Observations on the Administration of the Poor Laws in Agricultural Districts (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826* edition. Excerpt: ...deprive them of allqualincntfons foi-' "if'J-'... .-; K 'n.'.i '.'. ml" ' l'., ..:, I.; i.'I U The execution of the Poor Laws (says Lord Kames) would be impracticable, were a distinction between.virtue and vice attempted by an enquiry into the conduct and character of every pauper. Where is a judge to be found who will.patiently follow out such a dark and intricate expiscadon? i;T accdifplish te task a wan must abandon eerv othflr coneeitTbketchcsvfMan. other situation in;life. It is well known that every farmer on a considerable scale generally employs a labourer as a foreman and superintendant. The qualifications for such a situation are industry, care, and such a degree of integrity as will not only refrain, but restrain others from acts of disboneqty, .Not: one of the labourers belonging to the parish has ever been employed for any length of time in such a capacity, except No. 16, the man who is employed on my small farm. All the men in such situations are brought;from other parts, vhere pauperism is not so rank and general as it is here. Sifice my residence in this parish applications have been made to me by some friends in London, to send up young men as labourers in gardens, and similar situations. Anxious as I should have been to recommend the youth of this place to such situations, I have not known one on whose demeanour, desire to please, and to succeed, I could sufficiently rely. I have, however, known young men sent up to these situations from other parts of this county. One who went up a few years ago is now in a situation in the receipt of between 100..i and 200, per annum. Another, after remaining in his place a few years, has returned and taken a snull farm in his native village. A third, ...