New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-01
VICE AND ITS PREVENTION.

II ~, Ella y u TheN J. Trissns
SIR. " e rejoice, say you in yesterday TRus.
usE. We n Joico in Mayor Woods efforts, and wsh
him al the ,uccess he can desire and that applause
OF all coed IN whi-h is sure 70 attend H." Anent
ssy with all NY heart. On all ,nds hssr the same
fluctuations. Never has any nupcipsi Hercules
awakened br gbter hopc3 in the bosom q all good
citizens than the presens incumbent of eur civic
chair. Nen salute each Oliver with SMILES OF corda
cheer il the night pest and the purifying tghS
of day had at ef 9Th effectively dawned. IL Is ell tho
better perhaps that we had not expected 80 much.
We supposed thst we were going to have mere poll
.ican over US az sin who would allow our cecia inter
ests to take Of themselves while he himself at
tended to the behssts of his well beloved party. But
presto what change The bird We thought rude
unsigbhy Shanghai, or al best a mere dunghLi COCK
TO all noble enterprises has turned out lorly
falcon fit 10 gaze unbenohed upon the sun and stoop
undaunted TO any quarry. The proverb says, er
quOris hgHO non fl Hrcurius However this may
be, our present Wood prime stuff for Mayors; and
If be ends as he has begun he will leave his official
successors propder boast than tcssy, WDs eh,ps'
gf The old bocN
Out Of the twenty eight hundred rum-shops ordi-
nsriy open Sunday, only twenty-six were Enclosed
last sunday Bravo One would have sagured a
prior, that the Sunday sale Of liquor precisely the
evil, which any stick of Mayor could have dealt
with so hsgran were its social Inconvenience on the
one hard and so sure must he be of being vigorously
backed BY the entire moral sense Of the community on
the other Yet every miserable stick Of them all he's
been afrsid to NEEDLE with it, and the consequence
has been that the Lord Day, the blessed day that
from the beginning Of history has been associated
with mans elevation and piefgured the ultimate glo-
rous rest which God will enjoy in degenerate and
eloifed human nature has been here municipality con-
secrated TO the indulgence Of diseased appetite, tho
at of unlawful GAIN the increase Of brutal wdysm.
the shame and despair Of aectiOnate wives the im.
poverishmeht aud degradation of innocent and help
lees children. Long life to Mayor Wood, then, for
+ this bit Of manhood All honor to the man whose
Jealous discharge Of his duty, has purged the day
which releases US from worldly care. the day which
,boud BE- sacred to all innocent and heavenly festivi
ties from the bestial riot and ribsd profanity which
have hitherto mocA 4 as holy tide, and msde our
streets in some quarters fairly impossible to modest
women.
Inotice In your columns that smoog the gamblers
arrested during the past few days were Patrick
" Hesn and a man named Hall, and ten keepers OF
" bouses Of prostitution" Who would have thought
that these huge and impudent gambling establish
psn. were ever going to be assaled after the long
dee The chief of them are situa.ed in Broadway.
directly in the face Of public travel they are fur
nshed in the most luxurious and seductive manner:
they are each maintained at cost which would
speedily ruin any ,nes citizen; thsy are fed and fa
tened and psnpered the tears of broken hearted
faihers aud mothers the anguish Of wives, on the
sghs Of kindred on the de ISOLATION Of all the virtues
aId pleasant charities that sweeten home, on the
blight Of youthful innocence, on the corruption Of
manhood on the dishonor OF old age Hell has no
more infalble yestbues earth th "a the Identical
dens which yawn ia Broadway. between Houston ana
Prince. sts., and Prince and Spring. The buildings
run back 10 Nercer.st so that the nides advent
urer need not rick observation, in going in or coming
out Merchants from Pearst., brokers from Wallst,
men whose equipsges may be daily seen bearing their
unsuspecp wives and children past the DOORS where
shame and sorrow are lying in wait to deyour them;
professional men, men that you would never suspect
Of secret niquity men who 20 to church on sunday
who give literally 10 benevolent enterprises, VINO are
fable and courteous and kind to al the world; these
are the sort Of people you zee in these haunh nhed
I'D With plausible knsves Of every complexion, but al
alike intent upon the surest means OF Wrnging from
them ID cir very last farhng Here you see broken
f, down gentlemen me who have been formerly neeced
and cleaned out by the keeper OF the house ana VINO
do not discain row TO purchase bare and base SUD
sisterce from him BY attracting others TO his Den.
Here you see in short human nature IN every stage Oh
deeener stion from the houghtess boy just come INTO
the possession Of property and who IL wiling - bleed
pofsssly ohly he may thereby purchase the presuse
ofauan Of the world, down 10 the ccahrned and
cruel bIsckleg beside whose heart that Of your ere
uiser aloys warm with heavenly ruth pity.
| But have no pleasure in hesping hard words Hp'n
these harder hearts No need 10 be told al tns
/ time OF day how vie the trade Of the gambler n AL
TIE wotIo knows Il, had almost sad too well. hof
familiarity with vice. If it does not always breed IN
difference 10 IL at east wards of the shock WHICH
might otherwise drive US to take very summary ness.
ures with it. In feet think that the merely hao''"A
odium in which the gambler and other sacs 'eIMA
are PECULIARLY held does committing to oo'cu'e Ns
ueris Of tie case, and prevent society rom pelSo
! ing how very culpable she herself y ~ 'n' p q.
the Ieas, idea that the lnsss Of evn !" .ss
human heart are attributable 70 al :" n
notice. nor have the slightest hope ma, 'he asy N
dawn when returned society shail nave pro 'sd
- besrt TO b. the abode Of nothing out flsod-
n~.Ido hsIIsye nost firmly, and desire the close
Du' ~ ~ vour readers to tho svowd that tsare u
,rJ o,z of erI known TO society, 40 proper
10 .oc,aI evil rkseA soeiay not perfectly sompees<
:. ~,r, ~ SEE HAVE TEE WILL TO DO so~
Pmhsps you may be inclined to distssst thia zstA'
hut hope shsli be able eventually to make Il y
cIesr 70 the eye Of the reason, q ~ Light clear y
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