Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-04-24
Virtue in SpaSms,

Extract Of the Boston Correspondence of
the Anti-slavery Standard.
The event which has shaken, as with an
earthquake, the moral rcposo of Boston, has
been the visit Of Madomoisclc Lola Montcz,
or Mrs. James. or Madame la Countcssc dc
Landsfclt, or Mrs Heald, or whatever title
please her car, to the public schools of Boston.
Now it seems that this eminent person, whose
talents nobody believe denies, had laudable
desire TO visit those ancient institutions, and on
making the usual application, was treated in
the usual manner She visited threo of tho
schools, and certainly showed that sho was
quito as we'll qualified to judge of them, as
most people who visit thom, foreign or domes-
tic. But no sooner was it known, than the
moral virtue of Boston was in blaze of indig-
nation. The city that had kidnapped Sims
could not endure the poluting presence of an
Opera dancer Of whom Common Fame (who
is often Common LIAR had said very hard
things in its school houses It had gulphcd
down the camel, without so much as n wry face
and was now entitled to strain horribly at this
script edited the tca.tablcs of Boston with his
opinions; which brought him great box on
the car from the fair hand of the lady, day or
two after She evidently had been read up for
the occasion, for she put in the leks on the
very selected ra,cs Of the little man. lie has
said nothing moro, in person. But the iuvul-
ncrable Sigma, strong in his unimpeachablc vir-
, tue and ontrcnchcd in house which justfcs
him in throwing tho first stone, or any quantity
of stones, at the windows of any offender of
this kind, pursued tho fight. Whether she
will condcsccnd to give him, also, drubbing'
remains to be seen. But perhaps, she will not
venture on so unequal contest, and he will
so his way unmolestcd.
Wrapped in his virtue and warm surtout."
The Committee man (NIr. Frederick Emcrson)
has been also called over the Goals by his fell
low committee men, and put the matter on the
ground of universal custom in like cases, and
the absence of any custom for first investigat-
ing the moral character of visitors to the
Schools.
am not disposed to stir the question as to
the preliminary inquistion which should be
made into the moral character of visitors to our
public schools. Only hope it will be extend
cd to men rs well as women. / am thor
ough going Womans Rights man as to that
Neither do propose to shivcr q lance in de.
fence of the fair fame of this particular dis
trcssed damsel, at the present time. Though
don't think she is the worst human creature of
celebrity, in the country, neither. But do say
that as for my children, and the schools they 90
10, arc concerned l had very much rather have
them exposed to tho presence, and aye, the teach
ing, too, of the fair (even though frai) Countess
OF Landsfeldt, than to those Of many a man be-
fore whom Boston editors and school commit
teo men would bow down and worship. /
should regard the sight and the speech of her
as much less likely to dcmoralize the young than
those,for example, of the Hon Daniel Webster,
the Hon. Rufus Choato George L. Curtis, Esq,
the Rev. DR.. Sharp, the Rev. DIR. Dewey, tho
Rev. DIR. Water bury, the Rev. DIR. Barrett, the
Rev. DR.. Church, the Rev. DIR. Taylor, the Rev.
DIR. Spring and an infnity moro OF IIonourable
Ministers and Reverend Doctors, who maintain
the political and religious duty of maintaining
system which compels, by law, half tho
women in half Of the States to the life which is
the main accusation brought against Lola
Montez.
She would never teach them, as these hon
orable and holy mon do, that offences against
morality may become duties, If men only agree
to commit them and stand by them She
would mover attempt to destroy the very rudi-
ments of natural morality, as they do ! No
even if the sins of this woman be as great as
her enemies declare them to be (and it should
be remembered, she pleads not guilty, and puts
her accuscrs to the poof }, l do not think there
arc moro than half-a-dozen pulpits here and
am sure there arc not as many in New York,
that sho is not better qualified to FILL as teach
er Of morality, than their present incumbcnts.
Which opinion l leave you to digest at your
leisuro.-D. Y.