If sharks in great cities consume the too credulous emigrant; if usurers, like moths, cut the fabric of life with invisible teeth; if landlords sack their tenements and pinch the tenant--all these results are against the spirit of our law, against public feeling, and they that do such things must slink and burrow.
Beecher condemns the predatory practices of certain individuals in urban settings, highlighting their moral implications.
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They did not know enough of his origin, his nature, or his destiny, to bring these into account, in estimating man.
Yet, New-England, strong at home, compact, educated, right-minded; has gradually lost influence, and the whole North with her.
THAT is the ONLY question, in our day and in our community, full of vital struggles turning upon fundamental principles.
But I think that God sent New-England to these shores as his own messenger of mercy to days and ages, that have yet far to come ere they are born!