, 1873-12-13
ST. LOUIS SPORTS.
Mayor Brown Bur1ingham-
mered.
Set-tO Between an Elevated Of1l-
cinl and IN Eminent
Evangelist.

Correspondence af The Chicago Tribune.
sE. LOUIS, Dec. II, 1879.
It gricves mo to ssy that an rrcprcssiblc con-
nict between Church and State Inns arlHen in this
netlate city Of St. Louis, mud Tint ita devolop-
monts are sad to contemplate. Not ovon the
lorcoly. latu!ont offusvcnosB of "porsonal
journalism" as illustrated IN Chicago md Gin
cinnati, and feebly reproduced hero,-" accord-
ing to our woakness," ns the oolorod proachor
romarkod,-llas boon able to stir up such
Strenuous excitement as tho controversy be-
tweon tho Mayor of the city and tho Rev. DR..
Durllnghana. Allon, and MoCoolo, md Hogan, md
tho rcst Of tho pugs, havo fadod out OF notorioty
but hare left legacy Of pugnaclty, which is
bound to find vent or burst boiler. Tho
Mayor Inns beon in trimming until his muscles
hayo bocomo hlacndamizod, aud he has shied lis
castor into tho ring. bis example bring oagcrly
followed By Dr.. Birmingham, the Boss" Of the
Daptists, who is aplondd specimen Of Muscu-
lar Christianity, nnd famous Captain of the
Church Delligorout.
You have hoard Of our "aoclal-Eyil ordi-
nanco." Everybody has beard Of it. Ho who
Knows not Of it argues himself unknown. It Ia
known from Dan Able's Office to tho Doer-gar-
dens,-wllich is q bit Of Scripture that Mayor
Brown has omitted to quote. It is as famous rs
onr bridge, aud is like uuto tho bridge in another
particular: tho 8ocsnl-Evii Ordinance has not
mud timo to provo ita efficiency by isa worlss
and tho bridge--but will spare tho bridge ii
tho hopo that VIC may yot have bridge to spare.
DR.. Birmingham and DR.. Eliot, iu connection
With several other ccrgymcn, md nsaistcd by a
number m ,1 Of ladies who have boon prominent IN
tho Ordinance as the essence Of nll OWL mud tho
Hum OF all sin. They have taken tilt at it
aGain and again; have lifeed up tAor voices in
Hoason mud out Of scason; mud hayo not boen
sparinF Of thair denunciations Of NIL who hnyo
devised, and adopted, aud enforced tic Orl-
nanco Tho Mayor, as tho hcal Of tho City
Government, bus defended tho Ordinance after
fashion, but hitherto in o quiet and unobtru-
| siye man',or. Tho gull Of ~bittornoHa Of those
clerical donunciations may have sunk into his
Houl; but ho hna not untii latoiy given any eyi-
deuce of having boon afflicted thereby.
soT nrnssa s afG H. pr E3 in ha ts
Court decided that tlio Ordinance was constitu-
kional md valid. This dccsion Beems to have
aroused tho shopping spupak Ut tho Mayor, md
to hayc disposed hlm to send q shell into tho
tn liz 81 man s y msses wth %beh {hey Rsya e
noyod his ot1lcinl tlanAs. Ho shot or his shell
at tho Sooial-Eyil Hospital, in a soruauu whicl,
he preached to tho frail and diseaaed inmates Of
that institution. Az Cor Ills Sermon 1t WIS
Legendary. son Of Mother Goose, il was "not
very good, nor yot very bad" It wns mix
| ture. Perhaps it may be boat described MS a
| cheap cocktail, tho bittora portion Of which was
| a personal charge agninst DR.. Birmingham by
lnne, ana the rest OF tho clergy in go,iosal, nc
cusing thcm of ncglecting thoir clerical duties.
in 30 tar as thoy omitted to visit that institution
and other city institutions. for the purpose OF
giving religious instruction aud consolation to
their inmates.
Tho wrath Of the Birmingham WAS aroused, and
he gayo public notice Of hiu intention to lenlol-
ish tho Brown. Ho would SEQ tho Mayors ser-
l&.fka H. IL = 1
but his sermon did not como up to public OK
pectation. Unlllo tho usual efforts of tho
Reycrend gentleman, it wns frothy and declaMa-
tory. uo lndulged iu good deal Of lanuncla-
nance. hut made only one point in answer to tho
charge OF clerical ronlissness. Tho polnt was,
t4at tho Mayor had not invited him to visit those
institutions; and lie wont on to define his posi-
delicate sonsibility, oycn unlor such goaorel in,
yltatou which las neyor been giyen,- would
feul ut libary go to either OF those places to
hold services. unloss specially invited fora given
tmo;s time, Ths brings np ''groat moral 1ues-
neither Mayor Brown nor the undersigned is
qualiAoa to decide.
Tho Mayor, however, has his own opinion Of
tho matter, and has published it in the morning
papers. It is his iuoa that tho clorgymou, it
thoy aro what they profoaa to DO, haye no bllsi-
thoy should bo "instant in soaaon aud out Of
season." seeking 4mes and places for doing
0 E osdas s'e taa oppoIanos IS % ny Nsd Ss hr
upon them. He might havo rotortod that
tioy lad not been specially inylto,l
to preach againat him and the Soosal-Evil Ordl-
nance mud throw this out as lint TINT may
serve him in another rouud 10 quotes T. long
striug OF Scripture, with 10 particular purpose,
except to give the newspapers ohanco to say
that tho Doyil eau quote, otc. Ho denies that
the olcrgymon ought to wait for hn Invitation to
nj u fnn tltntt t10xA
always Welcome thore declares that tho Catlo-
lies visit those places without requiring special
invitations and charges that Or. Bnrlineham,
aud the clergy in geaeral, hayo been often il.-
hs eleiscal opponent q foul blow III fact, strikes
him below tho belt-by asserting TINT Dr. Bur-
lngham las admitted Tint ho onco attondod tho
irroliglous excrolaes at the Jardln hlab,lfo, in
Paris.
The burly Burllngham oonnos to tiz,o most
nantnlly. mud hits the Mayor Home aeyero
pn'ehos, but does pot succeed In Heut..nE him to
graHs, lie onphaticalIy denies tho Jartlin Ma
personality o. possible" BY accusing tie Mayor
Of being q detIlagoguo "tor keepH"; by charg-
luz that lla secured Lis election by tLe uaa Of
money aud by personal humming among tho
Eas0 Such "uotorlous rocord as tiisqnalii}us
morals or clerical ethics. Tho Dur1ughan,moror
nlakes no further material point, except to put
nuor point GU Al6 pfoflous donnlsloh OF AH
| poHltion.
Stripped Of Ita personalities and non-casol,-
tials,- tho Jardln Mabillo and the at. Louis
sa!ooAs.-.ho question narrows itBeif down to
| this: Ought tho clorgy, according to htayor
nrow1s idoa to VISIT tho city Institutions, whether
invited to do go or not, tor purposes Of proaoh-
Ing, ana praying, and exhortlng, mud Advising
and to mako opportunities to that end : Or
ought thoy, according to Dr. 1,utlinghanl's final
position, TO roquire sroolal invitation, isaanE
from tho Mayor, designating tho particular SER
ylco to ba performed. nud containing d st!pllla-
ton that their Wait sllall not 10 regarded III Ill
indorsomont OF tho sooint~Eyii Ordinance. Or
any OF tho o!lor sins Of tho City Government?
rolnars,ng ihat lilo iIayor roqniros too much Of
the clergy, or the olofgy requires too much of
the Mayor, mud don't hnow which.
All this il-wll IL ongondored by tho Social
Evil Ordinances. Tho Mayor, having been sus-
tainod by tho Supreme Court, is dlspoaed to
CROW oyor hls opponents. while thoy, indignant
Ut being ke!tod when they arc down. aro g!ad Of