Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-25
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a NArios OF GaNnIERs--THE LAsr c4HEe-Hhe
a9nFsl proeli,ity Of ST stations and people savage
- isiised Christian or beathen 70 engage 10 games
- $500 bss been a problem for the metaphysical
nbiassrhical psr Sc have made IS short work Of i
= johnson did Of the free ain euesio men ano
$500, sii Gamble and there's and end Of it. Even
he u,ssf despotc governments have been una0'e %
ru1press the vice altogether In England e4lloue1
--ross 81 hazard are prohibited in The clubs, yel
.s ..,.i- vghist and cribbage. 81 which fortunes
go 40, lost azd won. Within tRo Yrs belsra
"a has heard that 3 Cabinet MINISTER enc eel
-, 80 III ne snug little sum Of en- iheu7ane
nounds a. whist: snd We presume thAl - ~ -.
zip fsirly ~ least three or Jour lnot-.l--
.lose i celebrated Keniucky epqruns h'-l way
s-, 49,, ,,ser iuelv 90 the British TURF has, o.
8. ,sas rot less than hundred thousand eoiiaAtS
- n. ssrsan elefh AZ cribhsge. IN faaistAe P1e
ia gamina bouses have long since oeea y
tg he police. but the goTergE1ent - ;a,-
$50 sfor-ssrooa to our clabs. Al ihs eteAs, -
@ule- rlav--ehiehy 81 lonsqueuet, pieye
- -- d. -s-v bIrh In Germany, as our rea.
49,, sersrai sovereign princes oWe ineir bread
80 6yfter 10 he gambling houses licensed Nlehlh
ttir domii,ionf. ihpaeFnai care nov eve, tsess
--o-d ldotss rrohibit their own people ron Piay
80. Il the gamblers: s'Pleese 70 cheat only
s-s,osrs. Ne esn attend TO that department ior
'O ~ Halted States the gambling passion seens
A he daepl, rooted We gamble a. cara, We g4l-
Il. Ia UuEtle la101i Fe--f-N-r -
~, s-..ssrt- available lhiBg. from township ID
S1;1.s,,a down 10 a pair Of gloves Of SteWafts;
~ - :, wal street gamble in stocks al day and
Tlev a. faro all night The pelitlelans ana Ioo"y
80 "a washington lose Of the gambling house
-oo5 ,.rt Of the money that they steal out OF 'he
49, e. - We're ne have 3 very stringent law
80, sao,hlipg. End the keeping Of house ioF
s1ob purpose Is felony under tie st9tus 9ou w
fimes our chief magistrate is seized Eiih NJ OF VIZ
mons indiraation, ard ''descends uPoh galllo
house, the occupants 81 Fhiea; os $500 ,srI.-
heforabaod receive the police IKE peilee. sSutle'
- - ,-hicb they are s'in this connection. some
- a. o,tside gets q vie Of this lower world ~
ebesot If ire poten,aies themselves, Ipus We Puo-
iis6sd lately an amusiagly Illogical defence o. go
49, f.or, she pen Of one Willis who writes nlth ~
Ls isS ;nnoespes that reminds us Of Fielding 8
T.,o,bsn wild the Great. This philosophers ar
-so-s 81 fopaded upon the idea that two Wrongs
1.ke riqht-that because old Closesheve gellp'es
IN RTE or uips illegal Interest IN wan street. mat
he Willis has perfect right TO gamble a. iSl' -
ojate IN Broadway. Il is needless TO say that I9e
oo-cInsioD does not follow from the premises Inc
ooI i-.rndsDos however, OF the mans atseml ing
5.fs1-s Of rs trsfic s worthy Of bis brazen age.
little higher in the scale WAS ms ai9TisL W
died The other day Of the national cs Pital rms
- enc Of the poWors in the republic. ms eontrl-
S,s srs grave senators and fast Representative s'
Tninis,srs and attaches, government clerAs Ghlels
AZ the lobby elegant l0aferf, southern metchanls
and ulapt re- and cadets Of the hrst ismiiles some
1beTs or other, who came TO Washington 70 lhrV"
go ,bsir lirIe patrimony, and then BENG eehue-
49, - -, sao1eptly above honest labor, sunk 70
~ 5bssing traffic Of toutor decoy FOR the pace
- ,t;eh tbsv had been ruined. The correspondent
ofs urovfucial pRPer who furnishes sh Ssoque e
obtuarv Of the Distinguished deceased, e1Uol4s ms
suppers and his Wines fsyorhe Su0jeces VIZ t u
yTashinOtou scribes) his wife and her equips ms
sfe and his carpets his glassware and his
IRE latter being money to put out al lnteres. N
ths 1o,fer worlds sort OF anchor thrown 70 WIND
ward, OF hay per cent premium oio lOr pace oh
theright eide az the day OF great soe2uhI- =
Pbe washington gambler necessarily Delenss 2
the ssiEtoeracy OF his order. HE patrons are less
nnmerous but more select than those Hhlea 81 lae
VsInons Of the metropolis Here the .Aoiss a
tbronoed bv merchants and their clerks ps'iH "a
GERS snd employees counts who are OF no 4seopI' ~
ro1s,-be are altogether barren and husoSIus , q
EOns nny 80. -bo with a pswly fashioned lathe,
tJ tbsir ,7ivss' throats into ivory counters me
Wasbip0tou men play heavily ana lose IA ~
aha rnstropolitan game is said 70 hasS sio"H U--
and less proh able Of late Indeed, mere AZ
~ great distress among some OF lne ui
sLler; here and IL is even limited that tAe hofFl-
Re contingency Of being obliged to earn an honest
S;libood has risen before themlke horrld Spectre,
breaking their matutinal slumRers. Ihs1 20 greas
a calamity may be averted let US al 49,
Sorionsiv however while Wall street encourages
,-bIng IN every possible form in the mornln ana
vbile senator's gamble in politics at the sPlIO, 81
tbs sane time paying their losses at tsro OUT Oh tss
public purse while the parsons Preaeh lne ~
6f,be aimish,p dOllsr-nOt the Almighty Cove 90
nj zee bog he more illegal but scarcely less In
moral business Of night pl yng is to be prevented
While the example Of the sta:Ssen S1u sns !,
ois,s srds nj pslliation for the gamblers traae, II
csTtsiplv offers strong temptation to the thought
iss reckless and inexperienced youth OF our ciues
~ nIsad The force Of example in extenuation OF
their misdemeanors Indeed, it really seems some.
times as # we we're all engaged in great game o.
hazard. land where The stake vas no more certain
than chr own bodies aud souls.