Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-03-24


enemy. NodoDbt, lbetematki aih;in
lit-btt how much only actual ptacli in The
| field can determine. The tael sceLt
ftdlnS hat lie gehetal Introduction the Mule
ltifsS1d otet long range tf rob
sh6t OF much Of Us tenotsi Indeed some
eei ien utse lie total aband6DaeH oi sille laieE
IN fSy6t ofthe shtFRnsll shells, The fuse Of Shleh
can now be regulate! in isllef lhat
theft explosion Of any spce e9Inpall9le
with heir tahge, may be- absolutely sdenspqss
upon.
rrout correspondent defends Let procession
tisbt yalisatly. Hall The members Of The theat.
tteai t0fesson were such persons as We know The
author Of This communication q Ge, the siege Of
The present, day,Roull DO much Jess eSceploaa;l
Bile 10 lorge cIssl Of community than now Isl
d Forthe taiellgsnsst.
ql8le. The Drama 4 s3q... /. (
There Is, relhaPs, no Institution that has slfdg.
gled on under greater amount Of eulNmny and
nretpdlce than that Of The Drama and yet,we
venture 10 say, Il lies done more tOwptds eleSplng
The moral tone Of society than all The fierce anatl.
ernas OF those who denounce the Theatre ASA esI
house Of nlqNily. this ptoyel The incentive TO
emulation, and 10 Il We are indebted fot some OF
lie best literature Of the age, II has placed he'
fore the masses The most lofty and epnoblins seRli.
ments, held virtue before Iltm like glotlous
star, and shown vice III all lis naked dc.
fofnily, Ills itue, the general lone Of theatrical
peiformunces must necessarily Ie determined by
public sentiments with II rests the power Of sns
talalng Tie good aud pte BY regulating every e.
fort to place upon the stose any play offensive 10
good morals aud good taste. Like all worldly
thinss, The Stage has been greatly pet7elte 10 evil
putpo es, Managers, 10 secure lie "almlghty
loIIdt," have been known 10 cater 10 The most de-
PRAYED aud yitiatel asIesj but Il would certainly
10 most unjust That the whole profession should
he placed under prosctiplye IAN fOt the sins Of
few, wete thai contacted aud illiGefnl ialc
observed In all professions, %e should have no
clergy, and the Whole structure Of theology would
ctumble 10 the dust-fot gentlemen Of The cloth
haze been caught trippirg, and black sheep have
stolen into The fold ere now, In how many In.
stances has religion itself been successfully used
10 mask The yely otms Of yilIuiny anu cIIMe, anu
how wide field does Il present for The ptrpetra'
ton OF The most enormous evils, when vanity aud
hypocrisy steal within It's sacred portals, and Folly
lOlls lis cap and bells aud sits entlroned The I'M.
pite
Alas, fear that many Of The fiit deyote:s to.
clining upon tlet velvet cushions In the [ushion.
able churches Of The present DAY, would scarcely
10 so layistl OF teir liz service, were they called
upon 10 worship Ia such tabernacle on that In
which our pilgrim mothers Offered up their gtate.
ful thanks as incense, 10 The God who had guided
tlelt bark over The rackess waste OF waters,
from land Of intolerance, 10 lle then almost
unrolden solitude Of our own dear native lu,tl.
The yotaties Of tlle Drama, compelled 10 seek
within their own narrow circle for their need Of
enjoyment I-exouded from tho pale Of any Oilier
as Outcasts, what wonder that they sometimes lurl
defiance al, and live regardless Of many Of the
cUnyenIoualities ofsoclety Is not the AclTess 10.
Corded as fair game 10 he pursued by every leotess
hbetne, who has neither Tie sense nor lie virtue
to realize The moral courage that Is requisite 10
constitute an Aeirfss;-to feel lie intense ambl.
ton that inspl,es her to attain lofty position IN
lItf ptofessioR-Io see thu mountain whose rugged
tides sI,v must climb, step by step, with It's Top
in The clunls--to know II she would teaolI tile
lofty summit, while lie Sopofs roll away from
around her, she must break eyetV lie that binds her
to society, and stand isolated aud alone, pTeser.
yiIg, amid lie pas eXhnlattons Of slnnAet, Spot.
less reputqtion-to teach lie lip 10 wear smile
10 crown The tllrobbiug brow with gntlanls, while
bent alb The slargemneb botllce beals, rerchance,
a breaking hearlj and after her night Of toll, 10
threud her way outd the dingy scenes, ami on,
Ind along llls dark and silent streets, amid the
peltDg storm, dtaeglng hct weary limbs Iowetls
home, mud there, In oil lie solitude Of her own
lonely clambet, 10 weepOvef lefisolaIion, How
stlauge this shuuld be, In on enlightened age like
The present, recoA ni2ed and tolerated principle
That, as Yet, Few indeed arc The fearless cham.
pionS WHO have entered The lilS and thtO'PntOwn
The gauntlet 10 advocate, ami break lance IN
the cause OF tho Drama. While fanulicism, both
political ual religious, finds its myritds to dl$sem.
nate its seeds Of evil broadcast over lie land, few
are the walnut arms that have dared 10 strike
blow, OF make one eliot to exo.t the profession
that ltus 50 much inherent good, aud so mrny ret.
ming tendencies. Let rs have refjtnl, II possible,
and hope that nj no distant tIoy we shall see our
own Jfeeborn Independent Women breaking the
TONNES that society ond custom have woven
Around them, and yielding 10 their own generous
impulses, extend tIeit tands |, lie despiseA 40.
lress, aud thus lend tLeit influence lowotl placing
lie DtanatcStaT in tile flir empyrean Of success.
LOUISE REEDER.
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