The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-02-16
RESTITUTION IN ENGLAND.

DISTRIBUTION IN ENGLAND.
notwithstanding the boosted advance
ment>in material wealth which the English
people are fond to yaunt on every occasion,
the fact is unquestionable that there is more
misery, restitution, and that sort of igno-
rance which besots people, existing undeE>
the English government, than can be fez6d
in any other in Europe. What we pean by
besotted ignorance, is such as WAS brought
before the public in the testfmony taken
before a committee of the House of Com
mons, when the disgpacefnl fact was made
palpable, that n Certain percentage of those
working in the collieries never heard the
name of Jesus Christ. The source from
whencsf the following is derived, places it be-
you'd. doubt as authaRtic-that source being
the London Examiner: A<Ais ~
The most popdlous quarter Of tho metropolis
il craving for food, and Girls Britsnnioss haato
fal back on public and private charity for ths
means of keeping body and soaf together. b
Is deplorabls to find such & state Of things CO..
existent with and contiguous to an accumula-
ton of weahh such A. was mover aggTeEatA6
gold in the banks and world of skilled labor
In the novels, and mo- employment for either
tho one o, the other-Midas and Misery in psri-
lous proximity. Let us not be unjust, however,
to Midas The!gold which he cannot use to ..
profit for himsaK he givcs with an unstinting
hand to ssye his poor neighbors from starya.
tion. The mischief is, that the demands Of
poverty rise with the supply of charity. Crav.z
ing want pursues willing wealth as the sfeaow
follows the substance. The willingna& 1cf
wealth teaches want to crave !; audi in this lies
Etle great danger of the situstion.
We are told that there are some eighty sr
ninety relief committees IN tae -E1ut End Of
London, all more or less engaged in supply
ing the necessities of an unemployed p0pnia-
ton. There are, besides, the exerfions Of the
clergy anso2 keneyoieat lay men. But all this
voluntary machinery, with aid Of -
nary legal relief of the worlShouse, is made
lqnate to cope with the eyer-rising tiesef NaasG
perdom. 0Ake1
The London Daily -Sers says Every winter
the dry and rocky bed of hulnan misery in this
rich mans country becomes 4 torrent and almost
an humiliation of distress. Instantly and In
evariably society sets Itself tcrwork in an irreg-
ular and bewildereI fusiIion TO arrest by dykes
and drains this devastating delu.se OF unknown
and unnumbered fellow-creatures who have
drifted from penuiy to starvation. Our English
public prides itself on it's philanthropy, and
rejocesin the subscription lists spread before
its eyes every morning like an oblation. Hun
dreds of thousands of pounds are distributed
Z by checks TO the great relief and satisfaction
of the charitable donors, to all sorts of con-.
nstees, and Lists OF secretaries and collectors.
Nothing was ever comparable to the organize
ton and abundance of British charity. But
where does all the money go to Still the cry
Oh "unC Uses up, ALL We torrent Ovc1AO"SD
and men and women and children starve. and
are forgotten and still the checks are poured in.
Then comes the everlasting confession OF in
competence to deal with such an Hnexanipled
| amount of suffering
Every year the amount of suffering is "un-
exampled." Is there no possibility in this
classic land of men of business, of colossal in
dustry and enterprise, of obscure but enormous
opnlence, OF arriving at some1 tolerab1y direct
and effective system OF charitable assistance
and relief There is no other country in the
ton impossible, and under which starvation il
an every day >occurrences|There 10 no other
country in the world that professes, as England
to work, yet leaves hundreds of men and women
willing to work, to perish for want of clothing
and a loaf There is other country in tho
men, for the most part, and church or chapel
goeIs. And among them all there has been one
Peabody; and he is not an English but an
American philanthropist.