The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-11-24
Lecture of DR.. Ives at the
Cooper Institute.
PRESIDENCY OF ARCHBISHOP MCLOSKEY.
His Enthusiastic Reception by
the People.
The Institution to be Enlarged and
Improved.
SPEECH OF ARCHBISHOP M'CLOSKEY,
&ess &ess ~.

The long promised OF the Rev. L. Sillman
was delivered evening before large and attentive
audience. II was under the auspices OF the rather
Matthew societies OF New York and Brooklyn and the
subject "The necessity object the Catholic
Reformatory OF New York; Among the reverend gen.
elemea present the platform we noticed the Rev.
Father starrs recently Administrator Of the Diocese tho
Rev VIM. Quinn, Advisory Chaplain OF the Retormatory;
che Rev. Fathers Hecker, McNerny, Brdsall. OCaa.
CHAN, Mckinney, Meehan OF Ireland, White Morrogh,
&c. Besides these ecclesiastical dgnaries there
several prominent civilians present. Among others
observed Hon. Jas Nicholson Hon. Judge Daily, Judge
Connolly John McKeon John Kelly Chas OConor. Isaac
c. Bell, John T. Devin, Judge McCunn, Counsellor Shee.
han, Richard O'Gorman Mr.. Roberts aud the Rev Mr.
Meehan, Of the county Of Clare; Fathers Becker and
Sweeney, OF st. John, N. B.; McGn, &C.
Al about ten minutes past eight O'Clock His Grace the
Most Reverend Archbishop McCioskey who had accepted
the position OF president the OCCASION appeared upon
che platform. The followed him at shor, dis
eance Loud applause swel.ed up from every side
OF the room
On coming forward. the Nos, Reverend Archbishop
satd:-
THE ARcHBlsHoPs REMARKS
LADIES GgHTLKNRN-permit say that 10 sp.
pearng before you this evening Is not with the
or desire of making an address My object is simply
Introduce the lecturer OF the evening In fact
the latter assertion Is superacous, for Dr. Ives s w.:
lxnowu 70 you all. He needs 90 introduction from mo
He is, perhaps, even bette, known TO you than
myself I only avail myse. OF this public op2or.
tunity afforded 10 give assurance Of my
earnestness and the nteres, feel 10 ne noble
tnstituton called the Catholic Rerormaiory Of this
city All doubts and hestatons have dispeled by
facts and solid arguments The institution now appeals
TO Catholics every where for their support zap.
pausel shall not further detan You from the privi.
tegs and awaiting than merely to say shat
partments-one for boys and the other for girls II
lighted to how much good has already been done
notwithstanding the obstacles 10 be overcome. Larger
buildings and ample grounds needed. aud for
these IL necessary that direct appeal should be
coming When the Catholic Relormat will taks
ats rank the first institutions OF the kind IN the
world That shall become ia not with tIstute,
but with the community al large. Here their spiritual
"a we'll as their temporal wants are ATTENDED Such
an institution deserves the fullest success Lei help
90 mako Il 80.
Tho Right Rev Archbishop teen introduced the lee.
surer Of the evening, the Rev Or SALINAS IVES, who
apoke as foows-
Dr. IVES ADDRESS.
LADIES GESTLKNHS-I have the honor and the priv
lege OF speaking 10 you tonight in behalf y: .the
Society for the Protection OF Destitute Roman Catholic
Children in the city Of New Yorg rh:s society a.ter .
etrugge against secara0 opposition for 1ea,.y three
months was ara!y Incorporated BY the Leg stature Of
our state on the i4.h day Of Apri. isss-a little more
than eighteen months ago Its object fully and egnin
cany expressed 10 It's tite which "the protection OF
destitute Catholic children" No intelligent
doubt the Of institution For Ate, All the
efforts made by the benevolent this great city pro-
aect destitute children tand few cities more),
Cor protection, enough Of Itself, will net cay 70
Justify this new effort. but to exact II Of US as .
nearly all said be iaa, least Catholic asy
1uns and still the lanes and byways ., sur city
ness s.Aked forth such multiplied and such 1umiiI.
Nting forms. speak not from hsarsay, but OF what
fas, ten years been close observer Of what has
passed among The rising generation IL THE great metro
o na suppTs M e solrnDa g.
witnessed more rapid and frghui declension 10
morals witnessed among certain glasses Of the young
more utter disregard OF honor, OF truth and pety. and
the commouest teceucies OF life Extraordinary
az this statement may seem, 10 . neverthe es etate
ment OF fact and think not difficult 10 define the
Some persons refer II TO tie rapid influx OF for
egn population; but trace Il TO the spirit OF inl-
deity Of INSTRUMENTATION TO Almighty God, that
10 cherished among admit that q certain degree
aud 10 certain sense this foreign immigration may
have contributed to increase immortality because tas
furnished considerable portion OF the material out OF
which such immortality has been produced. But the
active principle or busy agent in the wory ls quite
another ng and nttrbuiaoe quite another csrse
You will say perhaps that under .ho prompt'rrs OF
charity much has been done check tss evil reply
Shat IN addition much under the name Of charity has
been TO foster aud Increase this evil Erotu well
sut, efforts lowing from desire 10 do &C d, otter
actually do harm; somtmes from ignorance, scme
times rem false zeal, sometimes rem Ease principles
An !mpCse Of true charity may sometimes be prevented
or instructed by some Other predomratEe impulse
work may commence with avew TO mos, cse'ui and
desirable end, which IN its progress may be
tllustrate;-A number OF destitute families land
upon shores seeking protection and subsistence
city They strangers, ard little OF the
harashps and difficulties 20 be encountered IN their
situation Their exravaE,nt expectations are real
lied Where they tst been ASSURED OF ready employ.
ment, high wages ard encouraging sympathy they
rence only cold looks bard abor and scspty remunera
ton Sickness overssses them, dob turns them out OF
OF upoS ceo
sumed. The chifdekrry for bread and are turned as
beggsrs into the streets They rehearse from door
door their pteoGs Frequent repuse bardens them,
drives them TO exaggcrasion, 10 faIsehood, TO ,heN
sometimes TO the most wreched haunts OF vice. 10 save
iron
Measures adopted these unortuntes from
promp,,ngs OF cbarity-the enlistment OF the heart
in good and praseworthy enterprise But
suppose these children dicer from their benefactors
religion Here temptation 10 win them from the
faith o! their parents The temptation prevails steps
taken efectng this 10 place bar between
these children aud their parents 10 sever the powerful
fie which binds them 10 ;he parental heart and the
parental Influence. Couceament is first re'orted toa
veil OF secrecy drawn the proceodine-parental
inquiries baf1ed-hc yearnings OF the mother are
sed by tales OF wonderful advantages to her children,
and promises Of their speedy restoration TO her arms.
Yet all nis while they undergoing secret process
by which, Ia hoped, that every trace of their early
faith aud al attachment will be rooted out and, finally,
that their poraton to that indefinite region. the
Far West with changed views and lost parentagc,
will easfuay destroy every r assertion ,or r. Tnen
OF which they have been robbsd-the religion
OF their parents Here, then. new principle has been
work What charity commenced fanatcism has
grossly perverted or what we had supposed charity
turns out only sectariHn zeal We bad looked for
has been prscticed And wbs, the Plea way that
both the community ard the children are better OF BY
their separation from vicious parents. Suppose ad
init this pleacarfy out the principle upon which u
based. The application must be universal wealth can
plead exemption r. for any aud by any means
can Justly deprive the poor family Of It's children,
surely, for the Same reason and bv the same means,
my nhct tho same deprivation upon the rich But Is
there no whitening vice among that c,assfno foul exam
plee TO debauch The minds 81 their on.
community Let thom reflect what would be their
feelings, what their estimate OF the act should some
powerful neghbor through the power Of the state and
the very plea urged by themselves for taking away
thc rights OF the poor take away their own rights
deprtve them by stealth OF the children or their love
Alasl what has Of the OF our saw 700
and our God, "As 20 would tnai should do TO you
80 do 70 20 them9" Let us proceed step further Thoes
poor parents are all vicious seldom both paren
IN family So often neither But suppose one OF
them is. II you will let u be- as ts too generally the
case, tho husband and father The wife and mother
exemplary. Her anlictons have only heightened her
picty and virtue Her heart IL is true almost broken
by the neglect and brutal treatment o. him who had