New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-30

lodged on n single night. The highways 90
tween Ncw-Yor and Philadelphia have been
populous with paupers, and so will continue
TO be, even though work may DO had LOT inc
asking upon the farms. Laziness IL invinei-
bic. Shiftlossncss is very sweet TO certain
natures. Always we have with us those po-
litical economists, tho beginning and END
of whose doctrine Is, that " the world owes
"tbem Hving;r and, be the debt just one
or otherwise, it is debt which the world IS
obliged to pay. We may arraign wretcn
for having "nO visible means OF support
but sending him to prison only makes our
means of supporting him visible; and II we
can force him to work out ten per cent OF the
cost of his keeping we consider ourselves
fortunate. From those who are relieved only
for night we get nothing. The reporter or
West Chester, Penn, newspaper, few even
ines since, found ffty-two dodgers packed In
tho little station house like behring's IN tub
in tho bcrths, on the floor, and on the benches
Fifty-twO by no means fragrant crea'uic'
sluInbering in q space of about ten by Twelve
feet. with a red-hot stove in the center. Iheie
must have been plenty OF carbonic acid gas
there and more smells than Colerldge counted
in Cologne. Gazing upon the scene, the re-
porter framed this query: "Why should the
"people of West Chester assist half hundred
yacnbonds TO pass comfortably their lazy
"Hvcs'- He printed this in the next issue of
bis newspaper. but out Of his infinite wisdom
he youchsafed no answer. He merely remarked:
"Tbe problem deserves discussion" We sup
pose so. =.
man who has always had q roof over his
head, and something upon his dish or In his
mug when he CHANGED to DO hungry or thirsty,
whose pocl1et-book has never been utterly va
cant. whose back never az bad as bare, is In
no position to Judge intelligcntly one who might
write pauperrimus after his name, il he knew
how to write at ALL So he looks scornfully
upon the solicitor Of aims, just as no who has
ALWAYS been successful in trade regards the
bankrupt. lie rings the changes upon shit
less. thriftess, luckless; "sOne people" he
says, "haye no faculty." and in saying so ut
tcrs a much graver truth than he has any no
ton Of. 1t il exactly 40. Some people nave
no faculty. Nothing which they undertake
succeeds. even if they have force enough to
undertake anything. If they set up shop,
nobody comes to buy Of them, for good reason
probably. and so they eat their stock in trade.
If they hire house, the rent money Is never
ready upon rent day. If they SOW, it is never
wisely, and they reap nothing if they keep
focks and herds, it is for the murrain; il they
make contracts, violation upon one side
or the other is sure; their wives turn
out scolds and satterns, their boys larcenous
and their girls lcwd. Add to these characters
those who are still more peculiar in being
under the blighting, palsying enchantment OF
insiaincd laziness--of that disinclination to
lift leg or o finger, which may be a mere
matter of temperament, but which this excel
lent world persists in regarding rs matter OF
morality. "Hc could if he would we say in
dignanty a. if "would' and could wero
not often convertible terms. Nobody Is lee
tilred its the lazy is but did all the ltcturing
in the world ever make one such industrlOusf
In vain we point out to him the busy bee and
the industrious ant i'll vain we recite to him
the verses of DIR. Watts Otis the voice of the
sluggartD and in vain we inform him that
those who will not work shall not eat. He
knows better, and it would make no difference
if he didn't He ate yesterday without work
ing; he will eat to-day without it /; and let to-
morrow take care of itself! He is simply lazy
1t is a disease. 1t is a destiny. 1t is in his
head, arms, legs, and dorsal muscles. 1t ID IL
fatal complaint which will not kill.
If this view of our lazy friends is cool, we
submit that it is also comfortable one.
Respectable people, with two coats and every
thing pleasant about them, fancy when tho
tramp is sent away unrelieved that he suffers
dreadful agOnies of mind, the hot distress of
despair! Go back to your breakfast, dear
madam, with no self-reproach The beggar
dismissed without even the smallest cur
rency or tho leas t crImb is not around the
corner tearing his hair, beating his bosom,
and calling upon Death to relieve him.
Nothing of the kind, we declare to you. He
is simply swearing ut your stinginess, and con-
sidering at which door lie shall next apply.
He isn't in the least pOetical He isn't
saying, 80 heavenl what will become of my
"dcar wife7 of my poor hungry childrenV'
He is determining whether he will try your
village little longer or push on to the next.
BE satisfied that he will not die of hunger.
Heaven helps the helpless and lifts up the
lazy. The honest pity which you unnecessa
rily feel for him, rest assured, is the bcst part
of this little transaction. Keep your money
for the really worthy, your bread for the
needy widow, and your raiment for her shiv-
eriDg children.
PERSONAL