The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1849-06-29

cheek and sloating Dyes; the Poor Girl
receives ors dollar and a quarter per
weak; ors1s case her face is very besuti-
ful, her attractions remarkably winning;
her employer adds one, or not more than
three dol!ss.to her hire.
This enipioyer very often calls himself
a pious man, and goes regularly TO the
Communjsss Table; or If he chances to
wsar e.Aal, brim, aud di sgrace Nhe coat
Of Williah Penn by wearing il upon his
trafic-eaten heart, he goes to Quaker
meetiog and prates of Morality! Al!
what doestha Wolf of Traffic under the
coat of William Peen!
q Were DOT believer in the Faith of
Peace, l. SO the natural impulse burns,
aud it is hard TO keep tue blood from
tnging in a case like this; would like
to see hundred such employers carted
through the streets aud labelled on tue
brow; "Tais is the Cody Man, who hires
Virtue and Beauty to attract custom to his
store, and forces poor Women in the way OF
Temptation, SO tha; he may make one penny
more on the price ofa nee ckerc hiet or glove"
In the olden time, there were beautiful
women, daughters Of the poor, who sat at tbs
feet of the Lord Jesus, and washed the dust
away with the baptism of their tears, look
ing all the while into that FACE which shone
its Bessednes and Love into their upraised
eyes.
Even now I see the same serene FACE
which smiled upon the Daughters Of Palcs
tine, smiled even in the hut of poverty, and
smiled forgiveness, even upon the erring Sis
ter, whom Cody men accused. Yes | be.
hold that Divine Face glide through the
Homes of the Large City, and shine upon the
Toillng Daughters of the Poor, as in the dead
of night they work for the bitter crust while
the flushed cheek and the gasping cough tell
tha, the repose Of quiet grave is very, very
near
How much Genius, how much Beauty, how
much Stainless Innocence, is around you.-
White Slaves of the Great City, toiling on,
though the night is cold, the table without
sbreadI the aksaasih without coal!
Pity, my good Aristocratic, Pious People,
pity the Poor Girl, who falls! Do not be
harsh with her, spare your eplthets of scorn!
You remember there was day, when AL
mighty God demanded the blood of Abel at
the hands OF Cain. Did you ever read it, in
your golden claspsd Bibles!
1t was hideouS deed, for Cain to dip his
hands in his brothers. blood in that young
dawn of the world, but
What manusr of deed is it, in this day
of Christian light, which you commit, my
good AristocratIo, Piouc People, when,
by your shameless neglect and direct
wrong, you force the Poor Girl TO sell
that which is worth all hfe--for Bread!
have not the very largest hope that
YOU will ever read these words, for your
time is SO much taken up between the
Fashionable Church and the Opera, thai
you have not leisure to read any thing,
save Fashion, plate Magazine, or the re
port of the last Ecclesiastical Conven,
ton, giving full account of the newest
fashion IN pews and Creeds, But should
these words reach one heart, only one
draw one tear for The Wrongs of the
White Slaves Of Pbilad elphia--giye i'm
pulse to Que generous deed in their be
haIt-I will believe in verify that you
have seen The FACE, aud loved ies divine
eyes.
have said that dared not follow the
Divine FACE, into the Fashionable Church;
but, gathering courage as we 60 GU III
our aek, let lis venture there-even there
'Where conrenleat Peao, commanding q
full view o. he organ, aud toithin hearing
of the Reos DIR. Fire thousand a.yedrS'S
most Eloquent appeals, fer sale--ierms,
$500 OF $l0uu IN copper stock, al par.
Warm aud golden sunlight streamed in
through the stained windows ofths Fash.
ionable Church. Magnificent columns
prevailed; holy texts were em5lazoned,
iu letters OF gold, high over the elegant
p ulpit and white marble Communion Ta-
BILE. / was crowded, that Fashionable
Church; The same sun wi hlch shone upon
the JAN aud the Cibnet, stole softly |
through the pictured widows, and ighlsd
up that sea Of faces, warmed into strong
motion, as the echoes Of the Preachers |
voice relied back from the ceiling.
The rescher--ah me, he was a fDe |
aud pleasanl-lookipg man OF God, clad IN |
a coat Of glossy black, with The white crss
vat enolrclIpg his neck, relieving face,
full, round, and plumb in oatline, eniiven
ed by the glance of two eyes, that now
ired with the warmth of devotional feel
ing, and now glstsd with just Indignation
as the terrors of tbs law were heapeo
upon the head of the guilty sinner,