New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-02
PENS OR GROGSHOPS.

If Mr. Bourke Cochran Is rlgnt, inc thie
has come in New-Yorll when it pays to appear
TO the loafers against the Church. IL IS not
AGAINST this or that particular Church or creed
tbat be endeayOrs to fire the mob, for among
those whom he denounces are honoed clergy
men of many different denominations. mat
he may in no way be msrepresented leu MS
exact language be quoted as 1t was reported
on Saturday by "The New-lork Herald
"The ministers expect to stand around the
MAYORS Office in their long coats and with their
classes on thor noses and get what they want.
We are asked TO believe that the IN
telipence of this city is centred in the puipits,
and the long haired, narrow chested, long
cared nincompoops who sit in the pews" The
intention of such talk before crowd OF thou-
sands in Jones's Wood cannot be mlsunder-
stood. The true question Is whether this city
has descended so far that open appeals 70 the
Church -despising element can help political
ticket
Mr. Cochran is not to be censured as II he
had misrepresented the sentiments OF the Or
ganization which honors him az Its prncipal
orator. The truth may well come home to the
consciences of men that Tamma1ly Hall has
no other mouthpiece so fitting or so faithful.
What he boldly utters. thousands OF banded
and bandit politicians in 1ammany have been
thinking and feeling, and they yell with herce
exuItation as his words flash upon them the
belief that the Church hating crowd can now
take this great city by the the throat and gov
ern it at pleasure. Every grogshOp and gam
bling shop and den of rascals rings with the
shouts of those to whom church. OF whatever
creed or denomination, is hostile fortress
The enemies of decent society and OF public
honesty have joined hands, and Mr.. Cochran
assumes that they can at last outvote the "nar-
chested, long cared nincompoops who sit
in the pews."
The nincompoops who sit in the pews"
to-day will consider what is their duty in the
matter. Tammany and Mr.. Cochran, conf
dent of victory, think it safe to insult them ALL
perhaps because confident that. as before. the
pews will divide. Some will care nothing for
insults. or for Church. or for honest govern
ment, but only for party. That is the cold
calculation of Tammany and its orator, and
with the pews divided the mob can do its own
sweet will. 1t is perfectly lcvcl-headed reason
ing mass the Church haters and the liquor
saloons, and the Church will divide anyway.
Il is for the pews to consider to-day whether
the reasoning is in this case accurate.
The men who want honest government ought
to be large majority in the city, and would
be if sayish obedience to party were not in
the way. The men who fear God. and are not
ashamed to be stgmatized as " the nincompoops
who sit in the pows," would also have power
here. were it not for partisan idoatry. But
he who worships Tammany first and his God
aftcrward has occasion to read Mr.. CoclSrans
remarks. and think about them. 1t is matter
for his conscience, whether the spirit to which
Tammany unbMshingy appeals ought to be
allowed to control any civilized city.
The whole world knows, ever since the
Goddess of Reason was enthroned at Paris,
whittier such appeals to the mob against re-
ligious obligations really lead. The city which
listens to them invites the fate of Sodou7 and
comes not to it's right mind again until it has
been baptized in blood and purified with fire,
perhaps more than once. When Rascaldom
comes to the top and rules, factories and homes
90 down as we'll as churches 1t is not safe
nor an honest thing for banded league of po-
itical robbers tO stir up a volcanic eruption in
a great CITY, Well is it for them, and well for
their dupes, if honest votes bury them before
they can have their will.