Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-03-18
fVOL. Niu.--NO. 10f.

could ariicu.1.c. TIE parental rl,in struck
The spoIer alwoSt speeghless. iie few
dreadful words, ." have your child"
wl.hered her heart up with .he horrid JOY
that death denied It's mercy that hex
daughter lived, bni lived also in iniamy---
she could neither speak nor liear--she
sunk down, cOnyiised and powCrieSS -
IS soon as she could recover TO anv.tiiiug
OF effort, naturally did she turn Ia there's
ldence of Mr.. Townsend Ibis orders iia,
anticipated hCr-the sentinel refused her
enirance-she told her sad narration-She
implorcd his p:Jy-with the ei0quonce Cs
grief size asked him, had lie home, or
wife, or children "0h, holy nature
thou didst net plead m>ain r"--eyen the
rude soldiers heart relented. He admit
ted her by stealth and she once more
held within her arms the darling hone at
many au anxious bOur-duped-dcSol
degraded, II MAS trus-bLt still her
child!
Gentlemen, ifthe parental hear; cannot
suppose what followed how little ades-
quate am TO paint ii Home this wretch
ed creature could not return a sedtl. ers
mandate and fathers anger equally ier-
babe II. But she gave AVha ser t.anso,a-
ton she was capable; she told tie fatal
tale OF her undoing; tie hopes, the prom
seS, the studied, spcClous arts, that had
SeduCed her and, with desperate Gre
duliiy, still watched the light ihat, glim-
mcrlng IA the distant vista Of her loy5.
Knocked her with hope, and was 10 leave
her 10 the tempest. 10 all The reproachcs
of maternal anguish she would still re-
ply, Oh no in The eye of Heaven he
Is my husband lIe' took me from NV
home, my happiness, and You; but stii
lac pledged 10 me a soldiers honour: but
ne assured me with a Christians eensci-
cncc; for three long months heard his
VOWS OF love; lie is honourable, and will
not deceive; he Is human, aud cannot
desert me-
Hear! gentlemen, hear, bcsoech YOU,
how tins innocent confidence was rrturn-
ed. When her indignant father lad re-.
sorted 10 Lord Forbes, the commander of
the forces, and 10 the noble aud learned
head of this Court, both of whom recev-
ed HIM with sympathy that did them 10
nOur, Mr.. Townsend sent a brother Cili-
Ger 10 inform her she must quil her fcsi-
dence and take Lodgings; in vain his re-
monstra,ed III vain reminded him OF her
former pur!iF, and the prom seq that be-
trayed IL. She was literally turned our
al nightfail, 10 find whatever refuge the
Cod OF the slieterless might provide for
her Deserted aud disOwncd, now natu-
rally did she turn 10 the once happy home
whose inmates she had diSg-HCed and
whose protection she had forfeited How
naturally did She think the once familiar
and once welcome avenues looked frown-
lug as she passed How naturally did she
iinger, Ike arepOseless spectre, round the
memorials of her living happiness! Hex
heart failed her-where Il parents smile
had ever cheered her, she could not face
the glance OF shame, or sorrow, or disdaiu
no ROT to. l..
even till the morning. Good God! how
can disclose il ? The very guard had
orders to refuse her access even by the
rabblc sOidiery, she was cast into the
street, amid the nights dark horrors, the
vlctlin OF her OWN credulity, the outcast of
anOther'S crime, TO seal her guilty woes
with suicide, or lead living death amid
tie tainted Sepulchres of a promiscuous
prostitution Far, far am from sOrrv
that was so. Horrible beyond thought
as IS tins aggrayation, OniViear in it Tie
voice OF the Deity i'll thunder upon lie
me. Yes, yes, II is the present God,
armInS Tie vicious agent against The vice,
and terrifying from lis conception by IN:
/ turpiiude TO which ii may lead. Rui wliat
/ aggTavatiOn does seduction need Wire
is its essence lust It's end, Inv pocrisy its
| instrument, and innocence It's victim.--
| Must detail its mIseries Who q po;su-
lates the home OfvTtue, making the ehild
an orphan, and tie parent childless 9Wlo.
wrests It's crutch from the lettering hels,
lessness of piteuus age Who wrInes. lis
happiness from the heart of youth 2 Nho
shocks The vision OF the public eve? Vb8
infects your very thOroughfares with dis
case, disgust, Obscenily and profaneuess2
VINO pollutes the harmless scenes where
modesty resorts for mirih, and toll for r.
creation, with sights that stain The uurs.
and shock the sensitive! Are These, the
| phrases OF an Interested advocacy Is
there one amongst you, but have witness
ed their verlilcaton Ist,I.re one amongst
YOU SO fortunate or secluded, as not 10
have went over the wreck Of hcallh. and
youth, and loneliness, and talent Che Ga
tai trophies of the sedncer's f~iuluph /
Some form, perhaps. where every Grace
was sqnand red and every beauty paus-
ed to waste MS bloom, and every bean, of
mnd, aud tsnc efmelody, poured fhcir
pruinsion upon the public wonder all
mat parents prayer conId ask. or a Ly-
yer alteration fancy in whom every pol.
luton looked so lovely. that virtue woui.l
Rave made her more than human H.
tire an epithci too vile for such = spoil-
or ls there punishment too severe g.,
such dcprayity ! know not npon vbaf
complaisan r TINS English seducer NAV
calculate from q Jury Of this corutrv
know not, indeed, whether he NAV nol
| think he does vOrr VI i,oa ..,l HI -