Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-04-21
N U M B E R 80.

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no end! A young wife is brou ght in up
on Us, who is permitted to abuse us and
our 'children, because we are no longer
regarded. Can human nature endure
such tyranny? What kindness can we
show to our female children, equal to that
Of relieving them from such oppression,
more bitter, thousand times, than death?'
They have no voice in the selection of
partner for life. Nor is this all-they
are often forced to surrender to rivals,
those attentions which, by the laws of
Christian countries, are guaranteed to one
WIFE But as my mind cannot conceive,
nor my pen trace the evils of polvgamv
and unccremonous divorce, torbear TO
enlarge. | will only add, the lives of fe-
males are esteemed as "litlc WORTH and
are often taken to crafty the evil passions
of their husbands. A king Of the Sand
witch Islands, some years since, murder
cd one ofhis wives in the house of mis-
sionarV.
! Thus degraded, enslaved, secluded from
society, and denied the means of mental
! and moral Improvement, how natural that
we expectto find them sunk in pollution
and guilt. They are represented as be-
ing "SuperStitious, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
without natural affection" A Bra
min, who would be far from disparaging
his country, affirmed, that he did not be-
lieve there could be found, in the large
cities of Bengal, single female who had
not violatedthe laws of chastity. To the
HmGoos, the chastity of Europe an females,
mngling as they do in society, is a mat
ter Of establishment, while their wives,
f though continually secluded, watched, and
vci}cd are notorious y corrupt One Of
their females seeing an European lady
walking arm in arm with her husband,
exclaimed with aStonishmcnt, "Oh, met
what is this ? Do you see? They take
their wives by the hand and lead them
through the streets without the least
shame
REMARKs.-Such is the character of
the heather among whom our l~issona-
RIGS are sent to preach the gospel. If
there cannot be fopud rirtuouS nciire fe-
, mule IN auy Of the large cities Of Bengal,
+ much less uW 1t Le pretended that there is
, rirtuous male. Universal IeWdness is
one of the prominent features in the char
=, acter Of the heather. The men and the
women are Just such men and women, as
p sustain the assignation houses of our cit
s les, and when a little farther gone in mi
guilty, supply the more common houses of
infalny with their victims and their sup
porters Such is the character of the
q hcathen for whom our churches are rails
+ ing up miss ;onarics, and sending them
! forth with SO many tears and prayers for
s their success.
But what are our churches doing for
y this same class at home? Just nothing at
s all. The licentiousneSS Of the heather
'avakcrs all the sympathies Of the church,
while the RIGHTEOUSNESS Of ChrIstcndcnl
must not so much as lie named 1t cannot
be denied, that while the church is doing
so much to form better state of morals
among the licentons heather, she looks
y down with the most perfect contempt upon
u any effort to effect the same change among
-; the Iicentious of Christcndom The mis-
:, sionarv who denies himself TO preach to
:, the lice ntious heather is highly esteemed
=, and almost salnted, while he who dares to
l.. preach to the same class at home is re-
y. gardtd as dcmeaning himself, and his Of
~. fee and his name, almost with one con.
L
nr: of Christ with moving eloqucnce will
~ dwell upon the degradation ofthc heather
=, caused by giving themselves Up 10 IN.
-, bridled passions, while those very minis.
y, tiers would turn away in disgust from any
y attempt TO set before them the extent anc
enormitv oftbe same vice. which reduces
49, such mulitudes in our own and to leve
~, ~. with the heathen
Will our ministers abroad Be sustained
-. by the churches at home in Glrtct attacj
49, upon the vices Of the hcathen the vice O
\; leWdness for instance? The churche
80 will not sustain direct attack upon thi
I 81 vice at home. and why should they abroad
:" Here the vice must not so much as b
~! ~ named in the circles ofthe pious and tn
u.s. vrtuous, although it is silently corrupt
In In ing the morals Of our youth, continuaiI
' us extending It's deadly influence, and annual
49, ly dragging down thousands to a grave 0
- nfamy. 10 every effort to expose thi
',r mOnstr0us vice, the church cries, Core
49,, ~ up, co0er up. To every attempt TO tell it
90 dreadful ravages, she answers Hush, hush
~ this subject should not be m0med Again
80 We ask, will the churches sustain thei
Us missionaries, ifthev should make a direc
'C of attack upon this ruling vice of The hea
ol then? No. Ifthe churches are consist
60 90 ent they will not. And yet without TIL
70 direct attack urcn this strong fortress {
heatheuism. the hcathcn can never b
ory saved. Labor and weep and pray rs 20
Ter, will, and give your thousands, and indulg
" in your dreams about the salvation Of Ii
in heather, that salvation YOU will never s.
od, accomplished, till the church at home ha
her acquired sufficient honesty and NOR
rs courage to come out boldly in direct q