New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-02-17

deadly wster.o-have no, sent TO the charnei house
anything 70 be compared 10 the number OF human
beings that have beer hurried iher BY ms renzied
passion IL easy 70 e the Of this There
many aperture for IL make IL way into TIE human
family. We meet with L IN every place and In every
shape-n the tempting goblet IN TIE paohc streets IN
the saloons Of fashion, and some persons win me nnd'
professions of friendship and goodwill present the
tempting cup TO yosr ptut tOueh not ior wee anu
misery Le beneath ir--avoli Il, shan :, dash rom
you, Tor you taste OF il viii steal away from YOU ne
dearest and most cherished blessings and joys of life
The second vice widely spread, though ths
fruits are destructive and the effects produces
terrible IN the eXtreme-s gambling. Tie esion Is
net solely attributable TO svsLice ailne out alses
from the influence which hazard exercises over the
mind OF man. When one nrst engages N tni- puEsuH
be : chiefly animated by the excitement OF AISfns@e
victory ana defeEt the desperation Of placing ali on Ie
hazard Of Dice snd dreams little Of the sc amy sucn
indulgence hegeis and the degradation 10 when II "sy
IN tine sink HIM But there are some Who en- yaSe ~
this vice from such causes and in which the nesd more
then the heart fault there are others who WIN
cool head and cold heart continue in it, who can lead
tier victims step BY step watch their excited pulse
Their ievered brain without any emotion OF py or coh
misersron, az they pilot HIM down the precp'cs.
OF vice ul be the lowest pitch oil
degradation. Than such there can be no more odloas
beings, none more dangerous to the community Sacn
Il the professional gsme-ter He makes his cacu sfons
with steady hand and cool head he u not drunk WIN
wine no. he Will no, taste Il, lest a. any time he should
make false step loose his prey but there ne sts,
bordering, watching planning, unmeEed by any npa-
tniee rHfure. WHICH
10 man while he his spider web around MS NC
tim and in the end plucks his very heart after all
the honorable feelings were destroyed, ans the hlgh
hopes which glded hs path were forever annlni-
lated How many dupes enter on this pursuit IN the
spirit of adventure in the expectation a making for
tune in quicker than they could by the ord-
nary and crediisble occupations OF lite. ana ~ snort
cut arriving wealth xnd position Beside the deeds OF
the gaming house are there many transactions per
formed elsewhere which would come under the same
classification and well deserve our censure and reprooa
ton How much of this spirit enters INTO trade now
much of dignied with the title OF speculs-
ten and though perhaps degrading IN ts lnnu-
ences its effects ofteu scarcely less horrible Whst
torture must the man feel engaged in such business
a. ths-swayes alternately by hope and iear-rAsed az
one time the highest hope OF hsvng his widest dreams
realized and Immediately thrown back into the deepest
despair But the shuttle of the cards and the crack Oh
the bsls-snd the rattle of the dice are s hearu-and
then those of humble fortune who shun sbor-as well
as the yotares OF pleasure-and with them the mad
dening cup IL blended 10 add possible - the oanetu
influences which such courses produce while the moth
ers admoniross dire2arded and aon" ami helpless
tie elected wife Is left 10 pine in msery and often
times in OF the necessaries OF lie and the sanctty
of cCtions tramped and all that sacred or dear
in home thrown down and lost forever. On. II u nor
rble TO see men night after night continue 70 pursue
this course and toll this disgusting task TILL he would
il he could, part with his blood and change INTO gold
and thus the course il continued TIL all IA lost and the
revolver comes in and closes the The eprosy
also which heretofore chung to all great cities, Co
rnth Babylon snd Rome, now cleaves 20 Paris Lon
don and New Hfk IL carries lts curse and punishment
with and bores into the bone but cannot describe
il in more emphatic words than you have IN
the text-that a strange woman u narrow PIT -
end such deep seat has this vice IN the corruption
OF cur nature that may well say that there Is no mo-
raj life in cities But the greatest eVi oi any Vce
when is voareis cannot realize the injury lncts, or
feel the depth extent OF the degradation to whcn
they have fallen This horrible state comes on by niue
and little 30 that habit makes ndurahle and less felt
Take the Young man and point out 10 hun the lowest
depth Of niamy which the nebate may sink or the
dsease tie bertine may sink under and he VIII -hrnA
from The idea of them with horror and disgust Dat Oy
degrees he fall. and sinks and Is unable 20 realize the
force Of Il N bis own person. but which u apparent 10
every spectator TIE flame OF appetite has weaNened
and bunted his perception and IN proportion Is ne
Stunned and despised The only two feelings leit MN
now are impulse and Qualification, his habits OF lndui-
eence have brought him TO this aud ne - now lower
much lower than the brute Look az him when chli
blossominr info life with hope buOyed up and ffends
around him ready to aid and assist, proud OF his
manly form and high bearing but now see the wretcn
his davdated and shrunken form presents. Yes, IN
deed fallen, alas 100 low 70 be aware oil his own de-
basement liz i stricken, and he feels not Iuese are
the awful consequences OF departure roin moral rec
titude There however, is no nature IN which some re-
deenng quality does not exist, II the proper time could
only found which itcoud be wakcd; but u the IN
fortunate victim realizes net hs state or that having
seen H. he for n moment resolves ami grHpples
with the vice, and says he VIII overcome ~, out
finds tie struggle too hard, he again yields to
the tcirpter aud then all ends in rcpronauon--
Man who thus goes down 10 his grave, tramples on and
dishonors the bones of h parents and rs yet all uncon.
scious Of the shame he inicts Born with the dignity OF
a reasonable being with his faculties perfect he dishon
ors and davows NatuTe, and "a not mate for the un-
taught savage The vice of the gambler equally as in
sdiou= AZ that of the inehriae-hc feels m his
dignity il lost his honor his honesty gone
and even the virtue. the pride and soace OF his home
il endangered by his constant neglect Of hls Ordinary
duties and the doors of Hope may at times be opened
10 him but II they Is only that the dark clouds
which follow NAV be darker and more inpenetrable SO
misery follow sisst and at last the CHASTITY cham
It'd frt ha aNtef al decd
career OF thousands thousands OF those who INDUCED
in these vices The lecturer selected those three wees
hectuse they those more peculiarly OF great cities
and eNerted more evil influences than any ohcr on tue
community He wanted TO know why these implements
OF evil these surements and temptations might not by
law be remoVed Tie knew OF no question which
az the present hour calls tor more consider. 4
stion People call these out'ide questions, but
they are the most vital and important ones For
the sake Of father mother wife and ehhd this door OF
death should be shu: upthis liquid damnation kept
away from the people People talk Of moral suasiOn
and say you will force men TO be good by tne IN
fiction OF the penalties Of any law. Yes that IS very
good Are we not desired by moral suaslon 10 Dc non
est Yet for the dishonest man YOU have nlaw penalty
Truthfunes l. virtue yet you have laws against per
Jury IL is most extraordinary proceeding, In my
mind 70 puish which you legislate 10 engen
der. Before you punlh CRIME lock up me orothel
and the dramshOp, but % erect gallO"s ana
license a drtnLshop 20 pay for II Is Ia my mind tue
hight Of abuTdty These are not the only social evils
tut they are chief from which the oners proceed
Nhe the public opinion condemns Ia our sex wnat
they applaud ana uphold or laugh iSn the other these
eyis will continue o. Increase Tae only cause Of this
i that the ne l. weaker and less able 20 project herself
and then Il hus treated with contunely and neglect
ard she lit 70 SOB over the htt-ness Of her grief
while the Mtom fades from her cheek he would guard
young men how they throw away respect for parents.
Young man now when be gets IN town, too great
erir y any regard FOR parental authority His
sfber i no longer such-he turns into tie Old man.
The mother j. also careesly treated and thus ties are
weakened or broken which should never end but with
death and sometimes even then they scarce end Tor
when misfortune meets you or disgrace cones on what
heart heats the truest for and cngs closer you 10
Disgrace in num- poverty even az the verge OF death
but tie mothers You young men should De careful OF
yielding 10 the temptation, for that the danger
u No eue VIXEN he irst took drink ever intended u
become drunknrd Gnd yet have seen ln'emperance
20 gain on men that Il narrowed GId narrowed TIL Il a
CO. ed them i were, iron stroud which crusoes
aud kills have read very impressive tale Of young /
nan who was confined IN dungeon haviag seven win
d. INT yxhIeh W. mad. of non. On the secOnd |