Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-13

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fno,. Of o,o of ,ar s-. uoivsrsitiss and whose ac
,,,l,d b, .,,ong The rn,st scholar of
~ sgo I, this cv told tbere resides a. this time
nrafssiopal g,n,be, whose literary attachments and
.,ilo,,,l gr1,s 81 im 10 ornament and
,bs po sciya.ss society IN cbris,endom, and
o.tet established integrity commands univeiss
,snect and oonadsaee Tbcy. too. have gisea to the
poor to the army hospitals and to churches dollars by
the thousand. Do you say am fast becoming the
eulogst Of gambler3g deny IL. am merely stating
c,s the veriabe existence OF which you dare not deny
and cannot refute II their exstence encumbsrs the
path Of your argument, don't blame me, for did not
create them. .,..... ...l-r
700 .,shaks not those cory lacks al ...4
p. lh'p '1I''sS sa;,. aS" .,,,,.,, ma, N,
- N', 80 -. Ia ~ .nS ,ss.I
90 rocsr - and 40 soe,,pIy assure Won
:; ! g, ,h., rnrno,. ID none other that have re.ei
- ,ha, =, ~ Thav a,o No. o,,v f,c,s bu. stub
ho,r so,o ond s,.nd Tks lions in the patb YOU and
,-1.l H., 30 o,,au0, 20 m, dovn gambling
80 af 49,, :, o,n,rmsn,srv
~. s.,,,..d ,ho;. ,,.,s,cs
hn.,Tsss 1000, h.couss ,hsv stare me in the face
ana ,,nat so controD,es bsy, assumed that gam.
him, cannot be directly and totally suppressed and
70 s,noo,t that sssumndoa have drawn the above
truthful picture Of the lives and habits of some of the
men who gamble. Such men always have had, and
always will have, powerful friends and hosts of them,
and Il i this style Of men who popuarze gambling aud
make al rrepressble evil in the land The true and
real reason, then, why gambling never can be sup.
pressed /, not because this or that oan CANDLES but be-
cause in ths t place too mary men of al classes and
conditions in sociey are too fond OF IT, aad, IN the
s,5 n,oo h,c,,ss mi. clas. of cs-n5ers have Just
d.sc,bed mi ply an homes. and fair gams. IN fat
tbev n,oyide fo- thar game such checks and safe.
guard. a, render, cheatery aud fraud pbysc. impos
;hEtv ,,d ,hi. I, m,,s 20 b, Seplored than ad.
u;,,a Wonld 70 God tba. there was MT an honest
r,mbl,r an earth then we might suppress it but az
,se,a ors and als,ys viii b., am in fayo, of making
,ho, an so ard that /, nrscsey what YOU or pose when
vou opno. the le-.atiye regulations have sugges,-
ed Plainly and buutly stated, these are the fac,s.
say Il We must have gambling LEI US have an honest
.gtms You say. no II gambling clnnot be put aown,
10, houa obsstj,u tbievpe and vi.iay in il abo und
"a e,b Ltls.st that Il the result of VII n Won DO
-. .h.,.,sr xyor mat os e I.-.e .D rp
q .Iso sro.bs. irs,,r,,r, hIe obs.acle in the path
of ,aro,,stoo I.is the .c ina. no blow il aim ID at
,aallag but only a. gambling ,siM cards Hors;.
racog for monev |, gambling, nd is tolerated by law
,,ting on elections is gambling, and Is not Inhibited
Lotteries and raiIls ss are gambling aud now, while
am writing the pastors AID cons OF al the chuphe;
in Nsw Orleans are retur up lotteries and III 8 fol
,be benef, Of the army hos bitss Is it right to lup
pres, one species Of gambling aid pltrOuize another
viii not yoice:coms up fro m the dust in which the one
/, trampci crying ou. as inst you, trupet-tougaed
'' Persecution, persecution Shame shame% And il
there not great danger If you allow msn to gamble IL
one way and forbid 1t in another, that, when you Ct
,sunt 10 ponish cuprit for gambling in bis way IL
stead of yours, til, strong arm Of public sympathy vii
be stretched forth TO rescue him from your grasp
Children at school de,pise taral teacher, aud tn
grovnup children, cl,d the psoO,s Will not tolerate
arbitrary law that discr;unates between the f,nce au
,..to, of men an4 mn re y;sht an opposed to thi
micc;,o bns,rcss dns tSa., the whole hog shall b
nut ,brou,b
Ven s,er N have prr,t nss on for logic but unforiu
nselv vour fancy for It seems 10 outstrip your talent
That landed estate argument hat YOU affected to iniagn
was felcitous illustration of the manper'in whic
B,rsabss and Matthias satted Who vas to succeed Juda
aud the Roman soldiers .t,led who was to have tn
assmIess coat isutIg seer tlsss Of even resemblance
"a n,r,,sl Wb,u Iante5 "a ATE il divided ia Ii
v,r s,,,sj ,ror heI, Il !, No. 10 settle who gel
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80 .-,. -, :, .;,,..5 -
nobio, "a, n. io,, w,,,rt,,s very Roman sod,
HE claim 10 the co,.. ard aI bu, one lost. Ba
and Matthias or teir rtisnds or them. rsked the
-,s,oo,,,, o,;r,s 10 M. oososbir and Bars.bas IL
u. = -. -..--.| . ...H. =, 80,