, 1860-06-26
a DEl1ocRAT1C STRONGHOLD.

There is district in New York popularly
known as Five Points" It isa Democratic
stronghold. The "vile hercsy, Republican,
isn." is not knowa within its boundaries. It
las no weakness like bslef in the inaliena-
bic right Of all men to "life, liberty and the
pursuit Of happiness; When election day
comes, it is ready to its last man for whatever
Is labeled Democratic regardless Of all consul
esaGious whatever. It cares nothing for the
condition Of tho Territories, or for tue spread
u human bondage, for protection to American
Industry, for the eorruptions Of Democratic al
nin;strations, for the Pacific railroad, or for
the henedcant Homestead bill. It goes with
the party, and Its influence, when any iniquity
is to bs pe1petrated, is always powerfully felt
Some Of our New York friende-Black Re
puh|icans, Of course, OF they would not he
poking around into the degradation AID mis-
csy Of their fellow mca-hayc been looking at
he Five Points, With a curious ere, to analyze
the materials Of which that stronghold If
modern Democracy is made up. Tho New
York Evening Post-a Black Republican pa
rcr, Of course, or it would not be interfering
with other peoples business ss-furni=hes US the
results Of the inquiry SO far as it has gone.
Five Points, says the Post, comprises Eve
blo:ks, bounded by Leonard and Bayard
streets on the north, Mulberry and Chatham
streets on tie east Pearl street on the south,
aud Centre street on the weEt- The total
number Of houses is 305; Of which az are
trout and G3 rear houses. The number #
liquor establishments is 1l6-more than one
third. The number Of floors is 1858; Of rootns
3,47s; Of tcrements l,Gc5; Of Easements un-
dcrground; occupied as residences, l39.
The population is, 1916 families, 7,2ls FER
sons-4,59s adults and 2,515 children. Of the
adults, 2,Gi5 cannot rcad and write; and Of the
children only 935 attend school. In 414 fatni
mortality which yenr by year is almost fncrcdi
bfy destructive. In manJ families having chill.
dren. more have died than now survive. A
| lsrsc por,,un oil the offspring are still.bnrn.
The statistics Of the dead almost suEpass belief.
TIE population is fear1ully crowded. Most Of
the houses nte less Than three e.ories high,
81 Ali. inconvenient and unwbolcsome- 4 por-
tion Of the inhubitacts occupy tho sixty-thrrc
1eI buildings. The three ln n3dred other houses
| accommodate above two huHdred stores, liquor
| shops, groceries, meat markets, hhoe sthits,
clothing warehouses, junk and pawn.broker's
shops, cotiln fnctorics etc., besides above fire
Thousand inhshitants One hundred and thirty
| niue 1enenents are haseinents, generally abbn:
| nine feet under grou1d, darE, httY and unveu-
tl:ated; ho,-beda for engendering pestiience.
Many vi ihesc hnve subserrancan commuuica.
items, often crossing the streets. In many Of
f1,A oil n1a,t{ LuL II
perfectly saturated with damp1ess and ur-
wholesome exhalati0us.
The sanitary condition of the streets. houses
and yards absolutely =beggars al power Of d.
tcripiion. Often TWO, three and eEen four fam
lilies occupy l. single apartment, and ,lc prem.
iees ate seldom c!eansed. 1t would not be
proper Aeto to speak of the domestic and
household arrangements common in this pu{t
OF the Sixth Ward. How osn morals be pre-
serssd where comfort does not exit, where
filth is ubiquitous and deceucy uncttasnablc7 :
| Al. The coIIiions Of lising,-fooa, clo.hing,
beds, apartments, ncighbors, etc.-nre directly
calculated tG render The people diseased, and
overthrow eyen the remembrance Of morality
ard socia! refinement. The streets are covered
with garbage; and the cutters overflow with u
fnid, etagnant, filthy, md redolent Of noisome.
Eess mud The ctarnel.
Tie Post atates one fact which has already
suggested itself to the reader:-The Irish Gle.
mcat, in this mass Of Elth squalor, degrade.
tion and Democracy, is overwhelmingly pre-
dcmiraut. 0ftho 1913 Inhabitants, 4, sos a,e
Irish; ss9 German; Cet italian; s. French
GO English; Portuguese; Welsh; III col
ored; 20 Spanish; IS Scotch; Grcck-leay
Ing POS -Americacs. They arc divided eccle
siasically as fellows: Roman Catholic, 5,94s.
Hebrew GA; Protestant, 5s2 Such is tht
moEt unooaquerablo 6ebastopol Of New York
Democracy. Wherever else in the North art
F found an assemhlage Of women who have bar
tered their souls for the qualification Of lust
uicn who have become ou.lawcd in conse
querce Of their degradation and crime, and o
men and women both who are burning them
selves up with rum, there Democracy is th,
prevailing form Of political faith. We state til,
fact without intending to roproach The men 0
the party whose lives are abovo reproacll; bt,
as illustrative Of the tendencies with which
modern Democracy may be charged.