New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-03
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u1rst Of ia oity g0jE, from gAe co1di.i0as o.
ir.,c. ara rer~rl eu OF 4izstion II wAicdso m-ny
oftb,u lie ertkrslleo We every day hear interest
rg p1ati,es Of IL, good which il doing by ;AeSe ia-
.tr,n,sgiies Of intelligence qIickened yirTaous re
sopt;crs enforced. il ustral aspirations promoted AL
t.lc tat tie testimony OF the farmers 10 tas
courtr,. upon wlose Wholesome stock these youiaa
,1e ,,uctt 10 De engI4fled, is often extremely
encouraging Nessrs Pease and Brace are iaieed
10 he rewarded III the advancing Of their
enteIIr.se.
Pvt we are satisfied that there is still more hope
less csss az orr nc then tie Children OF te Five Pon
ard these are he Children OF our rich men. The
foru.r have this advantage that they are barn ana
rurtucd uLGer circumstances II 50 much atany Is 70
uake an, change ID tleir con iioa almost necessarily
ct.r.e Tor the better a8d noi for tue They
bespate ven loxes step of tue social ladder. aud
although ,ley may IN truth De'er mount they yet may
I,rdl, 10 said ever to descend any lower than their
orjl nal perch No tfable pmP IL so foolish as to Law
isb Lis attentions upon the outcast and penniess nor
docs tie uucuous blackieg deem 1t worth while TO la
lrjeste by the fatal saliva Of he's cJureses, morse
which When swallowed mu.s prove 30 purely slnewy
and undicestible. THUS the bsseness OF our Eve
Points children apt 10 remain native not acquired
They lave sny amount of original sin on hand but
der actual tran,gre.si,ns pale ADD die out before
n. lurd dow which eharacterizes those OF our Filth
avenue youth
Where then il the benevolent Mr. Pease or Mr
| p1,ce who're heart is touched by the moral ragged
ness Of our rich young men Where is the bold and
We pLilantLropst VITO shah probe this deadly and
5.epeuitc ulcer md tell Us what sounlDess remains
/ ka 4irno ia rip he
eedeuted One can count as be goes along our lordy
thorouglares, many homes IN winch the ia'aer si's
solitary robbed OF the son VITO should have been the
ornament End prop OF bis declining years or IN winch
the sleepess heart OF the mother counts the weary
| hours till morning waiting IN vain her Prodl9aI re-
turp And ore car also count on the other hand as ne
goes alorg Broadway many prncely houses where
he'll lies in ambush and hecatOmbs of promising youth
are nightly offered up the gigantic Moloch OF Pay
We are informed on good authority that ifEeen houses
! between Bleecker and Barclay streets in Broaiwsy
alone are daily and nightly open for gambling, ntted
UT maIy Of them with extreme luxury. rendered at
tr,cve by every artifce which can iuame the
ard captiyate Imagination devoted to pleasure, and
maintained some OF them az TO the mere necessar! ex
pendtures at an Outlay of betw zen twenty and thirty
thousand dollars year Who support thee glitterlng
palaces OF death here, for instance, 40 the propre
tors of the luxurious Othese bes get twenty or
thirty thousand dollars peTGsnum which enable them to
maintain the house they occupy between Prince street
and Spring and set dinner table and supper table
every day and night which eclipse every genteman's
table in town. ana which nevertheless free to every
eentlemaD'f son il town They get them out of the
pockets of our business men. The industry and enter
prise of our commercial classes necessarily tapped
10 aten these bloated ulcers OF vice and crime For
i, is not the SONS of our farmers and mechanics that
are TO be found in these LauDts but only the sons OF
those who have large property, and expect TO leave
tier children enough to maintain them without work
Ii is tie children OF our rich men VINO keep up tue
arroy Of pimps and swndles AMI backlegs that niest
! the ty. End young NAN who has no money or
vino having money has desire TO get rid OF 1t I'M
proftaby, and you find soil upon which roguery eau
D0tta.reD. Who feed our pugllsts Who Id the long
run pay the expenses OF their dlene's and tram them
for their losthsone Office 1t is of course our rich
men II is those Who having amassed mint oil money
careessy and crlpably drown the active OF productive
energies OF their children the love of purely passive
enjoyment.
The mud Of our streets habits parcntage 10 the
dust of the earth and half to the rains Of heaven 30 me
vice and crime which disGgure society appear 10 grow
cut of the alliance Of extreme wealth and extreme
poverty 1t is chiefly the very lowest or IN the very
highest stages OF the social ed6ce that we encounter
ptemperance, RIGHTEOUSNESS gambling, and the various
forus Of profigscy which still curse our CIVILIZATION
We have all faith indeed, that as Henry G. Carey,
and after bin, Frederic Bastat have splenfldy dem
onstrated there exists perpetual tendency ID history
toward the approximation Of our social extremes, oy
tie gradual elevation ofboth to new social level but
in the meantime how desirable would 1t be TO have
this faith integently promoted by our own action
How much, meantime might our rich men do by cut
ting of as far in them lies the sources OF the exist
ing decentralization As the reader passes along
Broadway let him glance at the juvenile faces that
about MONDAY fill the porches and the sitting WIN
dows Of The great Hotels and if he be father let him
ask himself how lie would like to son OF bis own
enrolled in that beached and decrepid regiment How
still they cit and how patiently they gaze upon The
uoDotonous streets Are they palsied No. they
smoke they sneeze they cough they discharge in fact
all the Offices of automatic life. Byand by they will
rise and sumter toward the bar perhaps or they Will
90 to the billiard room and chase the weary hours
around the table till dinnertime, when night will
doubtless galyanze them into feyerish ac-
tivty You deyouty pray God to exempt your darling
boy from such fate as be grows up. But Gods pity
is infinite toward these poor faded flowers and your
blooming Offspring can claim exceptional regard
fem him By 10 coaxing aduation can we persuade
Him to remit eternal laws in our behalf and if we