The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-01-25
Negro Criminals.
Continued from Is, rage.)

y'2rS fh"r" ver" confined fn.S2s pre-
"u"r<, ~ whom .:1.u~sl ha. received r.
~ trimming, and 22sa hal not.
Nlu'ft -thrfs- - s~nt ~ all -. inmates
- Inc f-n3ra ~rf4rmafery has. received
r,t.s}on> ira ming ~ The prisoners IN
~ Jal.~ throughout th. United States.
over hfty-thTt- g-v cvnt hal received r.
iiEi"s,e training and .,~~ than =, r-- e,nt
lad not- II th" religious training Of tn.
Young received tie attention that II
should IN thr ~tIan C~pmmuu4fit~ Chris
tan church.~ AMI Christian ham.~. There
0oui,l j.. less tim" aul l.>S .s,-a~iaa for
!ruoanciuc public schools - ungo.lly
amt immoral. cur t;s-i u the Cod ~
ruth ana or,l,r au1 l.y.. anil rav.cnc.
and duty. These Yirtue~ are taught In
every tosbI >,a..ol that deserves tn.
name. and err Taught III III. great search
Tor Tim Wh" created them. when IL.
created nature and man. | have never
been id th. rooms - he first and go
"ud grades - our public schools. or IN
the kind"reirtru amid III. bndijng bios.
SONS ~ h2maastx without feeling that
Sod WAS Thor. ! am glad - say that
~ ra>i one 'liN ~ Texas, til" city 81 RI
Pcs. iu pur extreme NORTHWESTERN corn
.r, maintains "a fr,r public h4ndersarten
~ the foundation II is public school
system and that the city 81 Austin
maiut3.n> n fr.e. Industrial training
school. Nay th. Tim. speedily come
Whom thrr. VIII l." Tn such tu this i'm.
pcrial safe.
40 rANAcEA FOR TIE pREyEN-
Ilo\ pE CRIME.
There j. no p~lnacea for the preycn-
lion Of crime. Int II may l., greatly ii
miu.shod il all the forces of civilization
viii work together. Tn. number OF
criminals i doubtless surpassed hy these
who stand ON The bortlrrllnd 81 crime,
victims of vice. immortality and dishon-
csty. smart enough To escape the mesh
eS Of the law or hesitatiug which way
10 20, They viii i-con. criminals or
not. IN proportion n p~uniel,ments ar.
speedily and certainly Inflicted upon
other criminals. or III proportion as So
clciN encourages vicious, immoral aud
cNtraNagaui living. or IN proportion ~
preachers Of boi'S word bow before sin
ners III high places OF wealth and pow
.er, instead of standing up boldly and
proclaiminE ms did Nathan to David.
Ihou art the man.. or in proportion ~
mothers prefer the and tinsel OF
fashionable lft H. the sweet and holy
duties OF home and child training. or in
proportion rs professional men aim N
personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT rather than
~ ~ ' NV ttH w
in proportion as the public press spreads
its uaily meal Of filth and caters To the
has"r passions, or IN proportion a. bust
ness men worship Cos in their sunday
clothes and mammon in their daily
hearts. Ii IS a rule Of hygiene Ia keep
the general health good if you would pre-
vent sickness III any particular organ.
This is an excellent rule for the pre-
yentIon of crime. a far better rule than
the administration OF any one specific
medicine. Even If We could prevent BY
legislation the production Of offspring by
the criminal, the vicious, the defective
and the diseased. and even if we could
secure by education the perfect mental.
moral, religious, aesthetic ana physical
culture Of every child in the land. we
would not then prevent crime, unless We
could also control the social. Industrial,
political and climatic environment. All
the forces OF civilization are partly re-
e~c~sihle for crime, and crime will in
crease or diminish as any one OF these
forces is eXerted with more or less in
teneity in the right or the wrong direc-
ton. But of all these forces there is
none 50 potent as complete education,
for this. working upon the human be-
ing in the most plastic period Of his life.
is more able than other forces to correct
the evil tendencies OF hercdity, to give 4
man control over himself and to fit him
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