EFFECT OF THE POOR LAWS IN ENGLAND


UPON THE DOMESTIC VIRTUES.
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To us in the United States it will seem Incompetent
sbe how any laws intended to relieve the suTerngs Of
humanity. can operate SO as TO multiply the number Of
cases even at the expense Of all that modesy holds dear
In this land of MORALS where if the aggregate are not SO
devout as the few there is general system Of ethics
which sets high value upon the propreties Of life, that
makes all men esteem virtue and strive more or less to
encourage its growth hear with surprise of nation
that feeds its panpers and corrupts its natrons


The following is an extract from the official report Of
Mr.. Cowell, the Poor Law Commissioners, published by
authority of Parliament in 1888 From this It will be seen
what sort Of mothers and daughters sent from the
overgrown population of Great Britain to mnge and take
rank with the pure defeated females of our own land


Little do those daughters of our countrymen, in whom
delicacy and purity have been nccaed for generations,
until has become part Of their very natures, think or
know how much Of the lees and dregs of life thrown
among them when these foreign daughters of Eve are
permitted to mngle in their society or take part or lot
in their dongs. If for other than TO keep our
own women unfamiliar with the forms Of vice, we ought
to raise our hands and voices to repe this tide OF
degradation that pours in every ship upon our land


at may safely be affirmed" (says Mr. Cowell) 'sthat
the virtue of female chastity does not exist among the
lower orders Of England certain extent among
domestic female servants who know that they hold their
situations by that tenure and more prudent in conse
auence Among the residue, all evidence goes to prove
that it is nonentity.


"a daughter grows up--she learns what her mother
was sees what her sisters and neghbors finds that
no body thinks the of them. and that nothing is
expected of herself and that there is short road to
riage or a maintenance.


arhe English law has abolished female chastity, self
respect proper prde and all the charities of domestic
life derived from and connected with its existence.
has destroyed, likewise. the beneficial influence which
this virtue in reflects the character Of men,"


That this picture cannot be overdrawn, is clear from
its having received the sanction Of all the oveseers
the poor, and having been alluded to by legislators Q
England showing the actual condition Of one class
their community.


1t would not be our desire to find such blot upon tn
,;ne of anv nation; but as it exists, and is portrayed
...-.,.n.sves on themselves be the blame and with
themselves remain the vice.