The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1894-02-02


igrcatest, and surely tho weighticst
Thought in this connection is that Of
the 'sHomc."
X Home :. tho nursery pf nations
I8 Brtghtcs, hopes or futur" gopd
Ia Rest upon thy misst N being
20 Better known aud unicrstpod"
l The lives of men, be their charac
tiers pure and sublime or iguominious,
aro but the development und expansion
eof the nricc::if;;ic1 in,::,:.s sssed into tnelI
Lives during childhood This is az
hrmed as q reputation of tho theory
jf'Criminnl Hcrcdity."
N 'In tho mouth of two or three wit.
nesses every word may 10 established.
jF-Biblo.
II What mon mentally dwell upon
)they become or grow like the qunl
lity of thipking determines the cou-
lsciousncss, and consciousness forms
charactcr. Character is therefore
habitual quality of consciousness
Action is often temporarily modified
Iifrom motives of outward policy. But
I'its constant effort is to become a true
lcopy of the inner pattern. Harry
8cod, in.the Arcna, Ocisber.----, --.....i -,a
t"I have examined systematically on.
thousand prisoners. More than one
Fourth had not only fine, but excep.
tionally fine, physical basis of life and
strength. The other three fourths
were rather below the average of The
people one finds outside Of the pris-
ons.
This I believe, only goes to show
that the criminals are more largely
drawn from among those who are ply
sically dcgeperatcd or dishca-tened
and weighed down by burdcnsomt
physical condition3
( 1t shows conclusivclv, to my mind
that much moro weight has been given
ITO heredity az n prcdisposing cause OF
lcriminal life than fairly belongs 10 Il
IL believe That tho child of The tn;ei,
apart from his environments and pos
lsible training, starts wei! nigh as fa;,
Fly in the race of life AZ thc child of tEc
average citizen.
Ut ID environment and training, not
yheredity, that gives the most favorable
lcondition for the development of crimi.
Inal impulse. VIM. NJ. +. Rounds,
lsb - oi' ''I't'ii'p't.
/ AFTER nn experience "f MOI"
than forty years with nearly twcntr
ithousaud juvenile 1cl: 1Iucnts, cab
state with entire confidence, that
mot one per ccat. were children born
tof criminal parents, aud with equal
!confidcncc, I nm able 10 say tIst the
common cause Of their delinquency was
found i'll bad pa-cntnl trimming, bad
Icompanionship, n luck Of wholesome
lrestrainst from evil associations aud
linfluenccs. - G. Jones, in n. Y. OBJ
,server.
1t will DC clearly seen that The
Ihome and ii" surroundings mako the
man or the fellow.
/ The dwelling aud it's situation nro
important, (but 200 often ovcrlooked,j
elements in the liomcmnking.
Too often are thc dwellings whcicii.
children arc To nc reared and trained
wholly unfit by 'cagouH l,oii OF hiruc..
Iure and ircomPlc,cCcSs, while The
IsituatiOn ~ equally EuGca: able.
The lack Of proper niten;:oI 10
these respects In" nm ,mncasr,able
.dect upon the physical mora! ~,
mental growth and cnIiu:e Of children
The mora! purity Of ihe home demands
the most profound consideration. lis
value is incstimnblc As n principle
lit is indispensable TO the good of The
home, society aud State.
/ Is it not shame a public c"ime!
and forebodcr of domestic infeli-
'city, society and national dsastc" that
so little attention is given 10 the cu!-
ture and extension Of moral purity in
the home?
In order to foster social purity and
moral culture, particular attention
must be given to tho prevalent evils
current among our people. Should
mot the practice of adultery he sup
pressed to its minimum hy an united
force of public sentiment, accompanied
by severe penal inhictiol from the
fcivil laws?
. Another odious and beastly practice
now prevalent, and which demands
special attention. is .hat of wife de5er
tion. There ere not few homes
annually reduced to conditions favor
able to home impurity by the husband
abandoning the family, or failing to
provide for its maintenance. Shal!
this outrageous practice upon poor
and helpless wives and mothers be al
bowed to go on unpunished Are we