Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1 Page: 216 of 444
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176 REFUGE FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS.
amenable to public opinion: it is open to public inspection;
the inmates are not regarded as undergoing
punishment, but reformation; there is neither desire
nor interest in any one to detain them one day longer
than is necessary for their own welfare, and the directors
are always happy to liberate them whenever,
by the interference of their friends, or by other means,
they can be adequately provided for. The expenses
of the establishment are most properly provided for
by public assessment. There is no reason why the
benevolent members of society alone should be burdened
with the support of such an institution. In
Britain. we are still so deeply immersed in the barbarism
of the dark ages, that the maxim is very generally
admitted to be sound, that society has no right
to compel its members to pay money for benevolent
objects. It is regarded as a legitimate exercise of
legislative power, to levy taxes to maintain prisons
and penal colonies for punishing offenders, but quite
illegitimate to exact money to rescue the young from
the temptations that lead to crime; it is legitimate
to levy taxes to maintain fleets and armies for the
purpose of fighting the people of other states; but
illegitimate to raise money to be applied in national
education, which, by rendering our own people just,
might avert the necessity for fighting altogether!
The children were busily employed when we visited
the Institution. They are taught a trade, and
receive instruction in the common branches of learnng,
ad in morals and.religion. A chapel formspart
of the buildings.
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Combe, George, 1788-1858. Notes of the United States of North America, During a Phrenological Visit in 1898-9-40: Volume 1, book, 1841; Edinburgh, Scotland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1028/m1/216/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.