The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-09-15

The English journals have until lately tur.bu-
,ed the remarkable prevalence Of crime in the
United States, TO tho decentralization Of society
consequent upon the war. But the rapid success
sion Of astounding crimln,l Developments tina,
,yer.cently occurred in England, somewhat alter
oil tho tone Of the English journals respecting the
causes Of crime in this country. The London
HERALD, an srisiocrahc journal which mskes II .
point TO l.ud everything English. and TO decry
everything American, draws this gloomy picture
OF English Society At iho present time;
''The frequency Of murders points 70 the exist
encs Of an ulcer that 10 eating into the heart OF so
cisty, and threatens 10 subvsrt the state IL muir
ders were sporadic, occurring from time TO time at
decent intervals, we might fall back upon Mr..
Bnosl.'s doctrine OF averages and console our
selves with the thought that In the midst Of such
seming population AZ ours every year mus pro,
duce It's crop Of bloodshed, and that this years
was not upon the whos,fworse than that which
went before. But this Ia not 80. Tho crime
Of murder has increased OF lsio With
fearful frequency, and every crime Is
marked bv more horrible features than Its prede-
| eessor. Like tho Greeks Of old, a. we advance
in superficial polish aud refinement we make still
more progress In str0city aud bloodshed. Tic
heathon poets In this stNte ~ society the
prenoriton q the downfall Of states and we are
mot 90 far removed from the catastrophe that
VIC afford 10 neglect the warning. But u is
essCr TO point out the evil than 10 apply remedy.
We confess we are often led 30 desponi when We
SEQ all the machinery at work for the training o.
| our population aud how htle COOL comes Of il all.
| schools multiplied In every street. and vet We
| eco homeless children rosming the tnoroughfsres,
| and never entering their doorb. Churches
| have been built and endowed with . munifceuco
| which has had no parallel since the tiuc Of the
| middle ages, but how few Of our lAborers aud
| haudicraftsmen ever onter them II seems as n
tho machinery had been set up at an enormous
| cost, but from some oversight II was not brought
T. bear upon the population. Something, however,
| mus be done n We would not have tho rank and
| ulcerous blotchos which now appear with such
| . a-nirg fr quency the surface Of society, corr
| rupnng the whole body polite, and preparing the
| way for ,he downfall Of the country. All thoutht-
ful men have .her attention directed to this alarm
INK state Of things, and the bost aud puiesI minis
| arc husiiy ENGAGED ia dew sinr remedy. May
those efforts he successful Bat Of Tbs we sge
sure that the root Of hs evil will not he reicl eel J
forming societies to ln over some psrticulss forms
# wi kedLess. Tho evil les deeper, AID 10 not 10
be touched by the usual apparatus Of committee,
irsasurers, collectors public meetings and refugees
| We should only EXPECT tia. these provisions woud
| ag,rAysts the evil they are meant 10 cure. Re q
| agency may lie = comfortable thing tor Ih0se who
tui1y H. but it VIII no. reach TIE ignorance, de-
pravity and selt-will that now infect society"