New-York tribune., 1877-01-02
NDISCRIMINATE CHARITY.
THAT MOTHERS DEAD CHILD.

yr,N,sIrY .or TO nv LOST IN ORGANIZED cHAF
ry-rrRsoEAL RESPONSIBILITY STILL NEEDED
-upIp TO NESS Souls As TO THEIR HoDIEs~
NO RiAyE TOWARD 4 DRUNKARD WHO bliNhS
-rhF BLAME LIES FuAIHER BACK.
TO the Rdifor OF The tribune.
SIR: We women, who have children OF our
OWL foun the story the baby frozen to death an !s
mothcr's breast the other night. while she a. In
crowded street vainly nskin& help from ChgstiaE
people but cherries rcadirg for ChstH brih"a io"r
recommendation your readers that they shOuu pe.
sonally attend TO snoh eafcs OF want rs came in ii
way certainly would appear to ordinary hnmuu oehs'
only the dictates OF plain common SENSE ~ "eh US .o
direct eacing OF lIm who Dade us indi'nuay I'H 'pc
hucry and clohe the naked. But the objections urHcl
TO this course by those who probably represent inc
morality and philanthropy Of society, Sechcd 3" o
more cofortlcss than The story OF the poqr dead Dhoy
II their arguments right verify in suite of christmas
fires and wcwarcd church pews the Wind DioWS uuc
cast in the world to-day, and cold
There IL no III discussing this especlai cas-" Any
lougcr-thc baby is dead tie mother IL left with her
drunken husband to console her, and tho Chil5ti'
women WHO turned deaf ear to her cry for pi'y Tue
other night sa sly themselves no doubt WIN tae ie
lection that police to blame. who SHOULD nave
r,es:od her for streetboGging. But thero are other
slvmg mothers and freezing babies, aHd it necessary
We should consider how TO treat them' GIhVey ana
calmly, uninGucnccd by either mawlish scntlmeh'ahv
or that codboodcd logic which q equally narrow anu
unns The larger cities as we all KnOW are iui just
now OF men out of work. professional beggars the cold
tho hungry the sucTing there they arc on one sac
ccnt army tricky and criminal, If you will, sometimes;
but after all men and with bodies, brinR, ao
souls precisely like those whose chances III lie nave
been better. On the other side 10 society," Wciloho'
pilau .hropic, Christian, made NJ a.So Oi men ana
woncn placed by hc accident OF birth o: character cd
ucaon and circumstance above the level % the conyictS
g. H. cold or starvation On side IL need; on the oiher
means and good viii 20 relieve the need means and
will which impressed themselves on countless asJ
luns hospitals. organized chGics small ana great az
we'll as educational Systems. Still The connecting INK Is
hacking. The DANGEROUS classes grow more DANGEROUS
with every yolr tho prisons as fu ana III our eel
lar, aud courts PAilaicpnia, and your tenement
houses In New-Yor tEis Winter, there Is great ana ia
mediate want which organized society does or can
raaca Rich ana poor do not strike hands h'ar'liy'
Dives and Lazarus sun at odds Julia Dee"isS cAHd
freezes oI her breast While Christian women hr''h past
i,i .na leave l.. to the police.
49,, what l rcrodi 10 Ir, IT seems mere d'rect in
d ,rul intercourse between the crSss. one of yoiu
g. csrondcuts man whose Kindness OF heart IL Pro'ef-
bal declares Rum Is II the bottom Of the evil We
i hnow 3bat moisHiibiy be is right Iw"iAniS OI oir
piiIpelisu ana would bo removed IL liquor were
gone poor sfuandcr their earnings or IT, Be- &c
,oboay jusii1cs Rum. Bat ticrc is another
.,lc 70 the question. There tie Liquor js and
rs long ns society fails 10 furnish r man with
clncation or work food fire. ana yeccnt glass OF
whisky VIII warm, feed aud give him an hours derun
of io J. for cne have 10 heart TO blame lhl when ne
takes it, The fault lies further back. Nor does tic
drunkenness of the babys father diminish one whit
the guilt OF those who the baby de As we have sc.
feeling aside il this natter lei s at least keep oui logic
clear.
There are other feeble pleas in apology OF individual
uece II the poor the chief Of which i, thai there Is %
much trigaery ana iinlo5turc among them. UhdoHD'-
clly. are the rich all honest in purpose and clean in
bands when hoy sr about earning yinsT protest,
in the name OF and decrrry against the argument
which nolds every man in a ragged coat swidler and
every Wuiuau VINO asks bread "A drunbard until they
move the1n.elycs innocent. II the argument OF
those who passed Julia Deems by and-there is the
baby dr.d
Your correspondent that there are many beg
ng women aud dragged uauies on the street tiat it IA
hnnos-ie for men who have work to do for their own
families 10 examine INFO each and he night
less We recognize the needs OF poorer brother Gs
heinz our - work ~ well GS the making Cf money. A
mans own children let believe, will not be worse fed
o. cauracd because o the time ne give, g. those whom
Christ committed 10 ms care. It weak srpaIstton
which trusts the od surety, lie that gych to the
pooY iendeth to the Lord" Ind.scrHinate amsgiyng
ia unjust 10 worthy poor and premium on irpos-
ture lut 30 tIo iuGs, uinlte cruelty which condemns
el alike, m!lcard, have no name TO give
The fact is that 10 those who have most carefully
=iicred c !tion Of the socallcI dangerous classes,
o
The sar5 FOR their relief the truth hGS been mere az
rar.nt with cac year that the failure in these sysems
arises from this very Gisp0Ston oi individual men and
woman 10 throw the ouUS Of responsibility wholly on
2, or zrd ~iatab,o bodies. ihc refusal, in sOrt, Of
educated peopa to recognize in the needy men and
women like themselves. with each year the habE ras
CROWN n.ner which treats paupoI-m. ignorance, and
erin. Is separate entities not many human beings
and deals N.,h them n masses Though the machinery or
corporate bodies. What has been the r.ailti Our
prisons were costly palaces in which the sole object
was 10 Iuakc the prisoner ssiaupio'tuS uH!ii Le was
turned ont hardened in CRIME 20 prey tpou society again;
in CONT. alsnc;.c5 aud jai's, and IN churcGegine
communities, wee and barhirt',s Wtre pTci.ted which
Tdarc net Nrlip Uut individual Christian m"n b-s.n
,c vorl, Of reform in which personal ca?c is gwen TO
TIE convict in ni, eel. and his discharge. TIE success
Of hi, work ,ends upon the persona! relations esti-
Mhcd bee ycrn the criminal and Lis Lelncr the appeal
in detail To- his special ncads AMI character.
OrgaI,1ci movements ana charitable societies are
uccr,SaIy doUb less but before we hand over the per-
-onaI responsibility which Christ Laid upon each o us to
teln they must prove themselves able and IA Icr the
Office Now first, there few OF these societies winch
have not already urgcd their pleas for money declaring
themselves unable 30 cope with The exceptional need OF
the Winter. And secondly it is not money nor vIctuas
aono which the hGugry man fallen woman needs at
the hand OF brother men ID is the human comp1S-
Ion, the trust the strong word and loving touch which
shall heal soul well body and give them another
chance for This world aud for Heaven. How much Of
will tney receive from corporate sOcietiesl What
charitable machinery may become when lcft 10 i.sci y
udiy'd Christians has been shown th- year this
by III" urrligrmcnt Of two great refOrlatory in
sdutOns or the orarc Of inmates, torture Which ended
IN death. There is certain hardening process which
The managers Of thes, wholesale charities pass tnrough,
inevitable pI"naly. ron their frequent with
fraud bat which undoubtedly ns injurious IN its results