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5Dct30tc& to ttcligiorii-iHoraUtn, Citcraturc, gviculture aul General intelligence. VOLUp IVIL UO. 33. MLEIGH, K C, FRIDAY, ATJGUST.:13, 1852. WHOLE 10. 1114 ..J it A v SB BIBLICAL RECORDER, A Religious and Iiiterary Paper: ujshed weekly, at Raleigh, N. C, at $2 OQ per an f payable in all cases ix advawcb. ' I 's- All letters -on business should be directed to f ' publisber, Marcus A. Meredith; Letters contain I Lninunications, or in any way relating to theed- ! ,1 department, shoula be addressed to "Editor of . Biblical necuruei. ; jivtiic iL-ucrs 10 me t,t:tor, !,; no reference to the Recorder, address thu- gfhoW.Tobey.; - .- , - f All communication!, to insure attention, must . . greeted to Raleigh, N. C post-paid: . , j ; isST-Yot further particulars see last page. I - - , ' ' ' THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS. j Subscriber who do not give express notice to the from t'.ie oir.ee io wnicu tney are directed., thev f fJ'beld responsible until they have settled their bill, j 4. If subscribers remove; to other, places without in ! f-Jiingths publisher, and the paper i. sent to the For I . direction, they are held responsible. ' ' ; ' 4 me courts u.ireuciiucu mar reiusms to taee a paper or periodical from the office, or removing and hiring it - "."called br, is "prima faoie" evidence of jjteauonal fraud. From the Watchman and Reflector. Sketches ofRecem Religions Movements io Prussia 1 : Our readers will remember a series of sketches furnished os by our former German . correspon ds intended to give a connected, though per hps somewhat cursory view, of the rise; of Ra, tioaalism, and the effects produced upon the state of religion in Germany by the . rapid spread of ! nationalistic doctrines, and the persecution to ; ?bieb tbeir adherents were subjected bv" the PnEsiim government. These sketches, : which were divided into, four , several - topics, -History of the , United Evangelical. churcV'of Prus-s-The Rise of theProtestaut u,Licht Fre cude," or Rationalists, the Movement in ; the Caibolic Church, hagun : by' John Ronare,;1 and oewsioned by the Exhibition of the ; Holy, Coat it Treves, and, the Main . Events which: have eharacterizd the Ecclesiastic il History or the Keijrn of the present Kinj of Prussia, since 1S40, were partly published in our Inst I vol- ams. , .Ve comtnenca to-dy the publication ; of tliefeciainder, bennin with a somewhat par ticular account of the famous exhibition - of- the yy coat, of the course pursued by Rone in his xi known conflict with the Catholic hierarchy of Germany,, and the fate of the so-called . Get m Catholic party. - ' ; '". care and labor have been bestowed up -oa th'js artichs, aud it Uta be hoped that they will bs found snbstat tially correct, and valuable fgr'th light , which they throw npbn a topic littla hswix and studied in this coantry. J j - The attempt has been made in previous arti cles, to give such a sketch slight, to be sure--: ouhe growth ot Kationahsm . and. the parties to which it has givea rise in the , Protestant ichurch of North Germany, as would enable our readers to form some clear idea of the' present stated things, and of the. successive, steps which" have led to it; ; "A similar sketch remains' to bo'drawrr of the icfluenca of the nafr philosophy ; in tlie Utiionc church; and ot the inovemsntslo whicti it has qivenbirth- : .It has prtsviously becu inci dentally" mentioned, that' Hermes, the distiri gtt'ishcd Professor in Bonn,, endeavored "to find tlJi jrrounus ot the Catholic relttrion in, and to fcasa it upon, the philosophy of 'Kant : that, thn course pursu)d by his followers in that uuiversi- ty, drew dowu the censure of the Pop v;rpapers, thepuUHsUerd may continue to send them I ;.."ail cash charges are paid. I " If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their pa- . nn . .11 . V 1 m. - i their more immediate Ibead, the Archbishop 0fs-oas previously given, which rendered the con CoW.. We commence. with thcaccfssioa: of cealiuent of suh a holy. relic as a garment of tbepresent king of Prussia to the thron-5,in 1840; ni the return of tha - Archbishops of Cologne and Breslau to their offices, from which Freder ick William 111. had suspended thorn'., . The accession .of, Frederick WiUiamnV.,'and tie call of Eichhorn to the. Ministry of Church Alurs, was not more marked ; by tho renewed erartions and redoubled activity of the so-called Orthodox Pietistish" party in the Protestant, jtbin by the increased zeal of the Ultramontane party in the Catholic church.- 'The hierarchy, rtilch had been curbed and restrained t. by the Uo kin?, showed its Romish colors more shame kssly thanlever ; and under the lead of Gorres, piaed so -much; influence as tocause at lnth' lie dismissal of the two Hermesian Professors rto still remained inBonn,-Braun!tintLd.thtdr-lll .This was January 25, 1S44. - . . Seven months .later, August 22d, CzirtJiii i Tscherski parish priest at Schncidvjrmuhl, In fossa ; with his entire congregation, prqclaiined Aiir indjpendance of the Pops. ' Cz irski -loes W appoar'to have beeq lecj to this step by the ! exhibition of the holy coat at Treves, but by a radually formed conviction of the falsity of .tho Pensions of the Romish " Pontiff- He do3s Ptand to fieparatft from the Catholic church 3 professes to; restore it to . its original foru; parity. ' The position which he and his so Wok, fillowed by the German Catholic so . tiitia in Elberfeld, Berlin; and other pUcas, is -0Ta in the following extract : They acknowled?a the Nicene Creed : declare holy Scriptures the - only safe fountain of 'otrine; retain .the olic church : the seven sacraments ot tht doctrine of transubstantia- the Mass, but ia the German tongue; re--iv9 the Lord's supper in both forms ; deny tho ;J-5tcnce of a purgatory, the supremacy of th- worship of saints, the granting of indul p-ss, church fasts, and the celibacy of priests, -:i permit the marriage of Catholics with. Pro-'--ats - - - Tli'a, it will b3 seen, is tha platform,' very on which Luther stood at bast early in ; career. 07 tarn v:?. tV kotv'con't of TretCS. th -'-si.ion or r -1 forth another .chan 1 i vras forctten, ct.i 3 before - 1 -al, wl . ydiml . '- oasanL. Mo this r..'. i ia tlj G: . . fe-unl Lb ,-3 L J slain his ten some r-rticulirs in to 24,23 -from uHb':r- 5-1 hih-worthy Lord - Bishop." Of course there can.be no mistake in such a book ! - it is unnec essary, for the readers of the Watchman, to en ter mto the controversy, whether the outer, gar- mcnt -a sort of cloak or mantle, which is pre served at Argenteail,- or the under garment of a U SDonsro brown extior xnrl in fur ill almost precisely like a modern' woolen ander-shirt, (also woven without seam;) : which for csnturies has wrought such wonders in Treves, u actually thow vesture" or ljoat' of our version, for which the four common soldiers cast lots. The reader will doubtless consider tho authority of J. Marx, Professor, &c , especially as it has the approbation of th? tvATost-hirh worthy bishop, as sufHciently decisive on this point." Our author does not, it must, alas, ba confess ed, give us a very clear account of what the lucky individual to whom a turn of tin; diea- gave, :, the sacred relic, did with it, whether be sold it, wore it out, preserved it as a' sacred thing, left it in Judia whoa his regiment left that country, or took it with him.. In - fact; Ilerr J. Marx, Professor, etc says not ono word about it Nor is there any more explicit account of what became of the garmnt durin the Tvars - of Ve spasian and Tiru3, at the destraction- of Jerusa lem, during tho persecutions of ' the succeeding Kojian bmperors, in short, duiinj thi whole of the first three centuries of the - Christian' era. The passages relating to its recovery bv the holv Helena, are worth translating ; and if theread?r is not thereby convinced of the authenticity of the rehc, the translator can "only say .that he pi ties Mm; and, unfortunately,' sympathizes . with him fully in his want of faith. ? But to the words of Herr Prof. J. Marxf of the . Episcopal Sem inary, j.f s.'j---, h t-"- -: After the - splendid victory? over IMaxentius, (A. JJ. Constantme, in concert with. Jji-) cinius, by a, decree, put an end to the persecu tion of Christians, , and v- proclaimed fi-eedom - of religion m Uie Koman jmpire. Uonstantme himself, and his mother, avowed the Christian religion. ' By this, celebrated act of justice: and still more by the distinguished ' kindness of the Emperor and his mother toward the church, the Christians in all lands felt themselves under the highest .; obligations to them. - The Emperor caused his mother to ba crowned Empress, and adorned with this dignity, and honored as a pious Cbiistian, she visited the holy land in .the - year 325, to see the various sacred spots, and by her numerous charities to bring help to ; the Christ tians "there. By questioning .the .inhabitants, she found the spot where the cross had ; stood f326-33-S93, years only . had passed 1 since the crucifixion,' the holy grave, the holy crosi, the title which rilata 1 wrote, and ? the holy, nails, lived long in" Palestin-i as a model of meekness, benavolence and piety, and travelled througliout the country, everywhere distributing rich . gifts. Thus arc ws in fortii jd by .Eusjbius, ' Bishop ot Cajiarea in Palestine, Rufinus; priest at AjuU eia,, who was long in Pabstina, and Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus in iiyria; On this 'same jour ney of the holy Helena, and her residence in the holy land, bangs the tradition of the coming - ot th'd holy coat tJ' the church at Treves.' -The holy Helena, "says 'this tradition, 'after her; re-, turn fiom.the holy land," presented the coat, by tlie hand of St. Agfocius, Bishop of Treves, to the church of that city, being moved thereto by her affection for the place of her birth; : ! As vra nave no contemporary acconnta, we ? arc lorced to examine whether this tradition, which, we find snmetime later'-upbn record, can us weighty grounds of probability: (sinoa this i matter vdoas not admit of absolute certainty, fsundv'd - upon historic proofs). ' ' " v" We say, then, this tradition, has cvry proba bility in its favor. ; With the -discontinuance of tho persecution of the ; Christians under - Qon- stantine".1 A.;LK 313, ceasju tor the nrst the vea- Chnst not only prudent; but absolutely ; neces sary. ; Not long-thirteen years-7-after appear ed the holy Hlena in the holy land, where in all probability the holy coat must be found. She : came as th 3. guardian. aDgel of the Christians, a3 the first-Christian EuipreSsi as "tha" pious seeker after the sacred, spots about - Jerusalem,, both from devotion, and to bring to light all the sa crcd mementos of the sufferings and death of the Saviour." VVe ask, then, Who' has th jre; ever been in the world so favorably situated to obtain holy relics in Palastiaa, as jast, this holy , . Hele na ? Now for the; first time could, such, things be withdrawn from their silent concealment in the care of soma family ; now.; existed no longer, the slightest danger of their, being despised ;. now wa3 that enlightened and plow Empress in th-v land, to whom every Christian gave gladly, from Lventjratioa and love, the . most precious of his possessions ; and it was she who could m - the richest' maimer reward such jiri offiriui, M3ro- over, thtough the discovery of the boly.crossj Ue tUb on the cross, and. the holy. nails,and the great joy whieh.tbEmpress bad thus spread ibmad. ihi atteution of ail Christians, especial- v thos-j of Palestine, ;was drawn to tne ooiy Helena, and her uncommon regard tor noly rel irand as she travelled the. country, around, scattering rich gifts everywhere, she. must have iad everv possible opportunity, to ount-uptiie ml coat, or to receive -from some quarter or other as a gift " providing it was still in exis tence," J. Marx, Protessor, etc., uoeswot auaj When, however, 4he coat was onuo m ,iue hands oi.tue uuiy ""cua, !. -f ----.v - tural that she send the same to. the - church in s just as she sent a portion, oi me tuny fthp. holr nails to her son Con - Htantine.at Constantinople, and it is entirely improbable that she should have omitted a sim- iUr mark of regard to me city vn i "r, i"hf bad Irtn-r resided." ThW is the weightiest part of the argument (?) of J. Marx, Professor, etc. .. tie aaas rea sons why s i litt1? has come down to us in the .vrlt'm-T r ; torintr aas concernmi tne coat, uis- cussesth3 authenticity of other pretded holy T-Jrnients. fcc. . The exact m-'.' "Iia'chich -- - that " the holv Ilebna" vr-s not bcc: us, : - b, w. does cot aprnr. IT ' lr.torms the cross YS Li(-Il -3f. -;uJation. of ,c;i tm -nti.-Ttffd bv the mirace3 which it ii-,r,-v5h ir.ter tuat tne coat ,. . . i . . - b thi same cauuer. The vni r.i-nveJ. CLV.lC-".-i Empress Helena . - T: . - . to the church t 1 by tha -rrara : rr.irr.clcs vrere t the Romish church : the Romish church is in fallible.; The author chronicles also tho various tmblic exhibitions of the relic The first was in tha Cathedral at Treves, in 1196; tho second, at the instance of tho Emperor Maximilian I., in 1512 ; a third probably took plao in 15l4j a Pop?. Leo X. granted ai ' indulgence, dated Jan nary 26th of that. year.,' to such . as visitad th i Cathedral for the purposj of honoring the . holy coat, and who addsd something to tho funds,fo: repairiug: and beautifying, tliat '' edi&W. ;.'The next exhibitions Wvre in 1531, 1543, 1553, 15?3 (6"o the. 6th, 7th and tth of May,) - 15H. Th ; y ars 1630 and '31 are memo.abb for a groat contest b2t.W2en the Elector-Archbishop,1 Philip Christopher", and the Episcop il Chapter con corning a pretndjd piece of th3; holy, coat, in which thj..Chaptera.Jonis. to have comiured and rendered it certain that'their holv co it wa wan Ike coat, and.the. whole 'coat.: and nothing but the coat. . -Splendid exhibition of thy. holy coat in 1635." In 1734 and J765 it was exhib ited at the fortress of Ehrenbrcitstein. During the wars of the French Revolution, the holy coat , as well as itsd-jfonders and protectors, the priests of Treves, led rather a vagrant lifi, but finally got back to its old quarters in ;1 8 10j and Iwlpd. repleaish the funds in the church box very' inn tcrially by an exhibition the same year; (We must do Professor J . Marx , the justice -. to add; that his work itself has not been accessible to us and we -have bsen forced to make our extracts from it at sscond hand.) V . - "V ' Treves, tha oldest city - in Germany, once a splendid capital, and surrounded with relics ' of the Romans, long the seat of an El ector, receiv ed its last blow when; after beingalmost ruined by the French, it became aTrontiertown t-of the Prussian kingdom. in 1815. Hie great lines of trade and travel had settled down in other di rections, its trada had fallen off, and, when Bish op Arnoldi was appointed to the S3e, in 1842. tne weaun ana spiinam or tno arcnoisnopnc nau diminished to the lowest point. " But hi must be a poor priest indeed, who cannot contrive ways and means to make the peasantry administer to his wants, and Arnoldi. just bsfore his. consacra- tion$ meeting IVleiternich at Coblenz, obtained a promise from him , that the holy nails which had fastened the SaviouF to tho cross, and which the bishops of Prag had for several centuries unjust-" ly detained, , .should . ba sent back, to Treves, where they properly bidonged. It was intended to celebrate the arrival of these iron relics by an exhibition of them and of the coat together. But the nails did not come, and probably the wants of the bishop grew pressing, for in Janua ry, 1844, the Chapter, camb to the determination to exhibit the latter alona. ' --.The first official announcement of, this deter mination which has fallsn, into our hands, is di td at Treves, July 6th, 6f that year, and signed, J)as Bischoefliche General Vikariat;';, - ". . . :-...'f,1.'k(r .'.-V- ii.'jii MyEU.E.R.v.. . -.This circular contains the of dor in which; the pilgrim processions of the various . cities, towns aud villages of the bishopric, will be received, on what days they shall come, through what streets they shall approach tho. Cathedral, and general rules aud directions which they must follow. ; ' The first sentences of this circular are worth translating : " ' - ' " 1; ' ; ; it rejoices "us to .notify the right rcverendclcr- 2y, and the faithful gsnerally ot ths bishuprio of Treves, that our most reverend Lord Bishop, in compliance with; the?oft-repcated pious petitions of the people of this bishopric,, for -the privilege of seeing and hbnoring . that priceless treasure preserved in the .Cathedral: of this "place -the coat without scam of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ bath decided to comply with thesj re quests during. the course. -of the preseut year. 1 his holy relic; will therefore be exjiibiCed in the Cathedral for a space of six .weeks, beginning on the IStb of August, so that the wishes of ail may be gratified, who cherish the, pious intention, ol journeying to -Treves" to honor with - their per sonal inspect ion the holy garment on our; divine Redeemerand every one may be able to win the complete indulgence granted by Pops Ieo. X., under uate or January xuyiitit i ue saiu l-opo, to wit, granted free indulgence," in the words of the Bull 4V to all the faithful forever who should o as pilgrims to Treves, to the exhibition of the boly coat, sincerely - repent of .their .sins, t and confess or even have a the - firm purpose I to " do this, and moreover tend a helping hand to the proper and .worthy endowment of the Cathedral of Treves, (which, sinca the. end "of tha Jast cen tury, has - been in " continual necessity,") ;' to the and that this pom church" mayi by its" grandeur and the splendor of its decorations,, be worthy of its dignity as the placo wherein ' are preserved the coat without seam of our Lord Jesus ' Christ, and so many other holy relics." At Athe: same .. .i . J-- - r. ..- i" r..i A- time that we announce,, thtse joyful tidings to the peopb t)f the bishopric, we. publish the rules and regulutiouf to be observed by all who visit the exhibition, etc. - v ' , . 4 The 17th of August, the day before the ex hibition, came... At noou, the " whole , city ol Treves was m commotion The belts were ring- ii", tue cannon ot iu; sieamuouut suuhuiuj, aj the cannon of the st .. - - . p : . . . : t. . . . ' .1: ' tha multitudes : collected irora all quarters in boats. "post-coaches", private conveyances and' in . - '. . . -.-. . . i - . 1, . Ion" pilgrim piocessionsj to awau-tiie great event of the next day. ; I he dwelliugs in the city and its environs, and a thousand places fitted .up for temporary accommodation, wero filled with stran rrcrs. - .. - - .... - - -- -The 18th of August opened clear and, beauti ful : at 8. A. M. the bells of the Cathedral : in vited the faithful, to a festival High. Mass, and the enormous concourse showed the crafty Bish op Arnoldi, who himself officiated "at the high altar, the success of his scheme, and proved that he, the shepherd, had not miscaicuiatca ine ig norance, bigotry and superstition of his flock - The Mass being ended, a jjr. maui entered trie. pulpit and delivered a discourse to tho multitude nnon the ereat event which was about to take nlace. 1 ue Vameurai appeaia w uave iueu - f - r I .1 4 l. il.- hpen Cleareu oi . tue mass ui ibiwi,.wu,ub me preparations lor tee admittance oi tue nuge pro cession were making. At one o'clock, 1 M., tne smaller proces s from the various churches moved forward to join in the monster train which was to pass tin-- t'-.a Cathedral. Across the main floor a made bv' arranging the benches wViriod t a Toint near the high abir, where, hard by the door of the " Schatzkammer," (trea sury) in a gla3 ca-e Lrg the u spo-e trown holy gar me trrouc i: f - 1 TIT in pots not unusual in the churches of the Rhine and this was all in the way of decoration a simplicity recalling Christ's commendation oi the wisdom of the unjust steward. In suitable places wsre; placad recsptachs for the gifts of the'pil'titns, tta proceeds b;in dvotad ( 1.) to the Cathadral at Treves, (2; ) for: youthful con victs a good obj :ct- and (3.) for the finishins if the Cath dml at Cologne. A. host of irens irarims and policemsn preserved ord jr. without and at the entrance of the edifies; a guard ot citizens and tho priests took command within., ' " ' - . v. . . The Throne of Iniquity. ' J Dr. Eamcs on the Maine Liquor Law, deliv- red apowertar discourse at . uarrisbur'r last wintCT,t about . which so much has been said bi Wjy,rtf leurpiy, that, we . copy for tli3 columns of t.ua Uhroniele the AUbstauee ot the argument, it; ?elf, omittinsr the introduction and inferences. CACironiclc' ' t THE PRINCIPLES I LEGISLATION HEARIKO ON X' . ' PUBLIC EVILS. 7 . " -( 1.. Firstsociety had a right to protect itself. do not knaw that this would be called Jn ques tion, for it is universally acted on ; but the im portance of the principle itself,wahd its connec tion with the point before :rs demands that it should bs well understood, and that its bearings should be fcloarly seen.- It is important to un; derstand'that there' is such a right in " fact, and to Sao clearly to what itextehds. - - (a). In regard to the fact, it may be remark ed, that it is inherent in .the nature of a right that there should be.the prerogative of self-pro-teclion,orsS8lf-defense, and that all societies, and all individuals, acton it. - , . 1 , , God has a right to protect his own govern ment, not to say himself, and is constantly doing it by airhis prohibitions of "certain courses of conduct ; , by all the penalties affixed to his laws; by all the. punishments which ha brings on trans gressors; by all ; that ho docs to overthrow And and crush the enemies of himself -and his king; dom. j t , -, ' - , , ' . Man as an individual, or as the head of a fam-: ily, has a : right to '-protect himself or his. family, by all the. wisdom which - ho has ; - by all the strength, properly . employed, which ..he pnsses e3 ; by ail the aid which he can secure from the magistrate under the operation 'of, law.; i and by :11 his appeals to the' God of truth and justice. There are arrangements "every where to 'secure him in the protection of his - rights, and he dos no; wrong if ho' avails blmselt- of theso to defend thosa rights against all who would invade them.'; " Sochty has a right to protect itself. The rijiht is inherent in the oriranization , It is al ways act ;d on.- " Jf it. were not so, the attempt to organize civil society would be a .farce. In all civib society itis assumed that. this is so Hencaii the enactment f . laws ; the affixing of ncnalties tohiws : tlie institution of courts: the establishment ot a police . force ; the infliction ot hnes and punishment i the cutting oft" of-those who are dangerous, by capital punishment ; the employment of a military force f to suppress riot and rebellion ; the resisting of foreign i invaders, and the suppression of treason. All these pro. ceed on the principle that society has a right to protect itself so a3 to secure tthu ends of the or conization But to. what does .the rbht extend Clearly to every thing where;" injury or wrong would be done. Mn God s goernment it extenJ to eve ry thmg "where his honor or his law, is involved ; In the case ' of ' a man as an: individual, or as the- head of a family, to very thing" wh err he or lib "family r have, rights which are in vaded by others ; in regard; to society, to every thing. which. pertains, to .the. public, and .which an ect3 the public good. .'Let a man," say. Blackstone, be ever so abandoned in his princi pl:,; or vicious in his' practice," .provided , b keeps his wick .-dniess to himself, and does not of fepd against the rules of" public decency, ho is out of the reach of liumau laws: But if he makes his vices' public; ' though they be ' such as seem principally to affect himself,' (as drunkenneiss 'or the like) they then become; by the bad example they set,' of pernicious . effects s; to societv ; and therefore it is then the business of human laws to correct them.'' 1, 124. . ;As this principle is 'interpreted by,! society t it extends to everything which . would affect good order, its Safety, its prosperity, its existence : a protection of society extended in le half of .all tliat would .promote its welfare; a protection against all that would - injure," endanger,' orudes- troy it. It is a protection extended to the peace ful pursuits of industry ; to the person and repu tation'of individuals r ail that. contributes to good morals and order.; to the rights of conscience ; to life,' liberty, and the pursuit of happiufss -lt i a protection of the comiiTwnity7iraitt$ all which would invade it by force and .arms ; against al which would corru pt or weaken it ; against al which would i undermine the public morals; arainst all vices, as Blackstone specifi',s. whicl at e of i public nature, and - which ten d by ex ample to be of pernicious efficts in society. On these principles of self-protection, society legislates against lotteries against gaming, against counterfeiting the public coin,- against drunken- nessi against profaneness, ; against poisonous or corrupted drugs, against any employment that in its .nature .tends io endanger tthe public health peace, or morals No man, on this principle, is al lowed to set up and prosecute a public business however lucrative it may be, which will have, ei ther of these effects for the public good1, is, o more consequence than any - private gain .could bo. it, tor instance, a man should set up bakery in this city, in which by the infusion of a deleterious drug into his bread he would endan ger the public health; society would not hesitate a moment in regarding this as - a proper subject of legislation, and would never dream offvtolera ting it, or taxing it, or regulating it, or licensing it. If from the bakeries of this city, bread of such a character should go forth for a single morning, and there was a general concert and understanding among the bakers to continue this practice as the regular line of their busi- ness it mere was not law enougn in tne com munity to put a stop to it, there would not be patience and forbearance enough to prevent a storm of public indignation that would in a day by every'such bakery in ruins. There are riot a3 many Daxenes ia tms city as mere are nous es for selling intoxicating liquors. 2. I bf it down ts a E3Cor:i principla in re cord to legislation, that sochty flou'.I not ly i' hr-3 prclcd evil. Ti b j: ru 1- importance of the principle in itself, and in th application which I intend to; ma'ka of it, re quires that it should bs mad 3 a littb more dis tinct ana pronumot. l ue position is, ttnt tiia pur pose of a soebty in organizin i a government, th ourposa of a ffovernmmt under such an orcrani- zation, should not be to protect erif tn any form I he law is mad r for tha lawless and disobnli cnt : for the unzoaly and for sinners, for;nnaolv nd profano, for murd irers of fathers and raue derers of "mothers, fur minelayers, for whoro- mongerSi tor thosa that defile themselves with mankind, for m?n stealers, for liars , and for porv jurcd persons," (LTiin. i. 9,) and not to po tecf those who practice- thasvicasror to protect anything which will give, facility, in ; practising them.' iTlu tru1? obj ect of loiisUtion, is to pre vent not to protect evil. . God never instituted a covei hmont on the earth with a view to its throwing, protecting shield, 'over vice nni im morality-; he ' has naver, commissioned "m?n. to ?it in high places lo.accomplish any such, work. The end of, government; so far-as it b?ars on that point at all; is to suppress crioi3 : -to pun tab wronor-doars ; to remove "iniquity ; to pro mote that which is just and true- s. And it mab tors not what the evil is, nor how lucrative it raav be made,"nf)r how much capital, may be. invested in it, nor how" much revenue.' may be dsrivol from itnor how many persons may liavj an in terest hi its - continuance, "the, business of .the lawgiver is to suppress it;?not to protect it ; to bring it to as spsedy an end as. possible,, not to v . . . . .i. i . iL . -t? uecom j nil! pauuerer iu it, ur ,iue p.iuuu in iv. What would ba thought, of a govcrnmsnt tha shoul lunder any pretext whatever, take, under its protecting care,, thieves j counterfeiters, and burglars?. - , - - - - . ' -2 .AclilIU Versus Newmanr vThe following, remarks from theBritish Ban- ner with regaru .to tue late -.uoei suit brourht by Dr. Achillii a - convert 4 from Romanism against Dr. Newman, a convert to , Romanism will be read with interest as it "perhaps gives as truthful a statement as we ean get or the popu ar opinion among Lnglish tTOtestanta-witu re gard to this remarkable trial : uThe city, if not the - nation, has been exci ted during the last week with the trial -which has just come off in the case of Achillii?.' New man. 1 hw cause has peculiarities ; nothing of be sbrthas for mans years disgraced a court of BritUh law. It was in a great degree an array of Popery against ". Protestantism, carried "on by one, convert against another, and rendered all the more fierce Jay the spirit .which characterizeb the Vatican , towards all who , escape from; her thraldom. Onu of her paradisiacal delights is, to curse Protestant proselytes above all pother malefactors, with bell, book, and candle. Rome has special pleasure in 2 cursing ; .and now . that she is not permitted to burn men, she consoles lerselt by .. hurling her anathemas -on the hapless heads joLtbose who. have, .escaped from her -cruel chains ;:and especially if, as in the case of Dr. Achilli, they have cast at b.T a Parthian daft, or rather, thrown into her ; camp a deadly mortar. fhe,recent trial was specially signalized by the number and variety of the witnesses; and the vile unity of their testimony. Witness after witness was brought torward to depose to certain misdeeds on the part of the Protestant prosely tc. :s 'Noth ing that skill, or cratt, or energy,'or money could effect, appears to have been left undone to crush him. i VVe remember nothings in our own times, ever approaching the' trial in some of its baser teatures, except the memorable: caso of Quecu Caroline. The object,1 in both cas2S,.wa sub btantially " the same ; the witnesses, too, 'were much i the sa ne, , largely from the same country, and stamped with the same character... Nothinr could j have ; been more. , damaging,, as not Inn could have been mora . disgusting and revolting tnan tne chronicle ot profligacy which was swam against A chillb Were any purpose tob s'rv ed by it, we should onalyzi".4h'3 'evidence, and exhibit its religious characteristics, -Which w think " might" be done with 1 au effect far' . mor? striking to the eye of the moralist than was don in 5 the court, .where, to a large extent, moral con siderations are excluded, and still more thosa of a religious character. Dr. Achilli turns If an eared, as a witness in his own cause, and in tha? capacity he acquitted himself with singular abib ity,-displaying a self possession, a courage, a tact and a frankness seldom withssed under analo gous circu Distances. " He :niust be either a vir tuous man, stroug in his integrity t or a cinsum: mate hypocrite For' seven and a half hour. he occupied the" witness box, v where h was ex amiued and cross-examined, with a searching se verity seldom equalled; by 'the first men at tht bar. Some of the questions put by the opposing counsel were gratuitously insulting, and provok ing, in the highest degree. 1 hese were moments when the truS character of Achilli was tested io tne uttermost; ana we menne to ocneve tnat nothing but : consiou3 integrity could have ena bled him to act the part he did, under such'cir cumstances ; no confusion, no mantling blush on the Wheels, no. pallor, which -sp?aks stronger than language, nor even the slightest , ruifle of temper. - I, wo or tne witnesses," wlo, . regardless of their own infamy, , had sworn, to the crime with which, he was charged," were m succession brought before him, when lie declared, : with calm and dignified solemnit', that he knew not tho individuals ; that he had - never: even seen them ; ;whib. one of them waxed pals, trembled, and was confounded before himl , . "The badgering and blustering of the defen dant's counsel having; come to a close, and the Attorney. General having replied, it then be came the duty of the Lord chief Justice to sum up, which he did with a clearness and compre hensiveness which his intelligence, experienea, and deep sagacity enabled him, in all complex cases, to exercise, taking special paiDS to see that no poms was neglected oa which toe jury might require to be instructed ; and baying com pletely satisfied them, they retired, nd, after an absence of two hours, returned with a verdict to the effect that Dr. Newman was guilty of a malicious libel.. There are - points in tne evi dence which may seem to bear an unfavorable aspect as to Dr. Achilli, einco they excite a fear that his notions of morality may still retain a taint of the Popish system. - ; ."But on this it 13 no part ce ur hnsiner? to speak. We hava deemed it cur duty, however, to make tins statement, sinC3 wo coula ao no more ; for we cannot pollute ur pages villi t1 rt-ccious recitals C2S i larclj tie j r?rrt to : m cfii. L- we ne-id sav nothing ; the objector th Roman ists, from first to lst, doubtless was to crush ai strov Achilli; but this they have not accom plished,-There i3, notwithstanding, teason to ear that,, from the' nature of the case asa the mture of m?n, Dr. Achilli has bea seriously imaqd.". No .man can piss through such an ordal, whatever his inhoccne1, without injury nry which will too probably cbave to hita i?le life lists, and which can hardly fail to im pair his character, and, by .consequence, the v-ilu? of hi labors in all cominj tim'e. ' But, whatever bs the result as to Dr. Achilli. there an ha no mistake as' to.th) - damage, boundless. nnd irretrievable, which this proceeding will in flict on the church of Rome,' - ' From the Watchman and Reflector. ' - A Soliloquy. " 1 have managed hinT adroitly ,''-aU tha prince of evil, as he turned from, the counting- room of a wealthy merchant. ;" I mada gooa " i , "rV A ' : f " . 1 , t use oi tue lamous Scripture, Vrie .that proviaetn not for his own household, is worse than an in 5- - del. .. . And it was a good time tor my cttorts, too. I know that his b?.art is set upon a new and , h-nrl-mif-l linnet tKnn iVta in a inn- ftAnnntikg these hateful missionary societies; I have persua ded him that he can build it. But I had hard - tfork this morning, to get that fifty dollars sub- , tracted from his subscription to the Bible Soci- , ety. ..If I, had not plstyed my card? well through . the iast year, I never could uave succeeaea. - Ons twelvemonth agov'and he would have driven . me behind him, if I had only suggested such a . thing", s There is nothing like constant trying," gaining a little to-day, and a little to-morrow. t How wen. l maae nis pnae in nis cauuren aiamy purpose. I have really made him believe that . the .erection ob a new and splendid house would. . be greatly to their advantage. O; how I wish I had them all safe within my net ! . , . - '.u But there is that praying wife of his... I can"t get round her, any way. She seems proof against all my , temptations.' And her mother -; was J-wi iifcv uviaiviG,j3 wvuiljz . u-ti-i Aiifava y praying. 1 never could manage to ao ner much, harm How I hate these praying families! They do' me more harm than ail the rest of tho world put together; 1 be now nouso may an come to nntdtn r nnA il-n ait licoi-intinna nil romaln it ti are, turougn iuu muueuce ui mis guuiy wuc -However,.! have done her some mischief.. She, will .be shocked when she hears of the withdraw-" al of the fifty dollars. ' How I abominate these . Bible Societies I They are always thwarting my designs, and I wilb leave no : stone unturned to injure them. v And L can do a great deal. by: means of covetous or worldly professors. . They are "the very best machinery to work" with ia, m..4Smm J...U ..J nil1 - n. M rfl . M n MM f. prusevU),lll cabu nua.au ji iuj ucaius, auu ou ... long as their, numbers are,-bo large, ! need not ..-.. . . ' it ULUU 5 - A We mast Enconra?e oar Minister. ; But how? : ? Pay his silary promptly? This What- then ? shall we . treat him with respect ?, Yes cert iinly : But then he would die of dis ti uii. i.ilii. ii Liii.i uiiiiiu. j iiil . null iin .: n if otmw couragement under Hhe kind..st treatment, and r ma auectionata mue or tne wnoie cnurcn. lie would give' more for one fervent prayer than thev whole round of fashionable civility. Nevr, no " ncrer can you encourage him, while he sees you not at the prayer meeting. ' All the rest, though highly proper, can never .keep up his courage. ' anu is conteniea witn i mese, is not . worth a 'ng.; it. . You have fed it.only with words of chaff. .iuu ii ue iiiis it, m iiuiii uuu a, cnurcn, ur church members, who do not patroniz j the pray- " er me-eting. can never encourage :rthcir ;tninister-" And the surest way to kill his courage outright is to let pray?r-meetin s dia. For he can havo ittle confid mca that' professors will pray fervent ly at- home,' if th'y shun the. prayer nnetihg, orv b.'lieve that they. desire a revival, however great- v ly they need it. To those . who - wish ,to encou rage th'.-ir miubtrr the way is plain. ' ' And as to -others, wheth er they wish it or not,' they are euro r to discourage him jut as far as the prayer meeting is forsaken Ch. Mirror. ' " , . A N.ew Objection A colporteur in one of, the " Atlantic states found" an idea prevailing uuong some of the wealthy families he visited, that if they remained ignorant of their religious duties, particularly in regard to sustaining mis sionary and benevolent operations, tbey would not be" accountable. : " I was reminded,"-' h says, of an objection made by a woman while soliciting her to subscribe itor uie Mesxener. , Why ' says she, if . I take tliat papcrj I'll be I reading it. and th-n 1 li war o reaa religious I'll want to go tbooks and the Bible, and to meeting, and then 111 be praying. and attend ing in rolirrirvn lll-ft anm fif liitr hf?rrlibor! that take the paper.'; Exactly so,' said I that is the result that r by the blessing ot . God may be accomplished, and the very reason : why 1 1, wish s you to take the paper.? " Am. Messenger. . The Rev. Dr: Bridgman has recently arrived . from China, on a short visit forbfc.health which had become nuite -prostrated in his exhausting labors in the translation of the Bible. Bishop Bone of the Episcopal mission, Rev. Mr. C I-' bertson of the. General Apsembly's Board, end Rev. Mr. Shuck of . the . Southern Baptist, are cordially united with Dr. Bridgman in thi3 trans lation, and entirely harmonious on the didcult question of ;'the woi d to be used for; God or Je hovah. The original translation5 of the Title by Dr. Morrison in China, and almost simul.'i neously by Dr. Marshman at Serarr:; , wLIIa both were abb ?r I valuable, are rcgirJ, a as too literal, and in iir.y cases adlerr:-g too strictly - tofce Er: whereas tL'e w is; m tiany cases, L.cr readily trass. . i ir.o cumese. ur. ... . 1 , 1 i r-il .. TT in many cas:o too f .... 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