But what can be done Is there any remedy? If so, how can it be applied?

None, prob ably, will hesitate to acknowledge that education, the early nurture, and the sound, religious, moral, and industrial training of the child, is the only curative that can strike at the root of the evil, by infusing a fresh and healthy principle, instead of that which is now so rotten in our state. But can it be given, so as to influence these degraded children; and if it can, ought it to be bestowed gratuitously upon them? Have we not already done enough in this country for the prevention of crime, by providing Schools, Penitentiaries, and Gaols?

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