New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-07

features 70 that Of ST. Petersburg Here the fcun1E
are under the immediate maternal supersisl VI w.
Tupress and the utmost freedom OF access ~
smc6 OF their natural parents furnish ~ 90 ~
evidence that poverty Is their only vice nnnryt
time they can show the ability and Willingness 10 49,
their children properly they may remove h hid when
ison of the Empress, which Is rarely NllLhciu WYNN
We might have protraced description Of these IN
eresting Institutions but enough has been sAu " ga
readers far ldea OF the nature OF me sorkngs
adopted other countries, ana OF s pracilchl en and
i'm preserving infant life. and making Virtuous he
women OF these cDr have w hee r 10 themselves
and others. We cannot admit that the necessity Io a. in
Institutions Is greater In any other country thah u - -
this nursery and distributing reservoir Of North 70
New York more than any city III the world can . onun
be the city Of strangers III Is the threshold ~ and
try into which Europe p9urs its surplus ih r until
here many nger undecided, frendloss and poor
they have planned course or found home tstorv
For this reason our population Is essentially do
and in our midst Ignorant foreign element WHO ~
and cannot realize from the force OF past OF t,b
circumstances, the duties ana ODneatlohs which , nd
lishment and maintenance OF local haDtaton 49,"
name" imposes and secures Inc sense OF inor,ta
s!bilty IA bunted under such uehOIahlhg miner i'm
aud among persons of both sexes herded togetn JEW
neiesborhoods where virtue and shame are alike in
or disrcgarded, only expect that Illicit
tercOurse and the indulgence of every evil passion uu
desire Will follow unavoidable and necessary
Character and condition OF NcwYork society and Is
this state Of affairs which removes In great degee
barriers which both law and public opinion have set uP
in the older cities OF Europe. where society dleen
constituted related. Bat this Is not all II Proee
beyond doubt that the destruction u lut.i a w.
iniantle life fcarfully prevalent among the native as
well as the foreign women, IN most popuous locle
east Of the Mississippi. IL Is wholly lnpOs- Dle 10 ~
nj any certain estimate Of the number Of instances III
which this deplOrablc crime has been perpetuated pu
the best medical and statistical authority has dcclueu
that onceighth of the legitimate and illegltlinate
fnta life is iItentc.la lly destroyed How can we sun
M the amount Of evil conse quences that must assured
follow this wantOn and inexcusabe sacrifice OF every
womanly feeling and instinct on the altar OF iaIse anu
unnatural pride or TO the corruptng pleasures OF gay
aud fashionable e We must accept the facts however
much pride may seek To reiue ana deny IT. anu
only question of practical importance 70 " how nus
fearful sin be checked. hlgnef IMAM
has said IL must needs be that offences come anu the
part of wisdom and panhrophy IL simply 10 adopt inc
best and surest means by when they can DC noV anu
provided for. ~.
In determining whether the experiment Of founding
hospital would De productive beneficial results In this
city, We may be guided by the statistics Of infanelde in
the districts OF Europe provided with such institutions
The crime which is so common in some Of the French
cities il rarely heard OF IN Paris and the evl misuse Oh
surgical skill In the destruction Of fdta life finds little or
encouragement in that gay capital We have already
spoken OF the influence OF the London Founding ospth
on the mothers, aud although the discrimination then
deemed advisable necessarily excludes many who could
claim its advantages with benefit IL cannot be doubted
that the moral influence Of the institution potent pre-
venting vast amount Of infanticde noticeable elsewhere
III Scotland where no such institution exists the extent
this particular great II not greater tan In
country. In Dublin lpfantlelde ~ exceedingly
rare and the same may be said OF many cities IN when
founding hospitals arc provided. III Is claimed anu
not without perhaps, that such a ms are lbcen
tives TO prostitution This may be true oI France pn ~
Is scarcely of any other country In our own city IL
Is doubtful anything could greatly increase he average
Of prostitution and illicit sexual intercourse WINE FOUND
ling Hospitals could not fail to prevent nuc oil tue ue
pOTabe crime that Is now perpetrated IN secret among
native American women ilIahuciue proper - yaIIey
The maternal instincts strong and 1t IL difficult to in
duce a separa when they have realized the sense
OF maternity that comes with the presence OF hving
infant Previous TO this however ignorance recognizes
less evil In the destruction Of fetal life than would fol
low to the upon the birth OF illegtlmate of
spring provision IL made for IL by humane
law. There certain considerations tlat might pc al
yanced against such Institutions aud not prepared
AT this time argue the question. The Hcts we have
stated are gathered from personal observation and the
most impartial and trustworthy authority, and IN them
we dnd strong argument IN favor Of the experiment
long tried in tins country IL IS 10 be hoped that mothers
might then be induced 10 renqush the EVIL practices
that corrupting and dcmorazng society, ana N
compelled ultimately TO give up their Children they
would he innocent Of the crime that must otherwise
haunt them with its secret consciousness OF concealed
murder The question lof Incorporating such institutions
was introduced 10 the notice OF the Constitutional Com
mtec on the 18th NJ last month, by Mr. Brooks IN an
able and wellsustaued argument and II To be hoped
that their ACCESSIBILITY OF the permanent institu
tions OF the state will be fairly discussed and impartay