The New York herald., 1862-01-13

tnlng 30 dangerous 10 the nealtn OF the army as
either bad hospital management or the practice
to which we have just referred.
Liquidation Upon Morals.
Several of our very pious and sanctimonious
contemporaries have been recently engaged in
running a muck upon the concert saloons" Of
this city, and are urging the Legislature to sup
press these places of amusement. 1t seems that
in this world of intermeddling, no person can
catch the influenza of certain sort Of blatant
morality without Immediately insisting that
everybody else shall catch the influenza also, or
else be esteemed the worst of sinners. Conse-
quently our contemporaries have been indulging
in invectives towards u.s. recently, and have en-
deayored to induce us alse to join the hue and
cry against "concert saloons" Now, as far as
the HERALD is concerned, tho concert saloons"
stand upon their own bottoms, and it appears to
us time enough to use such very harsh words
about them when the Mayor revokes their
licenses and the law its appreciation, and these
they are now said to be.
But if our pious contemporaries still insist that
such "promiscuous assemblages of the sexes"
are bad, and still urge legislative interference
we are ready, with our customary willingness to
oblige, to join our amiable religious friends in
procuring Albany legislation upon morals We
have never turned away from the calls of the
needy journals which, we are afraid, envy and
seek to injure us, and we overlook great
many doubtful transactions of theirs in order to
preserve our faith in their piety and respectable
ty. For example, it strikes us as strange that a
newspaper which subsisted for some time upon
ale and porter for the army should first puff
and then oppose concert saloons" 1t is
strange, also, to see the "Little Villain" of the
Times Offering gambling BETS publishing licen-
tious advertisements and preaching morality at
the same time. 1t seems singular that the hero
of "seven up and Bull run should get up lot
terry for gold pens, dollar jewelry and the
Weekly Tribune, and yet insist so strongly upon
legislation upon morals. If we are to favor our
angelic contemporaries in their little affair, we
must respectfully ask Of them that the Legisla-
ture shall also be encouraged to suppress
gambling houses and gambling betters, lotte-
ries and gift enterprises, licentious advertise
mcnts and the Times that publishes them, deal
ers in bogus army stores and Cummingses of
every degree. Doubtless they will agree with
us in this.
ready to aid our evangelical friends to legisate
down all "promiscuous assemblages of the
sexes" OF course we should include the "con-
cert Saloons" but there are many other as
semblages of the sexes just as promiscuous and
as dangerous. Is it not a shameful thing, for
instance, that the sexes should be allowed to
assemble promiscuously in omnibuses, On ferry
boats in railroad cars and on steamers? We
call upon the Legislature to abolish this dread
full evil. Why, in each of these vehicles Of pub
lie conveyance the best and the worst of
both sexes are brought into close and una
voidable contact. One can stay away from
concert saloon" il he likes; but there are oc-
casions when il is impossible to avoid entering
a stage, car or boat There is no privacy or
secluson possible. The bad woman and the
good the honest man and the thief, are CON-
PEELED to ride together, and especially men and
women are promiscuously mingled. This is
very sad state Of affairs, and we must insist,
with our sanity contemporaries, that separate
omnibuses cars and boats shall be provided,
by legislative act, for the two sexes, labelled
separately, like our cars now for negroes In
our churches, too and in our theatres and opera
houses, the same promiscuous assemblagc is
permitted. Even at our Artists Receptions the
ladies mix with the gentlemen, and true art is
thus debauched into conniver at promiscuous
a o,,I ola
porares raise your voices with ours and be-
seech the Legislature TO pass an act aboishing
this awful state of affairs
These evils are not for tho first time brought
to the attention of the public Years ago the
Methodists--as strsightlaced and scrupulous a
sect as that to which cur arcbangelc contempo-
raries belong-ordercd that the men and women
should sit upon different sides of their churches
and if evil could come of ''promiscuous assem-
bages of the sexes" in the holy houses of wor
ship, how fearful must be the effect Of the
gatherings of men and women in theatres, at
balls and at concerts! Let us have separate
churches, theatres and halls, at once and by
law. There are two sides to Broadway, and
the sexes should be made to keep separate and
distinct, on the right and lett hand pavements.
Everywhere, all the pretty women should be
hidden from the sight of men, lest men should
be tempted-and vice uerso. Would that our
dear contemporaries were able to prevent the
promiscuous assemblages Of men and women
at home and in families; but we fear for them
that. in this degraded age, this would be impos-
sible. Separate cars, stages, boats, theatres,
churches and concert halls we may have, how
ever, and therefore we join our seraphic contem-
poraries in their efforts to get such bill passed,
and inaugurate here, as they desire, the high
moral tone prevalent in Constantinople, where
tue sexes are separated by seraglios and
harems.
Brethren, let us pray that, some day or other,
all distinction of sexes may be abolished entire
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