The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-02-16
I or the Palladium
Broadaxe VS.. Charity.

l trust the readers of the Palladium viii
bear with me once more. The editor of ths
Broadaxe. it seems, has got mad. and wishes
to end the Controversy" l am sorry fol
this. more on his account than my own.
hoped he would either present an argument
against my views, or honestly acknowledg e
his error. He has done neither, as the read
er will bear witness.
The editor complains that garbled his re-
marks and substituted SIS" instead Of "are''
for the purpose of making him appear ride
ulous. l acknowledge the misquotation, bu,
it was unin;entional on my part. l am GER
tain that my desire in this controversy is on
/ ly to convince the editor of his error, and not
to play upon words. The printers must
have have italicised lis as am sure l did
not. | do not want the editor to feel 'ridic-
uous' on account of his grammar, but on
account of his false assum ptions, and that he
has made himself SO, in this, his readers will
Judge. The editor says: =" IF the author was
a gentleman, we would be strongly tempted
to say i: was mean and contemplate. -
Pray, have no uneasiness on that account
Although | be a woman, l do not ask such
Icondescension on your part, especially when
| remember 1t was a female you recommen-
ded the citizens to stone; and also when
remember that you would make your read
ers believe that L am Z" in favor of bawdy
houses and :" SIGH like" Wonderful mod
esty, indeed His nice sense Of honor would
not allow him to say | was mean and con-
temptible," but with unblushing impudence
he boldly intimate that am .in favor
of bawdy houses!' Where did the editor
learn that | was in favor Of suck ? Did he
learn it from the articles | have written
he did not. And | opine the many
men and women who have read those arti-
cles, and given them their approval, will say
that the editor has made himself meanly ..ri-
diculous. In making the unwarranted charge.
No. sir; am not IN favor of such. believe
as fully that :. Her house is the way to hell,
going down to the chamber Of death" as l
do that =" No liar shall inheri. the Kingdom
of Heaven And vet 50 Charity y is dis
posed to reform her and the editor in the
same way. In the same category the Bible
places the harlot. the liar and the slanderer,
and to turn them from their vile ways the
same remedy must be applied to each. 1t
will not do to say to one sinner: come up
higher, and 20 another go down l0wer-to
one Thou only slanderest thy ncighbol
aud destroyest his good name; approach and
hear tho honeyed words of reproof we have
with much labor prepared for thee; +" and to
the other: Thou art IA harlot, go hence
Moses in the law commanded that such shall
be soned."
Ia conclusion. let me ask the editor why {
it is, with all his assumed gallantrv. he can
speak of sinful females. and mention their
names, and recommend that they should be
expelled from the city by the mob, and yet
has no word of reproof to the mea, who
sort to their houses. He says that Young
men. and men families daily resort to
these houses. Why not name them out, and
call upon the mob 10 expel them from the
city: Are they more pure and their names
more sacred than the unfortunate and sinful
females whom they visit? Were not these
females once as pure and spotless as any of
our daughters Who caused them to 'sfor-
sake the guide of their youth, and forget the
Of their God Who but vile man
Then treat HIM as you do HER. Hide not
his shame because ne has influence, friends.
and patronage, and expose her because she
has neither. CHARITY.
Finding the word "s used the quotation, tho't
dor, had elected under little word and
supplied the supposed deficiency It's all right
with fair correspondent AMI the editor
the Broadaxe should be under obligations for with
aid he would nothing say it
as, however. the editor well exclaim
he language of another eminent sour suerngs
,tolerablel"-[ Ed Pal