Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-12-16

AT HoME.-The Massachu-
sets philanthropists who speculate in in
surrection and cotton, who cover up the
most Infamous scenes Of Legislative corrup-
ton, by pretence Of zeal for the poor and
oppressed, have been called upon to answer
for their conduct to the poor, the deserving.
and the helpless in their own society. Gen
Benz F. Butler, of that State, in speech
at Charlestown, after reviewing the general
INSTRUMENTATION Of the Republicans, vent
on to say:
'.Let us look at another thing by which
I propose to show TINT while our Republi-
can friends have been SO busy looking after
the interests of the negro, that they have
neglected the interests of the white /
pray you listen to me moment. The sub
jcct to which I would now call attention
has been already alluded to BY the Chair
man-the e~ils are nowhere shown in q
clearer light thai in our system of pauper
charity. Allow M to state few facts.
According to the statisres furnished bv the
present State Legislature, g q renort Of
their own committee, it is mo-. dangerous
to spend a year in Massachusetts, aims
house than it would have been to ha,. led
the charge Of Zouaves at Magenta, I Sc
that this statement strikes some Of you al
most with dread. Let me repeat There
was larger proportion Of the regiment
which led the attack at the battle Of Softer
ino came out unscathed, than there were Of
The paupers Of 1858 who came out alive
FROM the State almshouses OF Massachu-
setts
| Allow me to give you the figures. How
many was the average number Of paupers
III the State almshousss during the year
1898? Twenty seven hundred and some
odd. How many died in the year ending
the 1st Of October, 1858? Six hundred
and sixty six one in every four Every
fourth man, woman, and child that went
into the State Almshouscs Of Massachusetts,
died and was buried in the POTTERY field Of
pauper's burial ground Three HUNDRED
and focty-one children, under the age OF
five years, died in those charnel houses
and the physician Of one Of these houses
says he does not expect to rear but three
per cent. of the children brought there I'M
der one year old Three out Of hundred
all the other ninety seven to 60 to name
tess grave!
Why this whole Commonwealth felt out
ragged because there came report from Kan
sas that six or eight men had been killed
and in all the wars of Kansas there were
but nineteen well attested cases Of men be-
/ ing killed and yet our mothers and wives,
and daughters, secured the country for old
clothes, and other comforts to send the pee
pie of that Territory [Laughter.] Ia the
same year three hundred and odd children
| Of Massachusetts soil died like dogs in a
kennel in our own almshouses, while we
| were weeping over the imaginary wrongs
Of Kansas [Cheers
Ispeak under the responsibilities of my
place. The busy pens Of my friends (the
reporters) are already sending abroad the
statements | am making; and I refer you,
my friends, to the documents published by
the present State Legislature Senate docu-
ment, No. 2. the Report Of the Investiga-
ting Committee, with its appendix Of Stats
tics on the subject of the State charities.
Again l ask, my friends, is it not time
that we looked at home? Where is Mrs
Stove? Where is Greeley in the Tribune !?
Where is the extra philanthropy of the hu-
manitarians? Where is that denouncer Of
the great and good men, Wendell Philips {?
Where are all these men who regulate the
affairs of the people afar off Is there not
ample room for their charities here at home :?
One hundred and sixty-fve people dying at
Bridgewater; one hundred and fifteen at
Tewksbury, and one hundred and one at
Munson? Forty infants dead in two months Z!
Oh, but they were white children! Laugh
ter. Why look after them
| DO not wish to harrow your feelings fur
Their by going into statistics. I only ask you
if it is not time we ceased to look after the
wrongs Of the negro at the South, and look
a little after the people at Home? But if
any Know Nothing friend of mine will say
this is of no consequence, that these people
or the largest portion of them, was merely
Irish paupers to him answer that the great
majority were native born citizens of Mas
sachusetts, entitled to every protection that
Massachusetts, gives to any of her citizens,
Applause and the very largest proportion of
them were born on this continent i'll am
told that oh, these were the old, the in
firm, and the Sick have to say that out of
these 66l 34l-more than the half-were
under five years of age; immortal souls,
brought into this world, and placed in the
care of Massachusetts, charity, Massachu-
setts philanthropy; and they have gone to
God who gave them, and it is for as to rem
der an account, not for them"
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OLD BRowN A PREACHER The Danville
(Va) Register. abiding to the stated belief
that old John Brown once Travelled through
Virginia in the capacity of pedlar, says:
We have heard some Of the citizens Of
Danville state that this same man came to
Danville under the assumed name Of Nc
Lane, and passed himself off here as Bap-
fist preacher, having on one occasion atten-
ded divine service at the Baptist Church, in
this place A gentleman who res ides near
Ringgold. says that McLaue, (alias Brown
dined at bis house about the same time
John Brown acknowledged that be had
Travelled as far South as to North Carolina
line. Assuredly. if all these speoulations as
to the traitors identity be correct, he has led
a most versatile life Pedlar preacher, rob-
Der, rogue. traitor, murderer, assassin, and
we know not how many other titles belong
to this misguided man, now no more.
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