National Republican., 1883-06-27
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In tho high and palmy state of Athens,
when physical beauty was invited, culti-
vatod, and adored, fneness of limb and
iguro were prcnatally induced through such
impressions upon tho mothef-minds as
could be gathered from association with tho
beautiful in art. The women who gavo
to Greece her shapely men, her war
riors, sculptors, statesmen, and philosophers
were during tho most important periods in
their lives given all that was highest and best
TO look upon in the art of their country, and
wore carefully protected from rovolting sights
and sounds Tho policy Of public aud gem
oral culture was not only refined, but it began
with the very beginning of life, and left its
traces in u development Of high and splendid
things that shine out with lustcr which
time has had no power to dim.
In these later days, tho principle of indi-
vidual liberty, being u leading and indeed
the most cherished one, individuals who arc
least entitled to its exercise arc forever and
Extensively pressing it over the line at which
liberty becomes license, and the rights Of a
present public, no less than the lives and
limbs aud minds of public yet to be born,
are ilagrantly outraged every day.
This journal has heretofore on several oc-
casions, protested against some of the sights
which arc thrust upon all who walk the streets
of Washington. Mendcancy ut its most OK
cusablo is without excuse in u city where
public charity is so broad aud liberal and
thoroughly we'll administered US it is here
but mondicancy with accompanimouts of filth
and testers and distorted frame is worse than
inexcusable-it is gricvous and n wicked
public enemy, as much deserving Of police
supervision or repression as any other thing
that operates to tho general injury.
Several Of the street beggars of Washing.
ton, who are and have for years been familiar
to every one in the city, are objects which nc
sound and healthy man can look upon with.
out shudder OF disgust. No woman should
be afflicted with tho sight of them; and tc
many women they are positive and fright
full danger.
There is one poor creature, wheeled about
in n chair through tho most crowded shop
ping districts, who may bo referred to as il
point. 1t is without any wish to bear harshlS
upon an unfortunate that notice is taken o
him in this connection, but simply to dircc
attention by special and conspicuous instanc,
to public injury. Who ho is or wha
he was need not bo inquired. 1t i
distortion he is without an equal among ever
tho dirticst and ugliest of Washington:
street beggars. With singular aptnoss fo
doing the wrong thing in the most conspicu
ously offensive way, he is pushed ceaselessly
about among the very people from whose eye
he should bo most sedulously secluded. \
lieutenant and n sergeant of police, of whom
it was inquired why they permitted him t.
exhibit himself instead of bringing him il
under the vagrancy laws. TO which III
is clearly amenablc, replied that the,
had not the heart to take him of the streets
because thcy happened to know he had hv
children TO support. The reason why thes
five children should be permitted in effect {,
threaten innumcrable unborn other children
was by these highly intelligent public guar
dans left unstated; but tho revolving object
their father, goes his regular rounds unhn
dered quito as though some such reason OK
listed, and was too strong for either the gen
eral veal or the written laws.
Everything that good taste and tn
libemlity of great nation cal
do to make this city splendid has been an
is being done. 1t is II shame that the stu
pdity or uneducatcd charity" of few pc
licomon should be permitted to blot tho fli
sight of our streets, and menace future gon
orations by giving license without limit t
creatures such us this. AS in other thing,
where the sense of the constituted au
thoritics has been found lacking
action by tho citizens themselve:
through their organized committees
by which the abuse may DO rcmedicd. Their
is no reason why any beggars should ever b
seen in Washington; there is less why abhoi
rent bcggars should be permitted to exhib
themselves. The REPUBLICAN protest
against further continuance of this miscri
bio evil, and urges some effort toward il
abatement.
Breeches Trousers.