Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-05
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or more worthy OF support Is there
than that divine charity which feeds,
clothes, educates and provides a good
home for the little orphan waits to be
found In any and all communities !?
Heartily do we approve of Mr.. Morri-
sons bill, now before the Legislature,
providing for the government and
maintenance Of the State Orphans
Home at Carson, yet feel 1t but simple
justice to speak a good word also for
the Nevada Orphan Asylum, under
the charge Of the Sisters Of Chari-
ty at Virginia. During the years
they have been established here,
they have made the cart Of the
orphan a specially, and have
continually striven to enlarge the
sphere of tteir charitable usefulness In
this respect without fee or reward
save in the approval Of their conscience
aud their God. The orphans OF this
and surrounding communities found
there a home, and true beneficial
friends to be found nowhere else In the
State, aud 1t was right that the good
Sisters should receive, as they have
done, occasional pecuniary aid from
the public treasury In the way Of an
spprhpriation. Within the past year
or so, however, the State has estab.
lished a Home for the orphans at Car
son, where all the.public institutions
are gathered together. 1t Is a
Home. we'll planned, organized and
provided for, and will become II OF
the most beneficial institutions OF the
State, yet Is not strictly calculated to
entirely ~supercede or nuilify the be-
n~eficent, well ordered asylum OF the
Sisters. 1t would SAVIOR almost OF van
dalism, II not Of positive cruelty, to
take the orphans from the motherly
charge Of those who have been parents
to them for years past and remove
them to this new establishment, which
to them would seem like being ban
ished to au Industrial School, as 1t
were, or similar place of punishment
for some imaginary offence. The only
motive for doing this, Of course, would
be the State refusing to assist ln pro-
viding for them where they are. Many
true friends Of the orphans would also
prefer to zee them In the kindly, con-
genial charge Of the Sisters. This is
more especially the case here in Yir-
ginla and Gold Hill, which comprises
the most thickly populated part Of the
State, yet there are also people In other
communities who express and evince
this preference. Those who prefer the
Home at Carson are Of course accorded
the privilege. yet let US remember this:
There are In the rearing Of these little
ones certain cares and parental offices
essentially necessary, which emanate
from love and kindness alone, and no
hired servant Of the public can fill a
mothers place In the breast OF an or
phan child. In that home, where the
very air they breathe seems sanctifled
with the embodiment Of purity and
peace, they find in her who ministers
to their wants In the holy spirit OF
motherly love a daily example which
must of necessity create an impression
as advantageous as lasting.
Let no scctarlan view or prejudice
interfere to the injury OF the orphans
cause, or withhold assistance from the
orphans friends In their good work.
The legislative committee visiting the
Orphan Asylum Of the Sisters at Viz
ginia last Saturday, simply saw what
we have e during years past, and
express their hearty unqualified ap.
prevail as we have frequently done. In
advocating and voting for an appro-
priation In aid of so worthy an estab.
tablished institution they simply will
do what they must see Is con-
sclentiously right and just. That
appropriation should simply be
commensurate with the benefits derlv-
ed. and compared with the amounts Of
public money so literally thrown
away for little or no value received,
this should be regarded as Of high and
sacred Importance. We confess to the
most liberal ideas In religion. totally
unparalleled, favoring Professionalism.
Catholicism, Spiritualism, Mohome-
danism, or any other Ism alike when
1t comes to true charity, hence we
honestly favor appropriations In as
sistance of the true friends Of the or
phans, wherever they may be.