The native American., 1840-10-31
IMMoRAL1rY I'm LoNDoN.-But few

IpeOple can conceive Oh the lInHlcHSe
amount of vice of various descriptions,
and of misery, of human degradation,
which exists in the capital of the British
empire. A sermon preached in London
a few years since, in aid of the London
City Mission, by Rev. John Harris, pre-
sents us with some startling statistical
facts, and shows the Importance of we'll
directed efforts to root out, or at least di
minish to some extent, the scenes of vice
and infamy which abound in that city. of
Its million and Il half Of inhabitants, it is
believed that from 500, 900 to 100000 live
| in utter disregard of all religious cere-
monies or duties OF this class, it is com
lputed from facts collected with great care,
that there arr. 1000 children always
training in crime, graduating in vice, to-
reinforce and perpetuate the great system
of iniquity 1900 persons are receivers of
stolen property, spectators and dealers in
human depravity; 1000 are annually
committed for criminal offences 10000
are addicted to gambling; above 10000
to street beggary and 10000 are living
by theft and fraud. And, adds, Mr.. Har-
iris, that this dreadful energy of evil may
mot flag from exhaustion, it is supplied
and fed with 100000 pounds sterling
worth of spurious liquors annnally-l5,-
600 are habitual gin drinkers, $4,000 per-
sons are annually found helpessly drunk
in the streets. The number of persons Of
both sexes who have abandoned them
selves to systematic debauchery and pro-
figacy is not less 150,OUO-S0 $4,000 te-
males receive the wages of prostitution
! OF whom 5000 die every year Gaming
houses, dens of infanly and guilt. and pub
lie houses, gin palaces, and beer shops,
abound throughout the city. A fearful
picture is presented to the imagination in
the following extract from this powerful
discourse:
"Where are the colors dark enough
and the Imagination sufficiently daring, to
portray the guilty reality? There must
be groups of demons in human shape,
teaching crime professionally; initiating
the young in the science of guilt; and
Encouraging their first steps towards de-
lstruction. There must be trains of wretch
led females leading thousands Of guilty
victims in chains-and leading them
through fearful array Of all the srectres
of disease. remorse, and misery, ready to
ldart on them There must be theatres
!. with numerous priesthood pandering to
impurity, aud offering up the youth OF
: both sexes at the shrines of sensuality.
There must be splendid porticos, the -
: frances to which must be inscribed -
! E7ells and on the breast of each of those
) |entering must be written, in letters of fire,
HE'LL There must be busy Sunday
|press, worked by the great enemy himself,
in the guise Of an angel of light; and des-
: patching myriads of winged messengers
IN all directions, on errands of evil. There
must be infidel demagogues mouthing the
, Heavens and gaping crowds admiring the
skill that blindfolds them for destruction.
There must be gorgeous palaces, in which
death and disease shall appear holding
their court; in which busy hands shall be
! seen distributing liquid fire to crowds Of
| wan and squalid forms and each of those
palaces must be shown Standing in the
midst Of a Jail, a poor house, lunatic asy-
lum, and cemetery, all crowded-.and
: leaning over the mouth Of the botomless
? pit. And over the whole must be cast q
|spell-an all-encompassing network OF sa
/ tanic influence, prepared, and held down.
and guarded by satanic-agency. And, te
complete the picture, three hundred thous
and Christians passing by without scarce
lifting hand TO remove it."-Bosto1.
Evening Journal.
l The above is but one of the many sim.
t liar pictures, that exist in Europe, of the
|depraved state of morals, from which
politicians, who are in favor of foreigners,
wish us to draw our ecoloring of good
character for or people. We wonder that
men who are entrusted by God with the
care of their own children, and by the
people with the making Of our laws, are
not fearful that Divine vengeance will
overtake them in their meretricious course
Iof prostitnting their progeny and country
: to the danger Of corruption from the Old
World. They are SHINING against justice
and security when they advocate the en-
igraton of paupcrs, the co-paternity of
convicts with us, and their advancement
to co-equal enjoyment of all our rights.
T. ED. NAT. Am.
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