Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1846-11-19
The Theatre.
BY REV. H. w. BEECHER.

These drmoralizing professions could
not he sustained but by the patronage at
moral men. Where do the clerks. the
apprentices, the dissinated get their mon
w which buys an entrance! From whom
is that money drained, nlw vs., in every
! land which supports vice? Unqnes,ion-
ul,ly from the good, the laborious, the
careful. The skill. the enterprise, 'hr
good morals Of every nation ar" ALWAYS
taxed fnr the EXPRESSES "f vie. Jallsare
built out Of honest men's property. Pen
itrnt;arieS are huiIi hy the toll ot virtue.
Cri'n" hrvrr pays its own way. V &c has
no hands to work, 40 head to calculate.
Its whsle faculties are To corrupt and
wa>,e-and good men, directly. tont the
bill.
At this ii ne when VIC are waiting IN
vain for the return Of that bread which
we waStefully "asi upon the waters
when, all over tho sea. men are fishing
w the wrecks Of those arg"sies and full
freight~d fortunes, which foundered in
the sad storm Of recent iimes,--sOme
gu, S, ion might Le asked about the +c"no
nv Of vicc-,hs economy Of paying tor
cur sous iilrness-the economy of nam
tanning whole lazy profession of gam
hlers, racers, actresses. and ac'0rs-hu-
man, equine and uelluire-whosc GRAND
is mischief and luxury and license. and
giggl'ng folly. 1t ought to be asked OF
I.IeI who gr'an at a tax to pay their hon
est foreign debts, whether they can Dc
taxed to pay the bills Of such mounte-
banks
1t is astonishing how little the influence
Of those professions has been considered
which exert themselves manly to delight
the sensual feelings IF men. That whole
race If men. whose camp is the theatre,
the circus, the turf, the gaming table. is
race whose instinct is destrctinn. who live
to corrupt, aud live If the corruption
which they make. For their support we
sacrifice annual heca,ombs of youthful
victims. Even sober christian men look
smil,ngly upon The garrish outside OF
these irainbanhs of destruction, and while
we see the results 10 be uniformly. dis'pa-
ton, idIeness, dishonesty, vice and crime
still they lull us with the lying lyric OF
classic drama, human life, Morality, poetry
and dirine comedy"
Disguise il us YOU will, these men OF
pleasure arc, the world over, CORRUPT.
ERS OF YOUTH! Upon NJ principle
OF Kindness can we tolerate them. 10 tx.
cuse is bold enuugh-we can take bail
: from none of their weakneSseS-it Is mol
safe 10 have them abroad. even upon ex.
cessive hail You might as we'll take
bail oflions. and allow scorpions TO breed
& in our streets for suitable license -oT
for tax indulge assassins. Men whose
life is given to evil pleasures are, TO ordi
suoN ~ Suho
ience is 10 local disease. They fill the
air, pervads :he community: land bring a
round every youth an atmosphere Of death
Corrupters of youth have no miit'gat' N
of,heir baseness. Their generosity avail
sothing, their knowledge nothing, ,hei'
! varied accomplishments nothing. These
4 are only SO many facilities for grea'e
evil. Is a serpent less deadly becnu
his FURNISHED scales shine? Shall .
dove praise and court the vuliure To-
I his glossy plumage! The more accom-
plishments bad man has, the more dan,
eerous is he-they are the garlands which
cover up the knife with which he viii
stab. There is no such thing as goot
corrupters.l You might as well talk OF
mild and pleasant murder. very ien.en
assassination a greaiful stencil or P'ou
devil. We denounce them. for 1t - on
nature to loathe perfidious corrupiio"
1--WE have no conjunction 10 withhold "
We mourn over Torn and blee ling liant
but who mourns the wolf which rent u
= We weep for dcspoiled innocence, Gu
- who sheds tear for the savage hend wn
. Plucks away the flower 1T virtue! W
= shudder and pray tor the shriek'ng VIC
tim OF the inquisi:ioD, but who woul