Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-08-29
Correspondence.
En- ,sa ldependen, Standard
A Recitation.

was published in ne ot''tt"'4'"' 40
LIST, headed The ictim- 1t was q NC
scription of the lie of lady who died 7
in our vicinity las May, of consumption
I regret being compelled to associate the
writer of that artile with this most es'i- !
mable family. andmore particularly inc
dear departed lady who now reposes IN
yonder grave yard alike unmOved by the
breath of praise Or calumny. All VINO
may feel any interest in what say mere
read the Victim Therefore, it viii De :
useless to repeat Ill his sayings. There :
is a shadow of firth in his article, as ne
intended just sufficient to awaken the IN
derstanding of those for whom 1t was oe-
signed: BY stating the lady's recent mar
rage; the time OF her death; and by re-
peating, in his concluding remarks the
parents own wora. 1t is sufficient proof
that the author vas personal. He comes
before the public and asserts that this IN
dividual case ef consumption was the re-
suit of excessive dancing; that the pa
rents unreasolably justified the love OF
this amusement, and thereby have been
instrumental n cutting short the life OF
beloved child that otherwise would have
lived to old age, or to that effect. he
asserts that the lady has frequently
danced until sle was so exhausted that
she had to take wine TO enable her to hold
out until the scene of reyelry closed.
] will here state to 81. P. S" that the
4 lady he refers to has never danced more
= than Others Of her age, and recently not
as much even; that she was neyerknown
:, to drink winein her life, in the ball room
: or elsewhere, until it was ordered by ply
: sicians in her last sickness. Hundreds
e who have known her from childhood are
n ready to corroborate the truth of my
o statement. 1t is premedltated false
l. hood that emsnated from the heart 0
envy and malice. Neither does he know
what no human being can know, the caus
of this dreaded disease which remove
from our circle one of its brightest orna
! ments, and left a shade of sorrow upo
&c every brow.
&c Although the law is utterly impoteI
:, in matters like this, to infict upon sue
h. being the punishment that such etfron
.. cry and falsehood demand, there is a
= avenger in his own conscience, if thel
is one spark of humanity left which sool
~ er or Later must award him retributio
he vs..-->-.<f & ,e..f,.l .hap -anvzhuman tribun
If. dignation for the contemplate spirit tn
an delights in probing still deeper the woun
IN of misfortune, and filling to the brim Il
,in cup of bitterness; for he who can beho
the afflicted parents stricken down
this heavy bereavement even to deatf
door, and not be moved with the deepe
- sympathy, should be avoided in every
'oe tercourse of life, and is fit only for Il
vi shadows of darkness and the solitude
Il" the desert.
If the parents and their beloved chi
" had belonged to "our church." worshi
" ped at the shrine of bigotry, and wo
- the sanetimonious face of hypocricy, II
:" lady's life would have been blameless al
:, the parents judgment beyond reproac
nv But contrary to this course, they we
governed by the dictates. of their oy
conscience, and chose TO walk in the lig
a of the Sun of Righteousness, rather tb,
;, be led by mere Ignis Fatuus.
How very few of the myriad grou
which make up the human family ha,
ties never been compelled to sit in angui
las amid the overthrow of tbeirearthIy hone
tn. 10 all who are afflicted either in body
ses mind; all whose early hopes and pro
IN poets have been blasted by losses al
disappointments; all who are weepir
over the graves of near and dear rel
tives, Christ says, Cast your burde,
M upon me and / will sustain thee. 90
.er upon me now in the day of trouble ar
ne | will answer thee This is the II,
i guage of our merciful high priest VII
Vs. hath passed into the heavens. and wba
! ~ ever our sorrows or trials NAV be- n
:, knows by experience how to sympa.b;.
/, with US in all our sorrows and m;ssa
: tunes How unlike this vain-eloriops h,
= ing OF day, indebted for everything
possesses, frail worm of the dust NH
" Is OF yesterday and knows nothing ,vh
cannot take single step without maxim
NC mistakes, who is utterly incompetent
s GUIDE himself and who by his own fall
q is self-destroyed. With all his boas,a
" power, let some imperceptible chano
T" Jake place in the complicated form !
= man and all his wonderful intellectual .,
'aiiihents sink to the level Of an infant,
OF an idiots mind. Then in selfdef.,.
anu with holy horror he proela;ms A..