New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-26
Wbat shall be done with our City's Nagrant
Children

Wbat shall be done with our Citys Nagrnnt
Children
Our Chief Of Police does not profess 70 bc a -
ciallst we believe and certainly makes 10 preten-
SION to being preacher but he has giveno1r City
the most rousing appeal N behalf OF Social Justice
and Christian Philanthropy that has ever get been
generally heard The naked. sober prose Of his
terrible revelations Of the destltution and depravtv
through which so many Of our citys children are
beng trained 10 lives Of crime and unuttcrable
horror, has aroused very generafeelng Of anxiety
and spirit Of inquiry. Men who have quietly
sdmbered over the infancy aud growth OF these
denominations are alarmed by their ullgrown deyo
lopnent they shrink appalled, from the contempla
ton of ten thousand children systematically trained
erom infancy to beggary theft and the most loatir
some prosttutions 81 whom the survivors are 10
become the inevitable burglars incendlanes pirates
and murderers OF ten 20 twenty years hence. while
three ourths OF the whole array must sink into III
timely and dlshonored graves through the influence
of the vices they cherish, the diseases they incur
before they are really capable OF distinguishes
right from wrong Already we krow that the
Press and the Pulpit have entered heartily upon
the discussion of the facts developed by Mr. Mat
sells Report, while from private sources letters
reach us inquirine. in tones remuous with anxiety
What shall we do How shall we overcome, or
even sensibly mitigate. these irlghtlul evils
Ory answer 10 these questions, as is toleraby
well known. IS a very radical one-too radical to
hope for ready acceptance, or for present accept
ance at ALL We believe that very thorough r.
forms in the laws Of Property Of Trade, of Educa
ton &c are required 10 reach the OF this great
wrong We believe it will be necessary to teach
the good p higher standard of goodness before the
bad can be reclaimed from their badness We be
lieve it will be necessary to convince the rich ami
fortunate that they faithful service 10 their less
lucky brethren and that their obligation is not fully
discharged by occasional doles of charity evcnb
exertions to diiiuse moral or other truth In shott
we believe that an earnest and we.ldrected eiioii
10 abolish the evils IN question would result d
pushed to its logical conclusions, IN such revolu-
ton in our Social framework rs would secure En-
ployment, thorough Education. Industrial and Ply
steal as well as Intellectual and Moral 10 every
child born and broush, into our land that no pa
rental desttuuou OF dcprayity could leave one child
exposed TO the temptation and the rum winch now
lies in wait for one halt of the rising generation.
actually accomplishing the ruin Of thousands after
thousands
Such would be err answer 10 the inquiries al
dressed to as this subject but there is state
ment inside of tins which is worthy OF attention
Among the D>courses from the Pulpit which the
chiefs expose has already elected that Of Rev 7
1 L.
We extract It's concluding paragraphs, as follows
will not dare fully unveil the hideois picture DE
more hdeous reality. Is enough 10 ilsi ~ the your
children the dcnser part Of CITY ten Is doom
ell To a lie of inevitable vice, misery and degradation
doomed 10 he ground 20 powder IN he voreN Of miary
and shame Yes those whom God has made helpless that
their helpcssness might detend ihem-ihose whom Cos
has made innocent that their innocence might reach mans
heart and make ham the guardian of their purity these IN c
midst OF tha, innocence and because OF hat decn
nes, are remorserssy destroyed They Ao led Ike Young
anbs 10 the slaughter They desp0ied Of their divine
birlhrghl and their ch inheritance They robbed c
their strength their hight their love Their destiny They
are cast moi into the crave-tha were mefcyhut into
he OF wrong that they pass lifetime m seiioonsun
nS Asonlss 80, &c.. ...,. Al. ..., .....,., D.,
they exposed their born 10 The mountain cold
thai The Weakings Nigh perish We condemn ne ancient
Loyans a. devil" orshlpes my PASS me- 9st
born through the nrrs 10 Mooch We name ne hlhd.es
heshen and cruel because they oder yoans infants 10 DE
crocchlegod OF their sacfed nvcf The Usnges Ne md
no language Win men, 10 slhc'rn' seventy I" cvio1n'
he CafohnAn Nirgiuan planter who Is reported 20 ell
his offspring life Of toll IN The coruhe.d oT rice
swamp. bat what shall we sdg. wha shah We 10 when
Cots children n our midst OUT % The wolves
q mcIsl wdeness-Qassed through tTes heroer than
those Of Mooch 10 n darker doom-thruwu into
whose pillows are Ike lsva where love, and virtue.
and innocence, and hope, are overwhelmed and osi
sold to the service Of cruel IMAM any b,
Nelas he save hip the roplcs-orced with he blow
snd the threat and TIE sun more hcrd sucmec and So
Gr,t.ion ~ The ies,crsuon OF b.iy and soul
on from below the deep foundation 81 our splendid ci'
il1auou ffom deas OF ungnAgined guilt thai rrsch bc
meath churches and pslaces nom eharrel6o1ses .
81. SraN s.nrie - lei b.
drcn tie ys1ng children cal o. as--yea Ao.hef Yea p
lher each child dear 60 God as sacred ss divine a. ne
Voun hns Of vcUr heart The hrstboFu OF welded love
they SAW IN dumb bps they but Uoo bear hem
well a. nsn-they say We ar oTphsns SAe 20 ne 10Y
ard the know edge cf Cod earth Is a. Ice 10 oar
reot and heaven al darkness 10 ou vision We az dyin.
mind and heart IN sefoonsuinins S1onles Ga hear u
pity hea N mercy hat t'd NAV heal AL
/ ana need
breShren plead for he Young children hen lips arr
aeMo ss hey pass ty-s spectral caravan 81 WE sia
thef ssoay must md here where God sPeskrth
s1.nAnN P~sdeih - Cause plead to- tne yo1as
"a, n ~ ule name OF heir mothers now arisen Mo
wen tct hea from out Ire skiesin he OF their A.
ks why behold ne tsee OF the Father ard who 60 ap
I'm az seN we ss'ag a 10 In them heaveaw ard hut me-
iotee0 'eem irom cuf sTtns LIN he OF war
49, ~ s'Ssoets and their slsersin the name
Or Snfss ue ehd OF bcelsAe " b. brought r,seuplicr
eo3 for bem AMI you IN the uAr1e of God ,se Esihr5
eoa ihel's ana cur plead today for their delverancc
al STOW Ia 70 nls pea yoar Asars vCur Christisr
bears, respoa3 IN Impulse OF nsert, r. -, -
q soc orpoAas 81 ne tnfve thousand q he tens Of tf
ssiids pressing on b hollow them IN tie Clysfianlr
Wisdom and Love oi tins eouzmanir, maize ,rf.-xs -.
pTacnca See 10 y ha he Plea the bop~ The exrecisuor
* not vsin
The cuesgca before simply THIS wfhai a q, ~
done low ihis rvl 20 De DESTROYED Row are he~e ~
3rrp tp he rescued how TIE Increasing r,nlnnS.
WIZ prrss or in ne future le preserved from tse do-
whieA has ovesken many N The present aud y-si
SymFaihes unless they SOW 10 prSenesl scton
lessN exci,si Wrongs which incurahie lufe - 4,
their eontenplAncn II sll "a indicate mcthod OF &C
Goa have erred N pcsGring this esnse - vivsay and
Preceding 4 inpoftunsicly.
would snswer las Saesloo BY ssying, hsi h3 hes
children need Is kindness eeuearOn rcmSne suVe SbcI
n thew bad orestc atmosphere q lcve Il her iscn
nes Of mud and heart had been property ee' aiea "a
bor bad heen provided for al of hem who wiling q
Do this terrible evil wuQG have sriseE 70 ~ nghi
We must thea ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 10 on game htr
fov Cha&rra Il shoad SEX accomplish hree recalls
Refsvwa- sea, ES1rafssA- R~rEagetss E-T4F.eaI Ia
doors should open for a. chdrca wishing throagh CON
pliznee with rules It's advantages All ehl
tren found engaged heggNy theft shc9Ic Be removed
10 ne shelter DeiAls resulting from ms general plan al
really suggest themselves 70 AZ II order 10 10 ins Az
WgsEssaoa Txe asags are Rscessky. TIE passage %