New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-01


, - A Thssshf fer the Poor.
AZ this blessed Christmas season, htly consecra'
~ b charity and forgiveness-at this season OF
ruersd Winter, when Poverty needs are greatest
81 il resources fswsst-is 10 the lsudsble custom
e those who have the ear Of the public TO bid the
s11sent the thriity, the comfortable 'hememoe'
- Poor We would not be backward In the d's
sAsres Of any social duty, nor 10 obeying any De
ssvulent impulse, 90 we swell the chorus now rising
IN eptrsaty that the Rich should be liberal and Kind
10 the Poor.
Yes. let M all Remember the Poor Let tho
wealthy give Of their abundance bosntiiuiiy OUT
sot recklessy to tighten the load Of Misfortune. to
satisfy the cravings Of Hunger and ward on the
blasts Of Cold let those In medium circumstances
and even the Poor who are not destitute, DO all
they justly and prudentIy may to mitigate the sui
fsrines of those In need. Let none who can AFFORD
% spend one dollar, or even fourth Of it. for lu1
sry, or display, or ornament, say Il am 700 poor
oyseh to give to others : for the obligation TO
sympathise with the afflicted and needy is not
bisding upon the Rich only, but upon all Let us
dive not merely a cases oidestituton may present
themselves, Oot tufOotu VIZ iOtS'e'y
channels for the dispsnsation OF Social charity
whore with our own and most other cities are
kssssd. Let no one fear that he shall impoverish
hiuseIf By hs ch(kities-tbe thing 10 hardly posi-
bic. He who giveth to the Poor lendeih to the
Lord; and even now, when money commands two
o. three per cent. q month. according to the con
science Of the lender. 1t may well be doubted that
4 thers any better investment than this There
can at best be none sarer.
But ws oil appreciate, even though we fail to
ds,charge, the duty Of relieving the wants OF the
destitute; are we ~ well informed with regard 70
he duty and the practcabilsy Of d'm'n''h'ss Pau
psr,swf Here 10 . subject Of the very highest
eoc;si interest; yet how many have ever reflected
4 single boar upon 1t To give money or food to
the Poor 10 % common that few have not at some
tune partaken Of the luxury of aims giving; but
tAev are few indeed who. not brgetting to give,
havs vet more labored and pondered, and striven
and suffered. to overcome or mitigate the hard ne
osssity which constraDs . large portion Of the bu-
nan family 10 eat the bread Of beggary and hu-
uiliation rather than that oil honest, independent
soil. These are fated TO endure the hiss OF scorn
asd the dersion Of witliDgs for some years more :
h.t At last the great truth that 70 cheaper 10 aboi
IA Peuperssm Aan to support u will force its way
,Arxush the thickest skulls and command the I"
- even Of the hardest hearts. Let not, there
Gro, q single mind which has caught one slimmer'
~ Of the great truth despair or weary, Tor the
heur Of our triumph draws visbly near.
TAs incessaDt asgrapai'o~ OF this great Social
d,sesupsr Of itseli indicates that Society cannot
mach Logger trea, 1t with the thoughtless unconoern
vh,eh has hitherto prevailed While the annual
isursass of Population in this Country will hardly
exceed eve per cent the annual increase oil crime
and Pauperism twin sisters 10 from ten to twenty
psr cent lin 1880, the convictions OF Crime In ou'
a.sts vere one TO every l.sla persons In le+a
O. 10 every l,542. OF Murders, there were zen
4. ar State In the five years ending with 1854
s;sses. in the next Eve years freafsfAree IN the
ps.t snd vivrKrs in the last too years. STEADY
i,crssss shrou shous. The number OF Crimes brought
10 The notice Of our City Police during the asts,
.ooshs ware 1881, against AS torthes SIX month'
precsdisg. i and oil taxpayers do know tnat ou'
psuperisn advances with equally majestic stride'
Even thrifty Massachusetts records an increase II
Ia number Of her Psupers amounting to some
tveasy per cent IN . single year In our State lex
.a.d;.s the City, the last return we have noticed
.svs-sn increase Of fully 20 per cent In our CITY
!, |. ovsr ten per cent And this. be it understood
n no greater simply because our Alma House &C
,-,rroassions will suffice for bat limited number
"a III limit has been reached had We decen
scroumod atoms Cor twice ~ many paoPc"' 'ne'
,vo.H speedny be crowded to the utmost Aud a
40. in = sesson Of Wanted prosperity wnen on
p-..idep, boasts that Labor 10 fully rewarded an
-. -. have ;ust raked 10 some Fiity hiiions
po,lsrv. being the amount OF our net pron' on VIZ
,scspt dreadful Famine in Europe IL sooo ~
ne concomisants Of Prosperity. what ana" Ao'e''''
bring asi -. .,
e.. M once more sntrsat the attention OF
......,.., Of Clergymsn. OF Phiianthropists Eco
-.-,-.. nd thinkers generally 70 the great sooia
49,. l< Prevention ard Csrr o. Pssr~um =
80. Property 10 wiling to stand ''aPidly BY AM
=. .a,,,s svsiIs coD6scatsd to provide sos The
..s.., ofc,ipe and the subsistence OF Psuper
=, II too mast bestir i:sei here no s'oA'y sen
.,,.n,.iitv. no dreamy abstraction but the IN mis-
.-..hl. fscr that the increase OF Dssesst'on an
:. .n.usIly undermining the fcandai'oas
..s.,v ana rendering ts tenure insecure 10
f"F''" - ~h,cb rents for $500 10 worth ss
-, - IN. tsrss thereon are but 80 per Al
..v ss. l.. tho s.res BE- :-s''sd % 80. s' q
Increase o. Psspsrsn and ~ eo.I ss.r.o, ,.-, ,
cher thing. remaining - before thai n Ts
!. .ov worth bat little over se'oVV ~
. ~ nav. already sses effected in the o0aI'' :,
e. yssr and shs tendency In 'ns' "
-. .,,cssr shss sf pessent
Why then shall -. DOT az SI s.".,.m, Her,
,ss prs,,u,lon or Dpinasioa OF Ps'pef''" ~
sor sxanple 10 humane mso Who has 's ilaas
. ,oor ~,Asw s.d three or 'osr ehn'feo 49, -
-, Of Ssssss.slos and sitter dsPsodsnes ana -
.-~r,d rixfsiy ssys. Wei donsf snpposs s''s"s
80 Ssvsss nssas vhsrsby sos merely enc sac