New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-19

heavier. Ii one dollar out OF every three
given or irrevocably lent contributes to the
relief Of the godiy poor, the truth IS better
than our hopes. For at such a season as
this, the really destitute take their first les
sons in Beggary-lessons which often out
last the suffering which impeled them.
Begging destroys all manlj pride of charac-
ter breaks down the deienses Of seli-res-
meet. and teaches dangerous familiarity
with the bind side Of Human Nature. Woe
worth the day when poor, hitherto hard
working man learns that he can BEGIN a
day as much as he could earn in a week,
and that in such Indictment weather begging
and Wing are easier than carrying hod or
WELDING sledge Doubtless many have
been ruined eyermore by their frs. month :
initiation in beegary. Many one has be-
gun to beg honest and Industrious, though
temporarily out of work and destitute, and
ha. graduated Liar, Loafer, Drunkard and
Thief after few months perseverance, in
appeals to charity for livelihood.
Men and brethren, this state of things
must end. and you must help end it This
can be done il we all look the evil fairly In
the face. resolved to eradicate it. 1t would
cost less in ten years to furnish icorE far
ererv one ichO needs tCork than it now costs
to support the wiIling-to-work who are un-
able to find employment in soul-destroying
idleness. Then why not deal thoroughly
with this gigantic mandatory Of pauPers
and thieves, and be rid of it +!
There viii always be objects of charity
quite as many as Charity viii take good care
Of But an able-bodied aud willing man or
woman is not proper object of charity, but
should have inste I'd simple Justice that is,
Work. Let the State provide work for al
willing and able to do it who canfnd none for
themselves let the Alms-HOuse engulph
only those who are too young, too old, too i'm
beetle or too iii to work. and Beggary will be
reduced within narrow Limits, instead Of COW
ering the earth like a deluge. Then the
able and efficient will at least be allowed
time to earn what they must pay for the
support of the destitute, and not have their
working hours half absorbed in listening to
the appeals of Beggary. Tell us where We
may send the needy that they will be GER
tainly received and made welcome to bread
and shelter in exchange for their best exer-
tions-where, if they know not as yet how
to labor usefully, they may forthwith be
taught to do so--and we will gladly pay,
if needed, fifth of all we can earn in
taxes to defray the cost. Deliver us from
this incessant cry for work and bread, and
we can earn a fifth more, and will do it cheer
fully.
The stubbornly idle, the radically inca
pable, the drunken, the vice-enfeebled, the
inveterately good-fer nothing, will have to
be supported. Honest, energetic labor al
ways did maintain these, and we suppose
always must But the able-bodied and will
ling, who are destitute purely because they
can find no work, do not belong to this cate
CORY, and ought not to be COMPOUNDED with
those who do. There absolutely is not
work at this time of year for all who seek
it but there might and should be. Society
ought to seek and provide it. There IS
nothing impossible to him who Wills II
this State would but resolve that no man
should evermore stand idle on her soil for
want of something to do, she would find
the execution of that resolve far easier than
is generally supposed. New branches of
Industry would be called into existence by
it, and the aggregate of Production would
be vastly increased. Men and brethren
let us, looking at all this waste Of snow and
the wide expanse Of misery 1t covers, re-
solve that every one who seeks it shall have
Something to Do!