New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-02

-laughter-which lit at night by whale-oil lamps
that only made darkness visible, and In whose streets
thousands of pigs wandered to the discomfort OF Ill
wayfarers. daughter. No city in the world mas
made such rapid progress in civic elegance us new
York. This is both result and token of progress IN
wealth and refinement The people are more broad III
their culture farseeing in their plans moro cos
mopotan in their knowledge and resources than they
were in period referred to. And all tins Is accom-
panied with marvellous tendency to see the DllBn suo
Of things Disasters come. but immcdlaiey te eney S
of the city is at work repair them No time is gwen
10 mourning and despair Fires and floods are not grnm
bled against but cheeTully borne az incentives W ny
what il sometimes called "high pressure" Is not so
much necessity from without as II sun ay
working itself ont from within IN very nea.n! waE.
Ouckness of action. prOmptness In performing reao
ness TO meet sudden emergenGE st SUI OH hnsa
sense I'm dealing with things, VeIsalniS VI taIo, o
are the marks of the citizen OF New-IOrS when nave
had much TO do with the cltys suillsne Tbe 40
everything that goes TO make up elVtS t1 onoI
characteristics closely allied to that practca equal
y which exists among Gnr 1cent IN narrow circles Of
tinselled vanity but man meets man ~ man. wlih3ut
without contempt on one side and impotence on the
other The dsnC tons III educauon am. oleG l ~ r
cognized but the essential equality OF MANHOOD Is aoo'e
mi seen and acted in proper and courteous way
man who says am as good as YOU only beites MN
am as good as you" respects himself and his neghbors
equally, and is altogether man tAppansel II is 10
among ourselves AID which Europeans cannot compre
bend. ,, . .o, o,a "a DAMN ated
by such principle that the best achievement Is MADE IN
every department of active industrious uel i me sH
ousies give way 10 mutual helptuuess. ~ ls
Ry .mne P6Sdelpha Baltimore these. it is said, are
Characteristic cities and have lie OF ther own, puV
New-York is a mixture without character swollen
misshapen crowd But it is this very conflicting OF
elements that gives II most distinctive character anu
Of our more provincial sstcrces In spite of all their
Jealous assertions the citizens OF these Other % love love
are attracted. Even Phadelphan looks 1oiwaiu 10
visit to with very mue9 Inc SAME me ue ey The
Bostonan has 10 come here to be lld OF ms @
Circuit OF thought and observation than squirrel in It's
cage New York is the place to rub OIL angles 10 DC M
o, S an ~ live on yonr own capital There is better
school for the acquisition OF that most uncommon qui
non sense man is sure to he snubbed and cuied and
pped and manged generally II may may he be ES S4 tSe
Spartan training. The weak die under It, and
only the strong i've through IT tine T5 5Fu3 weak i
shouid be nurtured in Boston or Philadelphia ZAP
Pause some part; OF ScS s eyodueed by
training which enables It's inhabltans TO pear
so cheerdlly the load OF mpGstions Pqt upon Tp1,I
doner in six months, the New-Yorker only smiles ana
accustomed 10 carrying them If he is knocked down by
some outrageous action OF public servant instead oi
goes on in his business tcked thinking he wasn't
Knocked down twice u4aughter,l This superb ser,
in Tie Porch Lyceum Academy. bnt not amid the
nervous energetic self people OF great h ITe
the grandest magnanmity looks so very much IKE Tue
servty that the observer from Ma'SaSnusct.s
or Pennsylvania cannot detect the important Inference
(Applause.)
CORRUPTION IN CITY POLITICS.
Rut this thought leads 10 the second part OF our
lecture We have spoken OF the glory OF our goody ana
favored city Alasl that the picture has another side.
ve n,ust now treat OF the shame of New-York-a sad
suhiect-woud that we could leave it untouched But
we must acknowledge our faults, while we eXut IN our
excelences The path OF candid confession may be
1horny but nevertheless it is safe But while we con
fess our sins, let malicious Jerseyman broaden DIS
face with a smile feel any enyous satisfaction In bis
on for the fats or barens OF that strange land would
he ven IN to the muskrat and the wOodchnck were 1t
NOT for the life II draws from this fostering metropolis
(Appausel
The shame Of New-York-all the more conspicuous
because OF the citys goryis seen IN two spheres the
poltical and the social the two having much to do with
one another With the wonderful OF this city
in its situation for commerce. s physical advantages Its
immense wealth and its enterprising population we are
burdened with debt OF hundred millions Of dol
lars solely from the plunderng OF politicians Omces
plv as opportunities for wholesale siening. i"eeds
was exceptional case; BeIotS I"ecu aI. alii i.
,overtneuf Tne-e men well-knOwn H. scoundrels,
and they avoid punishment by Ingenious technical eva
sion BY the purchased connivance O! other officials ana
,y the hold they have one another through mutual
knowle lge OF msdceds. District Attorneys and Gland
weaken the point OF evidence: ~, ,
Offices moreover, are rewards Tor polucal heryces
and dt1css for Oicb Is never thought of qunica-
ton Is elected to the ouice OF AderihaI Couny
Clerk Sheriff, not because he has nc nt
hut because lac kept liquor saloon which was service
nDo ~ ne iaS 8ruisTrs ana gamblers are made the
Donh5 nf the city morals and men whose occupation
il ruin the bodies and souls OF men ana 10 roo tc
Il their hard-earned wages and 10 send Their wives
and children the streets a-beggng-tlcse men are
elected to make city ordinances All this Il going on
now and the city bears It, ne people prefer 10 ~ VIZ
rascality and the city debt Increased trusting 20
the citys wealth to make 1t all right rather ah earn
esy attend 10 the purgation OF the Ohcla o ana 70
send the rOgues 10 prison. -.. T., g.. e.,
Not department OF the city government Is free from
the moral leprosy sugar as the r9SiDa Gu's I'M
it, is dealt ont every side and the puma ilhg IS
openly done without fear Of interruption. The farce OF
eccIng good man ~ Mayor Is feguiaty cAac,r' 10
make people think that all Is well but LO matter now
TTenroachable character such as Smith lily, Edward
Cooper w. T. Grace and Franklin Edson yet 30 soon as
they enter into office they either yield to the oHerwhen
ing power of the city Han rOwdyisin or make VAN
and useless opposition to H. There Is noi one OF tnere
gentlemen who have been elected to the Mayordy' VINO
will not testify that the lowest forms OF 8T0g sOp poi
cs prevail in the city government Men VINO D. pave 40
Goep ,dcr cdyratjo7 nor morals are the practical
directors ana managers Of this great city OF New York
They are men who enjoy prze-ghts ana frequent lis
rnn ie theatres ana either run or paronizr dordcry
houses; dirty, vulgar men whom you would NOT nave
enter your homes any more than you "ouid the hhai
These are the men, fellow citizens whom put in Office
every year, under whom la@ Is dehed and morals cor
rupted not this shame OF deepest color winch our
city bearsl Is it not reproach which even az our glory
cannot eface paiatel Ought IL not to Ill our souls
with confusion and modification as we see our
thus hindcrcd and orr fame nnlll1cdt Where l. patriot
sml Where is statesmanshIpi Where Is pubic SPIRIT
Where civic pTide our primaries are but mons "co
rOughs have Il oil their own way The drhhd ana the
lOaer are the OF consequence. The candidate pats
them on back and treats them to drink nc los,
tiers their vices OF the htiest sort Inc district anu
central dare not back upon the primaries
They must support the regular nominations, however
worthless and abOmlnablc they may be- 1heh inc eject
Ors must also the regular ticket, aud 30 the seed
planted In the -umsaOOn bears It's irJ Tor the INJURY
OF the whole people. tAppause)
THE CRIME AND POVERTY CAUSED BY GROG-sHoPs.
said that the shame OF NewYOrk Is seen In lis social
as well as its political sphere and that the two are
closely connected The agent that depravcs society Is
this very rum which destroys our political worth NO
unbiased mind can live In onr city and not sec clearly