The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-25

lief efforts, let us with closer corporation hunt
up every case Of want, and knop that all has been
done which could well be done TO supply the
needy, cheer the responding, and stimulate the
ell-disposed.
The giving of money is the lowest form Of
charity. 1t is very necessary often; sorletimes
Indispensable; but look Of the right kind, a
word In the right tone, TINT sympathy which
makes man feel that we come TO him, not as
an asmonsr or superior, but as brother before
God, and an equal among msn, il worth more to
redeem and lift up, than all the piles Of gold
which could be heaped before him. Are there
laboring men who are sufieringf Approach
them, not with dollars in hand, but with words
of kindness on our lips, saying, "we have found
employment for you, where you can earn yonr
bread" and they willleap into II with joy, and
hail us us their truest friends Do you know poor
women who are in dstressl Come to them, not
as charity dispensers, but with propositions to
engage in work which will pay them well, and
yield them and theirsa support, an Independence,
and they will joyously embrace the opportunity
and bless us as the pure and good love to bless
those whom they think of, and call, their deliv-
ersrs. This is the spirit in which We should do
good. In this way, and in this way alone,
should we be known by the poor and needy, and
felt by the community. And If this were the
common spirit-if this were our habitual way
think you, friend, there could ever be extended
suffering, or even partial want, felt by classes
or individuals among usi A cooperative ac-
ton based on this benevolence would 20 far
very far--to Danish poverty from among rs,
and relieve the vrtuous poor from evils, which,
through neglect on the part Of society, and a
false pride on theirs, so often and so bitterly OPP
press them.
We could wish, too, that our cities were SO far
advanced, as to understand the operation of wise
Sanitary laws, and the necessity Of enforcing
them. Suppose, by way of example, two hun
bred families elected from their houses, by the
flood. They return to them, when it subsidies,
and clean them up. But there is a sediment
left, which makes the walls damp, and creates
bad air producing sickness. Suppose in con-
sequence that out Of these families-which
at FIVE to the family would number one thousand,
third were taken sick, so as to be disabled from
work, and that twenty or thirty of them should
die. The loss of life would be the ssverest mis-
fortune; the sickness the next. But, as these
higher views, do not control, consider the loss
the pecuniary loss, to the city, by persons dying
or being sick, the cost arising from death and
sickness, &c. A days loss of work by labOrer
is a loss to the community as well as TO himself
II is days work, and by laborers, too, that con-
stitutes the wealth Of city or State, and as they
diminish, so will that wealth decrease. And yet
one hundred dollars would buy lime, and disin-
fecting agents, and employ men enough to use
them, in purifying and cleansing thoroughly, all
the houses which We suppose to be thus flooded
and filed or infected with impure air, and so
prevent death, sickness and suffering.
This, in other words, is our idea. That SAM
tary laws wisely planned and executed, will, not
only save an immense sum annually to cities,
but diminish full three quarters Of the suffering
sickness, and death, which usually prevail
They would, too, by degrees teach people in the
country how to live.
Are not these great considerations Could
cities have graver motives to move them to ac-
ton We hope wiser heads than ours, and
those more familiar with the subject, will turn
their attention to Sanitary laws, and enlighten
the community to their necessity and virtue
Were they understood, all classes would de-
mand them, both on the score of wise human
ity, and eeoaomy.