Daily Republican., 1881-02-08

men, as they are 50 oAlled--came In,
this State from some other place, an
: promoted dog fight for their amust
: meut, and to decide questions Of bel
ting with respect to the result OF i,
The reason why they came here wa
that they found We had no special stat
; ute against such practices. This is h
our credit, because nobody had eve
thought of dog fights as means O
amusement TO our people, and the Leg
iSlature had, a great while ago, re
sttaiusd by penalties, the similar prao
tice OF cock fighting, then q common
vice. Aside from the cruelty OF the
So-cAlled sport in the latter Gaze, there
was the sentiment that our people
ought not 10 encourage, nor fail to re.
press, any cruelty, Whatever form il
might take. II there be no eRaotm ent
OF specific nature to prevent the vi
Cious and audscious from deAling and
disgraoing the State at their pleasur.
with the practice Of fighting animala
for anusement, one ought to bs passed,
Or we shall speedily descend to tie
level Of those who encouraged gladi.
atorial sports in Roms--so brutslizIng
and degrading that the dignity and re-.
spectability Of the State finally dissp
peaTed and she, with all her grea.
power, degererated into a condition Of
mere eG1ninacy, and lost forever her
prestine v!gor. But whether there be
statutss or no, we have the ancient
common law our foretathers brought
here, which has always proved itself
equal to any emergency Of protecting
society.
| csll your attention also TO the
DEFIANT BREACHES or THE LAW
regulating the sale Of intoxicating H.
.qlors, which Are common in this city.
I he society for the protection Of ani-
mails against cruelty has potency here;
there does not seem 10 ha much effort to
bring to Justice those who violate the
liquor law--a clsse who do more harm
to humanity in ole day and night, than
cock fighters, or dog fighters, or any
other OF the class brutal, cOnld do in G
month. In community Of such i'm
pOrtsnce as thia, why IL it tha; mea,
and (worst of al women, arc pe.mit-
ted TO defy the law against their illegsi
praetioesf Thsre can be bu, one ar.
swer to this, and that touches the obi.
CATION of duty which every one owes
to ths whole society Of which he ia part,
and which he Onght not to shrink from
II will not do for the
best among this people TO turn !hek
ayes away from gross exhibitions OF ice
that lie before them, aud vet expec,
policemen to notice them. Ii the high. |
,st appear so be indifferent 10 them,
Nd i; tie required that one who, in hIs |
md aVoF to r"pr-sS them, runs the rirk |
; personal dancer ard ucurs tie GER
airty OF ho'siljty, shall .hrow him,
eli into the breach in hstalf OF law
md order'
Policemen are governed, in their
1eaa OF mere duty by the example of
eaders in the community about them;
Who, II they show no spirit OF hostility
o criue, can hardly expect others not
o follow their example. When the
,eople OF this city shall see to it, that
very effort made by its officers to sup
,reSs intrActioHs OF Law, shall be duly
ustained, and when they take an &C
i've interest in The performance OF
fioial duty, then will 1t be found that
he law will be obeyed here, Aud Not
,ef9re.
There is no rea'On, out5iGe Of that
ommOn to all huinaulty, Why SO much
ice should prevail in tuls city. Al
hOngh the congregation VI large mas
ea Of the people has, uuquestIonably,
. tendency to vice, and vice generally
esalts from il; vet, II society were but
rue to itspIf, and mUre concerned for
ts moral and religious, than for its
lera worldly wetiar-, there would be,
ela.ively, no decrease OF vice. When
ny additional strain Is 10 be made
lpua our individual resources, itwOnld
~ itpIN1HHIul lSi u2 Aps haht sOtIH
fort to meet il, 50, in place like
his with an element OF morality in il
'hich shapse, in oue way or another,
lOst Of its ends, may not say it is
REPRoACHFuL TO THE errIzREs
la: 60 much vice should exist in il,
nd sucf immunity for commission otl
be enjoyed ? 1t ALMOST looks as i'll
Dme:hiug other than sense Of pablo .
uty were the go7ening Influence.
ooisties for moral reform, in their
arious manifestations, may exist any. !
here without beinS OF much bengEt
is only where the members of them y
ractiCs the DUTY Of this membership .
lat wretched humanity and the sOn- ,
unity az large are much benefited.
inspired by desire to res =
ID teltoS beings rom vice, in like de- :,
'ee as men and women are, who
unch into raging sea 70 save the a
lipwrecked, must undertake the =,
Drk or all the powers aud penalties ;,
lich this Court has, or can exercise, r
Ill be ex.rted in vain. We, sitting W ",
're, are ministers of the public to in .,
ct the penalties Of the law upon the ~ ~
,rkers OF evil but i. is the part of ~,
at public, by the practice of the du- ~
's OF humanity aud society resting ~
on them, to keep the viciously In ~
ned away from our iadgmelt-which o.
must derouuce against every class, Nc
Oh or low. We cannot escape our y y
ty, and we trust that, SIS grand .jur- --
J, you will not shrink from such as
y devolve upon you. Obeyiug the
sale Law, VIZ "shall no! respect per- y
,s in jndgmont, but shall hear the L