, 1864-07-17
CRIME IN CHiCAG0'
lis Alarming PrcYaleste-Tho Causes and
Vnly Cnre-A Werd to Girls
laa kefpfmers.

Nessly eix thousand years havc passed since the
age Of Ounlpotenee looked down upon the drst
great crime against society and pronounced His
terrible Judgment asusnss the offender. And yet,
from the day the ground drank the blood Of the
murdered brother, and Cain went out rom the
presence Of tic Lord to mourn o1er the severity OF
his punishment society has not known an hours
,mmunity from crime. Down the track OF ages.
through tn the folltng centuries that have i3ser-
vened since that {ata day--under all Institutions
and beneath all ekiea, are the horr!d blood stains
tudes d lgDtes crimes shat sweIl ths anu,oer of
human offences. The cure pronounced BY the Cte-
stor ntd the ensctmcnts Of nau, have been alike io-
sesufranr Volume ot irhtT @ Il. riss
from The little spring where laughing children play.
The little brook GOES gnreling over the stony bot.
through The monntsin barriers, and, plangtue Oh
ward to the ocean, is lost In its vast gceen Depths
from the cool bowers beside thst altar, erected
tndolence ind nice. gathering volume a. i has
rolled through the sixty centuries that hare inter-
vened, bearing onward TO the yawulnc gntf watch
rs!'s r. ns ths unhappy cms that
Chrietisnity We 1eerat to ssy, hss NOT set rooted
ont nom our race the tendency to wrong; Crimes
conception. e1lst in civilized and nomlnally chris.
uan communities, ~ thoee which occur In heathen
lands Our own city, with all its churches tts phi.
e I'd eoc
eause, presents an array Of erl doers. which.
though no wore: perhaps, than other cities are
enasrs y as
dsy Developed. aud cr1mInal& Of every age and hue
sre each day detected and punished. And yet the
uas swells and deepens. sud nslefsctors increase,
Time WAS when a murder OF robbery would
ment, and furnl.h the tooie for twelve naonshs'
ss Nsx psss1, s Z
breakfast thble, and tomorrow fresh outrage,
morr heinous than the one Of yeaterday, drives
caiIoased IL feeling By a familiarity with t6es
shocking details OF every form Of zica, we rapidly
lose the FfckenlnR sensation which its drst appear
Of crime. Wearing of By constant contsct With It
the netura> lsast which tta bor1d character natu.
rally Inspires, We Ut last view 1t unmoved.
ss se ss4s Te protsSs sas mat
may, bv bis pesnlcsus sxsunple. teaeh the psat
uing child to b!aspheme, or IN immoral one may
1ead the Innocent youth to the commission Of vices
| to which without such Influence he pever Fwauld
| have stopped !dleneas, poverty. disappointed
hopes and love Of Intoxicating drinks are tue chief
causes OF these aud other vices that exist anou ue
Unwilling to labor the iules steals that he may not
l starve. Hopeless OF the future, stunr to iusensf
htaty By tae wso9es ot the x9s,d, men rush qata!y
| c1cuse.
Bot how little sre these thing. appreciated
teeeionsl man, the Christian even, give to these
reflections. How few have any adequate concep
1,en !, OF the s9uaa m,,esy and Tretehsdness !!
crime that daily appals the moral eense OF oul
Citizens, Bnss'uliy Ignorant Of the existence Q
thc great moving causes Of vice, they s,udiouel!
hold themselves aloof from all contact with tht
poverty stricken, hesrtslck and hopeless offender
and with knitted bfow aud Rteru reproof they re
enise theis sdsance. AID impart new momentum
wise to send missionaries 10 Africa, IndiA, Chm,
or Japan until this class Of our home population h
reached and retsueo: Let tie philant1rophlst s
Christian dty; where they will ind thousands shu
on. lrntn the influence OF human sym
patty: No friendly counsel to direct thst. eriln'
| virtue. Quick to feel the utter hopeiesnes o
their condition, hope dies out In their bosoms
no pleasing dream Of the future inspires them t
and cured By God. They s1nk down down Int
the bleod seethlng sea Of corruption, misery an'
crime, and Low. solemn ~ Ma'i coming up from II
fate. 'Tis stckentns to SET the hardened feature
Of many who das1Y appcAr At our Police tribune
and to know that each vas once pure and smi!
and whose merry ringing laugh gave joy to
The remedy for these evils lies with the beueve
women Ut the city. Let them seek out IN
reach theirhcartt hy acts Of Kindness and words {
counsel and good cheer. Show them that thong
the,r feet hare wandered, society yeasn to recelv
them back to virtue. There is not a heart 80 hi
dened-a nature so bfntal-that would not iIste
respectfully TO such appeals. Whatever may b
| Of every, criminal when ho feels The truth Of ld
declaration that the way Of the trantgetsor
hard, and looRa loncfngly back to the happy houl
| OF innocent childhood.
Appeal to them BY The memory OF that motte
Eho sleeps In death, and BY tbs buried hopes
iii s., The ews Is H9s @osh Il Sc
8.They that turn many to r1Ehteonsness shall shll
as elara." Philanshrop!sts, christian men an
! he HstH IN hrnA he fuh. ENrv hr
the reward sute and ample. Wilyou ch.er Il
l laYycet?