The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-07
DANGEROUS CLASSES.
SOME or The DISASTROUS EFFECTS
OF NEGLECT AND POVERTY

~ Nldssrs VI ~NC" III
:isalnly American born. but the children Of
various classes Of immigrants, They are as
l,unrant Us London fiashmen or cu>ter.
r1,:lsers They are far morc brutal than
Tie Iss.silntry from whom they descvnI,
nd they are much banded together in assD-
.iatioa$ They are enfants penlli>. grown
T. % young manhood They arr ready for
49, ofenss or crime, however degraded or
l,ody.
ris yasin., rufians Of New York are the
slurt, Of accident, ignorance and vice.
/ -s-.u':S 2,@n,eV psNple, such as COMPOSE the
,t,.la' n D. this city and is suburbs, there
III always BE- a great number of misfor,unes;
l.h.rs die and leave their chitlren unpro-
.ei for lar, nts drink AMI abuss their little
..aa>, AMI thar lloot AWAY on the currents u
tg7'.t; a,tnnloth"r, or s:epfsthers drive
- m. tre,c. AMI illtrea,meat, their sons
tyll i.pa- Ihn,sanl> are thu children If
lscr tos-i ..e.S, Who have permitted them To
grow up without school, eln ation or religion
Al tho negt : AMI bad e,lu atiM and evil
example Of a poor eias tend TO forri others,
who. as they mature, swell the ranks u
ruiiians and criminals. So, at length, a great
,;.altitule of ignorant, unframed, passionate
lfrrligious boys and youn, nlen are formed.
who become the "danscruu, clas," of our
city.
TVE DESTITUTE, MISERABLE AND CRIMINAL.
Thnr' AZ. thousands on Thousands in New
Work wha have no assignable home, AMI
Iii. from attic TO attic and cellar "a cellar
t!ers are other Thousands more or l,s
connected with criminal enterprise. AMI sill
other tens Of thousands, poor, harl press 4,
and depending for daily bread ON tn ,lirs
earnings, swarminG in tenement houses, who
behold the gildsd rewards Of toll all about
them, but they are never permitted 10 touch
them. All these great masses of destitute,
miserable and criminal persons believe that
for ages the rich have had all the good things
n life, while TO them have been left the evil
things. Capital TO them i, tho tyrant Let
but law lift its hand from them for a sees N.
or l.. the civilizing influence Of American life
fail TO reach them, and, If the opportunity Of
fercd, We should see an explosion from thi,
cltsS which might leave this city in ashes and
blood
~ tho nimber Of the Dist, tlvcly home
less AMI vagrant youth in New York. il i
ditli 'ult 10 speak with y" i,ion ,honl h.
inclined to es,iriit1 i sit'r l,ng ol,tryat N.
as fiuctuating each year bttw zen 'D.Nn AMI
5000, But to these, ~ they mature, rnrt
b. aided, in composition Of tn dangerous
classes, all thrs' who are professionally
criminal, and who have homes AMI lodging.
places. Add again 10 these portions Of that
vas. and ignorant multitude, who in pros.
lernu, times. Just keep their heads above
water, who are pressed down by poverty or
misfortune. and who look with envy and
Cr'"l AZ tn signs Of wealth AMI luxury all
around them, while they thcmscl,c, have
nothing but hardship, pcnury AMI unceasins
drrlgrrv.
\ most powerful AMI continual sovQrre Of
crime with tho young Il inhcrtance--the
Transmitted tendencies AMI qualities Of their
parents, o. Of several generations Of ancps-
tors. II is well known 10 those familiar with
iiiursN, Al y > ,o.> ..,,t ""-.~;., ...,'.~..
sivcly through two nr more generations como
70 have a. almt: Irresistible force, AMI no
doubt modify tho brain 81 ~ to constitute an
almost ipstrn condition This Is especially
true cf III appetite for liquor and Of the
animal passion AMI sometimes of the peculiar
wcaku, -, d'i.nlence and lazness which
mak confirmed paupers,
Az ENCOURAGING STATE or THINGS.
have watched great numbers Of do.
graded famie, in New York. and exceed.
inglv fcw of than have transmitted new
generations of paupcrs, criminals or vag-
rants. The causes of this encouraging state
of things are not obscure. Tho action Of
the great law Of natural selection In r.
CARL to the human race, Is always toward
temperance anil VIRTUE. That is, vice AMI
extreme Indulgence weaken the physical
powers and undcrninn The cons itu'ion they
impair the faculties by which man struggles
with adverse conditions AMI get, beyond the
reach Of poverty AMI want The vicious and
sensual and drunken die earlier or they have
fewer children, or their children are carried of
| By disease more frequently, OF they themselves
are unable To- resist or prevent poverty AMI
suffering. As a consequence, in the lowest
class, the mor' sclf-controlel and yirtnous
tend conStantlt TO survive and tn prevail in
"the struggles for existence over the vicious
! nrl uTrovnrnol and to transmit their pro-
! g,py Td,ultura drift among the poor IL
| toward, viftu' Probably NJ vicious organi-
aatiOn with very Extreme AMI abnormal
!
gcneration IL ends in insanity or crctinis,l or
the widest crime
The result is then. with the worst endowed
families, that the gpinmules,' or latent
forces ~ hundreds Of yirt,io,is or at least,
not vioious generations, lie hid in their con-
s'tutons The immediate influences ~
parents or grandparents are, of course, the
-.r0n.e~t in Inheritance; but these may he
overcome, anil thu Intent tendencies TO good,
coming down from remote ancestors, I've
aroused and developed
Thus is explained the extraordinary i'm
provemcnt Of the children Of crime and pow
erty In our industrial schools, and the reforms
AMI happy changes seen in the BOYS and girls
If or dangerous classes when placed in kind
western homes The change Of circumstances,
the improved fool the daily moral aud mental
Influence, Tire pa.~ts NJ regular labor and
li4iplinp, AMI c',pyu all. the power Of re-
fri0n awaken these hidden Tendencies 10
gopl, both those coming from many genera
tons Of comparative yirtu" and those in
hereait In In" soul, while they control and
weaken All cause to I've forgotten those dis
casl aWrt'', or extreme passions which
Oh ~ unfortunate creatures inherit directly
1ni substitute higher moral -.n,a for :he
NV moral Instinct, which they obtain frfiu
th,ir re-huts joe Howard in Boston 'ilole
Curra9's Opinion Of Lord Byron.
When Lord Byron published hts sentimental
Farewell after his separation from his wife
he matter was a subject of much after dinner
eminent. Currll- opinion was once ap
t,alei to- II prot 4 Ail h. Il do not un