St. Landry democrat., 1891-05-16
Savings Of TaInape.

" hat IS the theft Of the gold and slve
from your money safe c. mrar-d with III
THEFT OF your chiidren's virtue?
The annual Police Reports Of these cite
a. exam lie il TN re 10 ne more Sup
gestive than Dante's Inferuo,' and a.
hi tian people as vel as reformers need
to waken to Present and tremeL d "a. 0ut,
/ You might as we'll think 10 stand in ,
closely -conhned room where there ar.
| hIty people al etLOt Breathe IT, vi Al &C
ar, as 10 >laud III a community where r.
| is such great mul ituGe of The Feorxyed
Without some y hat being colial ilat-d
Drunkenness is responsible for much of
the theft, since 1t confdses a man 5 id 4,
OF prop rty. and he gets his hands On
| iIlhgs That do not belong to ham. r ID l..
| 10 pons'be Tor much of the assault ii. q
bottery, ms r.ng uIen t. sudden bravery
whlth they must demon trato though il b.
on the face of The nrxt gentleman
The modern plague is the plague of
crime III all our cities. IL halt, lot f =
oloodohrad l. shrinke from csrnase.
IL bruises a4d cuts, and strikes down, and
destroys 1t reves in the blood of BODY
and soul, this plague Of crime rampant for
hsFS' ai-u AC'el poldef Ut more Rampant
than now.
We uant men like john Howard and
Sir William Blackstone, and women like
Elizabeth Fry, to do for the PRISONS of the
L nlled States what those people did il
Other day tor The prisons OF England. I
thank GOD for what Isac 7. Hopper and
Dr. Wines and Mr.. Harris and scores or
others have done in the way of prison re-
form ; but we want something more radical
before will come the Blessing Of Hun who
said: 81 was in ION and ye Came unto
Me-"
Vat improvements have been made by |
introducing industries into the prisons but |
we want s1methipg more than hammers |
and shoe-lasts to reclaim these people. Az |
we want more than sermons on the Sab.
ath day. Society must impress these
men with the fact that it does not Ell ioy
their suffering, and That it is attempting
to reform and elevate them The majority
Of criminals suppose that society has
5rudge against them, and they in turn
lsve gIudge against society.
In some of the city prisons the air is
Ike that of the Black Hole of Calcutta
have visited pri ons where, as The air
'"ept iHr6ugQ Inc wicket, II almost
Knocked me Gown. No sunlight Young
len who bad committed their fist crime
rowded ia among cid offenders. saw in
ne prison woman, with child almost
lind, who Lad bet arrested for the crime
i poverty, who WAS waiting until the
low law co I'D take her to the almshouse, | s
where she 1ighlfuljy belonged; but she
las thrust in there with her cIitd amelp
be most abandoned wyetches OF the town 1
We are all ready to Arraign criminals )
We shout at the top Of our voice, .S.uu :
leS.' and VII. n the police get on the
'ack we come ouS, hail IS ami II our 4
1ppers, and assist ID the sr:e9t. We =
'me around tt sling ruff In aid hustle ,,
i'm II to tstIce, and when he gets in :,
rison, what do We 90 for lin? With -
It at gusto Wa put on the hanucuffs ana u
le b, pples; but what preparations are ~
Q aklng for the CAV when Tie handcuffs =,
I'd hol pies come off? ciery seems to
y to these crimnas, ''ViIain 90 in there I,
Id ret, when it ought to say, You A
e an otf@nder against ii e law, bur W. -
Fan to give you an oppors unity +, repent i
g mtar to belp YOU Here are Bibles -
q tracts and Christian il tu-Ices. Curist -,
ed for you. Lock anu live" =.