514 Address and Petition to the 



other places, particularly at Manheim, where above 800 

 persons are daily employed in the Military Workhouse, 

 and heap benedictions on its benevolent founder ? 

 Have the inhabitants of this town less good sense, 

 less humanity, or less zeal for the good of mankind ? 

 No. It would be an insult on the patriotism of our 

 fellow-citizens, were we to doubt of their readiness to 

 concur in our undertaking. 



The only efficacious way of promoting an institution 

 so intimately connected with the safety, honour, and 

 welfare of the state, and with the interests of religion 

 and morality, is a general resolution of the inhabitants 

 to establish a voluntary monthly contribution, and 

 strictly prohibit the abominable and degrading prac- 

 tice of street-begging, the unlimited exercise of which, 

 notwithstanding its fatal and disgraceful consequences, 

 is perhaps more glaringly indulged in Munich than in 

 any other city in Germany. 



In vain will the institution be opposed by the preju- 

 dices or the meanness and malice of persons who are 

 themselves used to mendicity, or to exercise an insolent 

 dominion over beggars. 



It will subsist in spite of all their efforts ; and we have 

 the fullest confidence that the generous and well-dis- 

 posed inhabitants of this city will be sensible how in- 

 jurious the habits of encouraging public mendicity are, 

 when an opportunity is offered them of contributing 

 to an institution where the really indigent are sure to 

 find assistance, and where the benevolent Christian 

 is certain that his neighbours and fellow-citizens are 

 benefited by his charitable donations. 



The simplest and most effectual way of ascertaining 

 the extent of such contribution is to form a list of all 



