Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-08-13

TEN, receives penalty, " hsch Is due 10 hef alone
forces on her innocent and helpless offspring, dis
ease. which no earthly remedy can alleviate.
As proof Of the EVIL conseq ueuces which q /
Tend those who sacrifice health, and even life, al
the shrine Of Fashion, go and consult the pale,
and haggard countenances Of a great part Of the
female communicates and hold communion with
the family beamlng eve that was won't to smii lie
IN loyeIiness.-Go view the sanken, sal!ow cheek,
that once bushed like the Of sprng.-Nlslt
The res, Of The searly dead and read on the
monuments Of deposited beauty, the fatal Truth,
that beneath tho vile dust is moulding flowers,
tina, bloomed but to fade in their blushng In
viewing these facts, we are Impressed win
know ledge, that tkero is something wrong IN The
order Of things which should be accounted for on
a rational theory. Ard can nature be censurcd
for booming those early victims to sorrow, and 10
The grave?-Has nature designed ihat death should
so often visit the human family, sin consump-
ions ghasIy FORM is daily exhibited in hose
places where The horrid use Of stays and corsets
are in vogue? il not tho sufferers themselves
are instrumental in bringing the evils for which
they make jus, a.toncment, which is undoubted-
ly the case.
Seeing then that many of the comforts Of lie
are sacrificed at the expence Of lacng, what aPoi-
ogy can there be offered for tho disgusttul prac-
tce surely none. Ask the thousands who follow
the dictates Of fashion in regard TO this habit,
what nducement there is for pursuing such
course; and The best answer that can DC gwen,
is, thai it is fashionable. And thus the pleasures
Of existence ihwarted for the paitry grattica-
lion Of Fashions vain charms or IN other terms,
to follow out the vile schemes Of those pests TO
the human race, whose apparen, design is, to pre-.
ven, the true interest, and prosperity Of society.
Can there exist that individual who wishes the
we'll being Of his own species, who ndmires any
artificial decoration OF The human frame, when he
is conscious that it is acquired at the expense OF
Of health or happiness? Most certainly none.
No man Of common sense, encourages the prac
tce Of immoderae lacing. any further than his
silence the subject affords kind of modest
consent for its victims to indulge in the evil hab
it. Yet we sec too much modesty manifested by
the Intelligent portion of the land, in pointing out
those evils of society, which bosot US on every
hand. Every individual, instead OF inqulrng
what course has been pursued by our ancestors,
or what would be popular al the present day,
should ascertain what plan to adopt, or what mea
sures to advocate, in order 10 yield the greatest
benefit to the whole community. Were this
course rigidiy pursued in regard to the evil in
question, how vast would be lis influence on the
Drosperity ana nuppiures OF socie'y-fIo" many
lives would be redeemed from early grave
How many vIrtuous, yet deluded, female friends
instead of becoming food for vile worms, would
remain living monuments Of tho progress of So
ciety. Therefore, let every individual, who
claims to hold an interest in the prosperity of the
human family, boldly proclaim against violation
Of the organic laws, by which the human frame
is constituted and which the Creator has wisely
designed, should remain invioate 10 insure the
happiness of man. Though scornins fools may
deride the course, yet may hail the day, when
men will pursue an honest, md independent course
IN regard to these matters, propltous Of bette.
times MORTIMER.
Jacksonbur gh, IA, August, 1912.