Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-19
An unmanly Outrage.

The committee appointed by the Massa-
chusetts Legislature TO inspect nunnerles and
converts. having searched in vain for such
establishments, made sOrtie, few days ago,
upon a boarding school for young ladies, un-
der the care of the Sisters of Mercy, at Rox-
bury. These seven gallant gentlemen invi-
ted two omnibus loads Of friends to accom-
many them to witness the awful disclosures
thew expected to make. The exploit was a
brave one, and We hope resulted In Kidding
the impairment Legislators and their curious
friends Of some of the romance of the Maria
Monk school, with which they are evidently
largely gifted. How they conducted them
selveSon the occasion we are informed by the
Boston Advertiser, as follows
No chamber, no passage, no closet no
cupboard escaped their vigilant search. No
part of the house was enough sacred or enough
protected by respect for the common courte-
SIS If civilized life, to be spared in the ex-
animation The ladies' dresses hanging in
their wardrobes were tossed over The party
invaded the chapel, and showed their respect
AS Protestants, we presume-for the One
God whom all Christians worship by talking
loudly with their hats on, while the ladies
shrank in terror at the desecTatiOn of spot
winch IneN DclcNcO nallOWeU.
While in the chapel the ladies declined
holding any conversation with their persec..-
tors but in another part of the house the
principal expressed her perfect willingness to
answer any questions propounded by the
Committee One of the gentlemen accord
ingly pats her affectionately on the back with
one hand, turns over the rosary suspended
round her neck with the other, and asks her
if she is content with her situation, and wheth-
er she can leave when she pleases. The
young ladies were of course subjected to ques-
tons even more rude-whether there were
any boys boarding in the establishment-what
punishments they suffer for misdemeanors,
&c. 1t is scarcely necessary to describe such
conversation in detail the reader can easily
imagine what the scene must have been"
These modern "elders" having gratifed
their morbid and insolent curiosity, and
brought blush to the fair cheeks of the
teachers, whose delicacy they had wounded,
took their departure.
We can imagine says the Boston atlas
their look of blank disappointment when
they found only primers and pianofortes,
meek and gentle women, and modest and re-
firing girls. There was no rack in the cock
loft there were no implements either Of
cruelty or RIGHTEOUSNESS to be discovered
All was decent, sweet and modest. Our
'Peeping Toms did not secure single hor-
ror for the next edition of Hogan, and came
away just as wise as they went, and 10
wiser" 300
1t is remarkable that when this committee
was appointed, members of known respecta-
bility and decency declined acting on it, and
the disreputable role was eagerly accepted by
the parties who now constitute it. This is
perhaps reason sufficient for the manner in
which the search at Roxbury was conducted;
but whether their duty was performed with
courtesy or not, the existence Of such an in
QUESTION in free country is not the less in
famous Austria may henceforth claim broth
erhood with Massachusetts, and iniquitous
England can boast the she secuted from her
House of Commons the unmanly measure,
which legislature of this chivalrous Repub-
lie has adopted Citizen