Year: 1869

courses have been connected with Presby
terianism 40 long that many honest and en-
lightened minds have come to the conclusion
that the manifestation of the spirit of union is
sign Of weakness rather than q sign Of
strength. Professionalism, in fact has pre-
served Its honor so much by means Of the
episcopscy that men Of Christian leanings have
almost everywhere come to the conclusion that
a central bishop is central necessity, and
that away from episcopacy Christian unity
is IN imposslbility. Within the Protestant
domain we point to the Church Of North
Germany. to the Church Of England and to
the most prosperous of all the churches Of the
United States, the Methodist Episcopal.
Beyond the limits Of the Protestant Church we
point to the grand example Of the Church Of
Rome In matters spiritual 1t does seem as
if a central and visibly embodied power were
a cardinal necessity.


Union, however, among the protesting
churches is not the less desirable for anything
that wo have said. If Christianity is ever to
be force among men, q controlling power
among the so-called heather, it must be be-
cause of the unity Of front which it presents.
Here we want to know what Christianity is.
willing that we should feel It,. Our difficulty
is very much the difficulty of the heathen.
We want to SEQ our spiritual teachers agreed.
We have not time to examine all these ques-
tons we must trust so far. Trust, however,
becomes impossible when all those who ought
to know are at variance. If the Presbyterians
can agree to unite it will be hopeful sign.
We shall hook for union which shall include
not only all shades Of Presbyterianism, but the
Dutch Church, the Episcopal Church and even
the Catholic Church. Then, but not till then,
shall we have Christian unity. If not before,
then surely will come the millennium.


England and Our National Securities.


Americans need no new proofs Of English
jealousy and hostility. If they did, the recent
deliberate effort Of the Bank of England to
force our national securities from the London
market would be conclusive ON the point The
Bank of England is the representative Of the
British government. In one sense it is the
government. The popular Investment in
United States five-twenties has been growing,
year by year. Great Britain at the present
time probably holds one-fourth Of our national
debt The fact is very unpleasant one to
the aristOcrats, who have had the bill for the
damages done by the Alabama again placed
before them by the speech of Senator Sumner.
II the people of England hold our securities
how can they be induced to support war
against us? They not only like what they
have, but they want mora Of our securities.
The cOnsols Of an ancient and decrepit system
Of government are poor securities in compar-
ison with the promises-to-pay Of fresh, en-
terprising people, who mean to discharge every
dollar Of their debt, have already commenced
to do so, and are impatient that they cannot
do so right away.


Yet, with all this jealousy and dislike of u.s.
there are papers in our midst which take sides
against US and with our English opponents in
the matter of the Alabama claims. They are
the Reverdy Johnsons Of the American press.
Fortunately, they ara not leaders or exponents
of public opinion. or the situation mjijht be
misunderstood. They deprecate such thing
as a war with England, because it wonld, they
say, ruin our commerce and bankrupt us. Let
us look at the facts. The United States gives
employment to millions of operatives in Eng
land and France. A war with us would drive
these people to rebellion. A foreign war, by
closing our ports, would delight the great party
of protectionists. While ii lasted our mills
would be running night and day, anG new ones
would spring up on the banks of our Southern
rivers, TO produce the materials for our armies.
Our Western States coul d feed the whole world
forever. But the alient point is this We
import more than we export. The United
States is the patron of the manufactures Of
Europe. During the expired four mon this of
the present year we have bought sixty millions
more Of Europe than we sold to her. war,
therefore, which would close our ports-her-
metically seal them, even-would be an ac tual
saving to the country Of nearly two hundred
millions Of dollars in the year. A brief calcu.
lation will show that war with England would
soon pay OFF the national debt


SLAUGHTER ON THE RArL-Three men have
been killed and q number Of others seriously
wounded by an accident which occurred on
the Mount Holly and Burlington Railroad,
New Jersey, last Friday. In this instance
the cause Of slaughter was an explosion Of the
engine-a melancholy variety from that which
prodAced the Long Island disaster and other
recent catastrophes OF like nature. The
train was loaded with mari only, and hence the