The New York herald., 1871-11-06
CORRUPT OFFICIALS AND WHAT SHOULD BE
DONE WITH THEM.


Tho Wrengdoisgs il Gotham "A Look
Through tho Hole In the Wali-Whnt Was
Sccn-Au Manner Of Creeping Things-A
General Pitching Ints Public nfnlefactors-
Sermons by tho Rev. w. III. BOOlc.
The lecture room OF the Beekman hill Methodist
church was last evening nlled BY the audience
which had gathered to listen to SER
mon on 1.-THE Coming Election; the
corrupt eflcals and what should be done with
them.U The Rev. Mr.. B00le took for his text
Ezekiel vlii GILT. passage Of which reads thus
sAnd he brought me to the door OF the court. aud
when looked. behold
A HOLE IN THE WALL.
And behold every form OF creeping Things,
and abominable beasts. and all the idols OF the
house OF Israel portrayed upon the wall round
about" &c.
After few Introductory remarks Mr.. Booie said
the Gospel never prefaces ITS commands with "Ex-
cuse me- slr.n When II arrests the vile violator Of
the law 1t laws hands on him and does not smile.
1t does not do as did one OF the miserable officials
In this city, who sent word to the malefacter wn0m
he was to arrest beforehand, ana snen came aud
smiled upon him biandly and talked sweetly and
Tnis Is mighty CITY in manv respects and .
glorious city IN some respects. Yet at Its head are
way into the walls Of PRISON. TO view the wrongs
OF our people Is
SICKENIN0 TO THE HEART
TO read their details, az pubSted lii the daily preSHs
Is to make the whole soul revolt These are iaOts.
The majority OF the trust ecs OF our pnol.c school
az marx '1ia IN signing % their T names because they I
can not write. one oi them myself know 90 ee the
Infamous characters VINO mold the destloies Of your
children. The Bible Is put QUO OF our schools with
out law, while n0idays are made for tho celebration
OF the annlversaries OF the Virgin aud oil the Cath0
lie saints and while the men In power are
suffered to sell the positions Of teachers
then referred to the onicer VINO Is placed
Ut this port to exclude cont igiOus diseases 1t
cSa e. y M ns eer sd
met with accusations which he Is not able 70 gam
say or deny by ms acts
ierred TO Ludlow Street Jai!~rlsht in tue midst Of
to the. spanish Inquiston-lacking only the
taumoscrews-a place for the confinement
Soea to nean Not able o Srbe nsr
SO palpaDle was the truth oil tlis to the mind OF
every man that In Court these prisoners we're dis.
charged at once. Yet the people are 80 Occaped
with their own affairs tlat they care not NOS who
lives or who dies. and the Ludlow Street jail might
sLlrlt come down from heaven. God mas broken o
hole In the wall and has told US to look with open
The men who Sit in the highest places Of honor
IN tins city were virtually convicted Criminals. NO
assaults in silence. Aad the wrong was not tLinx
OF mushroom grOwth-a thing Of o nlsht-nOt the
result OF sudden temptation. Years Ax0 the men In
JUST AS BAD AS NOW.
No voter but knew It. But the people would have
It so, and have continued TO place men III power
VINO should have been kept down in the lowest
depths.
But 1t is not right to blame any party for these
would not trust any party, and
ehere u none from which might not expect 10 sec
the viiest acts. Parties now have - much aS they
can DO 70 care for their regulations.
The speaker here introduced General Grant. say
lng tnal ne was great man, but nad proved him.
HolI subject to inhrmties, or he would never have
made such appointments as he ha0 made IN this
fne oflical thieves were now held up for the exc
cratl0lS Of all good men. man who steals small
arLcle to help eed AMI cothe his wife aud Chldlen
must suffer Tor that deed 10 the Penitentiary. K
that Is justice the bigger thief should have punish
ment as mucn greater as were ms crimes. On tho
one IN striped vestments from whom We turn away
and on the Digger thief who ls c0thed In purple and
diamonds les US look as
Equally VILE IN CRIME.
While they stand straight up before us. and while
they are shaken oy the hand. we can expect little
remedy. They should be punished as CRIMINALS
remarked:-l am afraid OF the Committee VI Sew
enty and OF those VINO have in Their hands tho
power OF prosecuting these men. am ali aid they
will only make them disg0rge their tl-gOtten gaans
and till they are punished rs common CRIMINALS the
honor OF the nation VIII not Dc indicated.
The remedy iOr all these wrongs Is o determined
effort to reclaim and MAINTAIN the purity OF ine
ballot. The preacher then advised his hearers "
scrutnze carefully the liss or reform candidates.
not TO accept all OF them. Many OF the men en-
dOrsed by the Committee Ui seventy were dlsnOnest
men. or who pretenie to be reiormcrs and had
weak enough TO put up suoh men because It was
exDedlent.