Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-07-06


ter which would destroy almost all the existing rea-
IONS Of society, and unhnee the whole fabric Of the
moral world. One end Of the institution of marriage
was, TO replenish the earth with inhabitants, per-
pc'oae the successive generations Of men, ard to train
up rIriuous and intelligent 10 people the con-
greRaion OF the heavens But this end would be ult
maiciy frustrated, were promiscuous and unlimited
Intercourse 10 become either general or universal
For has been found, that wherever such intercourse
partially prevails, IL strikes the root OF human exist
ence, and has tendency to prevent the operation Of
that law which the Creator impressed on all living be-
ings, Increase and multiply In the hsunts Of cen
ousness, in large cities, and in all such societies
those which formerly existed IN Otaheite, under the
name OF Arreoy, the laws Of nature violated, the
course OF generation INSTRUCTED, and numbers Of hu
man beings strangled the very porch Of existence
So tina, mankind large relapse into such IL
cen'ous Practices the human race instead of inc reas
ng in number, TO replensh the desolaie of
globe according TO the Creators intention would rap.
idly decrease every succeeding generation, till, after
the lapse of few centuries, human beings would be
entirely extrpated, and the earth, barren and lncu-
vated would be left the dominion of the beasts of
the forest
But, although such ds,an, event were to be alto
ge,hcr disregarded, the immediate consequences Of
such unhallowed courses would be dismal in the ex-
ueUe inat union OF neaft oil aHecton, and oil inter-
ests which subss,s between the great majority Of mar
red pairs, and those reciprocal sympathes and endea
menis which flow from this union, would be altogether
unknown. The female sex, (as already happens in
some nations,) with minds uncultivaied and unpolsh-
ed would be degraded into instruments Of sensi-
tive enjoyment, into household slaves, into some
thing analogous to beasts of burden, and wouli be bot
and sold like cattle and horses. The minds of all
would be degraded to the level Of brutes, and would
be incapable Of prosecuting either rational religious
pursuits. Their bodies would be wasted and enfeebled
with squad disease the infirmities Of a premature
old age would seize upon them; and before they had
lived half their days, they would sink into the grave
in hopelessness and sorrow. universal so,iishness
and disregard Of every thing except presen. sensual
enjoyment, would seize upon the whole of soce-
ty, and benumb the human faculties; the God ofheav
would be overlooked, and the imporian, realities Of
an immortal existence completely banshed from the
thoughts and affections Thousands and of thou
sands of infants would be strangled their entrance
into ife and the greater part OF those who spar
ed, would be doomed to wretched and precarious
istence The training up ofthe youthful mind to knowl
edge and virtue would be quite neglected and all that
civility and softncss of manners, which
quired under the eye of parental authority and aec-
ton, would be unknown in society. The endearing
relations of father and mother of brothers and sisters
of uncles, aunts and cousins, and all the other ram
cations of Kindred which produce many inter-
esiiDg and delightful associations, would fail TO be re-
cognized among men for in such a state Of society,
the natural relations of mankind would be either dis
regarded or blended in undstinguishabe confusion.
Children, neglected or abandoned by their mothers
would be left to the full influence of their way
ward and npeiuous PASSIONS they would depend for
subsistence either accident, or pilierng, or on the
tender mercies Of general society; they would wander
about vsgabonds, taered and fororn their hearts
shvelled with unkindness, their bodies chilled with
the rains and biting frosts anddeformed with hlthness
and disease They would be left to perish in the open
fields, without friend To close their eyes and their
bodies unnoticed and unknown, would remain
prey be devoured by the fowls OF heaven In eve
nv land would be seen mut,udes of houseess and shiv
ering females adrift by their seducers, wandering
with their hungry and half amished offspring, the OBJ
ecs of dersion and contempt and imploring in vain,
I the comforts OF food of shelter and protection For,
| among human beings in such degraded state the
kindly and benevolent affections would seldom be ex-
ercised a cold booded sefshness and apathy, in
a,on To the suerngs of Others would supplant all the
finer feelings OF humanity; which would dispose them
10 view the wretched objects around them with perfect
indifference and even with contempt. However II
may be accounted for says DR.. Paley, The criminal
commerce of the sexes couups and deptayes the mind
OF vice whatsoever. The ready perception Of guilt
tina, prump, and decisive resolution against il, which
constitutes virtuous character, is seldom found in
persons addicted these lndulgencies They prepare
an easy admission for every SIN that seeks IL are, IN
low life usually the first in mems progress TO the
most desperate villanes; and IN high lie, to that la
menied dissoueness Of principle which manlies's IL
self in a pruhigacy Of public conduct and contempt
Of the obligations OF religion and Of moral Probty
Add to this that habits of bertinsm ncspacitaie and
indispose the mind for all intellectual, moral and re
gioUs pleasures
In short, in such Of society as would ineviia
bly accompany general violation OF the seventh pre-
cepl OF the moral law all the sofness and ovene ~
OF hlis pie,y Of parental affection, OF bro'hery attach
men and Of the intercourse OF kindred would for evei
cease science and literature wonld be neglected =
and churches colleges, schools and academies woolc
orumble into ruins a sufficient stimulus would u
waning 10 the exercise OF Industry and economy
lary apathy would upon the mass Of society h'
earth would cease he cultivated and would soon b
covered with brars and iborns, or changed into h'
barren wastes OF an African desert The foundation
81, ~ ,sc,ia, eoxrrnment would be ndermined for