American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-11-04
al.ns 1T Tile RALT1MoRE aT0cN BJARD.
-orrnsnonaence Of the Amencan NcpnhlLDlr-
WAsHlNGToN, Nov. 3, 1879.

NFANHlNGloN, NOV. - i''"'
Ergst # Correction or Ref"gc Many wa
lois have, during the last tea yoa.s, through the
column OF the pubic journals 9. this c1iy'
called the attention OF our corporate authoH-
lies TO tns subject urging their rnasous with
more OF less strength, for tbs cSi4J.'sALne"I "'
this rluch called for ar,d,ratunl. That we
are entirely destitute Of such M slltution or
~uy srmblanco to it, is lumcntaoic fact
That sutae new instance, UNh biting our ncCeS-
slty Tor something OF the kind, occurs al
most every day, IS another fact equally apPa-
cent and dcnlorab,c. Aud that this much
abused ''NVasiiueton Asylum" alias butts
vile" is made corporation depot Tor the
ludncmcnt Of all that become ancnahie to the
laws of the Aforesaid corporation, however va
-ous the character OF the crime OF criminal; Oh
heterogeneous, may be the kinds Of disease, az
Fiction or MISFORTUNE. Of the persons commit
ted The diseased, the healthy, the lame, the
blind, the deaf, the dumb, the Infamous, the
vicious and the virtuous, be they old OF young,
male or female, are thrust in the same com
mon rcccptIcc Of corporate bencvolence and
reform. The old, who are lrredCemably bad
the young, who have but seen vice, and not, az
vet, "tdnilidr with her face the afflicted and
nc supcranuatod, whose "faco is iurrOwcd o'ol
with yCars, Vail receive their mite OF NlctEoPoli'
tan charity from the nondescrlpt comforts and
u2purcnancc& OF a "Workhus.h
Thus it makes no difference TO what sad al
..iction or 20 what barren shore, the storms o
"stubborn fate" have brought them, to be with
oJt any visible means oisnppoIt this municlpa
charity has classcd them all under the cormo!an
appellation OF working people" Truly SO
nous. for the Metropolis OF "tLt5c L. States"
Bu, let Us see how are the facts OF the case
-. l...N Il. ttr
and this is but one out Of 4 score, were the pc
Ice called upon 10 testify. To-day poor boy
aouut IS years Of are, q stranger in this "lanc
u tn" .rec,' was found without 'any visible
means Of support" without a home, without
lriunGs, and without "mother's care BAD
company, poor boys only choice too tic-
Quenilv, had perhaps. deadened his sense OF mo-
ral duty--hc was had "nobudy could dc any
ding with him." But the oath is made that
no is without "any visible means OF support,
and he is committed to---whoro! not house OF
correction, not to 4 house where he may be re-
iJrmcd, but TO worse company than that which
a" nas lust loft-whcfc crime has become ha-
ul, where vice is . "sccond natnTe;' where
disease, moral and physical, is tho only atmos-
vhe-n the "iaiC" allows poverty to brch,hc-he
! "work-housc boy' noo.
Who chen sets the sy3l Of cIi;l4 upon the
oroA Of that yo~ug boy! Who will, in after
years, trace back in his career to the first seeds
OF vicp, Society, under this virtue giving al
taugon.ent may surely expect useful members
When trained in such Il school as this. 4
house ofcorrccton IS not, | believe an extra
ordinary phenomenon in other large cities, anC
uhy should il be in this so studioUsy avoided
Would not a small portion OF the time whicl
is So often consumed by our city lawgivots il