Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1866-05-12
MORALS OF NEW YORK.

! "A VI ltSi III Wv Az 4 yin AlsIDf CSo
take issue with the New York Times
for certain remarks reaecGiBg upon
the state of society in Paris, and says:
Admit it be all true of France that
is bere stated is not equally true Of
ourselves, aud how much more Occa.
occasion is there, therefore, for The
editor to lift a warning voice, and
soud the alarm 10 the ears of bis own
countymeD? No one can doubt the
decay of public and private virtue, in
this couutLy under the rule Of the
powers that be +" The very foun'
datous of public morals have been
4nhvprted. and vice, audnuud aud ln'
justice are now looked upon with
eomp'acency, and tolerated in the
most =" select political and social"
Then, og in, on the aeoro of the " de-
ce1ciGs aud prophecies Of life, snd
the general aspect of public morals,
have We anything to boast of oyer our
neightors? Let any foreigner pass
through Broadway at night, aud
observe the signs and lranspareucies
which indicate the entrances to the
deus of vice and infamy which eyery>
where abound on that street, and tell
me if we have anything 10 boast Of
over Paris ? Such Infamous institu.
tions would not be permitted in that
city, or at all events such Indecent
display of them would not be per-
mitted. | know of nothing in which
We are behind Paris in these things.
We have our public restaOrante fitted
up with private apartments for
ladies and gentlemen" !" We have
places of public amusement which ave
notorionsly rendezvous for improper
persons asSiguation places under the
disguise Of places Of amusement--pies
ture galleries used for the same pur.
pose Houses Of i'll repute everywhere
abound, aud are well patronized.
Hotels in which persons notoriously
reside in the most shameful Illicit
relations, anatomicl museums, too
disgusting to be visited by any decent
person, are kept open on our most
public streets, aud rendered conspcs
uously attractive by gorgeous dis.
play of " gas.lights," and into whiah
all applicants are admitted without
regard to age, or condition, The vice
Of iatemperance, too. is infinitely
greater in the city, and in this coun,
try, than in Paris or France, Every
American who has been abroad
knows this to be true. And, as
respects admitting improper persons
into society, | don't think we have
anything to boast ofin that pafticul r
either. At the Opera few evenings
since-prOfessedly M ST select and
recherche affair-persons might have
been seen quite as obnoxious to re-,
II ark as NJ. Thercss s--ant, as for pro-
pie les Of behavior, l am constrained
to say, that | never saw exhibitions
Of such gross disregard oftbe common
decencies Of life iO any sale in Paris
as | saw at the Academy Of Music on
that occasion. ! saw man take liber.
ties with the person Of a female at the
supper table too disgusting to mention,
aud which would not be tolerated in
the lowests sdaneing garden in Paris |
al,o saw the son Of the editor Of the
leading (sO-called) newspaper Of this
city so drunk and disorderly trattwo
policemen had him by thel' hroat and
collar ejectibg him forcibly from the
house. saw iDdecencifS in dress and
costume that would have compelled
the wearer to have retired from any
company 10 Paris to which decent
people are invited fs2l