, 1874-08-16

OF retrlbution lad oyershot the marx. The mar
who deserves to pine away in apenitentiary for Ill
crime roign5 as monarch in ! luna!lc aBy
lum. Instead Of the consuming modification
under striped suit, lie rejoices haughtl1y in hit
| night-cap for crown, and m umbrella for :
sceptre. Some of the Ta1nmany ring, instead OF
sharing in tho shave that WIS visited upon the
devoted head Of thcr chief. are strutting about
| on Backwell's L,land in all the paraphernalia OF
| lunatical imagination. AID. O'Bren, who YVES
Tweed's nght-hand mau in his depredationa
| upon the public treasury, now has the satisfac-
ton of believing hi1nself a peacock In his
minds eye no city father now in Office, whether
in New York or Chicago can boast OF tailfeathers
| such as he has been rewarded with for his ardu-
ous devotion to tie public service. Aid Murry,
too, has apartments at the Blackwell retreat.
He Was jester to the Boss throughout Ills regime,
and oft was wont to SGT the table III Il roar.
Although ne may we'll ask where DO his jokes
now, he is not without hts flashes Of morriment,
aud, for ausht there is in his behavior to the
contrary, he may enjoy the hallucinatlon OF
being the buffoon OF the King Of tho Canribal
Islands. Stevens, once tha President OF tue
Tweed Board Of Aldermen, is now an inmate OF
d Jersey resort for tho demcnted, where he prob
ably h.s the qualification Of feeling himself pre-
eide over tho deatiuics Of the entire force of
Federal oficc-holdcra. Frank Brady has proba-
bly, risen, in his own estimation. from
Thirteonth-Ward politician to the auto
crat OF the whole Blackwell domain, and
knows that he has only to whisper
his command, "Vote early and ofteu." to
rush to the polls III obedience to their leaders.
Tweed, SO far as VIC can hear, is the only one Of
the ring who is compelled to endure the full
possession Of all hs faculties. Such ID what may
be called tho irony OF lunacy.
The ecstasy Of egotisu1 which enters into the
experience Of some of tho religions can only be
explained on the theory OF mental alteration
OF morbid impulse. Their exalted moods are
the halluc;nators OF arrogance. They can sit in
the seat Of the scornful, or mournful, accord
ing to the object they hayo in Wow. Tho
Rev. George Francis Fulton, of Brooklyn,
mist have been long in tie enjoyment Of an u11-
sound mind to have informed the Lord in bis
prayer that " He knew" that a1r. Fulton's son
"lad been brought up IN 4 Christian. family un-
der the best Of Christian influences, and that
tis vii! only mako he'll the hotter for him." Alas
for the lads who depart this life after having
fpant it under the s'in1uence" " OF so Christian
parent! But behold the pleasures Of luuacyl
They may reach SO high pitch that Christian
shall find al much enjoyment in consigning his
child to animaginary cremation as the Alderman
c peacock does in shaking out his gorgeous tail.
We recommend to this divine the vegetation
liet which G. F. Train, EHq, found SO quieting
70 his tongue and 60 exercising to his i'm
oudepce. We do not wish to DO understood AZ
prescribing lunacy to any Of our follow-citizens,
whether in or out Of o{lco but it is plain to be
een TINT it is great relief to those who seek q
charitable solution Of tho crueties inflicted BY |
he intolerant upon the victims Of their pros- |
y;ing zeal. To hold them accountable is to |!
make their guilt greater than any one man
ught to boar to looa upon them as lunatica is !
or horror to give place to pity, and angry |
eproach to patient e1postulation.