The daily gazette., 1882-03-28

INFLUBNOE.
Mr.. Beecher, in the course Of his ser
mon osterday morning, urged commuD"
itles as well a. individuals 10 set up q
fixed standard of conduct TO which they
should adhere from conviction duty,
and simply from o belief that II wss
right. He said: 81 wish t. employ
these views In discussing the condition
OF Brooklyp. The tendency OF all civil
izatioA 10 to concentrate, aud large cities
are the most thorough organized forms
/ of civil life. In them you hnd every
ktnd Of force that 10 necessary Often
sive or defensive life. The commercial
| element Is organized In cities as nov here
| else the political forces are developed
i in ciues TO greater extent than In the
| country, and Ia the long run the brain
| of the Stats lies in the cities, though 1t
requ res constant accession from the
/ coautrJ. But generally clty-brsd peo-
/ pie do not rule the world. Nevertheless
the cities the brains of the State.
Now ctiies have proved themselves
every where most difficult Of manage
| mSnt. There are SO many forces, and
Seoause there are so many and 40 force
full, they are better managed everywhere
by absolute government than BY . Tree
municipal government. 1t is OF them
that iS IL said that representative gov
4
point to our cities and say: 'These are
the hsraids 0f your future Is q nation
see what you are coming to.
awe are constantly developing high
er civilization at the top without much
force,a middle section, but without moral
character, and more power at the bottom
that 10 terrible IN character, aud the only
way to govern cities is to change the
bottom. You have got to change humaf
nature and improve 1t at the bottom Of
you will fail. The remedy lies away
down among the common people. Th'
experience of governing all large cite
shows that It is game between the cat
and the rats. If the cats are lively th'
rats are slim; If the cats are old and laZ!
the rats predomInate; you cannot help II
| v.rmin all the world over will increas'
I with great rapidity. In these two cite
there 10 an added trouble; they ere tn
deltas into which is pouring stream
. immigration, aud there is much OF mui
! deposited by this stream. Mud is mias
/, matlc;it makes the best soil In The wOFl
put IL kills off the drst cultlvat0rs. I'm
Z. migration, l thank God for 1t; want II
but the flood of foreign citizens in tbi
!, country Ia our peculiar trouble that
: to say, the Irish, II we speak good Eng
lish. The Irish people stand alone tn
most mercuTial Of men;men Cf great ger
ius. the most admirable creatures thi
ever abominated earth. They have bee
the ablest destroyers Ct nations that evt
, were combined Into armies; they nevt
\. built q nation and never will, pure an
simple, but cross the breed and they 81
= admirable. They come 10 us pure 81
simple, and are vexatlous to municlp
lc government. BY and by they W II be or
n. If the must enricbing elements that ca
y be named. Good as they are In labo
nd they do make mischief in politics. Thar
God, we are sble aud Young enough
stand 1t, and Ireland has not got maj
more TO send; so thank God even
Immigration from Ireland. The next .
the Germans, because there are 90 maj
more of them, but they are more near
allied to our notions Of right, they q
, more easily managed. Next to them
something OF everything, and last a
best Of all, the Chinaman. II ia said th
: the German will live on what Yank
throws away, and that jew will Il
= on what German throws away
Now, the Ghinaman will live on WI
Jew throws away. 1t is just tecau
they are all 90 industrious, and persi
- ently SO, and do live on less and
- more than any other race that they ha
brought down upon themselves
i hatred OF the Irish, which has hrpne
q about such legislation ip our fool
Congie.s. There never was anythl
more foolish than this Chirese B
which bis just passed Congress. q
writes down Ass against every N
that voted FIR 1t, and that Is my opini
on that subject. (Laughter.) :,
"Now, from some source or oil
there must be developed IN our city
a moral element, whfph ls The founi
tion on which every community mnst
buiit. The Church Is that reservoir
opinion, both ideal and real, which
yelops the fundamental conception
- right life as 1t Is developed in CHRIS
anjty. It is no mere sectarlan thing;
begins with infinity, 'Thou shalt K
the Lord thy God.' and 1t ends with !
- manity, land thy nelghbcr as thyselt
After Mr.. Beecher's sermon the X
g, Mr., Martin, gray.haired city missi'
= ary, went upon the platform, and havl
> unrolled q map Of brooklyn which hu
4H In front OF the choir gallery, fairly 9
N uged the congregation with statis
showing what vast and important
rseas BROOKLYN really Is. He was patien
bout listened 10 until he began TO read Il
AS Ass editorial from the EUentng POST.