Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-08-09


less and vigorous exposure is made Of the
astounding and shameless corruption Of the
Judiciary Of the Metropolis. After stating
that the New York Judieiarg became elective
in 1916, and that for some years after the
candidates we're witha few exceptions men of
high character, that the irst Judges elected
were men Of more thaH ordinary ability and
that for some years tho Superior Court and
the Surveyor Court not only sustained but
surpassed their former repatations under the
+ old system, it says
The change for the worse which has since
! taken place may be attributed chiefly to three
causes namely, the immense increase of the
j foreign population. the amount Of patronage
at the disposal Of the Judges, and singular as
! it may seem. the attempt Of good men to use
The Judiciary as a means of protection against
mouicipal robbery The first Of these oaus-
es Is pronounced an almost insnperabIe OBJ
stacle to reform in the city government. By
the ceusua Of 1860 the foreign vote in the
! city exceeded the native by $4,000 and the
[ increase Of naturalizations since, has been so
great that the foreign excess is now estimated
at about 10000. Still mere significant Is the
statement that-i'H is not, however, the
mere fact that foreigners are thus largely in
the majority which makes good government
so difficult nor is 1t even the unanimity with
which they support the Democratic party.
Good government is maintained in many dis
ericts Of the United States in which foreign
ers are largely predominant, and there are
thousands Of Democrats in New York who
would much prefer honest officials Of their
own party to dishonest ones. Bat an inn
mense majority Of the foreign population Of
New York are Of an ignorant and democrat
ized class and their mode Of living by no
means tends to their Improvements. John
Wesley wisely said that cleanliness was next
to godliness and judged BY this standard,
thousands of tenement homes in New York
are to the last degree ung0dly. tits impos
sible that such places should be the homes of
intelligent and truly patriotic electors. These
people are not degraded by poverty, for in
tact they are not so poor as are thousands of
excellent men IN the agricultural districts
but they are hopeIessly degraded by dirt.
foul AR. and drink.
Accordingly, this immense class, compris-
ing more than two-thirds Of the foreign
voters, not only support Democratic eaudi-
dates. but as between two Democrats, almost
always prefer the worst. Il was such men
who thrice elected Fernando Wood to the
NayoraIity, and have twice sent him TO Con-
gress. The whole question of judicial
reform is deliberately discussed and the article
viii well repay careful perusal by all who
feel an interest in the subject which is one Of
the highest importance to society.
In The labor Crisis the Importance Of
cooperative industry involving the monen-
tous problem Of the relations between labor
and capital IS ably discussed with proclivi-
ty to free trade which we cannot indorse,
though the arguments here used are fully
refuted 10 another article in the same nun
har 'Serfdom and the EmanciDation Laws
Ia tUssIa complete the articles OF THIS num-
Der bearing on political subjects. The more
purely literary articles are, an appreciatiye
criticism Of LougfcIlow' Translation Of the
Divine Comedy. ..Ihe Testimony Of Ian
guagc respecting the Unity of the Human
Race. % brilliant criticism ON .'Rosseau and
The Sentimeutaiizts, '.1he Origin Of the
Italian Language tSwedenboTg's Ontolo-
gy, Literary notices and a letter from Pro
feszor George Washington Greene In reply to
Mr.. Bancroft.
THe Ec1Ecrr MAGAzIEE--The leading
article Of The August number will be fouad to
be "a highly interesting review Of Louis XIV.
and his Times. Several Of the other papers
VIII attract attention. especially the one en-
titled, characteristics of American Liturature,
which exhibits spirIt of fairness and appre-
ciation rather unusual. The article on Mobs.
that en- War and us Progress, aIsothe one on
Culture. are valuable And we invite espe-
eial attention to the paper IRON the CoHtsnl-
por1yy Resiew. on the Morality of Literary
Art. Il discusses with ability, seriousness.
and good sense a subject Of great Importance.
Several Of the lighter papers win have inter
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made up Of selections from foreign pubIica.
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Theatrical FareweiIs from III The Tear
R0umd The SultaHs Reception, The Specta-
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The Hermit's Year, Temple Bar, Flint Jack,
Peoples Aagaziue; Berezowski. The Times:
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Financial Prospects Of the Union, 'The
Easter Tlip Of two Ochlophobists. a New
Life Of Napoleon 'The Royal Academy
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a Handful Of SoYereigus, '.An Adieu to
our Village, "PraxitiIes and Phryue,
'.Tbe Progress Of The Question, and ''The
Death of Sir Archibald Allison.
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