The sun., 1892-02-17
Bring Him to Account.

Ih0 pastor OF the Madison square PreS-
byterian Church. the Rev. DR.. PARKHURsT.
preached sermon last Sunday. in which
he denounced the Mayor and those asso-
ciated with him in administering the az
fairs Of this municipality" as polluted
harpies that. under pretence Of governing
the city, are feeding day and night on its
quivering vitals." and as "a lying. per-
jured. rum-soaked. and libidinous lot"
After making these general charges
against the municipal officers and the judi
ciary. DR.. PARKHURsT proceeded to indicate
individuals among them whom he denounc-
ed as guilty Of specific offences OF tho most
disgraceful character.
He cited proceeding as having occurred
"only this past week" In the Jefferson
Market Police Court. which. he declared,
showed that with hardly the shadow of a
doubt that Court. In some one Of its subor-
dinates at any rate. stands in with the
gamblers. and to that degree the Court be-
comes the criminals protector and guardi-
an angel"
He charged next that District Attorney
NIcoLL failed to respond to the demands
for evidence made upon him by the Grand
Jury" in the McGLoRY case. and that Police
Captain CLINcHY proicssed to be unable
to procure the evidence until the Grand
Jury frightened him into getting it by
threatening to indict the Captain him
SELF" "All OF which," continued DR.. PARK
HURST. sis only another way OF saying that
the most effective allies which A1cGLoRY
had In the prosecution Of his vile trade on
Fourteenth street were the District At
torney and the Captain OF the precinct"
II %so,, Ii
assault. saying that something like year
ago. in company with number OF gentle
men. conferred in his Office with the high
est municipal dignitary Of this city in re-
gard to the slovenly and the wicked way in
which he was pretending to clean our
streets" +" l addressed him." proceeded DIR.
PARKHURsT, "as though he were a man
and as though he had the supreme interests
Of this city at heart. and have been
ashamed OF myself from the crown OF my
head to the sole OF my foot ever SINCE"
Mayor GRANT. therefore. is described by
this Presbyterian preacher as monster
and not man. whom 1t Is shameful to ad-
dress. and as an official who is careless
about the public interests and false to his
official oath.
These are specific charges. II they are
true. the public officers concerned ought to
be impeached and imprisoned as the abet-
tors OF crime, the partners OF criminals.
false servants of the people. and characters
dangerous to the community and disgrace
full to civilization. As they are specific
| charges, it is. OF course. incumbent on this
preacher to sustain them with specific facts
| and proofs
| He made them publicly and uttered them
within house OF Divine worship, as il they
| were the words OF GoD Himself. He de-
| nounced the officers Of the municipal Gov
| ernment as a whole. and these officers in
| particular. as utterly vile and rotten. the
fosterers Of crime instead OF its prosecu-
tors. Either he spoke from knowledge and
with precise facts to support his Infamous
| charges. or he Is q vile liar and slanderer,
who should be driven from the Christian
pulpit and subjected by the civil law to the
criminal punishment he deserves.
Let DR.. PARKHURsT. therefore. be called
upon to substantate his charges before the
| Grand Jury. SO that the men he denounces
| thus specifically may be indicted, tried. and
| punished: orif he is unable to present any
| facts iustilying them, let him be indicted.
| tried. and punished himself AS a wicked.
malicious reckless. and criminal slandcrer.
Simply because he spoke from the pulpit
he cannot be allowed to escape RESPONSE
bility for his words. All the more he should
bs held accountable for them. They were