The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-12-04
The iaat Now York Horror.

rnwdes upon Hr innocent young girl in on,
Gf the streets Gf tbai city. The ocrurrenc,
almost paEllfh Ia horror the Ellen Desmond
tragedy which occurred o few months since 10
bpstOn, The comments of the Tribune
especially those which suggest the rum shop.
and other pests Of the city ~ the pnmar,
causes Of such Nillahles, are suggestive and
timely The cbluclor ~ the "rOwdy' Il
severely but CORRECTLY sketehed
On Thursday evening last respectable
young woman, while pasSing up0n'hrr lawful
occasions through one Of the 81, ,enuys Of this
| Christian city, was bescl hy gang of bunstly
boys, was dragged into ON unucCupitd stable
was raVshrd and robbed We need aot
speak very specially ~ the nature If this
| crime enough a. say that 10 is one from
which men who would not shrink from muir
der VI from iohbery might honestly and n
dignantly reooil, Committed, ~ IL was upon
this occasion, iu cold blood, with no invita-,
ton or prnyocatiOu ON the part Of iik
victim a. be placed in mitigation of its
en0rmty, t seems to 90 a. indicate q depth
Of bcstality and % rrm0rrlessgfss Of cruelty
TOO thorough and essential 10 be- expressed -
q hearllessnoss sO complete, drpmyiiy no
total lerncity 10 mad and blind that, for
the sake Of the races, and blushing Tor our
common nature, We would aiu disbclioye the
whole narrative. Unfortunately, We are not
permitted 20 doubt Unfortunately, We are
compelled 90 admit that into such fearful
depths ot deprayiy man may rink below the
level Of the lowest animal crawling or creep
ing upon the surface Of the earth.
Think of IL fnr mOmeutl Here r. poor
girl finding life hard enough NJ The best
compelled while 10 many OF her sisters nrc
lhlgg 100 luxury apd hound,Es leisure, ,lo,la,ly
toll for daily bread, From daylight to dark,
Ioiling Tor small wages 'syct perhaps dreaming
OF better and happier days Co come. Of ull
Who I've in tli, tumuliuous inyolution wc call
society, surely this was one to be hrlpcd, to
be- guided aud to be- guarded. Alas ior our
Christianity Alas for our civilization
This patient toilrr cannot. after su many
hours Of hard, monolonous work --pcfhnps
ia some poisoned Atmosphere under
The pure skies 10 breathe the blessed and un-
tainted air, without cncountcring half dozen
OF devils, without losing her only wealth,
without succumblng 10 indigutics the mom'
nry OF which must be- 10 her a bitter torment
through oil her earthly years. We have an
army OF policemen, Il regiment &C gospel
preachers, hundred churchps-nnd al could
not save poor. Mary Galloway hom this
We ialk, sometimes, ia a somewhat lofts tone
oi our civilization, Perhaps Il viii be- in bet.
ter taste It We lower Il just a note or two.
The simple truth is--md the sooner We
l"'N ~ ~ wv lNN' WV NiAIIt lNtlf u not ln
the whole world - bca,tlirr auimal than the
New York "roWdy,' There is the Gct--uoi
plcus"nt one ceroiuly-hut there /, tho fact
We believe that nn unprotected woman would
hr safer among the savage tribes of America
or Africa hln Ia the street, ut New York
Compared With n Thoroughbred New York
"rowdy' the Digger Indian rises uto ccir,.
tal attitudes Of refinement, courtesy and hu.
mUuiiy IL /, all very well 90 talk Of reform.
ing such fellows as Patrick Cunning or Arch.
ibald Brown, but where Nil yeu hrgiu ia rr-
form When a man breaks his head, You
can ucpun il-whcn hc fractures his homes,
YOU can set thcm--Vhcn Ne in sick, YOU can
give him medicine. But when human be-
ing is absolutely and completely rottou, there
is an end Of him and the sooner hc is shullcd
UIdCr ground The EJtcf
Such boys ~ theses such boys ns ravishcd
poor IcTsesa Spst2lcn few months ago
have reached maturity of Wickcdncss in
their teens which seems To defy kind.
ness, eSpostulutions, appeals to pride or np-
peals 10 pity. You might a. well reason with
a bulldog. Indeed, YOU had much better
All this is sad, very sad indeed hut all this
is nevertheless true. Very humiiptug--it
is quite a stunning rrfuialion Of thcori,, too
numerous To mention and not worth meu.
,ioning, IL they were tcwcr. Probably, cry-
ing, however, is not the remedy Some time
or other, there may penetrate through the
hide.bound heads OF Councilmyn, some little
conviction Of the trutA, that il YOU nll but
leFaIlsa- -erethHls, II You suh, ,tantialll lrgaizp
rum-sh0ps IL is OF very little use 10 build
meeting Houses aud chuul.huuscs.