The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-07-26

his child, whom the law comrels mt
10 tskc and maintain. know not whe
tber she be bastard or orphan or one OF
y family whose mother and father ar.
alive. She is forced upon me to be
kept and reared up by me. Were so
disposed, it would be impossible Tor
ne TO pay any attention TO her morals OF
.eny part of her, conduct. Unjust ofne
essity leave her TO the care OF some
.,hor person. My intention is to place
cer in farm house, under the au,hori,
OF a woman, who may leach her, per
,aps. TO ieedPigs and poultry, TO milk.
nd make butter and cheese but, car
expect cry ons TO have due care OF
he moral behavior of this girl? Yer
What is TO become of her Can
point out any thing better? ] cannot /;
or, in the poor house her chance would
&c infinitely worse. My wife ! Faith
she has the rearing of her own chill
dren to attend to Her time is as pre-
cious as mine for no children of ours
will have to reproach us with having
fed item from mercenary beasts, o,
with having committed their education
20 dwellings ~
do not complain of the exrsnce
i.nPosed upon ne in this instance |
do not complain OF any uniairness in the
drawing OF the lottery. My neigh
bors would scorn an act SO mean. Bat.
I cempleiu OF state of things, tina,
imposes upon me duty which is out
II my power u perform. All car
neCrhl. "A In tk ri, hoc
plenty IF TODD ard clothing, and tina,
she is properly lodged and duly a,tene-
cd IN sickness. But. ,io | not this tot
my horses ard my cows What com
plain OF is, a stale OF things, which
takes so large a part Of The children
from their natural guardians, their to
Tiers. mothers relations, and iIfends,
and throws them upon the Mercy OF
those WHO are utter strangers 10 them,
and who, instead of natural feeling !oi
them, must, unless they bring greal
consideration TO their aid. naturally
have feeling against them and es
Pecially in cases where the support OF
pauper is serious pecuniary bur-
then to the parry on whom it is now i'm
posed.
Now, my old English friends in A
ncrica who used TO join me (tor
iook the iead) in singing the praises o,
he English government and Pitt, whal
do you think oil thisi Perhaps you
think, by this lime, as DO, that we are
sci OF very ignorant though homes
fellows who conlounded admiration oil
men in power Win love of country, and
whose violent preiudices though bot
tomed in the best OF principles, led us
INTO thousand iollies. and really made
Us, perhaps, Instrumental, in some
small degree in producing The enor
nous evils under which oar country
now groans.
l remember book, that we used to
look at good deal, entitled 81 Pic
ture Of England" 1t contained views
of country SEATS and of hne hills and
vallies. This book and Crosses ami
qui,ies were enough for me. Alas |!
this as no picture OF England, If by
England we mean any thing more than
certain portion of the houses, trees,
and heritage. If by England we mean
the English nation; ard if by the ma
ton, we mean the great body of the
people now give you The means Of
Judging OF the real state o! England !;
give you the true picture OF Eng
land" Here am I, with twelve per-
sons in family, including servants, and
with thirteen laborers, on an average,
constantly employed; and the malu
tenancc OF twenty eight paupers fails
fairly to my share This, my Oh
friends this, my worthy counuymeD, is
he real picture Of EngIsnd---and shonld
not be very desperate man il the
false shame OF acknowledging past er
roneouS opinions were to prevent mt
from laying this picture before you
Now, III a state Of things like this
what farce 1t is 10 be told about '' en-
tightening the lower orders - Hos
are my twenty eight per wretchcs OF
paupeFs, and my thirteen iaborers and
their families, but one step above pau
pers how ask, are they 10 he enligb:
ened And, if this we're possible
which IL is not. what would be the use
vi IL? Whal could il do more than
add mental 10 bodily suffering Away,
hen with all the talk all the palayar;
vi the cant all than cunning can sUg
gest TO hypocrisy for the pu pose of dc.
luding the well meaning, ihoughtless,
Ill n