Washington telegraph., 1847-08-25
srnRNTIlE RAKE.


Ladies'. scorn the rake. Let him not III
in your presence. Never condcsccnd 10
speak In the man who drgraIrs your sci.
Max The looks. words. manners, aud pri
yale character oi him who addresses you.
Lei not his ia cnis, his reputation, his iami.
~, and his wealth, be what they may give
lin suy influence over YOU.
We copy the above Tor Tie good sense i
contains. and The correct principle il incul.
ratcs. Would il were In Our power to
impress The minds Of our ses with a snlli
cicn dread. Il we may 20 express II, Of the
man who has The audaciy TO indulge in
dissipation, aud then seek the society ol
The young, arlless aud innocent We have
often wondered how be- dared 10 come
where We were, anil with uub'u,hins ef
irunlery expect ns to treat him not only with
liberation. but even with civilily. CnilhN
Obi ladies. that YOU could, that YOU would
but muster enough decision TO spum the
hsarle,s wretch who rcvels in the ruin Of
yonr SET. Saw would yon not feel insul
ted il the yiciim-who, but Tor him, might
have been Wclcome-wrrr 10 lnlrudr her.
SELF into your prcsrucci Aud is il right
is il in accordance with The fr.t principles
Of Justice TO smile IN the destroyer aud, If
moi pardon, at least tolerate his guilt rs
well might you lly from the poor sufferer
quiyering with the pang, Of llrtrophohia,
aud press TO your bosom the maddencd ani
nal through whom he is DYING. Not that
we wish 10 justify OF excuse lor one moment
The lral among our own sex. They well
knew the fearful penalty, tho ruin, the NJ.
ter degradation, that would follow their
guilt; aud not only guilt, bnI a mere suspi.
cion Of such thing. No matter under
" hat circumstances incurred, no matter
how, or when. or where, The finger Of .corn
is still pointed at lhcm and whatever might
have been their position, they are fallen,
fallen, and forever.
lim II this doom is just one, can you
recincilc il 10 your c0nsclcnces TO be IN
intimate terms with the being who has
thus degraded one Of you; who iound her
perhaps innocent as Purity herself, malur.
hog beneath the warm Smiles Of happy
home and took her from il, 10 leave her
blighlrd and dying beneath The keen blasts
Of the worlds unkindnrs" Can you turn
with contempt from her, whom, perhaps, Il
single error has brought 50 low, aud lean
ondIy aud confdingly on him the name Of
whose sins is legoni We are aware that
the usual excuse is, tive do moi know
these things. How arc We 10 find them out"
and, alasl in too many eases there Is much
truth in this. But, young ladies, let mo
ask it, when you do discover lhem, when a
kind parent or waieh.ul brother warns
you Of the viper in your path, do you turn
with shuddcr and fly from IL Or do you
not in your hearts try 10 find excuses, and
sometimes call up that most untrue, and
iuinous Of all old adages, "a reformed rake
makes the best husband Then, how is
this evil to be remcdiodi Young ladies', it
rests with you-nnd until you can gain
moral courage enough to brave the ridculc
of the world, and treat the seducer, at least,
as you would the seduced-lrown upon his
advances, and consider them insults, look
upon his very presence as contamination,
his acquaintance degTedalion-lhen, and