New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-08
--,,cv vlgo BEECHER ON MUNICIPAL
HA wv CORFU TONS.

"'' " tod iby the recent developments OF ooifuP'
me' s"ee ou, CITY Government. The audieaoe as
' crowded the church to overtiowiog Inc
,,,.o was in an unusually calm and thoushtai
No one can deny that there is now need oil se',Vu
.s,uoos on this subject; and if Mr.. Beecnc' n"1
..reontbat evening that bloody not was goi"s y"
hi. city while he was speaking, he m'en' "a,e rn,
tn more point to his probe. Inc ''N. w.. 80,
pr,ye,bs. xxilth chapter Gun WIS a.. T.
=. ,n., !. AN ,bominaion to theJu anu u. no
p,rebt in the way is attenuation W ."0 :,
NJ, Reecber began by saying th@' .ui'
,rpe to-day as il was when T" was "' s;shn,~,,
81 So,omon. Thoroughly honest men haso '"V"''.
VI v .e.orable men hate mcanness Inc generous
hes''y s,;,o;ress The magnanimous mar hates
soua os N is true also but with more lniIations
chuff'.l men hate goodness. They do not hats all
ihs nor always. Such is the natare OF virtue
~ she claims respect when obedience Is dehied 10
, ,a. AMI men .mire what they will not prachce. IN
li one Of the affecting features In life OF vice IS
he Longing and wisl outlooks entoward VitueS'o
longer within the reach Of poor wIetches VINO struggle
with unbridled passions For men, III tne Iioc VI
w times like the poor creatures swept down tue
tream of mighty rivers who see people SAFE on suo
and trees aud fair flowers, as they 60 swiftly Pas.,
I'D all things that Ire safe and desirable Sietu ol
momept upon them to highen theiru ioie, anu
st their wif-coming destruction. Nevertheioss IL
:: zane that evil men hate goodness when IL exposes
and nuts to shame their baseness-when IL cn'cks anu
tynins their desres-when il governs tieir greedi-
sesswhen holds recttude as poe5o anu
Incidence TO Justice 10 mercy, 10 gooooesS'
=. no CITY OF America probably. are there sucn eX
.,emes of goodness and baseness, as IN New-iork.
Nowhere else more noble specimens OF men-more
horest more faithful to responsible trust, more gen.
Drous more pure.mnded aud true. And nowhere
els men more ignomihious, more slippery ana pass,
more treacherous aud unprncipled.
Industry Skill perseverance and enterprise all strive
,ooetber 10 make our metr Jpoltan city great in
Orr are
cities Our alter side stretches out is hands to the
world fingered with ships. This great City OF New
York ia itself State. A million men swarm daily
along its streets. Its institutions OF education are
either few nor poor Its religious Institutions for
worship and for charity are numerous anu auIlfaDie;
Its public provision for the unfortunate Is ample, and
IN respects grand ALREADY is become nrS sehTU
are there so large number of families III proportion
10 the population that live not only III comfort, Dat
M luxury with the ability and the disposition TO EN-
selsh their houses with whatever Is use1ui anu oeau
;iful. ,. -.....
cf CORRUPTION flowing day and night IN our midst Evil
men are not rebuked corrupt men walk openly, gross
liquity is organized end nowhere ese, probably, Is
there The juxtaposon and contrast OF 50 much that
Is base and So ur,st. HAT is admirable, 80 much that
5, yj,tuous andH6ble 50 much that is vile and de-
testable.
In this City of New-York there !. no law tta' sects
,,bl;c rirtpc that eau be administered ii il ousts
vested selfshness.
No law that attempts to sbate gross reckessness
can maintain itself The people Will pass wise and
needed laws and then leave them without public
sentiment; and law without public ntinent about
il is like a child born into exhausted air receiver
il dies for want of air. The officers apl onted to exc
cute laws betray and destroy them. Gt veinrneIt no
longer terror to evil. doors, spreads shield broad
enough to protect the whole orb Of municipal eorup-
ZION. Justice is weakened everywhere, and IN some Of
her powers is utterly destroyed. 90
Mr. Beecher began to instance special cases III,
10 hiah QiaA tn
sentiment common to all men, it weuld seem to be
that of the poor outoas and homeless stranger that
comes to our land seek refuge and place Tor MS
children. There is peculiar appeal 10 heipiuthess,
,ity and relief in his case. To desplse such an one
would seem worse than barbarous. Yet not only Is
done but Al is dOe as an organised raP"c"y. classes
tf men obtain or at least hdcs obtained tleH very
livelihood by it. They had their rules aad paas tncr
runners and preparations Nay tasy laid their plans
in foreign lands sent their enlssar=s forestaed the
emigrants movements sent their spies WIN tneal on
The VOYAGE boarded the ship soon as she baled the
land, and then began every method OF deceit,
of kpayery and Of downright robbery. Ihey
followed them they streamed westward,
aud at every point On the tout. renewed
the netarious vlIainy. Nor were tnese pvu
harmless creatures safe, long as they mad penny,
until they reached their final destination; When
banly AGAINST this open and audacious robbery the
State made provision Wnas od the faitb Com
Tn;ssoners from municipal sympathy These desperate
villains, that lived by plundernS, and grew tat on
sDois to plumber again, these domestic pirates OF the
,fbarf. he W have they prowled about Castle Garden
,nd Ike wolves about embodied hocks, snapped their
-eetb and vented their rage, deernsned u undermine
an protection TO nullfy the law, and 10 snatch again
fhe opportunity of goddess wickedness 1t would seem
that they had almost gained their point wneh happy,
God defeated their schemes
But what spectacle and what history Is this IN
Christian and civilized city What testimony TO the
power and effroDtery OF the deepest aud crueieSt
wickecness!
The sneaker here alluded to the spoiations of sailors
Children said he are not half helpless as sailors for
though children inexperienced ana lgnorans hey 40
rot carry such unresrained desires and sucn educatea
appees None ofu probably that have not Deen laa,
,iatey acquainted with this abused Glass; can imagine
fbe abominabe impositiOns practced upon them.
They are eeced at the wharf, they are ieeced al the
lrothel, they are heeced at the drinking den anu
sheared clean at the clearinghouse bells. Brute
beasts are not treated yley as they are, nor Cast
forth SO remorseessy when everything mas oeeh de-
,oured by the avarice of their vigant oestroyers;
At length-aud not day too sOon-a plan mas Deen
set foot TO protect them Christian merchants VIII
great caution and prudence, have attempted TO abolish
the system of advance payments, by which much Oh
the mischief had been perpetroted.
The harpies have called their Council. Already
they are confederate They have organized, aud will
act soloy and steadily, by open and sinister methods
ill they reustate the profitable iniquity And unless
Christian citizens have as much interest 10 project nu
panity these wretches have to violate II, they will
De tamperng with official justice, ana especially by
the baot-box, and BY organized interference with
shipping interests, will have all IN their own hands
again.
He referred to the fate of the laws this city enact
I'd for the abatng OF gambling This has pecu-
liar power upon the young, and, once Infected they
,eldm cured II is also intimately connected with the
sey a mercantile business for here is that young
men souasder their own earnings aud steal more here
thew barter funds which held By them in trust for
their empoyers here men lose the money brought to
the city 10 pay maturcd obligations. The gambling
Rouse IS more dangerous to banks and to commercial
rms than an the burglars and swndlers in The city
Now there are laws enough, and good enough,