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THURSDAY, JANUARY:2,3, 1868.
RE PRINCETON ,REVIEW ON RE-ENION.
The current -number of the Princeton ,Re
iew has an article on Re-union, understood
4.be from the pen of the editor, Dr. Hodge.
t is a docunient• of some importance, and
the whole, shows progress in the right
irection. . The offensive language-of ..the
tide of, July is not repeatodpand all
:ntional insult in that languageis disa
owed. The` importance"' and 'strength of
lie re-union movement in both branChea, is
ecognized, and ih the latter:part of the ar
ele it is fully .admitted: that , the positions
.ken by represehtative tneh in the New
school body, particularly by Dr. Srnith,,in
is admirable pamphlet on Re-union, and by
ho delegates of the New School branch on
ho floor of ,the late Philadelphia 'Conven
ion, are all that the
a Old School ever de
., ended, or have any right to demand. "It
ould seem, therefore," says the writer,
that in the good ProVidence of God, the
onvention , has enabled us to understand
ach other On this ibaportant point ' (sub
cription to the Confession.)
Yet the article, as a Whole is puzzling and
nsatisfactory. The reader will see this from
brief analysis. It consists of two parts;
rst and chiefly; it is oecupied with an elab
,crate argument to prove that the New
School body, is or until very recently was,,.:a
"liberal" body, in a' bad'Oi heretical spnse,
and in distinction ~, f rom= the OM SWOP/
which is described as strict; the -New School
admitting of "a' latitadefin matters of 'doe
tri no, to whictt the Old SMlool'on 0061,101AM
tious grounds cannot : consent! To this ,ai•-
gumont, which constantly wavers- ben
the present and the_LvAstrilear past, a full
pro ~r psi* is deroted..Tlien, secondly,
comes the brief l'ou.:l3agelra - Pt, ae we 4igt
it it, describing the changed posture of
ffuirs since the article on Re.union of last
ctober by Dr. Smith, and the doings of the
hiladelphia Convention. Twenty pages,
hat is, to prove that the New School, in
lading Prof. , Stith 'himself, were until
uite lately, chargeahle with a ditngerous
beralism, and that all Dr. Hodge had ev_er
ritten against their orthodoxy, was based
pon indubitable facts; and four 'pages to
ecord the astonishing and sudden trans'fot7-
. ation by which the New . SchoOl ai&reti-
ered .every way, acceptable to the
ven to Princeton. • •t - -
We confess we cauritit possibly enter into
joy with which our cotemporary, ;the
r oangelist, welooniea this article. Oar sym
,, titles are rather with • ttie -Presbyter`, the
ld School organ,aoDincinnati, which, with
no regard to proportion, spends more than
if of its four,columneditofial in refutifig Po
ions deemed tirrofieous, attdin vindicating
p New S chOnl front:the asperston.s of the first
rt of Dr. _l:lodge's article. ' The :Presbyter
, übtless feels; that a practised thinker and
n trovershatstoike I;yr. , .11bage;vithild not
borate an argument ikrehp twee mor
I pages, without - .some purpose more sig
i cant tban to see it all demolished in the
ncluding three or:Foitr 'pages , of. his issue.
the judgment of that paper, doubtleas as
our ovAi; liheral-minded"`men 'of 'both
anches in the Chureh,mustnct be thrown,
their guard lowatds the bearings of the
mor part' of the artiole, by the brief and
ctical admiisions at the doge.,
, „
How stands the case as-presented by the
icle ? • Justin this way .:-Up to .the wid
e of last Octobar;the New•School,'aecor4-
g to the' 'Remether, held to such liberalf
sins of subscriptio n , that 'the
uld not consistently fraternize with them
terms of ‘equslity. He says: "We have
therto differed. We have so differed' as to
:hder re-uniol On any terms satisfactory
the conscience of both pa f rtiesimpossible:'"
r. Hodge frequently. uses the present tenee
describing this *hiedifferesee.. ctfithe
, •
aracteristic 'dittere4cet i fSetyfeen , the Old
t . d Now School' that' the ope is strict,
d the other liberal," &c. p. 60 :Vence the
0 °eh of dangerous liberalism .eztended up
the very period Otimed, if no later! Prc
sely at that perio'd, aubli:repreaetit4econs
ere made throakh f the tamphlit of Prof.
• mith, and the action, or .the Xemr,Sgbool
°legates in the Convention, as to demon
trate that an important change had:,taken
Taco. The admissiOns..of the New Selioot
jobukWeir
on doctrinal points, were ,all that: the Old
School 'ever demanded or had aright to de
mand. The attitude of the, New School
delegates in, the Convention, says Dr, Hedge,
"has enabled ns :to understand each other on
the important, matter" of.subscription.. ,
a word, pr. Tlodge l holds out his hands, in
the brief conclusion of. the article, to those
whom he has been showing.in,the.preceding
part, to have beeniuttOy unfit toi 7 r e c eg pi : .
tion, up .to 'a date , not ninety days gone ; V.
Surely„,a smile of incredulity maybe par-
doned , at such* extraordinary attenupt tq
combine palpable contradictions: Lusk Julyi,
DE. Hodge asserted :thstt .the : ,Xew . ,05 . 0,954
Church ado,P l 94;khe P94ekisi.P l ) of Faith-as
containing es i sentkal„ doctrines of,Ghris
tianity aUd,,ingthipg
. 4e not, oply
seems to har kelievedth ; at .eFtraorclipary
declarationtbepihat the,artitcle„before
proof t 4 5 4 ,h 9 stilthelieves thakha,was,then
su.bstaptially:right„ There i is not, a v,rord
in his apology on page 57. of the, present
number, implying : tilat, he
.was,in ,error r ,in
July. ,
What then, are we to infer? 1,12 That po
sition has, br:tiodge,iett AliCsuhje - et:?:' Man
testly, ,he ,is 7 in this awkward dilemma.
Either he is right or Wrong in his acconnt
of the hereticalthe, Now
School. bhUrCh .' up to 'inceit Clete. If he
is right, then there has occurred a change
in the sentinients and ,modeS of- thought
,of
the NeWse4c6l Church of 'an' Unparalleled
and marvelOusly rapid 'llar4ter.. t Zn about
the apnea 'Of fifteen: da,i4;o,i; WhOle hOdy
hitherto only"lanp t ug up4n tbe verge of"
orthedolftiSs heenLtranateireAl 'to the safest
and suresthiding places of Caliinism. In,
explicable, illoecit, iarraculens hs Such a
change would hu t stilb it, ia : lesaa miracle
than that. Princeton EAQulst believe in its
eurretrec - or - Ts - p4iCsitilli,ty. hftve never
heard thatf , 4oife-lastditfdil'iiii) doctrine
of purgatory in the Princeton system.
Surely there is a loud, call, for it now. hire
-17 the. New S l ch6,6friiirU t itebeen spend
ing 'foil:night ,in some spiritual, unseen
Purgatory, and has come out, all, nncon-
Scious of the procesi3 ? clean and pure enough
for'Udmission to thCheaven of Princeton
oithodoxy. .1
. .
The other horn of the. dilemmas that Dr.
„ . .
Hodge was., wrong ,in
,the ,assertion..of the
kpretical liberalism „oi, the New - School;
and,tbat no such ohange, he imagines has
ogeFF,O, or was ist,spessary. : 9 i tbe,orthoOoxy
of : filft: New 'School. body. And, if, wrong,
thisonly .
; compatible with Chris
titan
b2n,or, i ie,,that he was : ignorant of the
facts . ~The immured Princeton
professor, with al ,his lore, his!ncumen, his
great-srasEt of
. th eo logic 1 tr nth s,„tat bit
parqally, ! lpformedef:the condition
of the churches to-day and' took up , and
chtrished and caloatad, : itha most errone
ous and unfair.-estimate of thelboliers of his
breflirenl. Charity; 'we` say, inclines -tp
hike ;tibia view of the :ea It is a pitiable
spectacle ,gvlaiih'i& .ought before us,by this
lanip and i aportseepenti artiele; i the spectacle
of a loading.nianin :the Old School Church;
spending about the entire periOti of hie prii:oL
fesiiipbal ignorance . of iti6 true
of a:ii r odY of men jybbinhp,
eing.as;heretioal,triroughA@,w4pte career.;
and now only o - pailing,.his- eyes ..to the fact
as hts'career Is about to: clOse..' And yet any
ottidf i3atipOttibtr . vieuld'OPViiiak•4'theijaa: • c . ,
tolciv4 2t rest~usf~
her4'en din g with 4 gnotati;frOM i -the,,edi:
- Wrist a The. Pr'esbyter; the . old, , School ;or
.
gany'pfl-Cintinnatil,'alreaily 'referred.' to.-•- I .Tt
is - ailollevie; - '
1 1:01416 'we:rehiee - Very pinchto record
thQse,lset paragraphs, we cannot fOoear to
Sat f Oat..the - 44 . 344‘ce
was 'ffintlie pail; of the Old BaboOo,O pot, of
PebOOl: - . ,amendm ent
:;i4F4fs . vio,an advance. •He : and. every; editor
School, Dr.: Hatfield aod 'inOy
othiirlironiinent Men,' with many Church
ou s~ithd PlappA t tlieruielOes on theOa;
platforni i montlis before, a nd they
and erected' :it
there. 1 24luilqtkep. at Philadelphia ' - 31;tag
the, Alltng from . ,inaeTeies,_ as
from awls at :I)4nfftfidtis, and the opening
ot r inany,' bOarts, as. ,when Lydia i Sat Under
Paii , l'eprenehing, TheSFOrit
,O,od touched
%Ole , The gun. of
righteessness Tose allOri, psvilth, healing in
his wings:”
Spiritr'of Union Se - math=
eel.ebratiid hie, silver 'wedding.
Frotn,a4,,intseBtiog axtiGle in, the Evange,
list we copy4hevfollowiog paragraph with
amoral. ,
Wltltit a riiernory' of ivreilty-five*yeara since that
PHILA.DELPHIA, THURSPZY, JANUARY 23, 1868.
wigter's morning, when the, gdploister and his
Wife, leaving the house of I fa ther (thd Venerable
Dr.'Alleh of Noithanipton, f -- Vit President of Bow-
Il
doin Bollege) i made their w' nits trip in ,ii sleigh,
in i which tey drove over t e l jes to, Springfield,
and thence'proceeded th his' parish ih
_Amesbury;
kfass.; , where:lie itaA settled brilitrsalatyl ()Hive huri
,
dred- dollars 1a year! , hero ink a_ *son, for Ambi
tious young ministers, , who , are, not content unless
they 'nail stepliiimediattly‘iitto a littgeliariiih • and
a big salary, In that modest home this young min
ister,, who was already known, in,Ei,pne of the first
scholars of New England,'anseethiee very iiiiiipy
Ye
; rob
ars,. A she wh. wail 'dins ' fiii..lbel: a 'l'rofesticir in
Athherst College, where • hs, allied five yeal.a, and
then
~was called, to„ his prcse I..woi}ition ip th e ,Union
Theological'Seiriiiiiiir of this ofty, — whinie e' has
been flow for seventehir yea .-IDo .1 -1.4 n 1... -i .!
PANLPRESItYTER
fet3denorNob(i
s Pke'sbytikr
do we in - atle '
. 0;1111 0 411 r
iliiehticin ( Wort
delibeia tionsokrhe
TFauell ALSSEMBLYi-t 8110
be attetnEttAd,,;..in, yr
Presbyterian body, over
raiglit'b'edeinditistrata,
certedlbrits'iVider use 7
care: of inteivAtiitbonamo
part ,of, the r globe. The , ifeecling,:wavinth
with, which theintercha 1 ~ 9 : f 4 delegains ,be
t Ween die'Ektish and n ericaii chureines
was effected last spring ; •eii 'A Vint WU)
the Spilit in whieli , euehl '-ccihnferenbe "would
be held.,. We,believe.if ;would , abdornplifih a
vast, amount of . goßdinAn4rging, ; 4:F views
id ,weffing away differenr,n and
.in giying
lieiounder hitlgnient _upon ;IV
„points in
*each we differ. Sheh - tilitiAri n as Piesby
feriant chapeli oil' the -ediftinent i - for- travel
lers; add the. partition ~ of thal.foreligit field
for, ; pffeqtivo: missinpary,, 4,14 4 : A1p,.,.„ might
profitabli t come unclnr•tlee notice , of such a
council. ' -We believe t itifi *orltl' would' be
batkit 'foie the useemblakkand' delibetatkins
crfati bAd&i: of men , ,ed able,.eolniluential: - add
so pious as,,these-, roiprosemtaliv.goiNv9Alci
be..
„ w - .„, ~ , i
~r . ,
, ,„ ,
No'actecin'of 'the kind- , contemplates
was
taken by the -o-srlitl mei, but we ind in a
serieso#Dßrticiesmito -/th i sloiggs ,- of the
A. ... .... . ,
qi . :A A NN I SU 4 SOKAW CIOf g r , ' ' 0.94-Ffiectili
i ttet
, ~,,
Review P - )?r• lic,c9s>l4' gOgq9 °f Prez
C, i 'r i l r i th 9 -F'`V-.i"lloA:ttilud.,,--IY,itk-,-;:qif, s"
great r end in ,view pr liicticoh says 7,',
; '„‘l44,ps suppose , that it could be. arranged
that4,y e w-pi!„EsiTrEßlA.bi coNFEßlNcE§hould
be hel T in Edidburgh, the city of KnOx in d
Clitilinks! n T itiiiiP befieVe" that"' i thivould
liefttive most imposing council that, has—met
for, ages ;I and it would exhibit a unity in
dp?trine, and worship, in spirit and in action„,
such as could be displayed by no other
branch' of t'hiiiit's Chdreh in . 'the wdrlct" "
'RefOititig to' tho happy effect` which' Mich
a confermice Would be peculiiii•ly fitted to
exercise' on theebthiches of the, bontinent,
he says' it'
;, 4 A's the s Eva,ngelical Allian?e is .. pieven
te&bil'iti'citA-stitiiii'dh 1101111ritell&ring With
ecclesiastical arrangements, it is- LoliVideii;V
that a ebmbined Presbyterian: organiztaion
could ,d,0.f0-g-ktiellWforraed Chiirelesi which
are IrßllaleiPaplivliat , li Plii9 ( ll-4llifFicq
could not undertake." '
Ali E ilticiittiN
t , • 'I / ..
(iAl l P.:Vif t Y'§ e,Vel lg L '.449 l2ll M 9f3 tkc l
Aoard , covering the year c oditigAngust,.
4 - #3 . recently Aee . 4 ; pobliehed,„ :These
TflP9r4- I renl:o l Ptcl,e B ;t9a4e4 a )2 4eMPEO ,bonT
orqd• - illstTgnlS4. l4 4tY
olp•chqs in the iwork,ef Foreign' Missions,
always appeal: strongly,AQ the..„„regaida , ..apii
int,r9Ptrqf Ft h g fri,c4 l l of the_ R9dc?Tnqr-
The,Apane,fer!thelast, ygar, while , presenting
nothing of an extraordinary character, gives
:,iLoat,igrat,ifying r eigna of , progrel 3 ,§i,h? 3 9,verY
department, of miesion..worlg.' The Jong an,d
disastrous dearth of, laborers is, .sensibly
1iay . 91 4 although still yery, t . owing: The
net s adilition to the workingforee irt.the field
during ,the yea,F, ; 72..13 !twenty-A.411r . ; itwepty ;
two; more native pastors ha,ve,,been, settled,
and :the for,cosof , natite, labor,ers
,has incr_eas.
ed from 815, to 928., Eleven new roc , E ,
4aye beep, organiied ;, and inakty,tadditions
,t ( ?, Self - 09,PP9,,FtiPg
churches. are ev.erywhere, es=
pecially in Turkey, and th,e spirit of .Qh.ris
tian, 4.'beralityls,makirtg marked advances.
In conta,lhutiorl tg,,thq:APaB ll l7., Massachu
setts-
.of course ,takcat he lead :, her doKiations
aodlegacies ($142,232) CODOitutingsme-third
of the, total received from these sournee.
New York , comes , next :with a little, over
one hundred, thousand, Connecticut la third
with $52,391 ; whiTe Pennsylvania follows,
being. fourth . Jong° intervallo, contributing
about, twenty,thousand doilars. Ohio, Ver
mont, New Hampshire, and Illinois are close
behind, with amount,a-ranging from sixteen
to twelve thousand dollars a , piece.
IIgSENIILY
*lllo,o4kiid'ili
06i4ek
ono
.
'the 'f . 4slfthWiiik
.101
e'' , oo vet=
'libtr 7 01 1 9014.1J1 0 t
illci t unity,,,of the
the .whole ' world,
r!Sln6iiishitieeon:
ne42i and , TOi• the
tozha all every
The papers read at the annual meeting
were not only prepared with . the usual care,
but they struck-closer to the heart, of the
Church and had :unusually high .practical
,The paper of
Foreign
Clary on the
Necessities of thePoreign field., is based
upnn some of the broadest and most iiippor
taq generalizations which- : havoryet beep ,
drawn fr9m Forejgn work, and, at -the
same time-furnishes :1113 w
it 2 h estimites'and
• work , still;-
I.
plans. of- the amount Of work stilt required
oktbe*lne9l . urphes evangelizlpg the:
heathen world, which must be moit
t'' J. 2..
ing 9_ take a business vie of die
matter. geeretary Trelit's paper on the
elaimq,o Chia,has been everywhere reqog
; . 4,4242: J , T
Fasterly rendering of the call - of
Providence* upon the A4nerican ~Church of
,petria• moll I. 1i ;
to-day. -,
21112 "Id •
We l belkeve that:the preponderating influ-
Jil • L. 0. . r 4 •
ence of anunecclesiastical
• ;. " Z 7,1. 1 ."
afm. ) 1111,44,! , Councils
tile,neglect Of aproper Chin!oh-teeling, and
.; 4.1 .24.2
of thorough churchh-Organization through-
w 1 J • , - • 0 - •
out the foreign fields, and ,so, to . a serious
3 -
4)feet - in the ielf-preserving ~pOwer of the
. • 4 , (
loosely . ,orgthilaed 'chinches 'and missions.
We believe that Presbyterianism haii been
(.!
wll 1
~
positively, edo not say lintentionally, but
42
positively. discouraged' bY. the Board on
the fields of its labors.
• Put inspite of this,
we ,I.ll,e„ , „honor,,belioye in and pray for the
VCoard, as for more tban half a century the
nobleetAnd most successful of the Mission
ary, i enterprisesdf . our country, arid worthy
of the sympathy and support, which, in the
absence of any o.rgapization of our own, our
Asselnbly enjoins upon the Churches to
give it, , „ • , . -
• I' ) Vdl ,+• -.!' '
GIANT ,illlOO AND. CONGRESS.
.iffheseltbreciiw`oeds ImielbeCometillisniati
iozduritig *the Past; week. They -cannot be
piemknoed without a glOWlicif enthiphasni
initheLheartilsilorY true( the
czailitxtrt T'iGintsral thsadeMtabogentlrlairal
andiin tfie kionftdent :expecta:
tiort viva ..in':Giorgia and
Allithama;7 the Paotorions - performances of
.Handock in iliodisianitialid Texas, , has elec:
trifled friend - 4nd. fOuLby dealing upon rebel
leao4lms- siichttlims alsitorsuake remeMber
that he was the":,hero of the great , victory of
Gettysburg. What the radical - General
Pope: hesitated, to, do with the .obstriMtive
officials-of Georgia- to theo:very end of his
adinidistrationi f that: the cObservative Han-1
ecrek*hastened .to :dia,.beifore, he Was fairly
WILTM , ini 1141 plae e.*
The bold =star; d =taken , by Ccingrees in;r eint=
stating' Mr. Stanton, and the •=p4i(npt Nand
hearty foyalty 9f Gen eral;Grant iirsecolidiag
theis-actiOn 'in do in cleari ,hinleel &offal]
tlatJ the reactionary- policy •of
theri"White) Hoilse,rhai&iscattered,rms by
Magiii•tha..olotids that/ lOwered over•the pa=
litiic al horizon.:4 Last - Neekdr.4tt :Washington;
is surely to be compared to Antietam' after
the rprotraetedin (1 , diaastrons campalgns.of
MeClellani and Popa. in Virginia,. ..-The• tide
oftiVictoryriaturnedi•andi the triuniphmhich
rebel readers.were pont dentlY expecting;tis
Virreistecit;fionn their grasP.l , So utter ii;
disdomfittire •Mr.410.11i113011, thfit the ":0111y
resource deft him -le - falsehood; = rlt :will. not
avail. , Mr. Stanton holdriand hold,_ his
poeition.inithe•War office; and. Gtneral -Grant
stands higheri4nAhe eyes of the
loyal :people; for thefbatred and slander. of
Mr. Johnson and= his • 'W c itsliingtonr. organ.
Congress I goes.. calmly, and 'yet Vigorously,
forward, -and-by Its •Jegislation, on. the nSu
preme Court and ‘ita, mew Reconstruction
Act sectires;beyond reasonable, doubt the
restoration of.rthe, f-Un ion: • upon the basis of
justice] equality, and -loyalty.. Our Wash
ingt onl'euriespondent Saya:
The skies are made brighter bythe unity
and courage of Congress; by the. good news
that Georgia, Alabama, North.,Carolina and
scion ratify their Consti
tutions, and by, trite firm stand • taken by
Gene: Grant and. Meade. The confidence in
the ability of Congress to deal with the
financial question seems to have increased.
The boldn'ess and resoliition of the last week
is both • the index:" and the >generator • of
strength." • .
ELMIRA FEMALE CoLLEGE—The Twelfth
Annual. Catalogue:of this first class iostitu
iion.,is on our table, axl,contains the names
of 133 stndents attendance„ Recog
nized. hy State authority as, a college, it has
recently repeivid or has at its command in
Genesee Evangelist, No. 1131.
the State . Treasury the sum of $25.000 to be
expended in improvements. Its building is
unusually commodious .and elegant, its
grounds ample, the whole method of tuition
is elevatrl, yet combining; needful instruc
tion in the lighter brunches of household
employment, while the best religious lab:t
wee cop trol theceiitire maiiagement. With»
out, being.,sectariau.thocollege is controlled
by , the SYncd•of
: Geneva of oar branch of
the cbxtroh. .:
The. eeoldiiaistical' court-Tor the Arial of Rev.
Stephen Hi Tyng i Jr.,, for preaching the gospel,
iti a4lethedistiehtirek- . ill New 'Brunsivick, con
venelionitheLlOth ihst4; in =the basement of St.
Stephen's ethirchi N;1:1 The mile wasedi au rne d for
Want kif-iiltiietssesi- , -; 7 oolitiland Parker; Esq., of
Newai , k,:ejuitgeo-Fullerton, and Stephen H.
Tyng, Sen., were present as counsel for the de
feridant. The jury - of Ave, selected by Bishop
Potter; are: all "High• Church," and aethey have
dndotibtedlyzalreadypnade , up their; minds in re ,
gard; both toithelactEandtmerits'of the case, the
decicibn might as Well, be: announced without
wasting.farther dine, kg., in going through' the
were formsof otrial.Vis•ThePrOtestant Church,
man of:last week,; commenting on "this very:im
portant trial," says L. • Meabwhile the.- Evan:.
gelierd - interest-:-in the -Episcopal Church is
strehgtliening in its attitidw-todehing the great
issue of Gospel liberty. It is high - time: that
we should accept the expanding ideas of the tithes
in which, ye Ave; and give, wings and not fetters
to. She glorious gospel of Jesus.. The Rev. Dr:
Muhl ; enberg preached- on Sunday - night in Rev.
Mr. Aeecher,W.Church, (observe, the Protestant
q..grOmoap, Aces not s'y "Mseting Howie," nor
use any other ynchuzekivexpressionr) . For such
an pet, the Rev: Dr .;Johns was tried by the Bishop.
of ;
„Maryland,.. Is ..the ; narrow.; ohurchmanship
that arraigns Rev. Mr. Tyng, prepared to pro:
serve its consistency, and proceed _against Dr.
Miihleuber:g Also 7"' ln the ; meant ime the Low
chur*eii are a ffil ia t ing, m ore a n d more closely
=
with the ," sects." During the Week of rrayer.
their .. .'vaces were often hoard preying fe'r the in
eieme of the one. church. Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg
took the leadingpart in a meeting for a.benevo
lent purposee r last Sunday evening, in Dr., Adams'
THE- folloWing par
f" ?i f ;
agrliph w .we clip from the iteport to
Congress of Cohiniissioner 'David Wells, of
the Internal iteirebue'liaireati, affords a sad
view Of 'Oa e condition and
_prospect .of things
in our cOuntry, in regard to public virtue. ,
The 'Comirddsioner Says
. ... ..k .._,. ..
va,rions available sources of Internal
Re4.erine that'of ranki first in im
iiortance, Th'estten3o,-boii@ver", thwi far to'collect
anylegitimate revenue fftim this source has, as is
well-knopn, , pinved . a most lamentable failure, and
for the follOwnig'ohOiong" reastins:---First, 'The tax
hais been placed'at sycli a ittie• as to constitute in
itself,so / great a_ temptation
,to ,fraud, that average
human nature, as it exists in the United States, is
not table' to resist it'-' And-Secondly, The system
quderhich tbesifficers haveibeen selected to col
lect the tax and supeinrise the manufacture has not,
thus far, recognized honesty, intelligence, and busi
ness capacity, ,as the-first, conlY,"lind essential quali
fications for appointment."
Ifere,.; we have first, ant:official account of
so terrible a. greed- for: diAtilled spirits, that,
besides importations, it.supports a domestic
manufacture op such a inagnificent scale,
that it ranks first in-importance among the
availabje sources, of Internal. Revenue. We
are next informed that the united dishon
esty of .distillers, from whom.- we might
have expected it, and of Revenue officers, of
whom better things Nere,supposed . predica
ble,, has proved , an overmatch for all the
efficiency of the central government. As
things are going, on, it will not be long be
fore_the question of the truth of the doe
trineof total, depravity, will be pretty sat
isfactorily.settled. may add that there
is not much, ab,atement - from this view of
things, in the folloyvipg sentences from the
same.report
"As a source of internal revenue tobacco ranks
next in importance to-distilled spirits. The collec
tion of a legitimate revenue from tobacco is, how
ever,.environed with even more difficulties than is
experienced in the. case of distilled spirits; while
thefrands perpetrated in the manufacture of tobacco
are, in the opinion of the Commi,ssiOne?, compara
tivelygreater." •
Distilled spirits first, and tobacco second,
as sources of revenue, with little; to , choose
between them as incentives to dishonesty !
Such things the first and second reliance of
our government' for fiscal support! Well,
we are not exactly Second AdventistB, bu
we confess it does look as though events
were thiCkening for something.
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Address:-1334 Chestnut Street.
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