The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-14

It seems from DR.. PARKHURsT's speech on
Thursday night that his purpose In visiting
disrcputable resorts, witnessing orgies OF
uncomfortable vileness. and drinking with
depraved women lured and hired by him to
exhibit their shamelessness. Is to "cast out
the dovil Of Tammany Hail." and evoke in
its place 1.-The spirit Of purity and honesty
and administrative integrity"
| BY Tammany Hall he means the Demo-
cratic party and Government Of tho city Of
New York. He uses the terms synonymous
ly and Interchangeable.
In such a use OF language he Is right
enough. He Is strictly In line with
fact and truth. Tammany Hall is another
name for the Democracy OF New York. It
is tho only Democratic organization here
| BY means Of it's political machinery all the
candidates Of the Democracy Of the town
| are nominated. whether for municipal.
judicial. or legislative places. and they
cannot DO elected without 1t. In all proba-
bility the question whether Democrat or
Republican shall succeed President HAIR
R1soN will DO determined by the strength OF
tho Democracy Of this city. or. in other
out by Tammany Hall.
Aho Aulc VI tuS SIc&kb DcllOCIuIlC party VI
the whole Union is therefore In the keeping
OF Tammany Hall. Tho decisive battle OF
the campaign is to be fought here in New
York and by Tammany Hall.
II. then. Tammany Hall is the devil.
thoroughly. inherently. and intrinsically
corrupt" as this ministerial detective dc
scrlbes 1t. SO rotten that lie had to dive
down into the uttermost depths OF indo-
scribable filth to view its corruption. the
whole Democracyis under bondage to Satan
and Is tho party Of hell and damnation.
Why does he call the Democracy OF New
York the devil? It Is because he found that
he himself need not go out Of New York to
search for the devil and sell himself to him.
He could make compact with the evil
one on the spot and go down into
hell under his guidance through an
entrance which exists In the town. By
making himself thoroughly. Inherently,
and intrinsically corrupt" he could attract
to himself the most noisome OF social rot
tenness. The love OF money being the
root Of all evil. there Is no depravity
which he could not excite by paying for
Its manifestation In great city. He
can go on and in the same way hire people
to commit murder and every other crime.
no matter how atrocious. in this vast COM
munity. so that he may look on and see
how 1t Is done. There Is no bascness to
which he can descend where he will not
find companions to share with him.
But that is not the fault OF the Democracy
Of New York. It Is his own fault and tho
fault Of the wickedness to which depraved
and perverted human nature tends every
Nrhn IN ~
phia. Cincinnati. Chicago. st. Louis.
San Francisco. and every consldera-
Bile town OF the Union and crafty his
curiosity concerning the vile and tho IN
clean. He need not go out OF himself to find
1t. for 1t Is In the heart OF a man. though he
be Christian minister. who makes young
men laugh by talking to them publicly
about his nocturnal explorations In "a
temple OF Venus" rs he called al indesorib-
ably vicious resort in his speech.
The devil is DIR. PARKHURsT and his vile |
methods. It is not tho Democracy. From
the court room Of tho General Sessions.
wherein he and the young companion whom |
he led to his ruin. gave their unspoakably |
vile testimony, there has poured forth a
stream OF mephitic moral filth which |
is gradually reaching every corner OF |
the land. Their shocking and revolving
stories were not reported In the newspapers.
but are whispered from ear to car. for they
were heard by tho crowd In tho court. and
by them areVepcated. to the great Joy and
exultation Of all the devils In hell.
Happily the healthy expression Of the
outraged public sense OF docency has served
as an antldote to tho poison to large OK
tent; but PARKHURsT persists In his at
tempts to inoculate tho youthful mind
with 1t.