Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1827-12-15
:. URDAY. DECENfHEEs IS. 1897.

itlOkC uR]St't xficvOuS L alIldpd o.,
was this :--GcfOfe thc reign OF ing Henry ,h,
eighth the mouasterfes suBpor6& q LARGO nn,,-
Der of poor persons in iatco,E by the nlms
which they daily distributed az Il, If doors IN,
when the nonasterics were abolists ay Inc ,bove
mentioned king, these persons We thrown needy
and desperate upon the people ara gc To rem
cdy this inconvcniencc the baraiy. az stj,onubt :,
necessary to provide Tor thS,s Ks 81 ,,e 49,.
icy Was pursued by Succccding s,?rIo,nents ,,,t,.
those laws have assumed their prtSont friphtli,l
pect Inc great number OF yagab;llds tEa, in
Iesteu England during the period that the nonas-
taties were IN existence .llly demonstrate how
dangerous Tree distribution oi aims is to the
weharc OF nation for wno wotsl labor hard Tor
ciat Whicn he kncw he could OBTAIN BY askiur
"1 III Enough 1t is not to be Supposed that the
law would provide indscrimin;,efy for all ,rr-
sons who might choose TO irrhLwes.;ss- all vo,
'hefe Is no little discretion requisite IN ,,iscrI;,
; a'iiig between those wio are iNally uacJv anil
those Who are disguised in the CRIB of poverty.
AhhouSh the poor laws we're ls.;ted in En-
l't g .'.;edJ 'ii0iio evii, and vet ID mas been
cohiIssea by some OF her abcst politicians. tina,
-, ~ oee'' productive OF serious disadvantage
cS ana ilconVeniences; how much more forcabiv
ought these objections to weigh in our happy conn
ty L. Drug under none of the dsadran;ascs ~,
.enuaht on oaF mot:ler country and whore no Sir
wafer scott has Justly remarked. no man po,I
DC poor, IL he has Ratchet and arms to uso !, .,
i.' .'ic pooF laws IN tliS country and par;icuay
y III tnlS state, promote Idlencss cannot for !,
moment doubt There are few nc. who usc ., e,,
eAcftion without powerful stimulus and ,ho
c"crtion increases III the same ratio will, tj,c e,;
minus. Now, although tho desire of o,,,ain;nr :,
,.'elood Is, to the greater part OF s.anlird S E
Hcicht incentive to industry vet if men had -,
prospect OF support held ont to them in ,bo;r al
age by tic pubic ilthcy hal to choose bc,,vccn
industry and abcct poverty. it seems reasonable to
o'"O'die t'lt their cXertions would be greatly on
S'cns,d' ana plt lew Except those who were ,o,l
o'lects OF charity either from disease or n;s,r
t'''e' ana VINO might reasonably expect s,,noor,
rom inc charity OF private individually v.oud ro
l"Fe INC fostering hani .'f the public 70 s,,,,,,rt
ti2Ai' flow many men loter away their WON'T, in
'diehcss AMI dissipation, and finally in tl,or oil
agc uePe!id upon the public for support This i.
iact winch, unfortunately for US admits too lear.
| ~ OF demonstrations ''1'
observed IN youi paper OF the c!t,. that tbc
tax ie'i&d IN Philadelphia and liberties far The
support Oh the poor, in the year endinr Nav 2Ist
'0"'' was ABOUT ninety thousand dollars" Suo.
posing then that each state onlv furnished ,,,a
"i craze 80 1919 for the support of the moor ~,
would hnd that the sum total would ,,,onnt m h>
| tween and 100000, as co anon arithmet;c vii
Geinohstrate Even this calculation. which mus
iaii very lar snort OF tho real sum must be apna,
ing 10 one who LOOKS forward to future t.cnars
''''i' ana ooi'anei F:ow nlaC ~ increases -,
! ,ef the foregoing remarks rs the efTrs;o,s of
hcart which feels deeply for the welfare Of on,
| common country Yours So c,