Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-07-10
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The position which iitakea bY "Cato'' "'''e'
In The LOST Weekly lntelIlgeneet'
III onsbt moi 10 torify so formidable on opponent
q totI5SBaons entertain on ibis subject W any
SaSoliaenlh,y notice Of ha article, still oando'
consiAlSs me 10 soy, as citizen, was eta1If'ed
"a see Thai we had one aglongus who had 1ounu
lime 10 cali public attention 10 lie consideration
Of this important question.
eCneut with Cato IN The sentiment, that The
taxation imposed on our people Is oppressive and
lfeat, will exetCise an opposing influence 10 llIe
future inyestnt nj Of OPERATORS and capitalists and
ptejadee The prosperity Of OUT community. THIS
imposes on Us The necessity Of employing every
means thai reason and experience can Suggest 10
reduce the buEthen, husband our resources, anu
econOrnse The public expenditure. Let US now
make al application Of these suggestions TO The
subject under consideration, na'HeIy, Tue proper
and economical mode SfsuppciIing the rOotoi tue
CIV tnd County. The last levy TOT County pur.
poses Il speak from recollection was upwards OF
nineteen thousand dollars, Of this sum eight thou
sand Two bundled dollars was for The paursTs oil
The CITY and County. Nearly one'half OF The tax
esimpoei wete fot thcsuppoh ofthe pauPets' l
will suppose The ayerOge numbetof Paupels pto'
vided lot, wete one bundled Outing The yeuF' !
do not believe they would exceed Il. The cost
then wOnld 10 eishty.twO dollars pet head, per
aunum, The most reliable stotisIe'l have Ueen
able 10 collect, make Tho avefoEe cost Ollie main
teusnse Of HE paupersof The United States less
than twenty-five dollars ret heal. The cost per
head in lie following States Is less than The sum
here stated per head. In Kentucky 6fty'two
dolIats Connecticut fotiy.two dollats Ohio Thirty
eikht dolAtsi Massachusetts, twenty-five dolIaEsi
Vtsinia ,wealy nine dollars, Pennsylvania twenty.
one dollars; Rhode Island seventeen doilutsi New
York fourteen dollars.
Can be expected that these burIhens will be
borne by The people without complaint II the
cause Of suffering humanity does mol reluire it,
lfths system is defective and Is The cause Of this
expense, ought not remedy to be speedily resort.
ed 10. Cato comedies that change is tequIred,
and proposes separation Of The County aud
town, thai each may maintain theit respective
poor, believe this Is neither Warranted byecon'
ony OF public policy. One establishment for the
City and County Is amply sufficient. and all tS.
pense that would ii up and maintain one would
10 certainly less than Two. The City and County
ought to be uni, embraced in one system, with
one interest Snl one destiny, mutually sustaining
each other as they have done during the long his.
tory Of The past. These municipal, geOsuphl'
cali decimal divisions ate invariably the fruitful
soatee Of ensendeEug sitife'and hostility, which
opposes that ontatsI that Is so necessary 10 sustain
tho public Interest, Divide The Guy ttom tho
County for The purpose Of supporting their respect.
I've poor, then the City will Ieqnte The County 10
make and keep up their own ,tOads, Some then
will require change Of The magistrates districts 10
give lhe City The majority het greater numbers
would authorize; then some future candidate for
HE Convention may advocate delegates 10 the
General Assembly separately elected from The City
and County, instead Of the present mode. Al
though The County might gain few dollars, so for
asthe maintenance Of The pOot were concerned, /
10 mol believe that lis intetesls would he Promo.
tel, but might excite contests In which Shu could
not hope 10 DO benefited.
But there Is still greater objection 10 The City
undertaking 10 provide Tot The maintenance Of her
pAuRefs. Us The manner Ia which Il Is proposed
lie donej building workshops 10 give them ELM
ployment and iot them TO aid Ia theft support. In
this community there ate very few Of The Paupets
that ere nt,izans or mechanics. never knew
buitwo 10 the county. They who have trades ore
generally placed by them beyond the need Of this
public charity. Ills The poor labotet without con.
slant employment that Is frequently subjected 10
all the casualties Of lie, exposed 10 The nclenens
seasons, and 10 the dissipation which ptecPiIates
that condition, that CONSTANTS them 10 seek The
refuge Of the Poor House. Whit would That class
DO la The workshops with tho tools Of The mechanic
in their uninslucted hands and their own worn out
condition. its an idle speculation 10 suppose
this Is The place ior their employment. | DO GOt
know an establishment IN successful operation
Under Ibis system In any County OF town IN the
Union,
y" But Cato expresses the opinion that pauretS are
unit ot The aUot Of The farm, and 10 this position
must dissent, Where Is there such theatre fol
The employment OF the iecbe AMI uninAtucted
lSboreEs as Tie farm. For the emPloymentof light
labor tllete Is nous that will compare with it, Tile
daily, tbe garden, the orchard, The light field work.
oil can b pto6,ably done by a numerous potion
Of The public paupes. Then there isin'loVF la
boz hat Is connected with a farm and the support
Of family Of paupsts That always furnishes pro'
fiabIs employment for many. This has been the
opetatIop Of lie system In The several establish
nfents lhet I have visited.
~ 10 p0iielsct on The 0yeEeers Of the Poor In
The county lot The extravaganza Of our system. II
Is Attributable In aU eminent degtee 10 the male.
Quacyo the present establishment 10 keep the ,ooI
othssSunty and 10 ptosidsthem with employment
Economy In lie public expenditure impetaIiyely
tequites change. Il must DO done. What then
shall be Tie system thOt ought 10 COMMAND the an'
ptoyal Of The people. believe that the selection
Of Ssultable farm, competent steward, the elec'
tiOnof ,oySrSeep Of The Poor that would give Itt
required attention totbei;dp,ies, would reduce this
ht gch Of The county expenditures ftom eiPity.two
huudfea dollars 10, al tho most, four thousand dol
iatSpet annum. The cultivation Of The earth was
thecO6dltlon assigned to man in his primitive slate
'E6e inhabitants Of the country enjoy lIree erra,
adyantDses over those Of The towns and ciliesi
thewhplssome employment Of HE cultivation Of