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Show H -J IS GENERAL ItUOTH'S SCIIEjIE H , "j I'KAhlUI.E.' I We have alraaJy presented som" . . 1 " " vIe-s in relation to the plan oOerud I " ; ' by General Broth, in his now book. 1 I I for the temporal elevation of-the B I ' crlme-steepeJ, poverty stricken, 1 : inierable waifs who dwell in the H i slums of the greit cities of the M t British Isles nifi special reference H to the lowest clar of the people of H I i London. Funds are rolling in for B -sX the purpo-e of piling up tho re- B ' quiite one millija pounds to be 1 I , used for the ga.hering up of the B I squalid mjUittiJB anJ conveying m m them, for cobuizi'.iou, to the Dark B fl Continent. M - The sjlijeells ona of intcufe in H I .v"1 -eat. anl Ui-r.- Is nj harm In B B r V.kinque-tlins concerning It. The I 1 f" lealiug interrogation ought to be, I H I Uis pHn pliilosophlcally philan- H I thrjpic? If the answer be In tht B j afllrmitivH tli scheme should be B j , supported and ought to succeed. H jj j 4 Societyjlikethe earth's crust, ex- H A V j ists in Strata. Tha very lowett mx ' I stratum General Booth, of the H 3J. Bilvation Army, proposes to eliml-H eliml-H "- I na!e from the chler cities of Great H 'VM Britain. Will the places vacated H iM lJ tbo walls and criminals remain H kfl Z empty or will they bo filled by H V other.? If tha lattr ba tliecaee H Wj then, tho scial cjadiMon of the H Bg great cities will not bs Improvrd. H Bt whlletlntof the firmer oxupautk BJ B of the Mums may be. H I Every part of British society de- H peads upon the othr jiortion or H JW class. An innumerable army of ' jB eml11 merchant", huiUtera and J gen ral tra lers in tho great nation H 'fl . ofrbop-keepers depend on the low-BJ low-BJ n fl t" " otctmof people for sabsihtenw. IJ H Takeaway tno source of tfcelr sup. J ' porr, anl they go down to fill the J i , places vacated by their cu-tom- B era remived to Africa. To fi I I a ,ilUo Iilgber up, there HI k an't!er army ompised cf ' larger merchants and dealer?, who 11 I ' a"o dejrendent upon the claa be I tween thtm and the slam-dwellers i for tieirialronage. Rem-.ve that W k Ai support by placing those extending fl , itonesteploo-er in the social scale! B V t anJauothsrrwrtioa of tho people J 1 , tlke a downward slide. Take these f I considerations in combination with ' ihe Tet Out tliera is a constant I J gravitation ol a larjo proportion oi ' e popubtion toward the very (lowest human statas and it will be observed that Gsueral Booth's plan would probibly not work a banefi B I cnt revolution in the loergrades of I British society. B r "SSSSJ" - At first thr Gsncral proposed to -xOa. . conflno 1,U cntjrprUo to Un re- - ' ' dempttonofsuchortaoloicUetrlpc "or Enjllsh undercurrent existence I M profes-ej CariVianlty. He ha w,Jnl thessj.ieo hh p!ai, however, how-ever, and propisas to take people of ! every shadeof religions leamuj, as i v ' I rell Jwthoso who have no mcllna- i ' t,on ln that dircc.lon. And", "to ' ' kesi Pm i" tlie lamily," l.e has "greed to forego tha Christian rites t of baptism anl the lord's Supper. ) ' , ne wealthy Kcgli-hmsD, the liirl j ! of "erby, has contributed a thous- ,L .X . anJ, Iund, with the ug " -1 ( "'"Jeretandingthathedccssooiithe ' j I cround of general benefits, without l relation to CnrUtiamty, whicli, he I j I asierts, has failel to elevate the j Pr- ' ' course he has reference to J sparious Christianity, e 'J t II ls Impossible to avoid a su3ic- Ll I M '""""at General Booth's change of J! ' ' base was occasiontU by the fact that U i ! un,eS8 ,he ttcl fchould b- taken m ' . '"Joyjwhichlscomlnslnfrom ill ! 1 " Cbsaes' WouM ,,ot fortl.com- V I lnS In suIHelent quantity to luiug. ii V' 'A I . urate and conduct the projtcl Bi l I rnong uic colonl-ts will le repre- - f ( I entatlvi or the wont, lowest and ! " !' I most ""tal criminal classes, who I .' , everywhere live by preying upon l . their fellow creatures. It only needs I I I another phase of humanity To be , j ,'H -lded in order to contiU.le a com- ,, ' ' M muny that would not only feed ! 1 "y. Tiiat element would be , i '' ",.ecln:'balt-'"atlwsftheland I rUteaWUlico. B 1 ?., ' Imagine the chiracler of a com 1 ) V. X "cnsUluled! 4&ZZ HBHBHHifBp' K wbV atory process could scarcely he J-. gun in cne generation, because of tb low character ot the component parts. The only method by whlch-Gcncral whlch-Gcncral Booth and his aids could keep such a population from'ifevour-Ing from'ifevour-Ing each other wo lid be by the establishment es-tablishment of the most thorough and unrelenting despotism, under whicli every man who lilted his nof, so to peak, would bavo it smashed. This Is almost self-evident on tile grouud that these people are not to lis drawn together by any high purpose in tbimiclves. But even an absolutism would fall to milnlaiuurJernad morality among such a population, as it would cause tha turbulent spirits to revolt and bloodshed would be the result. We believe the scheme will miscarry mis-carry because of ilia want of high purpose and moral stamina in those who tiould comprise the colony. It would contain too many of the wolves and tigers of society. The major portion of a community must havean inclination for tho honest, good aud tiu ; otlierwle the tendency ten-dency is toward barbarism. When it Is Uie other way the evil predominates predomi-nates and crushes out tho good. Hence we are of opinion that General Gen-eral Booth's scheme is not philosophically philo-sophically hllauthropic, however excelientmay 1k the motive of its projector. |