New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-07

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stnLge 1e.tisy u tho human species 10 be dr,w,
hack ito TIC samc circle ~ The passions. While 4
constantly al arces 10 the career Of ideas"
Hero are We ~ the center Of the rin.eenth ee,.ur,
Forty long ears Of peace have hurled the genns Of
Chrstendoin into tic arena Of generous economy Tia
fercess elements are chained for man use belehng
aud blasting steam is but slave to bis cOnmAnl spi
his argosies ride the ocean, and wind delyhc i'm
PEELED BY this sturdy growing gsnt all work. from
the delicate nPpiags of the goldsmiths or the silk
weayors art to the huge blows aud stsbs Of the ior
ger might can equally be driven BY this wonirOu,
power ard even the term Of human bondage, and tAs
lust of man to manace his fellow, would to be
lettering to their fall under the sweat and musclsssy
Ing colossus the very lightning, too IS grasped aai
sent fly ing on the wings Of love countless leagues
chemistry freed from alchemic darkness, teaches "a
the great resources OF our m0herearIh the printing
press rivals the primeva forest in the leaves scatts
richer than Syblnc utterngs 10 poor and rich
alike the esoterc fraud Of government is dwariel
down to few plain exotericsms of daily use and sp-
prehension; the mon-mass 20 longer swamps the
weslth Of asate il building Pyramid, a st. Peters
or Cologne Cathedral-but the value Of religion is
found to begin with the comfortable tiresde Of the H.
dyidual man. yet with oil these aids, moral and mate
rial that dazzle the mind eye, thick do they crowd
on the senseswe find in this great City of NewYOrk,
state of beastly barbarism not a whit above monarch
ically ridden England century ago--where tangible
filth and intangible crime appear to in harness
distinctions road, and the Law of the City ncar.
mated in It's paid anG honored functionaries stands like
the maudlin judges Of horse race, or the drunken
bot.le.tOders Of prize fgb. and cheers the con
testnts to victory We really 10 seem to advance in
the career Of the intellect but to be drawn back as
fast in the circle of the passions.
We 60 round to various dancehouses some subter
ranean and some on level with the street They
all equally low and lewd--dngy and diabolc. A
squareiawed ruffan, in mudanOinted oyercOat Is pre-
ludng 10 fight with woman about some etiquette
in one Of these dens The cOmpensatng privilege to
the sex for the want of virtue is courage and under
the fstnourshes OF the drunkard the girl stands IN
bleuched and uudaunted SO in Paris during the RsVo
buttons among the hardest fighters we're Of the
cyprans. ItwOud OIL up our paper to describe min
utoy the phenomena of all the dancehOuses 10 the
siDee-quartor where we are now supposed to DO e.
porng They number about fifty, in row or circle
and inside and Out-in streets, houses, persons par
suits constitute the subsitum of the lowest society
Of the quota for amshouses jals, gallOws, hospitals
The girls have short life but not merry one They
drink, swear, fight are beaten and bruised habually
The very moral nutriment which is as necessary to
human nature as food is wanting and they fall victims
early in life to extreme miseries and lOathsome dis
eases. Their appearance is ten thousand times ssdder
than that Of the dead armies OF the pyramids These
last have slept in dust and darkness for three thousand
years no sunless days and saress nights of the soul
blacken the plane of their exstenoe no bitter year
ngs for the fifth act Of the tragedy tear their trembling
nerves. they are beyond satire, oppression want and
woe. But in these linked chambers Of last and riot,
life is caricatured with the pencil Of the damned 10
hid away tie summer Of existence is burnt out with
unnatural fires, the blood is no longer summonedg
the moral law to paint the cheek of youth and love-
10 early hearts and gentle hands here but gVan
ised core of Being, ghastly in antics under tho
spangled dome Of God.
We have now retTaced our steps aud crossed Broad
way into Cburchst. and its neighbOrhOOd This quar-
ter balances the account of infamythe North River
side against tie East We 90 up and down narrow
streets whose filth need not be described Here cen
ter also tie candidates for prisons and amshOuses
Crimes nameess and terrible are here committed
Among the one thousand emigTants that come to the
City every day, and the domestic crOwd-if one or
more be missing every twentyfour hours, the error
he account is not curiously set right Holes cellars
Eharyes often tel no tales. but still liberal al
owarce Of murders, successful and attempted. are
recorded. The minor crimes, arson, robbery then
uWdy ism. prostitution, drunkenness, here ia such
-ieh sr.ay TIA; our limits eau only hat at them.
rrofess,d DULLES prse-6shters, champions, and
hievgs whose services are required by the party to
AIRY prmary elections, employ their gen,ler moments
Aceping jr4nshogs and dsnee-houses, or are keptby
Ncuea VITO Keep houses OF prostitution. One resort
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