The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-12
The Ia~re-.. sfCrIme-

Or. BisDebsrd Fosgsts. formerly
yayEieisn 70 tb- -'sE York State pris-
on, a. Auburn. has Published pam
phis: entitled "CrInae and Punish
lnentr We have not seen the WORK II
self bat one OF Cur exchange. gives =
br5sf samlnury Of its contents i,
ss-lsI- The Doctor takes the ground that
Of late years crime has IncTssssd b.
gond ali proportion 70 Lhs -nefesss OF
pOpulsIiOu. THIS alarming fact Is
sseriDesI 20 various Gauss, bot chiefly
re following
The cheap literature Of the day,
sgf.sd broadcast over the land, and
nainIstsFipR 10 4 depraY6d ssnsuality.
2 TIE perio-JIesl issue Of thoAs RoF-
xsgus plates Of lssbioD. stimulating 8
desire 10 dress: 10 crafty which, health,
wealth and virtue are TOO CftFh sscTi-
need. l. Strikes OF labor on the one
hand, and combinations Of capital on
the CHER, making the CON mission Of
crime almost n necessary Instrument Of
ss!EpFessrTation to the indigenL. 4.
The 1lduninistrAtion Of oattIs innumsr-
able IN almost every bust ness transsc-
ton Of private life, we'll nigh absorbing
Dmniscsncs in the person OF the Tevs-
.ge official. 8. 5eculsTiZing the pulpit,
lGAkinY earthly schemes instead Of
heavenly aspirations the objects Of IL
Tntsslon. 9. UproOttng BY pbysical
f1Ecs Institutions more ancient lhan
history and anterior 70 records Of Holy
Writ. Thus changing the status Of great
populatloDs, and Involving crimes con-
ssluent upon social oisiutERration. z.
Aud the free schools system based on
appropriAting the gains Of one citizen
80 The beneht Of another on tbs Ques-
tiOnabIs plea Of public utility, render:
10 LEsrf- ? Lea uzrFGn and
lmpaFting a facility 70 the commission
0fcrime that no moral training Will be
likely soon 70 eradicate.
The exchange from which We copy
the foregoing digest of DR.. Fosgste's
pamphlet remarks that "ths moral
ranss Of the people has been shocked
IN these late years BY the accounts pub
li-hed OF the prevalence Of a certain
crime. Il was bot a short time since
that Mr.. Greeley wrote spOwerfGl arti-
Gle on the subject, which was extern
.tyeIy copied, and attracted general at
tsntiou The statement made by DR..
Fo-gnte is so astounding that 1t Is given
in his own words :"
"In view ofths manifest decadenes of
vital pIety and the Increasing preva-
lancs Of crime, in conjunction with the
pruInlacuouH popular education puT-
sued In this country. question may be
drawn from the Important WORK OF Dr..
II. Il sJOyer, Of Boston, the magnitude
OI which may be summed up in the
warning Of Granville, that 'as sure as
there j. in any nation hidden tamper-
ipK with fetal life, 20 sure viii the
chsstisement Of the Almighty fall On
that uaiIOn.'
"Tne state OF Massachusetts" con
-. "a 4
perhaps more highly cultivated IN in
fellect than any other community OF
like population, and yet the crime Of
which ibis book tDr. SJoveF'sl treats,
shows it, people TO De-Tural and urban
nearly twice as corrupt as that OF
France, and eight-iold more depraYsd
than that Of the city Of New York"
We are somewhat at a loss to see the
force Of one of the points made, or
rather said TO be made, by DR.. Fosgate
in regard to the Free School system.
H ~ that system should operate to de-
morailze public sentiment we confess
ourselves wholly at Il loss TO under
stand. Any system OF education that
does NOT supply moral culture, is, Of
course, defective to that extent. The
free schools may not properly supply it.
On that point we are unable to speak.
But 1t Is gross nonsense TO deny that the
system itself is not productive of more
good than harm to society. And as TO
the remark that sit il based upon the
gains of one citizen TO the benefit Of
another" the same theory can be said
OF every benevolent and charitable In
stitution in the land. II Is generally
&, n
Inent to look after the education Of the
people, as a measure of moral economy
and as means OF materially advance
ing and enTiching the State. An edu-
Gated population Is more productive to
n commonwealth. And were 1t not for
the free school system Il large mass Of
mind would be left uneared for, 70 be-
some the prey OF the privileged few, or,
in turn, to prey upon society
by vice and idlenesA. 1t is better
to foster schools at the public expense,
than to multiply penitentiaries, jails,
houses OF refuge, poor houses, aud a
system of disciplinary and beneficiary
institutions. Aud while 1t is "A mntter
OF deep regret that moral development
does not keep pace with mere mental
culture, yet it is but poor argument
TO use against the acknowledged beDe-
fits of general education. The day will
come when the grade of common schools
will be raised and their defects reme-
died. Unfortunately the conflict of re-
ligious ideas has often precluded any
thing that smacks Of ecclesiastical in
ntruction in the public schools. But
the popular mind will in time lose this
Jealousy and will demand something
akin to Sunday School training during
week days. --.a.. -r-
AMONG the many tough stories Of all
sorts travelling through the press, the
following report of railway accident
in the West ''holds its own" bravely:
ION Saturday morning last "A man by
the name OF Lsno Gnss, u freight con-
6uctor ON the Ohio and Mississippi
railroad, western division, In coming
TO the CITY, was struck by a bridge, and
fell between the cars and through the
timbers OF the bridge into ravine be-
meath, a distance OF forty-hve feet. The
tiunges OF The car-wheels cut his boot
legs of and tore heel from one OF his
boots. He escaped without any serious
injury, simply receiving slight cut
upon the head, and having one arm
scratched"
a diagram showing how the changes
of toe car wheel" performed the delicate
operation of removing the conductors