New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-10
Orgnn-GFinders. and the Propriety of Prss
ting them to Death.

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The origin of the organ-grnaers iastiies their ex
tnctiOn, as does also the doom with which they are
threatened This race is derived from Jabal the
sixth in descent from Cain, who was the father Of
all them that handle the harp and ofgann (eFe note
the accuracy of description in the word hauale TIE
seed Of Cain, who destroyed his own brother may
with Justice be destroyed in turn.
Later in history trace of the race is detected in
the patriarch pathetic ontcry against the insEn-
ments of cruelty" in his sons tents. In Egypt and
in Pharaohs time they seem to have been swept
away Egypt was a wisely.goyeTned country. Had
they existed, that prince might have been spared
nine OF the plaques since an hours infection Of this
one must have softened the rock of his hard heart
and forced him to send the tribes trooping forth To-
the desert with their MINISTRIES at the head, playing
the rOgues march of the period In that age, surely
organ-grlnding was one of the lost arts. There 4
hope, then, that may again become so strengthened
by the cheerful prediction, that in the latter days
the sound OF the grinders shall wax low The law
permits the destruction OF nuisance. Organ grind
ers are nuisance. 1t is, therefore, lawful to kill
them, [pide Judge Shaw's Decision adj JinJ
| Public policy requires their extinction. The race
consists chiefly of Italian refugees banished for tnr-
hulence from their own country, making trade oe
revolutions here, and regenging themselves by the
murder of Music, for their inability to destroy Order.
1t IS therefore, courteous and polite in U.S. nation,
to kill them.
Humanity pleads for their abolition. They are a
wretched people, born out of time, who rear q
wretGhed progeny. It is, them generous and mereifu
to themselves to kill them.
= Political economy demands that they should perish:
They wholly useless, never doing hands turn OF
work, though many hands turn Of play. & is,
therefore, prudent for society to kill them.
Upon this foundation Of reasoning may be bniIt a
strong tower of authorities in favor of their exfpa-
ton That rigid and moral generation the Puritans
regarded the organ with horror, as the Devils box 81
pipes, even when used for sacred services. How much
more would they have been moved with holy2eal for
the destruction Of his wandering emissaries who bear
the ahOmination from door to door!
Shakespeare makes the practical genius of 0thello
speak with contempt OF hearing @ brazen canstc6
turned in evident allusion to grinding organs.
1t is true that Lord Bacon composed work known
to scholars as the NoUum Orgdnaa, or New Organ.
But this only proves the hatred of that great aud
wise man for old organs
The French style them OFgues de darbarie Y OF
barbarian organs. To Danish them and their barba-
ran supporters is one of the first duties Of civilized
people,
Having settled the lawfulneas, humanity, and pru.
dence of Kidding the world of grinders should
be considered how this may best be done.
Not, perhaps, by individual efforts, The renaem,
brance Of suffering might darken an act of Justice in
revenge. Nor would it suffice merely for the State t0
put stop to organs seeing that the addition OF q
stop to those they have already would but increase
their power OF mischief. There arc wiser plans, too
than that OF execution upon the scaold, which NIGH
create morbid sympathy. For example, make them
the instruments of their own destruction by setting
tlem in some secluded place, TO play each other Ii
death. Or they might simply be exiled to Tunis.
The public ear is large and patient; the need d
this reform once forced into it. proper plan will no
be wanting. Then will diseord be driven from Ga.
land and peace and qushness return while Til
grinding organ shall decorate museums, and be Won
dered at by our descendantsas the last and most cae
OF the Instruments of torture that dsgFaced an an
calling itself reined. LDWight's journal of Music