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Originally levied, and it is proposed to apply the surplus to a charitable object quite foreign to those purposes.
It then appears to my Ld that the principle is very strong against applying money raised by Taxation to purposes of Charity, especially when that money has been raised ostensibly for a very different purpose. They think that the experience derived from the practice of the Sailors' Home, and other similar Bodies in this Country, strongly confirms this objection. They think that Money is soon spent, and too often spent badly, by a Sailor; but it is false economy to take it from him by force, in order to provide better for his wants.
Moreover, in the case of the Sailors' Home, the step proposed will very likely frustrate the object in view. The great obstacle to the success of such Institutions is the difficulty of inducing Seamen to prefer them to the Common Boarding houses; and it is not probable that a Sailors Home will be popular with seamen if it is known by them to be supported by ...