New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-02-09

Robbers.

1t does not need an unirequented highway, mu-
night hour, bearded pard, brace OF pistols, OF an
unguarded coach and hostile assault upon purse
or person, to constitute robbery 5.t. ~ ~
There are more thieves and outlaws than those who
prowl in heavy forests where the solemn arms Of cen
turtles stretch towards heaven and then shelter them
selves in the underground businesses of crumbng
ties, and revel on their ill-gotten gains,
In the society of the present day, mngling with its
fashion, wealth and beauty, there are more daring
robbers than were ever sheltered by the crowding |
oaks hidden by the ivy that creeps over the ruined
wall.
haps, unconsciousy, you are one Of them yourself.
Start not at the assertion is true you are robblns
your integrity, you are robbing your children,
you are robbing your God. ~. - 80
room, man once sat, enjoying his ease lie looked
at the stained windows the great grand stored
with the thoughts Iof the good, the witty and the
wise. He gazed from his cushioned armchair at the
embodiments Of beauty that had first laid dreamlike
in some busy BRAIN and been evolved therefrom, by
the power of industry, and the hand OF genius, and
clothed with truth, elegance and eloquence he
Toasted his eyes the dyes of the carpet that seem
ed streaming always from some eternal rainbow, so
curiously were they blended and so choicey chosen
He smiled compacently, as his eye roved from pic
ture to picture ranged along the lofty walls. subtle
and delicate atmosphere emanating from their wealth
of colorng and he said to himself, f" have labored
hard for these things. They are mine, honestly
earned. The craving Of my soul for the ideal and
ETHEREAL, can now satisfy. | can read till am
weary. l can feast my vision on these creations OF
art and literature. can take my fill Of enjoyment
thorough and satisfying. will do what please. Il
| will be under the dominion OF no man. will be-
GA robbern' sounded startlingy and soemnly
through the gorgeous apartment. The man started
wildly from his seat, demanding who dared make an
accusation so heinous.
"I' said Time, standing before him with solemn
4 eye and measured voice. 81 am not yours to pass in
ease, or to squander in pleasure God sent me you
for purpose. am your souls garden ground, and
ifI am left to desolation you steal from my bosom all
that would have expanded in blossom and fruit. In
4 robbing me you rob your own soul and become cul-
prit whom no clemency can pardon" 20. 49,.
al" said Labor, moving before his presence with
the beaded drops of toll upon his brow In robbing
me you steal strength from your own limbs power
from your speech, and lustre from your eye You rob
repose of its sweetness and make OF rest torture
Dare to deny me my rightful claim, and you doom
yourself to worse fate than the felon condemned to
the treadmill will har1ass you with vertigoes, apo
pickles and govt. will give you such diseases that
you shall 60 to your bed with loathing You have no
right to rob me, or make sit inert at your bidding
81" said Duty; she would be a base thief VINO
would presume to plumber from my treasury What !!
when men are dying for want Of help-women and
children perishing even as they gaze rom tnel nov
els of mud up to your palace windows-rum and star.
walton, hand in hand, jeering at their own rage and
shouting at their own basphemy- laws disregard
ed-men placed in power who allow the wicked to go
} unpunished-houses Of pestenee open at every cor
, ner-young men gambling away honor and reputa
tion-your daughters corrupted at the very hearth
stone, your sons ruined.
Hold" cried the would-be sensualist, II was
wrong will notrob Time, for see that by SO doing
| shonld rob God. l will not steal from labor bel
better than royal prerogatves, but will learn how te
blend with her exactons the joys end blessings OF an
elegant leisure. will not steal from Duty, lest the
blood of the lost be required at my hands; ..
Thieves and robbers you may be rich and beauti
ful, you may possess soft voices shining eyes and
ruby lips, you may have the en,ee of honorable as
senblies, and positions of the highest power and
widest influence; but if you stained with this i'm
morality, what better you era your attainments
Yon idler, standing on the hotel steps-yon deDau
Chez with foulness covering him as garment-yon
fashionable woman full of iniquty, though outwardly
so loyey yon drunkard with beared eye and bloated
lip-yon lean yituperous sanderer. gorging her ven
omous appetite on the fancied wrongs or imperfee
tons of others yon mother, neglecting the councils
of Holy Writ, and, contened with the bloom seeing
not whether her child is weed or a tlower-al arr
robbers in the worst sense Of the word
/. In what gGise will such appear in eternity W.
are ashamed to hear it said, that any whom we hav
loved have been in prison in Jail for dlshonorabl
conduct. Let US take heed then, for we shall all b
arranged before God. and modification in tina
day will far exceed any punishment that man cal
inct, For moral thieves and robbers there Is an I'M
prisonment for the law Of the Eternal not OF man,
il despsed and broken. Boston Olive Branch.