Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-05-08

THE POOR AND THE ERRiNG.-Iu inc city
Of Memphis II q person through accident. sickness, Ga
otherwise be reduced = poverty, what provision has the
city laws made Tor his wsuts i or Recorder court
disclose. As it often does. that children sre living without
pssemsl care and sutssring by crime, or That parents
are training their children 20 thsh aid living upon The
product Of their robbsTies, what refuge has tBe city pro
vldsd to rescue them from evil influences and raise them
to babits Of honesty and religion II an errinc woman
wishes 10 return to purity aud God wbat refuge is
offered to herr It Is with shame and sadness thst the
reader Will find himself compelled to reply TO these gues-
ions. that the city has entirely failed TO perform a duty
which Der own interests, 50 well a. the sacred prompt
iuss o. holy charity make imperative. II IL poor die
from hunger and the wsnderer perish housaless in our
streets, whose Is the Disgrace If . portion of our
young citizens are brought up without education, with.
out Instruction in the principles Of religion. aud without
the means OF gaining honest bread, who will be the
sufferer whsn their unchecked budding vices have grown
to full crimes, committed against our own cidzGGs7 IF
Ne viii not pay for saving the young outCast from
becoming a felon, we must first endure the consequences
Of his guilt, and then pay for his trlal and his punizh-
msnt ia the penltentisry The expense must be Incurred
one way or other-shsl! II be ia p~uniahias the adult Or in
reforming the Guilds Struck WIKI the need there is for a
place that should prove an asylum Tor tie wretcLsd and
'AAhl W. 6N'1 '-"" Va ~-
city, AZ April, 1850, organized The society OF tie Home
for the Homeless Since then they have contributed
aud expended a large amount u money, and performed
q good deal Of downright hard work and have got their
excellent enterprise started Before the ~difieulnes nei
dent to Al institution On SO large q scale as tbis were sur
mounted, the troubles OF the revolution arose, and the
holy work OF mercy was disregafded IN the struggle with
the Zoe, and in Ihe excitement Of blood ans death The
consequence L, the enterprise must hsve some powerful
and permanent help, OF Il will cease TO exist before the
gratifying results It Is calculated 70 produce Ers secured
Ia this strait the ladies look 70 the city, Very prOperly
considering that she help d the ctys poor and tbs re-
formation Of the city 5 criminals are matters in which the
city I interests are dseply CONSERVED They applied 70
the City Council. s1d a bill was introduced into that
body-a copy CT which will be found In the Council
report in this psper-wLich proposes to take from the
ladies ell legal IA engagement IN the institution, aud any |
cont'Ol over what their money aud their tolls have
secured, The Board. If this ordinance pass, on furnish
ing aid to the Home, are to vest is management n
three or ave OF It's own members who may or may not
cooperate with those who have started ths worthy
enterprise This IL emphatcslly unjust though we
believe there was no intention 10 rob the ladies Vi their
share IN q WORK they aEe SO thoroughly Interested II
Ii the city furnish the required cid, let them appoint a
portion OF the managers, s13 tbs ladies, who have done
50 much, let them appoint the other portion. By this
system justice viii be done 20 the GOOD samArtsus who
have toled 50 lsboriouEly, and not only that, but their
powerful assistance will be secured IN conducting the
establishment While the ladies assist 10 manage it, {
will not sink into + mere heaTtless city institution, bnt
the pOsr inmates will have sympathy, and the erring
will have those ~softening and sIsvsting inAusnees which
make woman so powerful in leading 10 good. Not only
justice but policy makes 1t desirable that the assistance
OF the ladies should be retained The city will thus
gain a valuable ally, the Home viii be an abode for
those who have a claim on assistance, ana q refuge for
Juvenile criminals whom It is desirable 10 rescue from
influences. Let the city add her snare to
what the ladies have done, let the ladies continue theE
exsrtlons. and let the asylum Tor the poor snd rstorma
tory for ths vicious be managed by the representatives
OF the City Council and those OF the Home society aet
ing tremendously together TO assist the suffering and to
brius the s1Eing back t. virtue and 10 Goa,