Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-07-28


Tn. statistics furnished in The article Of Cato,
shows most extraordinary augmentation Ior theft
suupott. The County CONT ale required by law.
annually to make levy 10 support this i1creasing
number ol.paupets. There Is no limit 10 Ills In
c,eastng annual assessment, bull The demand Of
The paupen, Each increased assessment, Nnnu'
ally, will swell the horde Of appllcantsunti its
CuIcSa suefeney 10 all Of that dssolue Gloss who
seek to cal The bread OF illentSs and live on The
industry OF olhcrs. This public charity becomes
premium that gives intensity 10 the uhbIIdIed
purnose OF this entire class. Ills the stlmu lus
thai exciIes everyone Of Ibis number to seek 10 live
without any regular employment, otnI"y oil Tue
ease anil comfort OF their families, alId plan anu
contfiye toSeCure aS large proportion as possible
Of This public charity. ltiSa truth established by
the history OF pauperiSm, llst where lheFe IS an
assessment fot the paupers without Requiring
then, 10 10 placed where they may Je employed as
they may be qualified, Il incteasts the numbers,
and swells their demands. The sagaclty and visi'
lance Of the guardian Ihe public interest has been
baflled, under oheI modes, by the lazy and praft'
gstc in their conriyauce to secure to themselves
portion Of This public fund. With every respect
for the common sense that characteristics The article
OF CATO, am c0nstrninedIo believe il is noI"tle
indulgence Of tho kind feelings in lie OSerseets
Of tho poor, that has allowed this INCREASED rX'
pendltuGrs Of The County, but il Is tho confluence
Of these designing ones thai The vii Of man cun
scarcely detect OF lhwatl. Tue most successful
rene dies that have been devised 10 stay lIIU plO.
greSS OF ibis glowing evil haS been tested and Rp'
proved in OllIrr communities. England, fOt up
waElS OF five bundled years, has re'OEcd 10 the
mOst stringent legislation that gifted statesmen
could devise to arrest This growing tendency II
paupctisM. From tho few English authorities
have read on The subject, feel auIhufi2el 10 say
thai no legal position has been so successful rs
thai which enactc,l that the OveIsrrls should he
entitled u refuse relief IL all who did mol choose
to accept Il IL thu place provided (0t their employ
Meni. The IcluTnS made 10 tho orders u Tie
House Of Commons Slcw thai lie poor rates were
considerably reduced during The seventeenth CELL
mry. "ll cannot be explained otherwise than by
llc operations Of the work. house system. all The
lazy, pfohigale aMl liSOElerly por! Of The cOmmu'
nifty necessarily entertained the gtcateSt possible
Discrimination 10 hard labor and severe discipline,
enforced in eycty well conducted work house,
and those, OIL the Other hallL, WHO are reSi9ola.
Gle, aud who have enjoyed The sweets Of don't site
society, would rather submit 10 tie ScveFeSt prvn.
liuns al home, than leave The company OF tlIeir
relatives and friends to seek for substance in
these leceptaCleS."
The elect Of this remedy Is that Il will dimin.
Sh The demand for this UXOG6tant annual assess
ment. II will moi reduce 10 any considerable cx.
tent the number Of bona .6de pauperS, but it cuts
Of the inposLers and closes The Hood gates against
this class Of plundeEerS
When man becomes public charge by tea.
son Of his poverty, he SHOULD bc required 10 make
complete surrender OF his capacity, means aud
labor 10 the public. The command from on high
must here bs enforced; "iy the sweat Of your
brow you shall eat your bread" aud the history
Of ages indicated its authority by every r1mifica.
liCn Of the public and Individual interest, pros.
perng by liz SttiCteSt observance Of This divine
injunction, and The imposIct wIIl mol accept HE
public GEalily OIL these conditions. Tue cOnSci.
cnti0us man cannot, lOr he will feel "tlNt it is
mole blessed 10 give than receives" and "l u man
wOuld mol work neither should he eat"
hut there is anOtllet consideration That com.
mends this SYSTEM 10 the support OF HE christian
AIIh phiIumtlrOpisL Il is The provision il makes
for that lhfGe class Of infants that Iiml leuge IN
the poor house; in these nurseries Of employment
they receive the moral aud industrial training that
schools Lem in The lesson that qualities them in
future life II b. producing CItZcnS Instead OF cut.
casts and paupefs.
10 not wish IN 10 understood as cOnlenIng
that farm under Ibis system is 10 he sef.sIsluin.
Ing, or that The paupcr labot is 10 render il pt0t.
able. consider il Is more (iIly adapted To give
employment 10 this class, aud tltat they eau he
kept mote economically. But rs have said, mucl
depends OIL the selection Of the lnrm. The farm
ShUu ID be such q one as would ~ required 10 sup
ply such Houcts ms family OF parpefs would
need. No MOTE land should liz bought nor cnlIi,
vatel than Is sufficient for This purpose. AL The
EXPENSES should H. limited 10 Ibis end. To EN-
plOy labor OF 10 putcluse land beyond this inter
iiOn would moi lie warranted by prudent admins
tialiOn Of The system. II should ~ euSIly aud
chearly approached, nbunlantly supplied will
water, leaIlhiIy located, capable Of brlug cheap
" cultivated aul whete il could slanl iOtth us II
monument Of The bencvolence aid wisdom Of The
people Of Ohio county.
Awotd ia reply 10 Cato. lie says "Ihe City aud
County ute now both greatly oppressed with debt
anl buthpnel with taxation" The remedy then
should moi he timilly, but boldly and ellrctualI!
applied. The support Of The paupers is one Of tit
most PROLIFIC sources Of glowing taxation, direct.
Ing our resolitces from The reduction Of our in.
lebtcdne$s. II Is tho economy Of this system
that challenges approval. The reduction il would
OlTeot in The number Of the pauprIs and The great
cheapness IN theft maintenance would pay for The
fam aRl necessary buildings ia fye yeas. This
Is no hasIy speculation, but is Warranted by The
operation Of the system in other communities.
In relation 10 the purchase Of The fuuN, recon-.
lncnled by Tho committee appointed by The GOun,
ty Couh, and refeted 10 by Cato, | 10 nOImIean
10 discuss II nor defend it, although was one OIL
that committee. never favored or opposed II.
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