, 1870-07-09
THR MASSACHUSETTS, MOBILITY
"A x,nrsaus state OF Th1nGs In t"e VA"
R.v state Just Endcd'

"A Cx1rseaz state OF ThinEs .a" In N'"
Hay state Just Endoa'
pnr,n ths pos,on Dolly Adre5t'ss'.
-. as.so- ~ nobility in Massachusetts |
to,;et,adI es = has roauired hundred yea1a, |
9." = ~ t9o.ton massacre, to undermine tna
1.aIic Of feude1is1u. but on "GanaS =. G ~
ts1i 81 nniet was tile fal!, that "hen Gov
erpor Clafiin struck the nnal hioW no u setos s -
s..1.sd tbe nens to a listening world, no crate
- .,1,eeys from a whiting populace f'Eoae tne
.,i1ence aI Of the Stale House. None the ioss 1t
I'll! a .--.,ns;r. anr.
1iss! even IN our own comprehensive s9f.
xey Of the buainess Of the session, in the mtast
s,f columns devoted to the so-cai1ed na1eI1al
fnserests Of the land We overlooked tie MAUI
nj er1ef which the one body left among " -
grand eeignenra Of blne and disansaissniaa sies.
BLOOD must have felt as bg the fainess ;n paGm
of the Legislature and ExesuusS rulsar "a @ ao md
fhe one distinction Of hereditary right va
eianioned. And yet, had the Legislature o.
His yesr parsed only the modest set winch lI ap
peazs ~ chapter ss2, under the n9aess ~ Tu I'm,
oets.~ That act would have justified t%o o.
{hres months OF the session, # the ssmp1sst1s ~.
OF our local institutions is an object "ofs" e'1'
@Ths Law Of Settlement" so-esllea IN Ms US
49,, saxarsiie ~ atsurSity, really borrowed
1n 9~n.n Ene1.1, statutes ct the days Of Queen
E;iz.i.etb' Under the rYctencc oi dennne
the classes Of persons to whom tne pogt
relief raised " tared ta1s classWTho had tho d.
vine Inherited right Of ''satt1ensnt, W"no, No.
and who oniv. IN caso Of pnverty, snonln f.
s.e;Te assistance from the "uvarseers of the
Poor" -,..o ,,.z.r 7,,,+ +tras
,,onn1a At onco rl1o frIIy understood this Law
t3f eett!cnocp1 Governor ANDREW YVES one OF
Az. fl,rec. and after ttta death there we're b1t
Ave. Ent enough of il u known Tor US TO
state il general terms, tta. Tue people sa9 Mae
5,a ,c1icyed bv the t.Oserseets Of the Poor r.
900
ia c1erev. in or out Of Office
., The rich men. ........
=. Tho minor children Of the Iich men, and
.ll The unmarried daughters Of the xirh men.
1:cynnd theae three classes, the number OF
,,ao1:ie for whom the Oyerseers Vi the Poor
lad to caro- vas inconsidcrable. That VIC do
from ire if The faet tint the estimateof The accom-
If tie poor is. that in Eoaton. in population
~ e5f) an. about IO.00U only had 'ssettle-
9nc,t T11en one considers how many OF
theee 1ncnO must be in luxntions easeum-
stancee. one does not wonder that tue wofK
er,t;3o in 1ro,o1tion. We believe tie Score
faTT:s estt,natc to be too low, hut nobody
tnoEs. and the fact that he makes it shows
What il the undonbted fact that an ammense
eEt' II ff,e taxpayers Of Boston, Ind no
s.sett,cnent~ ia ihe town. settlement y
vss . fandai right pf hereditary origin. Aud
a1thou,.l1 a narvenu might, and occasionally
did. bHy his var into the magic circle, sncl,
ossss xsss .ee few to e' worth no'h a'e'on'
Ine orcIscers Of The Poor Of Boston have
+bna becn steaiiilv told that they should not
rarses .a5 the noor Of Boston that for ut least
.,;na.tanths nf the poor OF Boston they had No
ch.ge gsaa{ to to1 1ne of fffd thst ao6o puh
1;e e,si1it which has 90 often saTed us, Il thu
to take On t6smeeaves The formal duties a ss Of ts
place, thus keeping out baa mon. and openans af
Weanasisr w Mas iv S,ch gentlemen, By doubling
the;r own duties, have met the demands OF !
frue charity, But we are to thank them ant
not the statute, for any humanity which We
tho result
sfr. winthrop, for instance, MI. Fran a.
Parker. Mayur Norcruss, Mayer 1ancoln, III
George S. Hale, Mr.. Little, and others be-
varsrd in onr 1ocal ,:llaritiee, hare loyal
tsten nneompepBated posts IN the t"0rareee1
- thn poor,n But to take care Of the POT
Of Boston, sueh gentleman hare naa 70 unas os,
;asnt Sns;yety. I'd Or Of other privato societies
charity. which have done what the oEetaee
If the poor we're by statute prevented fro
Going. -.
# il pathetic enough. for instance, to i1
.cine = gentleman like Mr.. Winthrop, when
Was Chairman Of the Ovetsscrs Of the poo
irving for once the, experiment. Of the publ
machinery, instead Of the simpler psoce
prompted by bis generosity and good will
acinc Lin, for once, referring the case, sar,
ssmc corsu.nptiyo bookkeepef, needing ere
week little addition to his STIPEND, t., to u q
~ 1t,H IL woutd be told that the man had ]
- s:set,lement.T Imagine him At the office
tha Sectctary: ''i1dced, think be mu
have settlement; Ixent to sehool ,,,i sitl Ii, Ii,
I'D ~ y A
1T is not that. Mr. Winthrop; it is
fatler.~ =, !.
:sDut remember his father, too" \
Uintl:rop might preserve; this father y
~ tEe 1,.yr. fl,ink he fought with q
wten he took the Gue11iere."
THAT is lust it, Mr. Winthrop. he Il