New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-16
THE BOY-MtRDERER.
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SIE; four comments on Saturday upon TEE ecns -as'
between the previcu. Indifference Of society toward
young offender ike Rogers snd lis pre-'st bearry
wssd him seem to most timely. Tho execution Of
such l.d i; 8 Kind Of horrible atons.nert wsich
ceiy makes for il previous neglect. All he sapiee
pes Of the better classes to the condition Of the ow-s
all The escapes Of ru-ucs richly tc'orv-ns punish
meLt- ell the corruption OF .,,!stas toward cTi-
inss snd the unwhipped rogueries ard crimes Of the
,ouuz lsds Of our streets for tine last few yesrs are
ci-i'ed on this cnilty yourg hesa. This, indeed is
bst;er tbsu TO Justice. bat it ia hcrib.e in
equality Of justice. The aspect o. tia. boy,
swinging OF On tie gsllows before this gea.
city for The darke-. crime known 20 The laws, * tire
time oslile nhcn eur chcrrn and oIr brothers ara
freshly beginning hore-t carers, Is most singing
4 grace TO the Christianity and TO the humane spirit
OF our community. His Geath-younc as he was, with
all tishopes and powers and pos: blliies-msy be
fearful al stern necessity BE-; bis prev.ons
sni the carr which the puhic-now 50 ineJor-
able to pun.sh-hestoTed on him was no. n-css-
:ity. They should rot have forgotten hi so long,
~"s &c remember Tim with such bitter penalty.
lin; -a,ds carrier, few Christian lessons, q little
r,era.t ,nd labor aneng the weather. t.r him the
no.rer = helping hand n5.d ol. bu. raar before,
II ght have saved that sad scoue "a he pr son court
yard, and rescued yuaug man for an homes, NC
Sill there are thousand. Of lads r. o'ir cry VINO are
without friend outside of all ecod influences obliged
10 oepeud the chances II street life and inevitably
running h.a course. Iney Know nothns oi the
"paicfra care Of society the public ignoFes ani
for,r,s item until 81 length c!iycn by hunger or
Equor or d spar they commit oifenss. and then
tie whole force of police aud Government is set upon
them, end heye first their responsibility To- s"ciey
by tie Iaics aud penalties It iDitcts. There y sone
h-c most cruel and hsathenish in this legislation.
What Is :he practical remedy We ia not say Il Is 10
lsxiy Of punishment. No-let there be severity. M
svervinr Justice; hut humanity frs'.
But how shall this humanity b. directed How
fla. tie humane and religious amoag reach this
class ol freudes- -treetbcys Without solre organ
zatlon or machinery. It is almost Impossible. M aa
can GO out IN the city and pick Up loading boys at
hazard and Try to reform them.
OF course on broad scale the first duty is 10 aid
al general movements which tend 10 promote the
education Temperance AMI religious advancement ot
the masses: bat more particular scale, no" can
Your readers do good TO the street boys on our cV
ID is well known that our association Il especially
directed toward this class and we can point out u,
once how all who wish can labor with u.s. l. ihefe are
in the frs, place in different parts OF the city relgious
meetings. called Boys Meetings, where men Interested
IN this class can talk teach thcm Ia some We
evening meetings are held and attractive exhibitions
shown 10 induce the boys to spend Winter evenings
there rather than in the grogsn,ps. Through these
iaetaes hundreds and hundreds OF stree. boys nave
been rescued from bad courses.
q Our Nfcs Boy's Lo1girg Hooses received during
the last year some 1900 of just such lads as Rogers
associated with, and sent forth again, many OF them
improved aud fitted for honest calngs. .
g. Our Emigration lsaa, by far the most useful OF
nil our enterprises might be extended to indefinite
extent with suiiici funds and personal aid.
There humane gentlemen now in various parts
of the city, who. whenever they come across desti-
tute or vsgabond boy bring him TO US to provide him
with home in the country.
A sngle man, though occupied in active business,
MI d. Slater living in the neghborhood Of Rogers
parents has thus held out kind hand 10 scores of this
youpg mans own companions, and we have been ems.
bed to start them on Industrious homes. courses OF
life. How many more might initiate mis- noble, SELL
denying kindness. -,
We would not Of course conine the aid OF the public
10 any one system of means for reforming the class OF
yaeabond boys. The Juvenile Asylum, the Missions
in various parts of the city, the onse OF Reinge and
the Home Of the Friendless, all working, each in
their own way on this very class.
What is wanted is more general public sympathy
and pecunary aid To- all enterprises Tor the children of
the poor. let not the public sympathy at this time
merely waste Itself n words or lamentations. Who
will do something Who viii gre something
c. L. B.
lkaL,es'. fil Soeissy Clinton Hail. Astor place.