The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-06-23
NEW YORK HERALD.
New York, Sunday, June AZ, lsA4.
What should the People DO

another matter altogether. The last Congress sure
taught plainly enough the lesson, that the peopl
must, if they expect TO reap the blessings of goo
legislation, choose the right sort of men, and suffi
clenty impress upon them the necessity OF doni
the peoples will.
One of the most important measures which wa
treated with nsoent contempt by the last Congress
is reform of the Post Office Department Are me
people willing to be again deceived ana INSURED
Surely not Let there be, then, an immediate
organization, in every city, town, village anc
hamlet IN the Union, for the purpose Of
adopting the necessary measures to secure TIL:
reform The friends of this great cause
in this city, should Immediately set about the work
Let public meeting be called at once in the Park
Jet speakers be selected-and every proper ar
ransemen made TO begin effectins the agitation OF
the public mind. Let this be followed up, all over
the country, and we shall have Congress and
State Legislature, composed of men who will be
pledged TO give the desired reform.
In the election of members of the Legislature,
it is also very necessary to secure men who
will obtain an investigation and reform of the
Gas Monopolies. This is really pressing mat
ter Of public concern. The extortions of these
companies are most severely felt by all clas-
ses. Why, in the name of common sense,
III the Intu Oh business, tnc Retailers, tic Ho'S
keepers the propretors of public establishments OF
all kinds submit to the exorbitant and oppressive
demands Of these monopolies when the means Of
redress are IN their own hands!
We trust the people will not forget these things
Now is the time to be moving. DO not be gulled
by the office begsars into their squabbes for the
spoils, to the utter neglect of your interests
your prosperity in busness-your comfort-and
your pockets.
JOHN O'CoNNELL AND ROBERT TYLER.-l must be
very gratifying to Captain Bob whilst sending over
suns of money to swell the O'Connel fund, to find
that the only is abuse of his respected father
because he is in favor of the annexation Of Texas.
A greater farce never exhibited than the con-
duct of Bob Tyler towards O'Connell. On every
occasion O'Connell desgnates the greatest
vagabonds. the EXTREMIST ruffians, and the vilest
black guards of the age, all who tolerate Southern
slavery. And yet, in the face of all this, Bob
Tyler licks the dust off O'Connelps feet, and
cringa to him the inhabitants of Thibet to the
Grand Lama We cannot account for this singu-
lar self -degradation of the Tyler family to the
O'Connell family, but by supposng that the crack,
received by the skull of Wat Tyler from the
truncheon of Mayor Walworth, still exists in the
crowns OF the Tylers of Virginia.
SABBATH CONVENTION AT SARAToGA.-We per-
ceve by notices in several Of the papers that Con-
vention of the friends of better observance of the
Sabbath has been summoned to meet at Saratoga
Springs in the month OF August next. This is very
singular call. OF all places in this State, Saratoga
Springs is the most inappropriate for the assembling
of such meeting for such purpose, and the sum-
sounds strangely would one for the
convention of Presbyterian Synod at the Five
q Points. The world, the devil and the flesh hold
carnival at the Springs, and we can't for the life OF
us imagine how the authors OF this call have come
to the determination TO raise the flag of the Sab
bath in the busting streets of that Vanity Fair.
We are rather inclined to think that the reason
why so many religious conventions and meetings
are hel1 at Saratoga, is because the Pharsasnl--
very crowded ism-of this generation, desire a
rational, plausible pretence for visiting the
Springs, enjoying little of the freshness of the wa
ter, and minsing for a season with the gay and
giddy current of pleasure and fashion.
SEpucrloN.-We perceive that Mayor Harper
offers reward of one hundred dollars for the ar.
rest Of the individual, who attempted with violence
10 accomplish the ruin OF Mary R., young
woman Of about IL years Of age, from Dutchess
county.
Now this may be all very WELL but does not
Mayor Harper know that OF the greatest IA
elites to the seduction and ruin Of virtuous fe-
ma.s, is to be found IN the unnumbered multudes
of houses of i'll fame and doubtful character, with
which this city is crowded! And does he OF
know that we have laws for the suppression OF al
such house keeping! We, therefore, call upor
hun to probe these evils to the botom--strike a
the root of this malignant evil-and execute thu
laws which already exist against these facilities t,
female ruin.
All attempts hitherto, except in a few petty case
for effect, to suppress these houses, have failed
The very police themselves have been in the pa
and favor of these violators of law, decency, an,
virtue, and by consequence the strong arm of thu
law has been paralyzed. And the effect has beef
TO convince very large portion of this community
that this vice in this form cannot be suppressed a
all, that these houses must exist because the Law
cannot put them down, and, therefore, it is wses
to license them
One Of the fundamental principles by which tn,
present city administration profess to be governed
isto execute such laws they find upon the statute
books Now then here is case to test their priH
cples. We call upon the Mayor TO put the laws i
execution. If this administration fails to execut
these laws, will not the people be justified in be
levlng that these houses cannot be suppressed, an
therefore that vice which cannot be suppressed
should be regulated
This, of all others, is vice which seeks to hid
Itself from the public eye. Destroy its hiding pla
css, and you will do much to suppress the vice
protect female virtue. Where was Julia A. Haze
ton taken! Where was Mary r. taken
And where was MaryC Rogers taken? And wher
were hundreds and thousands of other ruined f,
males taken, but to houses of ill.fame Thes
houses therefore are not mere facilities, but tn,
are necessaries in the accomplishment of femal
ruin
These houses are known--all known-we
known-known TO the police-known to Mayo
Harper, and his officers. And the people of tn
city who love virtue and hate vice, will expect Il