The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-01-19
New YoKK. january G. 1870.

New Yonx, january G, 1870.
The new yenr has commenced in the
metropolis ut least with q horrible record
: OF critnc. Murders Of tho most atrocious
pattern have followed ono another up in
rapid succession ever since 1869 has left
us, so that the cnormity of tho crimes
committed even astonishtS q population
[ so thoroughly accustomed to have their
daily dish Of horrors served up before
them.
Our prisons are full and ovcrflowiug,
aud while on the one side wo hear OF en-
ormous efforts on the part Of religious
organizations to spread the gospel and
civilization among tho lowly, wo hear on
tho other side Of tho most sickcning out.
RACES committed by those whose cduca.
ton and social position onght to have
im6ucd them MI with that morality
which religion processes to teach among
| tho masses, but which it knows not how
to enforce. How then alt we to account
for all thiS2 What is to become Of our
society, now boasling OF hitherto unsur-
| passed civlization2 Cau it be true that
tho fault lies in tho morals of our entire
| people 1t certainly looks very much
so, when we find, MS in the case Of young
Pcll, son Of one Of our nillionaireS, max
ing away with his life under tho mcrcst
domestic ailliclion !; when VIC find pro.
mincnt school-tcachcr, like Baumann,
living in open adultery with another
| mans wife, also Il teacher of our public
scminarics, and then commit murder and
suicide when exposure Is about TO reach
them: when We find Il wcll.to. do mnn
like Buckhont kill his wife and a New
York merchant aud his son on the mere
suspicion that they took libel ties with
his wife, not allowed by tho laws OF So
cicty; when VIC find Il woman like Mrs.
Kern, Of lloIokcn. take Paris Green, bc.
| cause now sho has not The riches Of by
gone years; when we find cashiers rob-
| bing the banks with whiph they arc con-
ncctcd, aud theft, arson, murder, ndulte-
ry, become events Of such ordinary oc.
currencc that even the public press can.
not follow them rs rapidly as they trans.
prc. We may we'll ask, "w,mt is TO bc-
como of usp" "What is the cause Of it
J aHf ,.''.I -.
The first question is difficult 10 answer.
We do not live in the time of the prophets.
| as to The second question We might say
rs has often been said before, that the
(ault hes with our rulers, with The men
who in high positions coAru lhc affairs
Of cities, states and Of tho nation, that
their proGigacy and their corruption
have set the example which VIC fiud so
closely followed by tEn people. But Il
calm survey Of the liclt must change our
views in regard to this Ii is pity TO
be compelled to say it, but long and con.
tinucd alienation lorces the expression
| from inc that our rulers. and representa-.
! tivcs in tho State and Iatlonal Councils
are fhir and true representatives of the
people. Tho fact is the lcople are corrupt.
One party rs well as die other is gov
crncd hy that morbid desire for gam,
"hich saps the root Of III patriotism and
honor. 1t is Il widespread disease among
the people OF nll classcSand nil parties.
And the sooner we begin TO acknowledge
this fact, the sooner ": publicly avow
that the masses Of the lcopIe arc ut heart
corrupt, The sooner we :an set TO work
to mend matters somewhat, and probably
ultimately succeed il bringing the
American nation back % what it once
was-n not only brave, but honest poo
pie. 1t is idle to sny tint our Congress-
men and Asscmblymc, are corrupt OF
this or that party, who, We sec every
dny among their con ntitucntS, among
our ncighhors, evidences Of fraud, cor.
ruption and crimes, which haye even
ceased TO astoniSh tln community in
whose midst they constantly occur And
| so we gn back once moe to The Church.
that cradle Of civilization from whici,
all morality ought to few, and we find
even such cancer, suo prolligato as
John Fisk, Jr., pays Ugh premium for
n pew in the Church IF Henry Ward
Bccchcr. Has it renll' come 10 This.
when that religion is looc made mock.
cry Of.
Or, again, do the thousands that crowd
Tammany every Sundn' night, and vocif.
erously applaud tho blsphcmous utter.
nnccs Of tho bnlloon, George Francis
Train. represent the r,igious clement Of
the counlry3 They ar not Of The lower
order, these audiences: they applaud
him TO the echo for to long hours on
the Sabbath night. Ticy arc mon well
to do in society, TOO. NY, and among the
crowd arc fair sprinklng OF well dressed
ladies, whose c1uipAgcslinc Fourteenth.
street while the bullool holds forth in
brcathlcss haste, huling analhemas
against institutions which the dust Of
centuries alone ought Il make respected
in tho eyes Of wcll.brc' people. But no;
their enthusiasm is arused; thoy go In
madly for tearing dowl all mankind has
learned, all mankind bs built up Tor two
thousand years past, and go in for
wbat2
Read tho bloody rcord daily spread
in tho columns Of our metropolitan press.
Is this their answer? If so. for tho SAX %
Of our lives, then. and ho protection Of
our property, if for aothing else, it is
about timo that this hst city and its
faster community, shnld 60 back to
first principles, and ONO moro embrace
the religious Of the pat centuries; with
all Of their snpcrstitiots, with all Of their
traditions; far. far better, that this beau.
tifnl city should, in eligious point Of
Wow, bear with the csls II knows, than
run after those it kno,G not Of
| 1'ho nhnvc "a fhc njrnro nf tbo ,,roa