Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-26

New York, October 20 -Parson Tar.
mage, Of New York, fired eff his sec
ond sermon on Sunday on what be
saw in bis recent tour among the bawdy
houses of New York city. Il noticed,
pursued the preacher, ugitating himself
with fierce earnestnesS, and shaking
gloomy suggestions frsm the ends Of his
fingers, that the haunts of vice were
supported by men of means, by men who
come down from the avenues of New
York, and cross over from the finest
mansions Of Brooklyn. could call the
names of prominent men in this cluster
of three cities who patronize them, and
may call many names before / gel
through. Judges, distinguished lawyers,
public orators, standing on Republican,
Democratic and Greenback platforms.
talking about God and good morals until
you might suppose them to be evangelists
expecting one thousand converts in 6
night. Call the roll in the house Of
lniquity, and the answer will be: Stock
brokers from Wall street. importers from
Broadway, lawyers and merchants from
all about | say could call names, and
| may call names, even if the whole
fabric Of society shoua tumble to wreck
II prefer that heatbenism which fol
lows in filth to that which covers up its
putrefaction uuder camoLheir shawls
and point lace, riding in $4,000 carriages,
liveried driver ahead and rosetted
lanky behind. I'll tell you what we
want. We want City Anthony Com
stocks to 60 about aud disclose the asom.
nations Of fashionable life. For eight
or ten years there had stood on the side
Of the most fashionable New York drive
Moloch temple, q brown stone hell on
earth, which neither mayor nor judges
por police dared touch, when Anthony
l}omstook walked into the palace Oh
Fifth avenue, and 10 the name of the
Eternal God putan end to 1.-THE priestess
preHding ct the orgies retFeatipg by
suicide into the lowest world her bleed
ing carcass found in her own bathtub.
Nevertheless, for the existence of the
hsunts OF sin men are more to blame
than women.
II lit, cried Mr. Tplmsge, appearing
TO suit the action to the word, "one half
OF the burden of malediction from the
uplified head OF unoffending woman. ]
hurl it ~ the blasted pate Of offending
man. Applause give il 10 you az
my opinion that the eternal perditiou Of
all sinners will be heaven compared
to the punishment Of that mau who,
turning his BACK on the women be hAs
sworn to cherish, goes forth 10 seek al
lance elsewhere, for tleh man the por,
tion will o. fire, hell, tempest woe, dark.
ness, blood, anguish and despair, forever,
forever, forever
I wish, the preacher hoarsely pur.
sned, that there might be police raid
lasting q long tine, to 60 down into the
haants OF sin eOd carry these men ttl
followed by twenty reporters to take the
sinners names, and put EN- In full cap
itals in next days paper, aud Id like to
90 along. Applause and laughter. 1t
is not so much the young men wto need
TO be looked after--it's their fathers and
mothers. But ] have come to the con.
clusion that there are captains Of
police in New York who are
10 completely with crime, who gel
SIC, 900 a year for telling and who re-
oeive o percentage GU every bottle oi
vine that 10 sold in the hRants Of sin ia
their precinct In the Thirty.ninth pre-
ciLct there are l2l dens Of death. Nigh
after night, year after year, they are uu
touched Not long ago masquerade wal
held in WHICH the men and women tool
part and the police danced at the ball
and presented the priaes. There is
= cbahc &c for an American to get into III,
stinups and say, Men, lollowl'--a mai
3 who nhnll In one ninhi auenn nrnnn.