The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-11
TIE CITY AND THE ORPHANS.
A Reply to Alderman Cages Protest In
the City Council.
TO THE EDITORS OF TIE NEWS.

TOTHE EDITORS OF TIE NEWS.
The protest presented by Alderman Gage at
the last regular meeting and ordered to be
spread on the minutes was unexpected. as
the reception which greeted his motion on
Council Il was to be supposed would have
satisfied him that such sentiments were un'
congenal to our conservative Council.
propose briefly to examine IN detail Dis
several obIeclious. The first reason, he
alleges. for deprivlDg the Sisters OF their ap-
preparation, which, on beiDg granteo, was
made perpetual, le because their Institution
Is sectarsan. My reply Is, u is not IN more t &c 30
celye children, under certain restrictions, oil
ali denominations. Neither does the other.
The one declines to invite The protestant
mInIsler; the other, the Catholic. 10 the one
The Protestant religion is exclusively inculca-
ted: In the other The Catholic. ls u not clear,
then, that the Withholding OF the Sisters, Gp-
preparation would Involve the non-appropris-
ling e( the other, and that the granting OF tne
one necessarily implies the granting Of all
such appropriations as can come aB Weii re-
commended as was the Slsters'-three thou-
sand citizens, representing two-thirde OF tne
taxes, having signed their petition. Anotaer
reason he alleges, economy. Asthe ministers
of retrenchment and reform, ne says we
should economic, and illustrates Dy maSing
the rreposterous assertion that for one.tnlro
of S60OO-say s2000-one hundred and ten
children could be maintained In the public
Orphanhouse. This pass by as unworthy
any reply-it bears too unmistakaoly LIB own
reiulatlon on its blank face.
Our worthy Mayors report proves tnat tne
appropriation Of $4,000 has proven most
economic measure. The. facts are corrooora-
ted by figures, In the archives OF Inc treasury,
4 no
for the public Orphanhouse, when the nIst
appropriation was made to the Sisters, ana az
that time, as since, great reduction had oeen zen
effected Now, the minimum figure OF $20,000
has been reached. The public inslitution has
besides an income of s7,00O-or Dearly-ln
round figures $27, 900 10 MAINTAIN 23o chiidren.
Now, In justice, half that sum enoulo oe
awarded the Sisters, as they maintain hall
that number nearly, and their Numbers are
IncreasIng whilst the others are decreasing.
Or, reverse the Gaze, and say that $6,OOo is
sufficient for the Sisters, then twice that sum
should be ample for The other, VIZ: sl2, ,000.
fro % which deduct $1,000 private fund-and
the appropriation this year should have been
IS 600 not $4,000. might here add that the
sisters are not blessed with q palatal nome,
or sppurtenances. That they possess not the
power OF steam, are not furnished with pny-
sIcian or medicines, aud innumerable valuable
addenda. Viewing these facts, unprr)udl-
cially, no future member oil council can
make motion, In the interests OIL our CITY, 10
abolish this appropriation. Another reason
the alderman AYERS influences hint would
nroye ne; iIous 10 our Republican instliulions.
How the exercise OF charity In educating AND
training our deslilute youth, and seeing that
thew are properly spprentlced, and following
them with wise precepis and VigilanC guarnl-
anshIp to maturity, cln have other IMAM oe-
njgu influence none but prelndlced ana ID
tolerant mind can conceive, and 10 unworthy
(rLber reference Besides, he says lt Wouiu
inter fere with our public schools, the bulwark.
&c. My reply ia, that Repubcanlsm 10 fully
a. strOngly anchored In onr sister city OF 80
yapnah as here, and there special approprl-
alton is made and yearly paid for the CathOlic
schools; where permission is granted IN Ibis
free country that the text DOCKS Oh tnelr own
selection may be read and the teacners ap-
proved by their clergy may educate tne Catn'
olic.
nave now, seriatlm, answered the alder.
mans several objections and may be excused
from replying 10 the many. cogent reasons
which vet remain locked up in his capaclous
bosom. A Discerning public need not be re-
minded that this discussion has been unpro-
yoked. It has been forced upon our commu,
nifty: frat, by q motion that no man 10 Councll
would second; again by communication 10
which no one replied; foiioWea Wt GS pru.e,S. e,v
and whilst I deplore srctarlan discussion, and
shall ever be slow to engage 10 1t, when the
issue Is forced upon me l shall be ever ready
TO defend the right and maintain the dignity
of the citizen, free and independent. CIVls.
A Question Of Arithmetic.
TO THE EDITORS OF TIE NEWS.
II, as Alderman Gage states, s4S ss be sufti-
Client 10 maintain one orphan for one year,
then 2sO inmates of the City Orphanhouse
would cost sll, ,2sO 80. Now. the amount ap-
proprlated by Council Is $4,000, TO which
mnst be added ST ,OOO-ths private fund OF the
Institution, and the difference between tnat
amount, sci, 900, and that which lie ststes
sufficient for the maintenance OF Ine cni,arpn
-$ll, ,260 s0-leavrs balance Oh sio,dos ~
which. one interested may ask, what disposi-
ton shall be made oil II TAXPAYER.