New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-15
FROM PHILADELPHIA.
TIE LATE ELECTION-GIRARD COLLEGE
-PAUPERISM, &C.


They are seeking to disguise toe stupefyiog over
throw which the Lecompton Democracy have SUI
tered here by all the and lying shifts and sub
terfoses and evasons for which that rirtuou' party
bss been 90 long pre- eminent. Some OF 'nen grs".
srscles are almo.t dumb at the result 'e" VI
them confessed in private to being 10 cftcal con.
aSt,op. but the wholesale slaughter they suffered
I'D nsxsr for a moment even entered INTO their
dreans. Our victory lie astounding even to us who
achieved il. Only look at it. In May, 1856, this
,;tv ret the great Presidential ball IN motion by
irving vaux for Mayor majority of more than
4 600 votes This vote inHamed the courage of the
Buchanan men immensely. Under it's nvieora'ing
sndcatons they pursued the warfare to the October
election, when they carried the city by over 5000
Dsiority, and then elected three Representatives,
Florence, Phillips and Landy, who have 30 persist
entity supported the Lecompton swindle IN al lie
edious phases and who are now certain to be
TUNED out the moment We have an opportunity TO
get rid Of them. In November following she sgan
went for Buchanan. In May, 1858, all this tower
mig sscendency is laid PROSTATE. The Anti-Le-
compton MAYOR is elected by AGO majority, and
the entire ticket with him. Nothing can be more
manifest than that this is victory over LecomptOn
Henry, the new Mayor, stumped the city on Lee
compton; denounced il everywhere aud without
stibt. Vaux, Oh the other hand was dumb. The
Convention which nominated him refused even u
entertain a resolution the subject-it contained
death and destruction anyhow they let it alone.
Then il turns out that WOrrell, who ran on the
Democratic ticket for Receiver CT Taxes, was an
out and out Anti-LecOmptOnite, and known IN his
own neiehborhOod as being tuch. WOrrell ran
near two thousand votes ahead Of all others on the
same ticket. Here is confirmation of the cause for
this mighty change in public sentiment 100 strong
70 be resisted. The blow came only four days after
the passage of Englsh's jugge through Congress I!
Thus Philadelphia, which in November, 1886, gave
Buchanan clear majority over all opposition OF
six thousand votes, has now repudlated blm by a
majority Of four thousand seven hundred-a change
Of nearly eleven thousand in eighteen months. SO
much for violated promises, broken faith and tame
subeerviency TO the Slave Power. Cotton 10 not
king by any means. This tremendous verdict has
already been heralded over the country and its ex
haarating echoes will wake up glorious answers on
the green slopes of Kansas and impart fresh cour-
age to the jaded freemen of that unhappy Territory.
1t will show them that their wrongs are known and
sympsthized with by Pennsylvania, and that the
naitOrOus nstigatOr of them has been spewed out
in the metropolis of that State where his impu-
dent and serve wOrshipers claim him as her " ia
yorte son." Better than even all this, 1t gives no
tee 10 the world that vast aud necessary revOlu
ton s impendDg-that the wrong cannot always
thrive.
It has taught the friends of. the Administration
hereabOuts that the system of reading out OF the
party all who oppose them on this issue will not be
safe There is danger seen that such will find Them
selves strong enough 70 stay out. Symptoms OF
yielding on this point begin to manifest Themselves
and coaxiDg and cs0lery already practiced IN
some quarters where permanent detection would
be likely TO become dangerous or formidable But
% many hard things will have TO be unsaid, so many
MA MS or
y flexible cOnsciences of the Democracy in some
cases revolt at the overture. 1t is even intimated
that Buchanan will hencefOrth turn his face North
ward and cOncede now what he has always con-
tended for, fair protection for American labor
from the pauper labor of Europe. But if Nazareth
could justify the sheer that good ever came out
Of it, what hope this generation have that any
thing but vilainy can proceed from Wheatland
Many Of your readers will be interested in the
statistics of our great public beDeactiOn, the Girard
College. This Institution for the education and
maintenance Of orphan boys, was endowed munlfl-
Gently by Stephen Girard, the modest, methodlcal,
and highly successful merchant and mariner. The
vast marble pile, built on fOrty-fve acres OF land
BOW almost in the center of the city, needs no de-
serptiOn. refer only TO the interior statistics OF
this most comprehensive charity. Here orphan
boys from every section Of the State are congre-
gated for education. and for ten years the College
has been in successful operation fulfilling III prac-
The charity, saving an enormous outlay IN erecting
the buildings has been faithfully administered.
Already it realizes all that It's founder contemplated
and all its friends could desire. Ninety-three poor
orphan boys were admitted during the past year,
and the whole number of inmates is now $50. All
these are maintained and educated gratIitOusy; "a
of them have neither father nor mother; PSI have
mothers only. These boys are thoroughly educated,
even up to the languages, and are qualified, when
ahNnt nj IN "A y
business for which a suitable opening may occur.
Those apprentised out are now III in number; 26
Of these are farmers Is chemists, IL are archl-
tects and engineers, and the remainder are mechan-
Ice. The cost Of maintaining this magnificent
establishment last year was only SIS, AZ. 10
clothe each pupil cost SAC %; to feed him, S74 g.
and 10 teach him, $46 81 or total expenditure for
each pupil of $l69 72 Who can doubt that many
Of these riendless orphans will in future years be-
come distinguished in the several departments of
art and science for which they were thus qualified
By the munifcence of Girard No object s more
deserving OF attention among the lions OF our city
Strangers from abroad are continually crowdlng It's
marble halls, attracted by the fame OF It's celebrated
architecture well as by the discipline of its man
agement. II will stand for ages, monument of the
far-reachiDg and comprehensive benevoence OF It's
remarkable founder, whose nObest ambition ap
pears to have been that Of heaping the most sub
stantia blessings on the city of his adoption.
From the College it is but a step to the Pennsy-
vaDia Institution for the Blind What seen. this
admirable charity presents 1t has now $50 in-
mates, more than at any former period OF these,
ia belong TO this State; the rest from Della
ware, Maryland, New-Jersey. and other States
where no such institutions exist Only of the
whole number are pay pupils though - contribute
to their own support assistant teachers, and by
their mechanical industry. To mind imbued with
proper feeling, few places offer more interesting