, 1864-07-18
CRIME IN CHICAGO,
LIS alarming P5eralenee-The C11ses and
Only Cure-A Word 10 Chris
tfaR keformefs.

Aearly elk thousand years have passed since she
age Of omn!potenco looked down upon the Ars
gfeat crime agaiuet society and pronounced Hi.
terrible Judgment ag1fnst the offender. And ret
from the day the ground drank the blood Of the
murdered brother, and Cain went out from the
presence Of TIE Lord to mourn over the severity o
bis punishment- society has not known an hours
immunity from crime. Down the track OF ages,
through all the rolling centuries that have inter.
yentd since that fatal day-uuder all institutions
and beneath all skfee, are the hor1id blood Stains
mat marx the commission ot murder and multi.
sndes Of lighter crimes that swell the uumoer Of
tnnan o1tnses. The crrse pronounced by the Gre
the enscsmcnta Of man ha re been alike In
sufficient to check Its rapid increase like the swell
,furg1ng soume oi mighty river taking it's rise
rom me little EprinR where laughing children play.
tne ittie brook goes surgtine orer the stony bot
TON. rolle 1cleurely through the meadow, breaks
thIonch the mountain bsrrltrB, and, plung[ng on
20 from the cool bowers beside that altar. erected
LOT worship aud sacrifice, has Issued et1eam Of
roe and ths xis youms AZ it ha
seneo. bearing onward to the yawn1ag gulf which
gapes TO receive them, the unhappy victims that
Aoat along 1t4 black tide.
Christianity, we 1evret to say, has not yet rooted
oat rom ouf race the tendency to wrong: Crlmes
as loathsome IN their nature aud cruel ia their
81. Tsneepon ekse IN ciyilized and nominay chris:
3snds Our oHn city, with all ta churches, its phi-
!ahthroptc and rctormatory societies, and ts thou
p nv IN n E1od and pobe
tnone6 no worse; perhaps, than other cities are
compelled to endure, is. Notwithstanding, alarm.
day developed, and criminals OF every are and sne
s1e each dsy detected and punished, And ret tbe
uas swe1s and deepens aud malefactoss increase,
thsoW the community into paro1yeme Of excite.
ment, and furnish the topic for twelve monthe'
conversation, Now paragraph IN the daily paper
breakfast table, and to-morrow fresh outrases
more helnons than the one OF yestetdar. driyes
forth al remembrance Of the former. So We 70,
shocking details Of every form Of vice, We rapIdv
lose tue Eickenng sensation which Its first appear-
a1ce eneeEders: This Ia ono canse Of the Increase
tas nstai dssus @yh sSn,ast wa i
rai,y inspires, We at last view It unmoyed.
CI1me m haa esltEenefatlng property and multi
hs sna 1sp Roi5pe
nlpg child to b]asnhcme, or An immoral one may
!ead ths nnocent yoqth 70 the commission Of vices
70 hsv wh1ch Without snea Influence be nsser 7Woa4
hopes and love Of intoxicating drinks arc lie CHIEF
causes OF these and other vices &hst extst among
statye: Hopeless Of the future, stuns to insenst.
nl;lty hy the Wrongs Of the wptid men rush madiy
toxicatine cups, they sin bllndly, though without
Hnt how little are these things appreciated!
ae ever
reflections. How few have any adequate concep-
lion OF the squnlid mlscry and wretchedness In
ms Sas .pss1s sss ot
citizens. Biesnlly Ignorant Of the existence OF
the great moving eau:es Of vice, they studiously
poverty stricken, heartsck and hopeless offender,
and With knitted hruw and stern 1eproof they re-
Pulse their advance, and tmpart new momentum
wite to send missionaries 10 Africa, India, China
or Japan until this class Of onr home population is
reached and rescned. Let the phllanthrophist 70
Christian city. where they viii apd thousands shut
out from the influence OF human sym
pathy. No friendly counsel 70 direct their crr1ng
urine. Quick TO- feel the utter hopsiesnes Of
their condition. hope dies out In their bosom8 !;
no pleasing dream Of the future inspires them to
and cursed by 3d. Thes rnk doWn dowS
the bleod eeething sea Of corruption, misery and
crime, and low, solemn wall coming up from the
disturbed rarace alone tells their future and their
fate. '4is sicEenins TO see the hardened foatures
Of many who daily appear. at our Police tribune,
and to know that each WAS once pure and smit-
Ing infant over whoee siumheta angels kept watch
md Who5e merry ringing laugh gave joy to
The remedy 10. these evils lies with the bsneso-
lent The phhisnth,ope Ihs the Christian men and
reach their hearts hy acts Of kindness and words ot
| counsel and good cheer. Show them that though
their feet hare wandered, society yearn to receive
them back to virtue. There is not heart 50 ha1.
deued-a nature. SO bzuta1-that would not listen
respectfully, to such appeals. Whstever may be
the outward show, there are times IN the history
Of every criminal when he feels the truth Of the
declaration that the way Of the tran*gessoy IL
bard." and Looks ong3nsly back to the happy hours
Of innocent childhood.
Appeal to them by the memory Of that mother
who sleeps in death, and b5 the buried hopes Of
their earlier yea1s. AL may not be reclaimed,
many will be. The reward is worth the effort,
They that turn many to righteousness shall shine
as stars Phtanthropistt, christian men and
women, the field is broad, the labtr inviting, and
harvest!