Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1827-08-11

Ings that Heaven conicls on poor mortality,
she listened 10 the hu''ering notes OF the
tcmpter, and ty
Gone false stop .or Damned her fame
And now, contemuel, ecohed at, spurned from
society, loathed and detestcd, marked with
double guilt, hearing ihe impress of the ab-
hored aduitress, tho secondary actor in the
murder oi her husband, she is left to wander
around the world, 10
- --------how, Ike the midnight wolf
Il nd curse her hio III bitterness OF misery
Bat yesterday, and the world pointed to her
as the yrtuoIs companion OF the maria &c bed,
The sind and atectionatc partner of her hus-
Dlnd's Joys and sorroSs, and hopes and fcars;-
10 day the world rcvolts at her approach, and
loaths hof for her infdmv.
There IS 10 Spectacle, on which man can
ponder, which il more repeling 10 The vision,
or more O1cnsiye 20 thc better feelings of hui
mainly, ,Han that presented by shIpwrecked
virtue, and blasted fame. Ifthe subject be of
our own sex, still does its aspect produce Bit
fer anguish, and lead us 10 deplore the fall Of
him, who but for his vices, might have retain
ed reput able rank in society, but who, mad
ly threw himself away, and worships at the
shrine of Lucifer But how much more dread
fiIl is the spectacle, when we behold it in the
ruins Of woman's blasted hopes, and shipwrock-
Ell famo! II, indeed, we can look upon the
fall Of man, without sensation OF anguish;-
when we behold a PROSTATE woman" lovely
woman" given by Heaven for the solace Of
our cares; as the soother Of our sorrows we
involuntarily revolt from the sight; pity her
mistortunes forgive her errors overlook her
vices; and lamcn. that He, who regards the
sparrow's fall, and toEpcrs the wind to the
snorn Lamb, had not in his mercy have
spared her from The wreck Of ruin.
La the annals Of crime, there is rarely TO be
found case OF inia'ny of moral degradation,
of solf-sc!ccted, and scl.-solicied rum, which
can bear any co,npl-son TO that, which is af-
iordod in the history Of Mrs. WhippIe; and
whilst pity, and partial friendship, might plead
aglinsr tho exposure Of her ga accumulated and
damned errors" and throw "A mantle over her
to.5les, iu'.ice demands, that more than s. the
one half should be told. that othcIs may
profit by her examples. and shun the dreadful
salf into waich she has fallen, "neyer to rise
again.''
Aud vet, whilst sha is held up 10 public
o,lmm, II should be remembered by parents,
that all her inistortunes if indeed her crimes
and errors can be Justly ranked under that mild
sppeIlsiion--or originated in the error Of early
edu ,st tion.
Unfortunately, she was born 10 a rich in
heritancr; aud considering wealth a mantle,
which would cover multitude OF SINS" she
gave lso-e 10 all the eXtravagances her sinful
prOpcnsitics could conceive; and whilst they,
who should have acted as her guardian an
gels, and tutored her Young mind to the adop-
lion Of virtuous principles, neglected the trusts
committed TO them, she grew up Ike a rank
.,I FL Z IN ~ Eo ,ft bne cir
iil enioymcn's, which have since sculed her
doom, and at the early ago Of twenty-five,
covered her with h!flmy and shame
At the early age Of fourteen, left un,es:raned
she was candes.incly welded to Whipple, a
man, who. though he ever sustained respoc-
,able standing. il is said. sought her for her
wealth, and ihrour', dr'liico, taking advantage
Of her agc, aud the weltrass Of her sex. led
her to the altar: and this was accomplished,
when her passions wore not lnaturcd;-at the
lnoncnt thew ivcTc opening, and when her
mind was unsettled and unstable.
AZ she advanced in years, she bchcld her
self united TO a man, many years her senior;
and to one. who was but lily calculated TO
CRAFTY her whrns. or indulge her capiicc -
She behold herself tied for life TO a man,
who VAS not the object of her choice; and as
s,c Witnessed the gay aud giddy throng, Joy
Gus around her, she painted for release, and
hated him 10 whom shc had been welded, and
groanod beneath the bondage that premature
mairimony is always certain 10 impose. Love
soon turned TO hatred, and she too soon prov
ed iha,
' Heaven his no scourgc, like lnye 70 hatred turned
nor hell a ihry. like a woMAN's scoRs."
s;rang, her paramour. though holding ar
humble station in life, was willy, ar'ful, ant
seductive ia his manners, and though he pos
scsscd none Of the exterior graces Of n gen
ticman. 10 charm the owe, iascinatc the senses
and bcgue The passons, too well did he un
.crstand the art of the sedncer; and led on b,
avarcc, and thc pride OF female conquest, h,
fixed his eye upon tho giddy, and loosc-princi
pied wife. and marked her for his victim.-
Finding that she listened TO his tales, and re
ciprocaiej he pretended attachment. he re
solved first ~ possess her, and then her wealth
and 10 accomplish his ends, he medtatcd ih