The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-07-01

Makes Another Fierce Attack Oh Com
missioner X och and Tammany Hall.

Makes Another Fierce Attack Oh Conn
missioner X och and Tamnany Hall.
Rev. Thomas DiXen breaches at Asso-
citation hall, NewSYork. Last Sunday
/ 800 people we're turned away. Mr.
Dixon prayed for the town. 1t was his
last sermon this summer, as his vacation
began Monday He spoke of the libel
suit of excise commi.5ioner Joseph Koch
without discussion that | am radical. |.
do not try to trim the truth to suit the
jaded pulses of dudes or the pulling sen
timentalism of aesthetic fakirs | have
always tried to call spade a spade, and
stand ever ready to prove it. | have
never found this an easy road to travel,
but it always gives the consciousness
Of duty done, and that is enough. No
teacher of righteousness dare ask more.
| have never spoken one word IN this
pulpit behind which there was a spark
of personal wrong, hate or malice. |
love men. | hate wrong. | hate lie.
| would pity and save the liar while l
denOunce his fraud. | have ever sought
to do my duty towards the men whom
am commissioned to save and the God
without regard to the fear or favor of
man OF devil. AS l have done in the
past I shall continue to do in the fu-
ture" The audience laughed little
over the reference to the dudes and
aesthetic fakirs but applauded when he
said he was going to keep on fighting.
Mr.. Dixon went on to say that several
complaints were lodged against Koch
! and others for refusal to enforce the
; excise laws they had sworn to execute,
and a writ of peremptory mandamus was
issued by Judge Barrett on the evidence
of their guilt. He quoted Judge Bar
retts decision, which was that the testi-
| mony showed "the commissioners have
l neglected their duty in not deciding this
and other cases brought before them
, and that they designedly and intention
r ally omitted to decide cases in violation
of law" The higher courts tc
which the matter was appealed de
cided against the Commissioners
l Then the preacher remarked that The
t good work might go on. He had beer
, advised to employ a shrewd Tamman,
j Hall lawyer, who has a ''pull, to de
fend him But he wouldn't. He ''wOulC
: rather serve term in prison at tn
7 hands of Tammany men than shak
n hands with this dasty rdlY tyranny in tn
: dark" He was not mere to ''puli' wit
s the devil, but to fight him The audi
S ence applauded and Mr. Dixon said
/ ''Tammany Hall, with its greed AM
t cunning and power, is the one deadl
octopus that is poisoning the social an
d political life of this city, and throug
h this metropolis the nation. 1t is tn
II most powerful coterie of organized erin
: inals that ever dominated the life of an
e civilization 1t makes and unmake
n Judges and lries. 1t feeds and breed
: heel it crushes the weak, intimidates th
y half hearted and defes the strong. 1t
o the one whitening, blasting curse of OF
L city's life, damning with the hot breat
of of corruption and dishonor ever
y ramiication of our body polite
is Like fostering cancer, it
J. literally eating the heart out of Il
:, honor of our ambitious young manhood
For one, | defy the beast. know
stand single handed and alone again
b. trained host, with limitless resource
to But one man in the right is a majori
b. against million sculliOns of he
e. though led by the devil himself. II
rt uneasiness of my friends only arous
}, more and more the indignation of n
soul If it be true that the life of
is dares seriously to attack Tammany IIa
n Then, in the name of Almighty God
lg say it is time the world knew it!
he birth and tradition and association as
80, Southern man | am democrat anC
la voted that national ticket last electiC
lis But the democracy | learned in my {
I. native State meant honesty and lnteg
M ty and decency. A Southern democl
he cannot affiliate with Tammany Hall vii
by out first lowering the standard Of
he manhood and selling his soul to the de,
by | take the occasion to warn the natiol
I'D democracy, Tammany Hall is load
sid cannot carry longer. Before the pa
nd comes before this nation to win anotl
in victory it will have first to kick Tia
ap- many Hall out of its door, wash W
ion Sapolio and turn on the hose pipe. AT
ms. trying to destroy the State of New Yo
ion they come sneaking back from Chica
en- saying they will support the ticket TT
an lie! lney came Ddck from Cnlc'
ons with honey on their lips, treachery
eed their hearts and knives in their bD,
of They will do in November what t
of have done before, and spend another f
ion years trying to lie out of it. AS for
ons work in this city, every step in Il
last effort to throttle this pulpit but gives
hen another nail for their coffin. The dit
it ence between the morality of the pres
t in regime of Tammany Hall and that OF
er.) real founder, William NJ. Tweed, is
mo- difference between the ethics of a bu
ria steerer and highway robber. For
ked part prefer the dash and daring Of
900 highwayman for a boss, if we are to
en- one. If the slippery god children
far William NJ Tweed believe they car
arty timidate the pulpit, let them take
kerry notice now-they have made mista
not There was enthusiastic applause
rom cries of good" when Mr.. Dixon
aor- ished Hundreds of people rushed
lbli- the platform to congratulate him.
first more than half an hour he did not
lone but shake hands with people.
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