The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-06-02
A WAVE OF REFORM.
REV. THOMAS DIXON, JR., ON Or.
PARkHuRsT'S CRUSADE.

He Says New York Has Bsea q Safe,
City for Young Men Since the Inauru
ration of This Mevement-The Reiss
Of the Common People
New YORK, May e9.-Before the regu
lar sermon of the day Rev. Thomas Dix
on, Jr., reviewed again the subject O,
the crusade against the protectors oi
vice and crime in New York. He said
DR.. Parkhurst some time ago l~avely
sprang into the arena, and with barred
head and breast challenged the protect.
ors and defenders of vice and corruption
in this city to mortal combat. He began
single handed and alone. But he was
| not long alone. He was slandsred,
cursed and vilified by the world, the
flesh and the devil, and criticised bv n
few sacred dudes He justly has today
the unanimous moral sentiment of this
| community at his back.
A wave Of moral reform now sweeps
our city. 1t is the hour to strike. Let
every man who loves truth and right
eousness give now the full weight of his
manhood 10 the cause.
There is no time TO discuss points of
essuistry involved in any particular
methods used in the beginning. DR..
Parkhurst and his supporters have
adopted no patent methods. They mean
simply by the grace Of God to accom-
plish certain definite results. And they
are accomplishing those results.
RESULTS.
1t was disclosed that the police de-
partment and city government had the
power to abate certain nuisances, but
would not do it because they were the
friends of criminals. This has been
proven by the arrest, conviction and
sentencing to the penitentiary of two
notorious women, without the aid Of the
police department-but in spite of it.
1t has been clearly demonstrated that
corrupt city government is the friend
and protector of the criminal classes.
1t has been shown that we pay S., 600, ,O0G
annually for police protection. We get
it-protection of certain sort-protec-
ton for those who have pull and pay
their hush money promptly.
New York has been a safer city for
young men since the inauguration of
this movement. There are fewer gam
bling hells, dives and brothels open in
this city today than at any time within
this generation. | met a New York
gambler IN a southern town the other
day nearly thousand miles from New
York-business in this city was too
dull; he had gone out into the provinces.
Let every Christian man and woman in
New York and the nation give his un-
qualified support, moral and financial,
to this movement now, and the result
will be a regenerate metropolis of the
nation.
A REGENERATE CITY.
It must come. New York has wal
lowed in filth long enough. The day of
the Lord is at hand. Let us wash the
stain of disgrace from her name skat it
may no longer be stencil in the nostrils
of the people of the state and the nation.
DR.. Parkhurst has given US rallying
center. He is a man of spotless life.
He is a man of magnificent character.
He is giant in intellect, and in his big
heart he carries the burden of world.
He is a worthy leader.
Upon this congratulate you. Such
leader is half the battle, and yet SO
great is the cause that the personality of
any man engaged in the work is an un-
important incident as compared with
the tremendous issues involved. His
cry is, ga regenerate municipality"
Surely every lover Of his city, his home,
his God will say, Amen!
The city government bids defiance to
the moral sentiment Of the community.
Mayor Grant has just reappoihted Koch
as excise commissioner. This fellow
was the biggest scoundrel of all the
board, the one man of all men who de-
served to be kicked into oblivion. He
stands indicted for the violation of his
oath as commissioner and should be in
the penitentiary today. He alone came
up to the standard Of the mayor and
was reappointed.
Let US have an organization of 10000
young men banded together around this
pledge:
81 hereby pledge myself to study the
municipal interests of this city and do
everything in my power to promote the
purity and honesty of its government.
With such an organization the city
can be redeemed. A success here will
SWEEP the nation.
THE REIGN OF THE COMMON PEOPLE