New-York tribune., 1878-07-10
FROM THE PEOPLE.
THE MORNING PAPER: A STUDY.

To the EdttOr or The TrtbHne
SIR: There Is something startling in the
gaHces morning paper, with Its record OF crimes
and casualties sin and misery, uDtOne remembers that
quiet times make history. and that while one villain
startes community. thousands OF quiet people have
done their work and been faithful in their cangs, un
moved and unmarked
There was the usual record one day; more prospect
of war in place and less in another; more blnnders
OF our legislators who, strange to say, cannot suit
everybody; laudatlOn Of one man, because he was
dead when living he would have had his deserts some
prophecies Of eyil-f they true told you So,
IL they fail, "it because OF the warning that the
evil did not come" Two three only eases TO
make note OF, " Poisoning Murder: man was
found dead-Whether murdered or pOisoned-does not
appear" This would be plain for so far as we
read poisoning with intent is murder but for the Oms
sion. 1t reads poisoned by alcohol and that in the
eye OF the law Ia yet made crime. Wise men have
long sad "men forget that it the alcohol which Is
the poison" The very word intOxicae TO poison
day when the world Is better 9nd wiser things
will be called by their right names.
Again find "a gang of thieves entered house
which was left unprotected for time under the OF
a woman. They did not find much, and were arrested
before they could escape" Nothing very strange In
this but yet it sad The ages Of the men for boysl
were given-eghteon, twenty, eighteen, nineteen-nOt
one who was much over twenty Had they been in some
school Of crmel
his weary and hazardous life, and answered that he had
served fifteen years apprenticeship his trade Of
theyng and lie could not afford to waste so much time
Another history visit to the daughter OF a man
who executed many years ago for attempting to
murder his king That was an instructive record and Of
present interest The man had held some Office in a
town. and had planned and attempted reforms In the
service. So far, well He was dismissed, and
spent years in application to and another
OF the authorities for post or place under
the government. Finally he reached the king
himself, and there as elsewhere signay failed.
Finally he became discouraged desperate and sought to
revenge himsekby taking the lie OF MS sovereign lie
OF arrested and executed One Is struck by
TINS ping OF dependence ana OF certain calm on lhe
Government, the public Tor support Perhaps IL ls
because familiar with Jnem, but one sees
this feature most strong III England ana ID GerDay
Certain families have claim for certain amount OF
patronage It Is most marked In England in the Church,
where men 30 not hesitate 10 ask Tor 10 peg
for places where they wait and wait TO be taken care Of
And IN the smaller German pIncpatles 10 has Deen re-
hiIkeu now lAlEe proportion O the men llvo a' te
pubic CRIB, depend on the Government Tor place or sup
port They come to feel that they have a righteous
claim.
An this strikes US here strangely, because rule
helpessneSs not one OF our vices Let independence
be our boast" not alone political but personal and
the man who had good trade, and was living GOmior-
tabyet who applied for charity because ne mad no one
10 htp MN but himself was NOT native 10 the SOIL INC
spirit Of htlptssness and The spirit OF communism grow
together. II man will not work, persuade himself
that he cannot, - very easy to 90 further ana mann
tain that the world owes him living, aDd narrowing
down the world to the community, be viii try to take
what is not accorded him. In the case of this German
re1cdc, the probably was not fitted Tor any other
work. and with his hepessness OF feeling IL was easy to
persuade himself that ne was an injured man.
Tnis part Of my morning paper, ana the moral
ofitls Don't give too much IN charity and If posi-.
bic give men WORK, aye and women too. Make work. II
you able rather than To give It were pity unless
necessity TO dismiss ones servants, TO turn any IN
OF course, do what we afford, bat this Is
noi the first form OF ofretrenchment And TINS is but
glance at one paper. MEMO
Netc- YORK, July 3, 1878.