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smbeilish the land with immortal beauty; the name OF
the republic will DO exalted until every nsishbor, yield.
Ing to irresistible attraction. seeks now life In becoming
part Of tho great whole"
Upon this continent. said SUMNER, " unity
is written by tho Almighty hand" And who
will venture to say that SUMMERS dream OF q
continental republic shall not be realizedr
Mr.. b. F. UNDERWOOD Of Boston has long
been known to those familiar with what is
called free thought IN matters Of philosophy
and religion. as tho editor Of the hder.
which was formerly published in the capital
OF Massachusetts; and more recently he has
been in Chicago. where he conducted q fort
nightly paper called tho Open Court. Both
as a writer and an editor he has been assist
ed by his wife, Mrs. SARAH A. UNDERWOOD;
and we are bound to declare that they are
persons Of ability. cultivation, and very fair
professional judgment.
Though the Ihder was maintained in Bos-
ton for several years, 1t was never q protta-
BILE thing. A deficit always had to be made
up by the friends Of the cause, and about q
year ago its existence terminated. This
event was precipitated by the determination
of Mr.. E. c. HEaELER Of La Sale. Illinois, to
establish another journalo Of a similar though
by no means identical character. Mr.. HRG-
RLER appears to DO q German by birth,
though familiar with the English language,
and able to express himself In it in q clear
and satisfactory manner He would
also appear to have been a con-
tributor to the deficient treasury OF the
hader, and thus he was brought into friendly
relations with It's editor and his wife.
Finding that Mr.. UNDERWOOD was willing
to cave the Inder and to engage In the new
periodical which was to be sent out from
Chicago. he entered into negotiations with
him, which were carried on for some time,
and which finally eliminated in tho semi
monthly publication Of tho Open Gurt, the
twenty-second number Of which Is now ly-
ing upon our table. OF this paper, as We
nave said. Mr.. and Mrs. UNDERWOOD
undertook tho editorial management. while
Mr.. HEdBLKR was to be responsible for tho
bills and to receive tho profits, II any
should accrue; but under this head he In
forms US that, instead Of profit, there has
been q steady and unbalanced outgo Of
money, so that tho twenty-one numbers
published under Mr.. UNDERwooD's direc-
ton cost him $4,000. This has ended in
the withdrawal Of Mr.. and Mrs. UNDERWOOD.
and in the accession as editor Of DR.. PAUL
CARus, q German gentleman not very long
resident In this country. who ~sympathizes
fully with Mr.. HEGELER's philosophical Ideas,
and who Is about to marry his daughter.
The first discrepancy between the editor
and the proprietor Of the Open Court makes
Its appearance in the published correspond
ence az occurring before the paper was oom-
menced; and 1t related to the name 1t should
he called by. Mr.. UNDERWOOD Ia a frank ag-
nostic and radical. while Mr.. HEGELER has
gone further and has become q Monist. The
nature Of Monism we shall endeavor to ex-
plain later on, but for the present 1t may
suffice to say that 1t Is philosophical theory,
and that, in Mr.. HHaELER's opinion. 1t leads
to q now religion and relieves the movement
OF free thought and radical philosophy from
the imputation Of being irrelgious.
Mr.. HEaELEB wished to call his paper the
MOnist; and this was not unnatural, consid-
ering the great importance which he attrib-
utes to Monism, and the effects which he
hopes will be produced by 1t In the removal
OF agnosticlsm and the substitution of a
novel and positive religion In the place
OF that form OF skepticism and denial. But
when he proposed this title to Mr.. UNDER
WOOD. that gentleman earnestly objected.
saying that the name OF Monist, Like that of
Monism, was so unknown to the mass OF
FREQ thought readers that 1t would convoy
no idea to them whatever. In fact, he
said. tho words are not yet In the
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Monist would defeat the very purpose OF
imparting to those who are invited to sub
scribe to II, and 10 buy 1t. an idea Of the
character OF the merchandise which they are
asked to invest In rs purchasers. Pressed
by this reasoning-and very just reasoning
1t certainly was-Mr. HEsELER gave way to
some extent. He wa willing to admit tho
title Of tho Open Court, but he could not give
up his beloved Monism. So he proposed to
call 1t the Monist's Open Oourt, and to add to
1t the words "a Religious Magazine" But
finally he surrendered both of these points,
and the periodical began with the title which
Mr.. UNDERWOOD insisted on.
Yet there WAS never n complete sympathy
between the editor and the capitalist OF the
concern. Mr.. HEdELER not only desired
that the paper should be more religious In
| the Monist sense. but he also wished to give
1t a scientific character, especially in report
ing and TRANSMITTING the discussions INC ar
| ticles of German and French journals OF
science. and thus he thought OF making
1t a link between the Old World and the
New; and at tho same time he wished
to bring in DIR. CARUs as an asso.
ciate editor. To this Mr.. UNDERWOOD
would not agree, and the ultimate upshot OF
the mutual dissatisfaction was that toward
the end OF November Mr.. and Mrs. UNDER