The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-11-14


their hands, but sleep they can not. They have
done and suffered too much for that boy 10 give
him up now. They will turn up the light and
look at his photograph as he was when younger
and untempted. They will go and look out the
window to see II he Is not coming up the street.
They will listen TO the footsteps on the pavement,
but hear not the familiar walk. They will hear
the watchman's rattle, but no sound OF returning,
l could hardly keep from putting my handsonthe
young mans shoulder and shouting till they could
hear 1t through all the corridors Of death : "Go
home, young man, your father and mother are
waiting for you God is waiting for you all heaV'
en- is waiting for you to go home. BY all the ago
nlElng prayers put up for you by all midnight
watching when you were sick with scarlet fever
or dipheria by all the tears shed for you by the
blood OF the Son Of God by the judgment day,
when you must give an account for what you are
doing tonight, 90 home" But did not cry
aloud les! the object OF my visit be interfered
with, and thought would wait until l could
get on this platform and instead Of trying to save
one young man, would try to save thousands In
all these cities So the cry that was suppressed
that night set loose upon the people to-day. AS
sat there, looking off and down, the sentiment
Of pity rose stronger as thought; These are the
fragments Of broken homes A home is COM
plete thing and II any one Of the members Is lost
It Is a broken home. Here they arel Broken
family affairs, broken wedding rings, broken
VOWS, broken anticipations broken hearts. And
while from the galleries looked down, and the
dance grew louder and more unrestrained 1t
seemed as though the floors broke through and
the jewellers were precipitated into depths from
which they might never rise. And as they went
down could almost see all the family circles
which they represented coming to the brink, call
ing to the lost souls, saying "Come back, father
come back, mother come back, my SOUL come
back, my daughter come back, my sister" But
no answer returned, and the sound Of the feet Of
the dancers was fainter and fainter until they
seemed to STOP and the silence and the thicker
darkness dropped upon the scene and I said /:
"What Is this7" And there came up great hiss
OF whispering voices, saying; This is the second
DEATH"
While seated there felt also this Is a poor copy
OF foreign designations. They have In London
places they call the Cremorne, the Argyll, the
Strand, the Alhanbra, and the beer gardens and
II
OF the bad people Of this country to initiate and
borrow these. Tosdyism is desplcable when It
fswns to foreign title and equipage and pretense,
but s more loathsome when 1t copies foreign vice,
Not only the foreign SINS but the foreign name
has been copied As well steal the pillow. cases
OF q smallpox hospital, or the shovels Of scav'
engers cart or the coffin Of leper,sas this theft
Of foreign plaques. If you want to send people
to desruC ton, have at least little originality In
your mode. Contive an American trap for the
bodies and souls Of men, rather than infringe
these patented inventions of European iniquity.
The most brilliant dissipations of New York aud
Brooklyn to day are miserable copies Of London
and Paris,s
RoTTENNEss AT THE FOUNDATION.
also felt, as we sat in the gallery looking of,
that the decent people of our cities have no idea
OF what Is going on here, or they would not en-
dure It, The foundations of New York and Brook.
lyn are struck through with rottenness and you
know that If the foundation give way the whole
structure must cIumble If iniquity makes the
same advancement In the next hundred years
hat 1t has made in the past hundred years, the
ast moral and religious influence would have
oerished from our cities. II is only sum in moral
and addition. The people know not
he spread of this virus, or they would arise In
heir indignation to stop 1t. They say, do not
zee 1t. Every thing looks fair to me as ride from
ny home on Fortieth street down to my counting
house on Wall street. and see nothing wrongr
\ country merchant comes IN and says Every
hing seems orderly and beautiful to me. II
Vant clocks go to Courtland street, orcotton go
D Beaver street, or blank books go to William
treet, or groceries l go to Greenwich street, or
loves go to Water street, or drugs go to Beck
ian street. or -four go to South street, or bonds
o to Wall street. Everything seems right and |
loral" Neither would the King.and Lords and |
arllsment Of England know that there were |
lirty.siX barrels of powder in the vaults under. |
cath them, and matches and torch.wood in Guy |
awkes' pocket, If they had not been informed of |
le conspiracy. l tell you Il have explored the |
aults and cellars ;of the city and that under
cath all our American cities are dreadful and |
Eplosive influences ready to be hurled off into a
cry arthquake of moral calamity. Many Of you
10 unwiuingly helping TO support these places.
here is from the money safe of your store rill
flowing the depressed footsteps Of some OF your
erks who 20 there. You help to pay for these
aces In the taxes which are levied by the va
sncy nd pauperism. You help to support the
isons which hold these men when IN their des.
ration they become violent. Your pocket is
terested; why not let 1.-THE subject rise higher
an thst-till 1t reaches your hearth The time
a come for action. l hope the next Mayor OF
Nv York. whether Augustus Schell or Edward
oper, will rise TO the height Of this position.
hat New York wants Is municipal revolution.
lat revolution would begin to morrow II the
'ral and Christian people could understand
lat violences slumber beneath 1t. Some glori. l
8 city missionary or reiormer like Mr., Brace or !
: Van Meter tells to Well-dTessed audiences In a
urch the dire troubles beneath the roaring me !
polls and the conventional church goer says +
re are IS to buy loaf Of bread, or $50 10 help
,ged school, and then goes home to think the a
rk accomplished. The work will never be b
ne until by force Of public opinion the author
q Of the city are compelled to execute the law .
inst crime. Oh, say the $500 police Of New
TX, 1t Is impossible TO extlnguish the FIVE or six
ndred houses Of iniamy, 10 say nothing Of the
milling houses and unlicensed grog shops In
ly, swear me in as a special police and give me
, hundred police for two nights and will
ak up all the leading houses Of iniquity in
" York and send such condemnation into the
lller houses of sin that they will shut up Of
mselYes. What Is wanted is q stonewall Jack
Is said into the heart Of iniquity. From what
w know the keepers Of the bad establish.
nts Of New York are as afraid as death Of the
lee star aud the police club and the police re.
yer. l charge the existence Of these night
either to police cowardiee or to DO
completely.
THE TERRIBLE END OF IT ALL.
eanWhile let me enjoln all our young people
tsnd upright In morals where thousands have
en-. You will move in honorable circles all
r days, aud some old friend OF your father
meetyou and say. "My son, how glad 1 am
se yOn, you look 80 well, just like your father
All the world thought you would turn out
when used to hold you on my knee. Do :
ever hear from the old fslksr After awhile
yourself will be old and lean quite heavily on