New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-12

not hesitate 70 declare ,,s. the effect Of the sys-
TEN has not been .etrimental 20 the general mo-
ralty oi the .ussian people. On the contrary
they have ,r-proyed With the improvement IN tAe'r
conan -con and the gradual advance Of eivilzauon'
". cen compare the chronicles Of Richard On'l.
cellor. aud of Sir John Chardia, two and hai
centuries ago, with what see now' can sca'o@!
realize that they ere the same people.
But" erie. Pharisee, " this Hospital &lord'
ar easy and secret relief T. the sinner ~ SAVING
Ter from pubic shame, Il encourages her IN pr
vate wee 1t removes, the righteous penalty
placed upon incontinep-e, and thc-e'y gradu@.iJ
demor5lizes society do not deny that the re-
lief here afforded nag increase the number oi ID
diyjduas who need il, but / assert, IN oil earnest
ness. that the moral tone of Society would not
be lowered thereby, seeing that, where one hceh-
tious act may Dc encouraged. one awful CRIME Is
certainly prevented. In RHssiG 'yaHi'e'd'' ana
aL,rtioHs are almost unkaOtrH. In America, you
need but look at what is dseOrered. Gcd only
! knows how many additional cases oi the CRIME
most abhorrent to human nature are perpetrated
in secret. AMI yet, if some benevolent InIllonaFe
should propose 70 build such founding hospital
/ in New-York pulpit and press would riddle Ain
with the red.hot shot Of holy indignation. On,
no! Let the subject alOne-yOur fingers, o course,
are white, and were not meant to handle ptch'
| No matter what crimes are eating their way INTO
the moral heart Of society long as all Is far on
! the outside. Let The unwedded mother, finding no
pity OF relief for her, and no place in the world Tor
I a. II i horn
This is better than to stretch out helpir2 hand TO
her. and so prevent the crime. Ten to one the act
is never found out; appearances are preserved,
and our sanctified prudery is unrufled.
! II is great mistake TO suppose that the moral
| tone Of society can only be preserved by making
desperate outcasts of all who sin. So long rs we
preserve a genuine domestic lfe-so long as we
have yirtuous homes, liberal education and re-
hgious infuences--we need not fear that Chris
tan charity Ike that which have described vii
touch our purity. II viii only cleanse US from the
stain Of the blachest Of crimes. The number OF
illeetimate births would be increased By the dIm-
I mutton in the number of aborti0ns. Who Will dare
to say that tie reverse is preicnbel We boast,
and with some Justice, of the superior morality OF
/ our pDpudb"n' "s o"iA "i'" WI" '-'' VI WV N
of Europe; but we should know that in none of the
latter ia infantcide (both before and after brih) so
! common as with US. We should remember that a
morality which il uncharitab.r, cruel and Phari-
sale. inevitably breeds secret immortality The
/ Spartan holiness OF the New-England pilgrims was
followed by shocking prevalence of unnatural
vice, which diminished in proportion as their iron
disciuliue WAS relaxed.
At any rate, we can never err by helping those
who are III trouble, oven though that trouble
have come through vice. / have never heard that
the Magdalen Societies have increased the number
of prostitutes and do not believe thata founding
hospital would encourage seduction or adultery.
To change one word in the immortal lines of
Burns:
whats done partly may compute
But know not wLat = pyacHied.' b. l.