Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-11

The Consequences OF the Decision OF
she Supreme Court.

The Consequence OF the Decision o.
the Supreme Court.
The following very just and sympathetic
article we quote from the Virginia Chroni.
Gle. We know from personal observation
what a good, comfortable home the Sis
ters Of Charity have made for the little
waits under their charge /; how disinter-
ested and how unselfsh were their labors.
1t is true that many Of the children now
with the Sisters will have to be transferred
to the State Orphans Home at Carson.
They cannot be maintained there for SIS q
year, the amount appropriated in the Law
for the Sisters for whole orphans and half
that amount for half orphans but the ex-
pense of keeping some more orphans at
Carson will not be as much in proportion
as the Chronicle seems to apprehend, as
the present people, who are now paid to
look after about As orphans can, without
much additional help, take care Of 100.
The State Orphans Home can be made to
accommodate this number. Unless the
Sisters give up their asylum altogether,
they will not be likely TO discharge more
than so children.
The Supreme Court has decided that the
Virginia Orphan Asylum is a sectarian in
stitution, and, therefore. debsrred from
receiving State aid. 1t IL the duty Of the
Supreme Court to interpret the States
Constitution impartially and faithfully,
and doubtless the Judge who wrote the
decision and his brother Judges who con-
CURED were moved only by Q sense of duty
IN 1no,oos-~ AhAk A.. Gx.k>p-
money shall be given to feed and clothe
the orphaned little ones under the care OF
the Sisters Of Charity in this city. Each
Of the three eminent gentlemen who have
given this decision would, no doubt, have
been only too glad had he been permitted
to consult his benevolent feelings instead
Of the cold letter of the fundamental law.
The Chronicle regrets that the Supreme
Court considers the extension Of State aid
to the Virginia Asylum q violation Of the
Constitution, chiefly for the reason that
we do not see how the institution, which
for many years has cone' 30 noble q work
here, is to be maintained. The commu-
nifty is poor and is no longer able to bear
the drain upon its purse which the sup
port OF the Asylum by voluntary con-
tributions has made necessary. The Sis-
ters Of Charity asked little OF the State,
and asked only what in common justice
would have been granted but for the Con-
stitutional inhibition.
They have saved the State many thou
sands of dollars by their disinterested
work, and as q simple business PROPOSE
ton it would be much cheaper for the
State to give the Sisters what they have
asked than to support the orphans at the
Carson Home. This the State will now,
in all probability, be compelled to do, as
those who have heretofore out Of their
generosity maintained the Virginia Asy-
lum will do 80 no longer, both on account
Of their inability and from the conviction
that the State should have the full benefit
of its unsectarian Constitution. The
Home at Carson will have to be greatly
enlarged for the reception of the children
now in the Virginia Asylum, and Nevada
will find herself heavily out of pocket by
the transfer Of the hapless little ones from
this city to the Capital.
1t is proper while on this subject to re-
fer to and condemn the indecent course Of
sundry journals in offering advice to the
Supreme Court during the tendency of
this case before that tribunal. 1t would
be insulting to presume that the narrow
minded and ~viciously bigoted outgivings
OF these sheets had any weight with the
Court.