New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-03

Official and volunteer aid Thcs Of such cd0pers
third Of the county expenses for outdoor relief Tho
important question of how beat TO unite official and VOL
be solved The subject ia constantly before U.S. and We
have gwen It some attention But we are not rs ys,
to this Interesting problem.
The Rev. Dr. William Adams then addressed the audi
ence. as follows:
ADDRESS OF THE REV. DR. WILLIAM ADAMS.
DR.. Adams spoke in substance as follows: The report
Just read needs little comment The fixed attention
which has received convinces me that the best thing
do with IL Ia to spread 1t before larger audi
ence therefore that 1t be referred TO the
Executive Committee and ordered to be printed The
of this Association suggest that it has some con-
necton with the State There certain action on the
part Of the State this subject Of charity but necessa
riy this action Is limited. 1t can never be CON-
plete. The object OF this society Is to complement
and supplement legislative action. State charity begins
at point very different from that of the charity repre-
sented by this association The frat born OF necessity
and is the result OF tho instinct Of sepreseryaon on
the part organized society The other has for Its fo
Christian principles The history Of legislation regua-
ting paupersm and crime is very INSTRUCTIVE Jaiis'
pententiaries PRISONS hospitals etc., necessary ad-
juncts 10 civilized society. II men attack society we
must them general social intercourse but
when thus sequestred they need not necessarily %
treated cruelty and iDhumany. Humanity and CHRISTIAN
charity and supplement and soften the ehectso
the law or all classes of tue poor and Inc
is not s%s
beyond anything we ever saw, whose hands were i as
But extreme paupersm certainly tends vice. That is
the philosophy contained IN the prayer OF Agar IN the
The communism in Paris that horrifcd i've years ago
the logical result Of the socialist principles scat
when When You make laws that require, by taxa.
ton and fittings one class 10 support anotner
discussion and kindness on one side and gratitude and
friendliness the other. do not hesitate to avow
the law Of love. Love thy God supremely and thy
neighbOr myself. That the legislation OF the
Christ there was new enactment of the law Of love
and new foundation for society. ,,
mon English gentleman. On his estates was village
which had been subject for generations TO levers
died and pinned away from the effects Of the pestient
exhaations from the neighboring swamps ana
thought he would improve the health and condition OF
these poor people He accordingly went to WORK,
mode of living and in little while had model village
full of health and happiness aud beauty This was
afterward Mr. Howard chosen Sheriff OF Bedford.
SHIRE He went into Bedford Jail, once the house OF
fering cruelty He pursued his work OF benevoence
Ho asked for statistics. The authorities demanaedd
pressed on. ana just 100 years ago you might
have him travelling all through England ana gong
INTO every Jail. Then the statistics OF pauper
ism and Howard crossed the channel spreading
his glorious work in Eqops rms hsrG Sa Hus but
christian charity iufu.ing itself into legislation. and
when we have noble CHRISTIAN men ana W. f"
such touch Z To gave outdoor reher Is wise acuUn'
The man VINO is able work and will not ought 10 die
Let us look out work for poor people and send the
little children out into the country where they may
learn to lives by honest LABOR.
Chief,Justice Charles T. Daily was the next speaker,
and in the course OF his remarks spoke as follows:
am struck with the magnitude Of the labors OF this
organization Their continuous inquiry into charitable
institutions. public private. the best methods
OF outdoor relief and OF caring for destitute children.
are subjects of vast Importance. The relief Of want
is founded not alone In humanity. but In the
preservation Of human society. Wants results
from crime and all the evils that threaten
humanity We want to know, not what to do, but how
10 do IT, No persons position Is 80 assured that he or
his descendants may not fall into calamity In some
countries, mendcity AMI vagrancy do not exist, or
they are limited not to DO perceiyable Ii
10 so In Holland and Northern Germany, while
in Great Britain ireland Scotland. France Spain, and
our own country, they abound. the world were filled
with yagrants human society would he impossible.
They should be brought to tho point where they must
elect between labor and starvation. This is diff
hcut, because there are PERIODS sr when
even tPS have mo- great faith IN the of Govern
ment or laws to reach such classes We must under
foreign lands where poverty is rare. The only
course that can Dc s,s PurSS meme, WIN damies
The members of this Association must not be DIS
heartened IL they do all the results OF their
labors You are laying the foundation for iuturo
efforts and success. Great minds. Ike heayen de1ght
in dong good although the subjects OF tner iaVOrs
make poor returns"
Tie Rev. Dr, Henry c. Porter also made O brief af-
dress. Among other things he said: The problem OF
harmOnzing official and voluntary charity Is an impor-
tant one. We not find fault with public institutions
OF charity In many such there Is honest fidelity and
well meant endeavOr. But we must bear IN mind that
they are subject political influence TIE places OF
trust almshOuse are often merely p0ltlcdl
Changes In administration bring changes In
those the and consequently people OF
little experience placed over tlem VINO are easily
preiudlcpd and mised. Here we see the mission
of voluntary aid represented by this Associa-
tion. IL is at once restraint and an I'M
pulse. There ia vaster w0rk-that OF resculng
and redeenimg children from the manifold evils
OF Institutional training TIE problem OF pauperisin Is
not SIMPLY of to-day, ont must prevent the pduper
of the present from producing 300 or 6oO In inc
future. We must not only arrest their progress
now but their multiplication by an arith-
metical progression terrible to contemplate.
IL is well to recOgnze that there are two classes-the
redee ma rredeema6le the bOpeful ana tho
hopeless. There % large and noble work Tor those
who love children and their country. To place the
LOGO children Rlndalls Island in decent ana
orderly homes would be a proportion OF one
enid to every 80 families in the State. l
and its dimensions would produce hOpcessness and de-
spar As you approach closer to actual want II IS en-
10 bled and transhgnred Remembet that IN minister
ing to the poor you helping those made In the Ike
ness Of God and whom our Savior has redeemed with
His flood.