Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-02-02
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w hsss atri, 81 ocoaSoo % rvtnsrk varicu.
p0ats -sich liyat saru 6vtB ncighhours
tie Caaaast rhsry -as time INDEED ~hcn national
anhPats. o-tovJ b. loug .calcj ooly the heat
elt mo understanding. u This e0sutry against every
Fesnlh example anieSs might Dc Ia the fashions o.
Js-s V,hsc Givoht,. Il ~as quite cnough -,
thai dung ffvnch. and therv end OF IT,
thouyn 'Sr-on % ob-.r,,tea snj ever rvturu
fr.,a ,,ouft m that c0sntls ~ithout avo~ius rcuo,l
or mobilization VI soute Pyjajcvs. Butiu respect
have mach - l,sfn. ani France much that 8,
worthy OF imitation in the Information OF
youns vG,ni,rs We have al heard OF Mctiruy viii
the painful consciousness that there uotii 90 TIM
country - compare with it, aud that somehow o'hc,
there wanted the pirii Tor institution III penal is
actcr OF ~heh merged in it, domestic economy
Truth say there j. mechanical rudcucss u ou
way of dealing with offenders Driven from one plan 10
other 10y successive d-appoinn cnts, persist To- th
fundamental error of expecting principle i that
do the busincS, 1t either transportation or a
work sckouing inonoiony foccup alton the pcpu-
alrpction of useless process silence solitude
a. have lately tried in happy mood, industrial
patton hut generally il i only thing Til,
history of prisons and pcntcntaries during the p
might have been borrowed from the rartr-
oi the anccnt- or the Purgaory of later days, What
was the trcadm but the wheel OF lNiouy In every slu
In the Kingdom the tub of the Danads has been repeated
with the addition of costly hydraulics. The alter
natey rolled zap the hill and bounding down the Other
side rolled up again has been done with the improve
mrnt ot whc,lbarrOws. When il discovered. ~
length that abnr and paa not the only yet su
cent O rcormation we tined various other exp
dents and attempted Ia be- kind but still t,r
wa, the original oi imagining iur
the Ia tuag of offenders We have fallen into iit
sa,p in management OF the poor sacred duN
Ia winch this great Christian people has consented Ca h.
led by a lev of the most contracted sympatrl--
aud 90 no more Intellect than sufficient
mech tncal arrangements Looking back to the pat
l.aVa t.artIN ras.ty fFfaFt Hf-HaG
wonderful aud most hunliiting, reflect the hIAi
ofmru aud the class Of ideas To which have aban!oIe
the most stcrrj ani most tender ct national dItr-
What i unfortunately ucoi out public charity - still uvr
fragrant penal Institutions. 1t l. stiu "te
mindmcut at the law that are hunting alter W still
ask What shall We DO to BE- sivcdy That's what pre-
ccpo. will at all our social maladies andmplr
perpetual health To the community That has been tle
Ergli,h process OF thought The most opposite that
b, imagined il that which has dictated the establishment
Mctiray. OF which readers viii md elsewhere a
most interesting description.
After what We have said of the failure OF all attempts
TO smp fy the art of moral reformation shall
duce the OF Mettray 10 two principles VI.
de Metz enlightened coadutors evidently do
proceed the idea of CARRYING general principle.
They have entered into paterna relation with their tam.
lies Young unortunaes, and have adopted their treat
meut characters aud emergencies. Nothing but tie
purst aud most ardent plilanthruphy would lead a
10 devote himself task compared with which the
agcHtnt nj prison i simple, the making Of laws easy,
aud the work OF missionary interesting. Experience
Shows that q moderate amount OF zeal and capacity
a
eynan for the sole charge OF popuous district diy
hnd plenty who To think there Is not much martyr
dou the tax. But wants to die 10 the Wuid
in good earnest aud hencetOrth enjoy atisacton bat
to.e which ai4e from the performance OF duty, let him
learn W. de Metz and adopt family OF that unsai.y.
disappointing. aud almost impmctcablt class, called
'juycnc Offenders IL l. indeed the work o'au apostle
NJ. de- Metz makes himself "al thing 10 the men in H-
dealings with his young profgrs lie renders their occu
patton while Mcttrdy similar possible ~ those %
which they return and therefore the best preparation tor
IIa th,u
trades and requires such obseryiuceS % religion suc n
Arrangement al the hours, such division into crouI-
such oirewasd,, such moderate punishmrn- -l'
dress such habits OF industry, economy aud cltt'-
ness such rule ui promotion, such instruction, anu even
such amu-rncis and such performance Of public dni--
a. shall render the little world of Mrttay much pos
sibr preparation tor the great world without lad
who has spent months ia breaking stone, learn, To- take
his place thr roadside but boy at Mrttray taught
all the duties of a citizen liz j. taught to assist BOO
putting nut nrc Ia chant IN the church service, To
i- pencil sufficiently Tor the purposes Oi trade 10 pac
tce gymnt~tc exercises march 10 the sound o. music
10 swim e. cook to wash manage cattle. keep
counts assist il DC Tor IT, ia the OF
the Indeed it strikes that there few 81
who would learn something from II Mct'ry,
and that at least the recruits OF army would bee
better qualified tor service bya little Of the muluiarou-
Instruction there impaired. There very few people
who have chafg- brother TO bring against those
wiu uii the conduct OF their education the Of
serious omission. Libourcr au artisan wouli
hardly hnd want in the school OF Mcttray.
0 j.. ' the a. ini5'a9g , 81 .i , spi.1y I.
tray 'nd d,tsn up h account u NE d'''rf o. DE- ra b.
rrmts. on our practice They surprised ;at
cary mr., 20 .tsl4I him for lie to e,rIrls- b Doe
army or u'y a, tsy 'urp by recurring pr-iar ''-y p "
fortnight duinee must Doe eary i'-fci y iie n.I-i o.
the a;e,uut h,re a as n dos entirely ,zi.. rr.ls
what stage by ~5'- authority or Dl what rule '. sna @
.iJ NJ ti!,l, Inn. sft.,+ t..,' 4. n =.
b.. .n1li many -lA l-'.-9l, 70 bid l4 sh5
be driven into uem BY 'ls5a " general d,r- Md pr't
a., VI i 1if , '[' PER f, ',. ~ % % -lLl ~