The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-14
THE IsMS OF MASSACHUSETTS,.


Wendell Phillips to the Chief Justice and
President OF Harvard College.
10 LEMuM SHAW Chief Justice or Massachusetts,, and
JAMES Waller, President Of Harvard UniversMy:-
GZNHKMKN-Now that ihe.press ceased It's ridcuie
Of your homage to Morphy at the Revere Houses cr.
cm OF little wish 70 present the scene 70
You, Mr. Chief Justice, represent the law Of the com.
monwesth TO you, nr President, committed TIE mural
guardianship Of young men Of her university Yet
mad you both a. table Of jewellers under chief
support ard proas come from the leg OF intoxicating
drink, and which boasts itself the head or
an organized, grsnt and avosed contempt OF the
Of the commonwealth. No one was surprised 70 see At
Your sde Ma who ewes bis office TO the votes Of that
cisoscerly bald whose o1ef Revere House. Few
wondered at The presence OF professor placed BY private
college, Mr.. Presidents though manly protest against
fashionable vice might 60 somethng 70 redeem the Office
from seeming ONLY al evesoropppg spy on the opinions
and manners OF young nep.
But you, Mr. Chef Justice know that three quarters
not four hftts, o. all crime result from haois of in.
toxicaon that nine tenss a. least of all the muzderers
you have sent 10 the gsloSs had murderers
had they 10; first been druDkards. You round
you and back for atty years places bar and
on the bench, Tiled by genius aud hope, n,w va
cant-tneir tenants IN drunkaros' graves You know
fearful the peril which civilization and spe-
cisy popular Institutions encounter from the Apness
of liquor ara the hs5s Of indulgence In all our great
cites yon know he long and earnest lahors Of noble
men, for hfy years. In both heuispherts, against this
evil and the moDeItous exper they tying of
legal prohibition to arrest ~ resulting here in stringent
law sga,ps. the sac o. Intoxicating drinks You know
ao tina the Revere Houee the nsoient leader OF that
heartees and selfish ia on which, defeated before the
people, seess BY unousoing defiance of to overbear
opinion and statute. And you, Mr. President the moral
guardian OF the yonog men or our Univefsiiy, we'll
know iis venerable Statutes and unceaspg efforts pre-
vent the use Of vine wi.on It's walls. You know ho1
many, often tee br gnest names ystr catalogue too
early marked with the a,terek OF death, their
timely end 70 BON OF you knos ,aat the presence
Of holding nuch ofces yours goes as far as re-
creSnt ofce and reputation can 70 make bad roof
spectacle Yet And YOU both at midnight re vel doing
your utmost TO give character 70 haunt us
open and constant defiance OF the moral Of the
State. foemnly expressed in its statutes.
M den ,ao ocu.tap r,.h su1- -
focal habits you please IN the privacy of your own
dwellings, or, il travelling, to use the customary
s sold its premises Few win care TO crcise if,
choosing decent roof you join your fellows and
mock the moral sentiment or the community by public
carouse But while you holt hese high ofces We the
citizens Of commonwealth whose character you repre-
sent, empbacaiy deny your right to appear Illegal
rsvsIs IN goed grog SHIP, which but for the
Of such as you had long ago met the Indictment de-
,erve. How can we expect the police to execute
tempt by his example9 bow shall the Grand Jury
ndc the nuisance of which the Supreme Bench has for an
nour made psr we the zens have right to claim
Of presenting these gorgeous grog shops criminal
bar we shall no. ana their gasntsrs the bench
at critical moments, in voice whose earnest emotion
half checked its utterance remind your audience OF the
law: assuring that the welfare society was Bound
up in this individual submission to existing law How
snail the prisoner at the bar reconcile the grave sincerity
Of the magistrate with this needless disregard by the
nan OF most important lawsS If again the times
M osm se1 70 ou We so'oer Jasce ana humanity at
Zig " we NAY iemn1 you 'oh 'ohat
rss go sa1 e gu go we soeo YOU are sworn and
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and ist ne rer,ra Won ~, p..,s.. A..
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