The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-08

shudder from digging at the foundations OF
tbis great empire. It ie not nice business.
The conditions which produced creature
SO unhappy and 30 useless In our so'..ss
| as tho Mugwump. ore both dothesI'o sn
foreign. Tho discipline OF our terrible ci,,'
war developed tho strength ana inc W,u
tudc of the great MSS OF tho Rehe.hI'o ~
which fought 1t out on both sides: p1. ~
also exhausted tho nervous force o. .n"eo
of feeble endurance. Ito fire burned lhoii'
out and since the close OF the conflict 1hos'
NJ ,bcm who survived the ordeal, have been
moving around with the petulance Of eihas,
culatcd spirits. They have also manifested
the moral defects consequent upon thelr
deprayed quality. They are treacherous'
,lereitful. malicious. ui,truthful, sly. tiihiu,
boastf,,l, vain. and envious. Poor creatures!
we have no word OF harshness TO utter
apainst them. They are the unhappy victims
OF n pcriod OF conflict too severe for the
weakness OF spirit cougenitM In them'
They were not strong enough 10 Keep
TN with the procession. FOR the re2uo-
lie started II, once from tho battleielu 10
engage in a still more strenuous cohtsS''
material and political. though also peace
full. Incy could only stand behind to cry
and moan.
Europe also has sent us some recruits TOT
this small, but vocferous host. The great
mass of Immigrants have been courageous
and cn,crprsng spirits. az a matter OF
course: but during the Inst generation
more especially We have been getting specl-
mems Of its detectives, the tired and ex-
haustcd beings. tho lunatics. the cranky.
and the morally and physically dopraVcd'
Their lcbascd immigration tends naturally
to Mugwumpcry. as. for example. 1oDklN'
or to anarchy, az, for example. MOST. Inc
exubcrant confidence. tho optimistic nope
funess. and the Indifference to petty an
noynnces which distinguish new country
working out great destiny. irritatc "nu
cnrnge these disordcred minds nnd de-
hilitated natures. They are chaSrinad .nd
astonishcd to sec the army marching ahead
careless of tho little puddlcs in tho path
which absorb their own attention.
While he was in New York Mr.. K1PL1Na
fell into the company OF these poor and
pccvish Mugwump detectives. and they
and not he are the real authors Of tho cri-
cisms of this town which we publish to-day
as his own. He was only unfortunate IN
his associates. for il his writings truly
Indicate his character. he is sturdy enough
young fellow naturally. and not an ex-
hausted wcakling To US Of New York. such
aspersions are an old. old story. as old as
Mugwumpery itself. aud in one form or
another that has always existed as an eS-
preston OF debilitated manhood. OF sham,
humbug. hypocrisy. and Philistinism.
or course. it is not worth while to make
any reply to Mr.. K1PLING's charges. They
are the talk Of smart young chap who has
fallen into corrupting company and is vain
Of his literary dexterity. His assertion
that here people "buy and sell ""justicc.
civil and criminal" lat u price openly
and without shame" however. has this
much Of truth in it. that GoDKIN did
attempt openly and shamelessly to bride
a policeman. But as the policeman was not
to be bought. there was no selling in the
case. Moreover. the circumstance that
GoDKIN fastened off to Europe after his
crime had been made known to tho public.
is on indication that he was not so confident
as Mr.. KILLING about the purchasabllity
OF Justice. more especially criminal justice.
in the city OF New York. For years he had
been charging the police with taking brides;
yet he failed in his own attempt to brine
an officer. and as it was the only case OF
which there was any positive proof. and at
the moment there was a general hunt for
such proof. he was alarmed at the prospect
OF going to Sing Sing.
The other night when the police rhded
certain vicious and disreputable resorts.
they captured two English travellers in
evening dress. We have no doubt that
those Englishmen agree with Mr.. kTpLINd
that justice here is barbarous and our GUS
toms savage. In no great city Of Europe
would they have been disturbed thus in
their vicious employment, and dragged
away to q station-house dungeon.
At any rate. Mr.. KIPLING must have
escaped from New York with his life.
for he is alive TO tell the terrible tale
which we print to-day. Existence here
may not have been so bissful for him as
in Calcutta, for instance. but the two mil
lions OF residents OF New York find it en-
durable even without the countenanre OF
this petulant young man and unhappy
Mugwump victim.