New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-25
rELMS or NFw-YorK AND THEIR CAUSE


Professor Felix Adler spoke yesterday NOR n
Ing Doe ohickrrug Hal h'foro tho snc,y for Eihicu
Culture on The F,ri Of Sew lork and the Neral Evils
that age Ito Can-r" Al parts Of thc house worc we'll
nllod The substance Of Professor Adlers addn-s was
a- follows:
IN irs ~ public peri there class ~ persons Who
Ike c ostrich r-fu,' the danger and thuk that
DO that WAY they viii r-,apr A. Ih,rc ar others who
erc o. bi fu,, 90 talk about H. Tor fear Of causing u
panic. lu % e. wiser 10 create an alarm now than when
b. g. too lnt,. Nuint iHnpr thlhk New YORK tahi' ii
,-- "f persons wh" are bcs able 10 estimate thc IAN.
rr They have declared. with no uncertain -"uhl that
the pubic highway aft III in' r"hdtl" To Di,' niiS,
aud drath. During The hr-l quarter ~ last year there
Nrr $500 deaths ~ New York: thiS year there have
been already 1900 dcnthr. one would think That
ti~. warnings were clear enough. Death il for-aking
,fnr thr doors OF palncc- what l. the root ~ the
evil, The root Of tn evil Is one 'h hnS never been
brought fo the notice of the public. The proNimac
cause, indeed. II The politicians lust oi power zap
pln.r By the sclh-hncss and greed az polite ans in
norrnt rsorr arr Wing this day stretched beds ~
ycrs pain. such bcinSH arr unworthy OF the name OF
Hnt m,i. turn aside to wider considerations. There
l. one Suprayr advantage In the ancient crrcds they
u The r"9n"n people & p h,1 70 nm .Ir
idols there mincrs with their fcuchisn breath of the
IDEAL Thr time il gone by Whcn such u creed satisfy
rducated men. aud the time In fast approaching when
they VIII ALL We hnNc done, boldly thro" overheard
Bui the lnS of this imperfect asm has gwen brlh To
"a generation who own no icalisn at NIL, who believe IN
nothing bat the qualification OF the moment The true
fcaiur" OF emancipation 81 lnl J. lhst u De N,E 80
murh-its true token that II bows 20 something higher
than itself Applause But the loss or bcrf has done
mnr,.- has drha-rd the coin OF morality itself The
docrnc that GENERALIZATION aud eSin arr the found
atinn Of morality II the very autichrst OF morality.
Not cgotrui, but Justice, IA the true philosophy lint
what has this to do with the cieAui,ig
politicians nj Albany when they have only done what
MI New York IL dong-cach man seeking his own az,
grandiKemcnt. They hnNe followed the principle thht II
each seeks his interest the interest o all must
lc preserye and you how beautifully The theory
works. IGrrat appaurcl The supreme wickrdnrss al
this wrEcdn. ~ haa been brought 10 hight The
poor have always been allowed 10 dwell III hith rim
ave il clean. and all IA right but BaNter%t II
moi clean Laughter and applause When the seeds OF
disease began TO spread among what are called tue
good fanics then they begin u protest that IL II I'M
hcarablo What we need Ia n moral renovation. We
need 10 pour hOOd Of fresh thought through the chan
ncls OF this ecayed morality We need chain of school
houses throughout the land To be nurseries, OF the ideal
The responsbty for dirty streets X not at the door Of
the Police Commissioners. but OF all the people and
when the people OF New York ask who is 10 blame,
need some one " rise and say lie are the meh.
u rat applause.l