The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-24

are stripped of their money and their Character
together. The police do not execute the laws.
They connive at these crimes. Does any oas sup
pose that the Chief Of Police IS ignorant OF insse
hells, or that he could not suppress them u no
pleasedl There might be i've hundred OF them
broken up, in one month; oa. they are iee alone.
because that pays better. Too long has sic nee
been preserved. Ii is estimated that forty thou
sand come here annually from the country, 70 GU
Joy the intellectual and social advantages OF the
city. Are we TO have our good name injured and
our business crippled, by permitting gamblers 10
rob those who come among usl Gambling ls A
wee which fiourishes only in conceaiment By
exposure it dies. We must, therefore. tell Inc
young men, il you 20 to gambling houses, your
creditors, your employers, Your family, mast know
it, This will cut up the evil for who will trust his
property IN the hands Of a man VINO spends night
after night in the gambling house, There ale al
least hve hundred regular gambling houses, be-
sides the grogshops where amateur gambling i
carried on, and the tenpin alleys.
A VoIcK.-Wall street.
Mr.. GREELEY.-There can be no manner Q! douol
that gamblers can win when they please. They do
not, OF course, win every game but, IN The run OF
an evening, they can win il they will. They can
do il fifty times out of eighty and that Is quite spi-
calling on citizens 10 come forward, and lend a
hand in exposing the pernicious system SO as 80
destroy it.
The Rev. j. B. WAxELy next Addressed the
audience. He said he came here IN the cause Of
morality, of patriotism, OF philanthropy anc Of rs
hgon. Everywhere he wishes 10 throw his ~.
fluence against evil, and TO extefmnate wee n all
its phases. Perhaps, he observed, there are some
here that might believe the report, read By the
executive agent, 10 be somewhat exaggerated but
he maintained that, so far from being exaggerated
there were yet deeper and darkeI shades. There
10 volume that might be told OF the misery and
wretchedness Of those gambling he,ls, built Of the
bones OF slaughtered victims. We nave merely
been do wn TO the sea and have seen a few wrecks,
while the great ocean that stretches out before
is so deep that no line can fathom it-so vide, that
0yA suan 4 he -p1 ~
the law observed by nature. We zee the san us-,
attain his meridian, decline, and set. We see the
majestic oak gradually increase IN size, until he
stands the monarch Of the woods; the mighty
such ma estc and silent grandeur, can be traced
back 10 little and Insignificant eource IL ~ just
90 in the Intellectual world. The mind ct the
child gradually wakes 10 that OF the mar. Al hrst,
II can only conceive and comprehend few Subjects;
bur as the faculties become developed, IL can
handle subjects difficult OF comprehension, aud
even grasp the infinite. The same law Is also 90
served in the moral world. Vice Il always gridu-
ally progressing. The gambler commences ny
going 10 the gambling houses ard first taxing II
glass Of wine, and from that moment he gradually
progresses nom vice to vice, uniii he has gone
through the various classes OF learning n these
universities, and receives the diploma OF the devil
This u also the case with the public liar and with
the drunkard. Read the bves ~ the principal
biacklegs in your city, and you can trace them
back to some small beginning x may be asked
why we oppose gambling Because Il Is giant
evil. II u an ancient evil Let is looL bd 4
10 Calvary, and there We Wi md gambling
even under the shadow of the cross. which he
arosns Of the dying Goldman could not ,a.s,-
cept. We oppose IL because II Il 80 extensive. u
curses every part OF the country, from the Atlantic
20 the Pacific. IL curses every class ~ society
those who dwell in mansions and those who dwell
IN hats those in costly robes, aud ihose il sa,.
tered rags. We oppose II because L 10 q cenuA VI
vice, around which Others clusieT--becsuse i -
the parent mother OF many abom lalons-secstls.
falu nd~ Igg4tf a
curse the land. IL Is always associse1 with quar-
relhng and inlemperance. II n well known hs~
gambling 10 conducted. II Is with The all ~ alec.
kol, under the influence Of whic1 many are pre-
pared 10 risk character and foriuGe Gg0a Z cas- 81
the de, the turn OF card, or the throw ol ball
II also often leads 10 suicide II hsrteos and re1-
ders the heart calous; and thus h 81 that there ~
no sympathy among gamblers Tor the victim hey
have ruined. The PIT and tn press ough, 10 ~
employed against this mater wee He hcnous ~
press. What mighty engine for good, wher sase-
uhed; and he reJoiced that there ~rre some papers
that spoke out On this subject We .iso want 10
see the laws against gambling enforced We, want
10 see those dens Of infsmy aud haunt 81 depgA.
WY broken up. We want the .sfs enforced
VoIcE Els u 90 N Boston,
Rev. Mr.. WAnEIr.-Can theY NOT eui8rcs ne
laws there
yolcR.-Is II 80 with the Fug,u,r slave law
Rev, Mr. WAKELy said, ~ wa aot HE iatengal
TO enter mo discussion 81 the i.W. ~ ~ Wu4li
very likely occupy more time than he PresIent
4 OF the Association allotted Ia hs a-3less
The PsEsipEsr here siepp.a forward. sr3 sb.
nounced that as there had ALREADY been "a ialr.-
ruptlon. they would nov take o. ne collection.
Amer which
Rev. J. u. wAKErY resumes speskiag Of H.
Law, he said -Thsre - a worm ~ ~ fcot o. the
tree 81 liberty, which ALREADY teE1s % 8f0Op, u
thus - 50. II ~e cannot sniofce "a. laws Of the
country, do not tell is ia thu old world. lur there
the yrants VIII hold a jubilee NJ thls II 30 w.
are unworthy a. our forefathers; are hes0a- g..
generate sons q noble sne. b. hr knows ~
Avs ean BE- enforced. snd " nav only . s.ho~
ourselves 10 earnest, and the wort IL hsH ioae.
Let us take hold and do somethng Lei make
an effort for the SUPPRESSION 81 tbs master Evil
Al the CONCLUSION ~ his address wblch was d.
yersfed with anecdotes and relauors. the reverend
gentleman was greeted With tumaiiuoas apsl4U-s
MIR. sidney Stewari. Clerk q NJ Police a0t
beiAR present. JtsIIcK DRisxkE sas thea GIRO.
doced 10 the audience, who mads the follow -
remarks He did not tntsnd a. i04Ae e. sasgebi
he wished 10 show 10 the audience DE laws.
which exist against gambling, ant h0N AeB hsFe
been enforced u - all yeD well q .Tes tr's
men 10 gambling houses Bot thefs Il higher
game thsn that We have gambling 9u lsrgcr
scale. We have tie "A poilo Assoc aton i" ID
the " Art Union gambling hoase-. directly ri9i =.
ing he laws Of the state b~Ril ~ sLat Thr a,r
concerts homestead unions, and - be- .ch~gneE ~
tended 20 defraud The psbltc. would mo- have tera
PERMITTED, had the Arr laiOn not h-er t1'rra 4
But these have passed, because the ul8ef crsI ~
society have bern snRages n them. ~ ciif ~
New York 10 the quires cts ia toe Iul0H "
York, for the people th~mselves fhs ss1se fsa.
tors ~ the power and the peace (AHl4use w
are la~.loving and Lao ahia'ng o'Eeas. 80
neither the laws Of the constitution ui thr ara
states rCr ~ this STATE hefe ~ ktm.Nt.f VIA
impunly. tlisre h RED ppriioas - rhf avs -
they affect gambling, rsi1ng, srd ioftsr~RB W
hsye all heard much abouf M gsutlIuy bells 80 I
rafilirg houses "a tbs city TIER = aot enc ~
thess dens a inismy that ar no. $500 FL -
police, and Why have not fhs-s iss- hee4 sn'nfrr ~
y gu can answer his Question 80 soar-sEra We
do not intend 20 ASSUME tbeu dauss. Enfs o.
our object We are no sgf~s ana fafsfmNfs ~
sses 70 mIufe 90 nan EN n tas. aha8d =
carried cut The indivlagai hrrr i .rErfft7n
The lac - N o1ly thsnR h A. ga iau. ~ TIE
ffeelsrni has % flgtf uRsf So lEIan4s hll y nj
the la~N proN q fUT. IA n as - @FsNr,
LEI them - repealed. $50 wth sand ~
tbsm a. icne a. they east To Ma ~au. ~ =.
sDow ledginG q h,xhsT -, So hIM.ssN -sFF fse
las, - neither dis kafKn0 NJ danf' ~ ffuf~n
nor 81 CHRISTIAN. fApg,0Au~l ~ ualF 90 ~
pluck the vet ~ from h Rera hifrs elutshff Nhst
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