Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-05
alexandria 0azette
MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER
Politics In The Pulpit.


Politics, in which he spoke of } ohm Morrs:y
and Patrick Shannon, boiling democrats and at
present the especial favorites Of the republicans,
who are supporting them with all their might,
as follows:
Talk Of the height Of Trinity Church steepe !
There's something higher than that in NV
York. Talk Of $l5,000,000 spent 10 building
their new Court House There is a worse in
fanny than that. Il is the overtoppng over.
towering fact that the most notorious gamhd
Of the United States could get the nomipalio5
| for the high offic, of State Senator and That
many democrats and mauy republicans are now
struggling for his election. John Alorrissey.
the refcrmer Uaughter) lila ha: | wonder
if Herod the Great won't open az infant school
In behalf of all the respectable homes OF Brook
lyu and New York protest against the eleva
tion of that jaibrd, indicted for burglary, in
dictcd for assault and battery with intent to
kill, indicted eighteen times, his gambling hells
scattered ia different parts of this country,
| think it is high time that the pupts OF the land
| spoke out. (Appause.) Where are tho New
York pulpits, tho guardians oil the morals
of the people? Are they dumb dogs that
cannot bark? There is 10 one man IN the
United States who is doing SO much to dcbauch
young men as that public villain. lie is ias'
man from ocean to ocean the representative
of so much sin as John Morrissey. Tweed
trafficked in contracts; Morrlsscy trafhc5 in
the bodies and souls OF men, lie IL, III
his gambling hes. breaking up home every
hour Of every day Of every year. lie is cover
cd with the blood OF his victims. WAS very
much blamed, some six months ago, for saying
that I wished this man was Oft the face OF the
earth. | will 20 further tonight and say
wish he had never been born. Laughter.
You say he keeps ouly the better class OF gamb:
ling houscs-noDe Of these low places behind
rough screens, where men shuttle their greasy
cards and chucke, with rings in their cars 10
stead of their noses. His places are paIatlal,
mirrorcd, silver pitchered, brorz, statuetted,
upholstered, the carpets and curtains as erin
son as though dipped in the rcd carnage OF his
victims, the fountains tossing 10 sheaVcs ol crys
tai to drop in rain of pearl. All the moro dan
gerous for that IT you are going to lead men
to destruction don't cover up the tracks with
rose leaves; give them at least one chance Tor
life. One brilliant gambling saloon will DO
more harm than one hundrcd vulgar OF appear
auc,. New York is tot SO rIoh lu shipping
and commercial palaces that it can atiord
this outragc. Let Wall street and Water
street and Front street add Broadway SHUT
up their stores and Offices for two days and
| band together 10 fight back this plague. line
Attoncy General CT New York, republican iii
nol;,ics appointed to arrest crime and advocat-
| inc Morrisscy, and prominent democrats speak.
! ing themselves hoarse from night 10 night in be.
| half Of him Ii that be rcpubiicaDlsm let 1t 90
into everlasting demolitlo1; aud it that be de
| mocracy let the rcd lighlniugs OF Gods wrath
| split it to flinders. (AppIause.) Ii is amaz'
ing that apy party influence, that any working
| Of political machinery, that any possible coHI-
| bination Of circumstances, should BRING acccnl
men to bow before this hero OF hstlcuii, this
universal batcr, this champion o! nose pounders'
| this lowest rinsiug CT the political sewer this
king of bruisers, this smashcr OF the Guman
visage this foul, cx2crablc, unullt!gatcd out
| rage which the sums of New \ ork arc trying
to spcw toto the State Senate. (Great Ar'
| plause.)
| | do not speak as lorcibly as | might, for |
want to be prudent (Laughtcr.) Ii there IS
auything | pride myself on it is prudence. But.
say some, he has reformed. Ask the New
| York police to point out to you his nclarlou'
establishments aDd then tell me il he has re
formed. Ask Saratoga, into which he he's been
irving to iutroduc, oil the horrors O.! Baden
Baden, bis gaming house the carbunclc sweat
ing on the neck of that queen OF American
watering places. In the name OF the Amer
can Church, in the name Of the young men
OF the United States, Of cur sacred homes;
in the name of the Lord God, who built
these cities for noble purposes and hates gam
bling and ru(ianism, dcnouncc John Morris,
scy. (AppIause) would to God that the
city OF New York might wake up to The lnamy
that somc of the politicians are now drawing
upon it.
But took the Fulton fcrryboat and | arriv
cd in Brooklyn, and as passed the City llaIl
o few hours ago | saw a great excitement.
asked what was the matter. Somebody said
that the political ring was broken, and looked
round for the weapon with which 1t was hrok'
en-, and found that weapon Whlskcy flask.
More scrolls Of honor John MorrlSsey: the
gambler, the political rcl0rmcr Of New York,
and Patrick Shannon, the keeper OF two GIN.
mills, the glorious rcIormcr OF the City ct
Churches say nothing about the men who
shall be put out or put IL nthcc but want all
good men and women IN l'rook'yn to see that
the question as to who shall be the Collector,
the Police Commissioners, the E!ro Commls-
sioners the Treasurer, the City Works Com
missioncrs Of Brooklyn, has been decided by
Patrick Shannon, of two ginms. Great IL
the bottle. d rum jug, wc bow before thee to
worship. We pray that thou will destroy, all
those that do not bow before thee and put them
out of Office Aud this We ask 10 the name OF
Schiedam sohnapps aud lager bee and old rye
whiskey. Amen and amen: (Laughter.) Now
7 saw it is time for the Christian people OF our
CITY to wake up aod pray Tor Brooklyn, we
! arc on the eve Of our State cl2eioD ln the
| love and fear Of God vote.
say How IT IS DoNE.-The first object in
life with the American people is TO get rich =
the second, how to regain good health Tho
= first can be obtained by energy, honesty and
saving; the second (good health) by usinS
GREENS AUGUST FLOWER. Should yo"
ba despondent sufferer from any of the eiiect:
of Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint indigestion, &c.
: such as Sick Headache, Palptatlon Of the Heart
Sour Stomach, Hsbitusl Costivcness, DiZzlnc::
Of the Head, Nervous Prostration, Low spirits
SC, you need not suffer an9iheo oaso day onSo mS
Sample bottles 10 cts; regular size IS cts. Posi-
lively sold BY ell frat class Druggists IN IT,
= IJnitsd Ststes sep 20-1y
8 E~ CLEANSE TIE SYSTEM and purify tn