New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-08

crimipals-if they can oisturO Pu"H0
epdanser property and rcu'e tho wild Paseion' y
the animal among our lowest classes-It" tlu'" 'o'
~. nreat Indifferent mass of the richer classes 70
Iool we'll 10 their own safety This is the fru'1 0,
the ssping; what shall be that of the DID, naroeneu
tree, If boyhood scatters such evil seed' "n"'
.bal be the harvest of manhood
By and BY these young Rabbits and "Corko-
mans" and "Roachers," having tried the SWEEP
excitement of firing revOyers and mu'kets through
, narrow street, and of smashing few unfortunate
policemen, will perhaps seek higher game POSI-
Div. bread may Become scarce, or the comiortaoe
and conservative may find it necessary 10 ARA!
themselves against these, the dangerous Grasses
then through those pent-up thousands of swearing
drinking, lustful, gambling youths who CROWD .no
bells of the Fourth Sixth aud Seventh WARDS, the
Word may mass of "Plunder from the rich!' and
Stewards or Tifany's, or any great warehouse
NAV be laid open for the mob. ANY one VINO mas
seen the mass of Misunderstanding men and boys
that anv disturbance can gather in the neighoor'
hood of the Bowery, might we'll dread such pos
sibility in the future.
And vbv should we be surprised at this crop OF
thieves, rowdies, short-boys and burglars, JUST o.
ginning TO ripeni The seed has been sown long.
Our columns, Is our readers will testify, nave
ALWAYS been open to the warnings of those benevo-
lent and religious persons who made IL their
especial province to investigate the condition OF
this class. We have lad rung in our ears now Tor
a long time, the wants and the dangers from the
large multitude of youth, neglected, and under
constant temptation in our city. We have heard IL
over and over again that if Society Will not take
the trouble TO educate and reform the children OF
the yagrant and drunken poor, they must event.
ually pay the forfeit. Whatever the rich may say
or however the comfortable and weltOdo may
neglect the ignorant and needy, they are still bound
70 them. They must under the laws Of the universe
be their brothers keepers" The poorest vaga-
bond who grows up houseess aud hiendless, the
thiest street girl whom no kind hand ever assisted
the meanest child whom circumstances is training
to be thief and scoundrel, has his full revenge.
They each and all give back in curses to Society
what Society was too selfish to bestow. AZ the
benevolent have 80 often warned, they are return
ing in this city, in bitter measure the neglect Of the
CDrlSrlan ana eUuCdttu Cldesoo. hwy ~iA~N~J -
ern elections their corrupt leaders plumber the
city: they pour the curses Of prostitution and
drunkenness into a thousand channels they endan-
ger property and defy law. This is their answer TO the
sefshness of churches and the avarice OF the rlch
It is encouraging to think what has been dene for
this class, and especially for the young, during the
past few wears. How many more drunkards, how
many more murderers, how many rowdies, how
many thieves and prostitutes and villains, In addl'
tion of every shape and hue would there have been
in this single riot if the thousands of Children in-'
structed aud reformed and sent far away, by such
agencies as the Children's Aid Society and MIR.
Pease's Mission, had been left among us. Who
can estimate the widespread, subtle and manifold
influences of these phlanthropic enterprises among
this very Glass; whose crimes are now disturbing
the city Still, these societies and kindred ones
receive but a meager support, and reach only few
districts of the city. Instead Of acting upon and
instructing their three or four thousand boys and
GIRLS there is no reason in the face of the philan-
thropy and Christianity of this age, why they should
not equally influence thier twenty thousand.
We have understood that the wealthiest mer-
chants and property owners Of the city are those
who give least to these organizations. This we are
prepared to expect. Extreme wealth, Like extreme
poverty, is an evil to man-the hope of our
society in New York comes not form the benevo-
lence or the public spirit or thu religion of the
wealthy; but from the humane, conscientious.
and enlightened action Of the great middle class.
Why should not this disgraeeful and dangerous
riot at length force this eass to the most thorough
measures for the education Of our young criminal
and vagabOnd population.