vote, and, OF course, could bs elected.
Better might our contemporary suggest DR.. Crosby,
Who, following tue Apostle Paul's ADVICE would allow
niger or wine Tor the s,omach's sake The fsnsss OF
he times when religious editors can step into the
Mayors chair in New York has not yes como.
We have had Tor many years doubt In our minds
That IA close opship exists between some men
and some boasts, II they nave not = common origin.
Now DR.. Chapman comes TO our aid He has dissectsa
gorilla his frat effort, and nnds proof that that
creature and his grandfather came from common
STOCK. II the Doctor Is satisfied have no objsc-
tion. But We look elsewhere for our own parentags.
Tho growing Decentralization OF the people o. these
United States is loudly proclaimed from time to time
through press and pulpit We can't see u. There IN
no equal population on the face Of the earth to-day
where there is less crime and immortality than there
10 here. None whore the home and she family are
more cared Tor and respected; where the supreme
authority OF God and the subordinate authority of
parents is moro fully acknow wiedgsd. Notwithstanding
an apparent increase OF scep, icism and nndelty 10
10 therefore absurd ~ not malicious TO hold up this
sountry to iniamy as the most wicked on the face
OF the globe, ss some OF exchanges do once aud
again. There is only other nation on the globe
that Is moral and true TO God and humanity a.
are tho United States. But because We expect more
Of our people thaa we oil others we have, there
fore, less mercy for their SINS and Shortcomings
Justice is . duty owe 10 ourselves we'll 80 10
others
Much has been said OF the importance Of ministers
adapting themselves to the times. The eecebtric
Rev. Henry Morgan, Of Boston, must have . pre-
eminent gut In that way On q recent Sundsy he
Chartered steam boat, took company o people TO
grove, delivered two lectures TO them and oil at
charge OF thirty-1ve csnta But whether he Isetured
On the ssncty OF the Sabbath or not we are not
formed WHAT'S the use Of living In Boston unIsss .
nsu can do something origiaaif
Open confession 10 said TO De good for the soul
but we never expcsted calf to become an editor ana
then TO acknowledge tns TACT Blu, the editor OF the
Fyeemans JouraaL IN his own paper, confosses him
,ef theological veal. And this s how he does IT.
" hen We remember what q father ws had and what
,mo,her. SO bright and full of most excellent bu.
nan sense, wonder how II comes that thsrs m
70 much OF a calf IN usi II must come frsro the
work OF old Dr. Dunlap, who, against our will when
90 we're but I've years old. inoeuia,ed us with the