The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-12
THE EVILS AFFECTING AMERICAN SOCIETY,"
a Heavy BrOadside Against Ringa
OF All Kinds.
REV. De. EWER's FOURTH BLAST

Last evening Christ church corner Tbirty. MN
street anu Fifth avenue, was thronQed To hear Rev
Dr. Ever preach his fourth sermon on .The Eyid
Ahecting American Society" He sald:-The evils,
public and private, aniicting America that wera
enumerated last Sunday evening" particularly ths
gradual and alarming change our form oil govern
ment and OF our social and mercantile order from
an honest republican condition to q corruptln0 rnpo.
cratic system-from system where the people were
strong and the rulers honest to q system which
makes irresponsible and selfish rings OF all kinds
strong and the people not only weak, bus
dishonest-a system, too, which inherently
WORKS this great wrong 10 thousands Of
immortal souls, ana which Will and must work il 40
long as 1t stands-fOrm sad Indictment. But what
we need Is not covering up OF our sores with pas
Ter. What we need Is not to direct mems attention
from them by saying, mo matter; look. never
theless, at all the good there is around u.s."
what we need just now are prosecuting attor.
neys, and not so much judges. What we
need are doctors that Will attack the diseased
spots, which are spreading fast and bidding
ialr to be mortal; not doctors who, by rejoicing
over the parts that are well, practically nurse ami
encourage the mortal disease. what We need Ii to
be walked up to the presence OF Satan; not to be
Gained to deeper repose before him. But what.
ever may truly be said IN mitigation OF tho indlct-
men heie is the fact that 1t Is and has long been
spread TO wide anu very alarming extent Tho
vast and honest and moral majority feel and recog-
nlze tnnt the tolls OF a dishonest and corrupt mi.
nOrity nave been wound round and round them. They
know, 100, that although dishonesty and corruption
are In the minority that minority Is sufficiently
large ana widespread to be exceedingly powerful
and to faint with lts hue and color whole Amert
can atmosphere; we know that there are systematic
organizations here, there and eyeriwh where
u al n w svaru ofroa Aa
ana wherever large unOccupied tracts OF and are
for the SIN before Heaven Of puolc and priva,e plum
mental to the general veal. We know thas
II Is the pnDllc boast OF railway rings
thousand votes; we know, too, that they control
these votes not for political purposes but regardless
you. friend democrat, or TO you, friend republican:
aud solely for their own selfish nnancia!
%a IS that am ss a' nns
to admit the truth OF these indictments.
everybody's tongue This Is su,liclently alarming.
Sage and calm judges ana some newspaper editors
them are beginning 20 say thar 1t IS only possible
Tor ns 10 go on thus without actual puDc turmoil
very rev years more ana some Of tnem even antc-
We should remember also that the oppression Is
steadily gong on That the rich are growing richer
rapidly increasing; tnaJ revolutionary sentim ,nts-
at any rate sentiments calculated to lead to revO-
lut0ns-are boldly preached by such men as
philips and Mill; that uneaslness anu dissaiisfac-
ton are growing ana that though We may gos on
nicely and peaceably wnile money Is easy aud tao
country financially prosperous, 1t Will very soon
only take the u4htness AMI suffering result
ing from some sudden general financial pane and
disaster TO explode the mine that Is beneath us,
and what we should do Is to lace these evils and pre-
pare beforehand for the coming turmoil All admit
the evils, and there seems to be universal con-
fesslon OF inability TO prevent them. Is not this
public dissemination to STIR In agreeable mat
terp What are you going to do about tY Let tho
evils take their course and go on Very well, then,
consider the end that Is involved In them. We are
no prophets. We ncet none Every man Knows
the principle. country Ike this cannot possibly go
violating Gods laws without suffering the penalty.