New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-28

IH"r ,,stb,nr ALWAYS very touching in ne
~,of company of these outcast children.
ST. ronpb. OF hard, or shrill, of each one,
I~, soft and chid.like in harmony together
r,,s faces YOU see around you are filthy, or
"a .r old. but TIE tones ringing III the AR
4 .,nething Of childhood, of hone, in them
.,h;ns purer and happier than the young crea-
.t,ye known as yet in the world.
e.. "Aulum." too, has succeeded in its OBJ
4 and we are told that the boys for whom
-. have been fouud are steady aud honest.
s,M what a mere nothing it all is, against this
..,,suse mass of crime and poverty! 1t should De
lawn that in this Christian CITY OF Ne"-i ork'
n ia theusands anc tens Of thousands OF utterly
| s.,,;t,,e and outcast boys and girls, there are
| .,,y some half dozen small combined Efforts TO
| 80 ,h,m. AsfaI as we know, only tro Churches
I,,. had ANYTHING to do with these sc hoos. Inc
me-, too. engaged in them, are men III the hurry
ID whid of Newly oIk BUSINESS, who give their
,rlv hours of leisure, on the Sabbath, to these
Ff1sndless children. In London alone there are
1900 children and more than sixteen hundred un'
raid teachers in the vaerant schools-schools, too
which meet every night IN the week.
For ourselves, the more we see OF this feariu
basis OF wret cheoness and crime in this great city,
,bs more we wonder at the insensbility Of Chris
,;.n men. Ii has seemed to us sometimes, lately,
=. the gay, busy life going on about us, was the
,rs,s crust to the deep, dark, sweeping tide of
,.;ser, and vice below.
Our religious community must heed this it
rust leave its rOutiHe way Of doing good. Be
p,yoIent operation must be varied. There are
otbtr duties 20 our Churches now, besides dis
rbutine tracts or giving donatio rs to Missionary
Societies. We need not forget the heather at
distance, but we are first to remember the vast
multitude of haegard, riotous, desperate heather
al around us. The times bring new obligations
and the building of model lodging houses and bath
bouses for the poor, the planting of yogrant-
schools and providing work for the outcasts, may
be quite as much preparation for religious re-
form now, as were tracts and missionary labors
lomerly.
But nsensibe or not, we shall be forced to
heed this soon. This army of reckless and hone.
less creatures will rise up some day. They al.
ready crowd our prisons and aims houses But
he time will come when they will stand up, and
Il NOT demand their rights assert their wrongs in
tome which no class Of society can well refuse to
near. They will demand Bread and Work or
,bey will clutch with passionate and violent grasp
At the epoyments so long denied them. There is |
M reason why the most terrible scenes Of the
Old World, in the excuses of the poor and the |
,;c,ous may not be reacted here. Let men guard |
against them in season.
The best public plan we have seen proposed as
vet for reaching the class from whom all these
spring. the vagrant children, is that of the New
York Juvenile Asylum"-an institution incorpo-
rated in Jun, of last yeaI. BY the charter OF this
Corporation all vagraDt children or children of
ugant parents, betweenthe ages Of5 and Ia, can
be sent by the Magistrates of the City to the Asy-
lun, to remain under its legal custodT. Here
thew are to be educated in the common branches
and at the same time, to be taught some good
trade OF practical farming-six hours dayfsr the
to work. Great attention is to be
given to religious Instruction, aud kind aud care
fl management is promised. The Corporation
has the right of binding out the lads, and will
keep supervision over them atsIward in case
oftheir being exposed to iIl-treatment as appren-
tees, When child is once committed to the |
Asylum by the voluntary act Of its parents, they |
lee ali further legal control over it, For every |
child received, the City shall pay $40 per onnum-
md in no case more than the lowest cost OF sup.
pCrt at the Aims house or Refuge" In like
hammer, the Commissioners of Emigration shal
pay $40 for every chic properly cha,seable on
that fund. The Institution shall also receive its
share Of the school fund. The most important
feature Of this Charter is, that the Magistrates
have power TO commit and the Institution to re-
csi'e, not only abandoned and begsared children,
but children who, from the neglect or vicious
habits Of their parents" are erp1Se9 10 such a
coalition.
There are many points in the Constitution, as
thus far adopted, where We could wish improve
nents OF changes. Aud more careful study of
similar institutions in Europe will suggest than.
But, as whole, it contains the great essentials,
30 much needed in this City. An institution OF
Tins Mind would strike vigorous blow at the
source Of these fearful evils in our midst. The
h0rtes of young prostitutes aud thieves aud va
giants Of the City would be trained in honest,
steady labor and come out again in society in
eusuous members of it, even If not sometimes,
SNe may hope, with Consciousness OF their
higher duties. And New-l ork can well afford to
Pl iorit. Her Prisons and Alns-hJuse alone cost
l'I now over $l2i,sC0 year, and the mere ex-
ptns's Of crime IN thousand forms are enormous
cue City. Still, in this lies the difficulty be-
M se The Institution. The City has promised
S@IO, II 500 O0 aIe raised oy private subscrip-
uoh; and though year has passed, not more
loah half that amount, by IabOrlous efforts, has
yet BEEN raised.
Iii possible, from this indifference of the cti-
ltns that the plan may break through, but We
Cabot believe New York will neglect so rational
Ind noble charity. GLIB.