New-York tribune., 1871-04-07
SPEECH OF DIR. BELLOWS.


cannot believe, fellow-citzens, that there is any
room In your cars TO receive anything And yet
will not lose great opportunity to give my testi
mOny in favor OF the general spirit OF this meeting and
OF the vast necessity there Is Of inaugurang
form which shall at length reach through this whole
community. And want TO say a word about the diff
hcues OF ,the government Of this vast city, in order
that you may understand the necessity for coGD-
Grafton in dealing with the enormous work
you have in hand There are $1,000, out OF
a population OF 100000 persons, living in tenement
houses. There about 10000 professional thieves In
the City OF New-l0rk. We have more than 10000 lewd
women and harOt5 here; We have about 5000 gr0g
shops, and 1900 gamblingestabhshments We have an
immense number of foreign people here (and they
the worse for tla-ioregn people OF different ma
Ons, not brought up In our ways OF though-but re-
member that we have, Of two nations alone $4,000, or
perhaps 10000, persons OF whom at least 10000 are
bound by their connection with particular creed into
particular box Of iron, which Is moved about by pot
clans from side Of the ship to the other and which
essentially the politics of the city Remember
too, that when the majority vote In this city, by an al
most fatal necessity II IL always against those very
principles that lie at the bottom OF American freedom
and OF American institutions. What IL 10 be
II the upper classes representing the professions,
representing the thought and intelligence of the commu
eet their political duties aud do with the full Rnow
edge that this neglect no injurious to the community
and with other plea than the doctrine of despari We
ought 10 hold the rich and the intellectual men
sterny soemny and constantly To their conscience and
TO our conscience OF their duty.
What are the great aud honorable and talented legal
profession doingthat profession which has been pre-
chief speaker of this mectng WHAT'S this legal pro
fcssOn doing to break down this most arocOus tyranny
that spreading In the Courts by the deliberate
ton and bribery OF majority OF our Justcesi Why are
they mpeached by these gentemenby this geutle-
man who has spoken here tonight and by cOmpeers OF
his Aud what the common people 10 think II they
behold men OF the highest intelligence ana courage
negectng their duty In this respecf Why not these
impeached who are thus constantly be-
traying justicei II you were to put this question
To some leading lawyer he would probably tell
you that il was from selfish feelings Of his that
he neglected this duty but here this rich who
had case In court Involving 100000 or s0oOoo "and
he would say, IAN TO sacrifice the Interests OF my
client interests Of Justice and the purity OF the
law What sort of plea IL thati Are the interests OF
rich client 10 be considered for moment In the case
when the very foundations Of justice polluted
What the capitalists doing 10 defend our rights
Why, when "A set Of rich men proposed a. % Com
mtee to open streets say 10 myself Idon't want TO
trust rch men to open Streets; for when man may
200 900 houses In locality, he dare not bring
down ON his head the possible Injustice of the men ln
power, who IL he dared 10 thwart them. Gould trame
hir property Ia the dust.
Well theii what il the pulpit dongi Here is iH.ai-
looking down his broad aislcs an snn'nS ilS man