The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-09-11

LII AAAfC LAohEd dIa - IANAA ply
must suffer until the clerk turns out a Robson
a Redpath-or a Publinger (Cheers.) Perhaps
he is 4 married man with grown up daughters,
and all dependent upon his hard-earned salary.
He bets-he lOses-he becomes mad-he looks
over the bridge-his courage fails-he stops a
Observation-Disclosures kneels down before the
heavily laden coal cart-puts his head deliberate
ly under the great wheel and his head is crushed
t. atoms, He died through losses on the Derby !
Pollock speaks words Of fire of the suicide-whO,
with his own hands, opened the portals of eterni-
ty, and, sooner than the devils hoped, arrived in
hell , Sensation.
The Derby rs HE Stock Exchange Of the horse
there's. (Oh.) That day they reyel in their
villanies. They come from all parts of these
islands to carry on their infamous traffic on the
Derby. Why is 1t that men consider dishonesty a
virtue when they sell a horse? Laughter.)
The Jew and the Gentile-the Arab and the
Hindoo-the gentleman and the blackleg-the
English lord and the Irish peasant are all the
same when dealing in horse flesh! The Quaker
said his horse had no faults, and would stick TO a
tall. Will he draw? '' Yes, thee would be
delighted TO see him draw ?" OF course the
animal turned out to be a jibber-as well as
blind THAT" said the Quaker, . is his mis-
fortune, not his fault" (Laughter.) The
parson will let you find out the SPAWN the phi
lanthropist will not tell you of the lameness-
the Christian lady will conceal the vice of the
beast she offers for sale-and the Christian gen.
tleman delights in having his holiday sport at
the Derby.
The Der6y IS The Hate Hamiton's Of the Cy-
P'1aRS! Here Cyprians faunt their silks and
rustic their s%atins, and make their coarse jests
and loud observations in the presence of the
fairest, the highest, and the most yirtuous ladies
of England. Which is the lady and which the
Cyprian, asks the stranger? Really, who can
tell. Even Firth, in his picture of the Derby
Day, has the portraits of some celebrated prOstl-
tutes to make it life-like. So | am told. What
a place TO take our wives and daughters! Would
you introduce them at the HOlborn Casino?
Would you take them TO dance the Lancers at
the Argyle Rooms? (No.) Would you go with
them to the Piccadilly Saloon, or the Portland
Rooms, or Caldwells, and drive them twice a
week to Cremorne? Most assuredly, no Few
married men would be so bold. Yet, what they
shun in the haunts of vice in London, they court
in broad daylight ut the Derry! (True.) They
are Mortified at vice and prostitution when re-
tailed, but are its nOblest patrons when whole
sailed. All that is bad comes together at the
Derby. That day the Argyle Magdalens are in
their champagne robes. That day the casino
empties its Candles into the Derby. That day
Kate Hamilton sits supreme upon her throne.
That day the Haymarket removes its entire pop
ulation to the Derby-the great rendezvous of the
Concubine, and the Stock Exchange of the Harlot.
(lronical Cheers.) u day bad women meet
by appointment bad men, and virtue is scofied at
on the great charnel house of the Courtezan.
Here female beauty means loss of honor, of virtue,
and of moral life. And yet, knowing these
things, Englishmen hesitate not to introduce
their families into such haunts of iniquity.
Why? Simply because it is fashionable. (Hear.)
The Lords are there as well as the Commons.
Fashion is a tyrant. \ Queen once introduced
large sleeves to cover her broken arm. \ Queen
gave the world corsets to hide her ugly form. \
Queen suggested long dresses because her feet
were large, and an Empress invented crinoline
when coming events cast their shadows before.
(Laughter.) So fashion makes immortality pop
ular. Great ladies countenance the Derby, and
who dares protest? The Bishop of Oxford?
No. Lord Brougham? His Social Science
would not interfere with the social evil which he
thinks is a social necessity. ~(Laughter.) Where
is London, and Canterbury, and Durham? Do
they object? Does the Duchess of Sutherland
and the fair peeresses of England endorse the
horrid debaucheries of the Derby day? | have
never seen their protest, although they found
time to appeal to American ladies about the
immortality of slavery. (Applause.)
If evil communication corrupt good manners,
the evil of the Derby must breed foul corruption.
If ladies are known by the company they keep,
the Derby is not the place for mOdesty and
purity. How the young girl must shrink in
the presence OF her lover when listening from her
elegant brougham on the hill to the obscene
songs and conversation of the gipsey women, who
have been paid to entertain the mistresses
of the young gentlemen in the adjoining carriage.
(Hear.) All this is allowed on the Derby day.
Tie Peers approve 1.-THE judges award it-and
no Cumming, no Newman Hall, no Spurgeon,
no Lord Shaftesbury, raise their voices against
the wholesale immOralities of the Derby day
mo- That ,cOuM be un-EngfSh. (Laughter.)
My painting is completed, my argument is
closed. | vas challenged, Mr.. Grand. [ ac-
cepted. | have fought and ask you, sir, who
is the dead man? Qaughter.) The honorable
speaker pointed me to the Derby, where | might
witness Civil Right and Religious Freedom
the great Constitutional Charter of your race.
After the scenes l have painted, ! hope for the
sake of Virtue, Morality, and Religion, that
argument will never be advanced again. Imain-
tain / have proved three distinct propositions.
Derby Day is the Stock Exchange of Pugi-
ism-the Mecca of the Horse Thief-the Bourse
of the Gambler-the Rendezvous of the Blackleg
the Rum-shop of the Drunkard-the Central
where the villanies of the Turf are matured
and the Grand Bazaar of the Gentlemen
Better-thc Vulgar Card-player-the elegant
Ooh, and cheers)-thep ~rofigate Roue-
the hardened Gipsy-and the aristocra;ic Black
guard Here the frail women hold their levees,
who are as corrupt in body as they are in mind
whose coarse oaths in their drunken orgies sound
upon the ear like the Death Rattle of Remorse.
cloud Applause.) Virtue to women is what the
grain is to the straw-take it away, and man
and beast tread it under foot. cloud cheers.)
Mr.. Train sat down amid enthusiastic cheering
and applause, and many Of those who had at the
commencement: of his speech, expressed their
dissent, crowded about him to congratulate him
upon his brilliant effort in behalf of religion and
morality.-Conlmerc7Gl Bulletin.