The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-09

the morals Of city, first in developing the great
deprsvity BY which we ore surrounded. They feel
they look for it's calling TO their aid the united
efforts Of the wealthy aud benevols IT. In lesscning or
eiety should be locked upon az preeminentiy aiding
such an object since its motto prevention rather
than punishment The bettering Of society must al
ways be effected mainly by the efforts Of the vrtuous
community. 1t never could be accomplished. at any
rate alone, by civil legislative enactments; these
always failedi in their object and il partially successful
were very expensive Individual benevo!cnce must
take the case in hand and with Gods aid rightly d
rested efforts would be blessed with success Ii a
stranger were to judge of the great mass OF our uve
nile population by this report he would make great
mistake. These, in proportion to the vastly greater
number Of well cared for and rcligiously trained chill
drn but handful Of our Juvenile population.
sim there fearful amount Of depravity in the
city which happily could not be paraeled by any other
city or village in the Union. Crime was driven from
the country and sought to hide itself in the town and
hence its fearful prepondersnce here We had to de-
pore and attempt to eradicate the emgratcd crime Of
other towns and countries. and In that very circum
stance there was encouragement and hope. since in
endeavoriDg to consummatc good object we
ehoud be aiding in subduing the crime and annihiat
ing the vice of other dstrists well an We
had, however pleasing contrasts to contemplate We
had our Thousands Of Sunday scholars, and our
gatherings of happy little ones-happy in the right
training they receiving Only the other day we
had thousand children dclghting numerous audi
snce with their simple youthful strains of harmony
Then turning to the dark side of the picture the evil
was not rcurable but must be done by private be-
neyolence. Legislation both faulty and wasteful
Legal measures would not reach the state of the case
He would refer to the Governors Almshouse a. an
Illustration OF the wascfulness and corruption of egis-
latlye charity The average number Of inmates under
the control Of this board according to the warens
report last year 954 while in the precious annual
report the average during the year had been 5oa when
the asylum could not accommodate than 900 in
mates This discovery, he mlghtmentian had saved
ss1 900 Besides legal Measures frequently lacked dis
elimination in making distinction between poverty
and crime much TO the injury ofthose whose misfortune
il 70 be subject to the former. He of opinion
that reform should precede but not stand in
nf htf ham
fully exemplfed this true charity he fed the hungry
and healed the diseased and then he appli.d b. 20
tne moral virus Let Vs. this perfect example
ana laAe Way all opportunity of reproach from the
enemies Of religion. Then again, he would make the
return Of these poor outcasts to the path Of virtue in
viting There should be no coercion, but leading on
to virtue from the fascination it shall itself exert. lie
glad in being able TO state that two ragged schools
had been established and were doing good service
The little neglected urchns who attended them were
gradually benetting by the kindly training they
receiving and many had been promoted to the regu
fourished that its attendance had increased from 10
to 200 and great Improvement visible in the con-
dut Of the children The speaker concluded, by al
uding to the cheering results referred TO in the re-
port which he hoped might act stimulus to
farther effort Those who aided in this enterprise
deserving the thanks OF the community since whilst
performing act of the most exalted charity, they
were tending TO improve the tone OF society-some-
times even at great personal sacrifice AZ this point
hymn was sung by the children OF the Home, and q
collection made; after which
The Rev. Mr. PAnKrn spoke to the following rcsolu-
Resolved, That the prevention Of moral evil is true
Christian economy and that this feature of the work
OF the American Female Guardian Society IS its
ing excellence.
He most heartily concurred in this resolution,
from sincere conviction Of its truth Egypt in
former times had been overrun by a monster Of the
saurian genus, destructive and vicious that 1t
was looked upon evil Tod and feared according
ly. But little animal, the ichneumon they soon
found busted itself in destroying the eggs of the de-
structive monster till ii almost threatened to annihi
late the race Could be wondered At that this little
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them, should be rcverenced, and indeed worshippcd
by the single minded Egyptians and that they should
prohibit its life being taken under any circumstances
lie would ask was not the vast amount Of juvenile
crime In our city destructive saurisn monster, that
threatened, II not checked by chneumon to disor-
PENAL Guardian Society worthy OF earnest support in
efforts that tended USEFUL TO destroy this monster
eyil Two nations alone had expended in war, since
the revolution sufficient wealth to construct railway
track round the earth, cndow oil the colleges in the
civilized world and in addition feed every member Of
We rrudgc the requisite SUN to remove evil so
pressing and 90 alarming, Mr. r. concluded by urging
the claims Of the society upon all present.
WILLIAM BrBE, an interesting little boy apparently
about eight years Of age, here introduced, and
standing beneath the pulpit addressed the audience
phan boy, but Kind friends had placed him In the
Home, where he had received the kinde-t treatment
He had nov left, and had been adopted by gentleman
and his lady, to whom he permitted to the
dearng terms Of father and mother lie was very
happy, and on behalf Of himself and his late eompan-
ions at the Home expressed their gratitude for the
kindness Of those who had established useful in
stituton.
The audience here Joined In singing the doxology
after which the meeting separated