Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-23

agony aud shame, hung himself in Toth prson? DID
Prices superior redeem him from the
ton Of his eouhirymeu? II Erskina " is lawyer,
does he not know that the law which is the perfc ion
Of reason" gives man credit for bis accomplish
ments lhe be volaor Of the lawY Has he read
of that capital fellow Iss5c Dumas Of 0Ifordshire? Ee
sung his song WELL tod good story, apt at sent-
ment drank freely that at the clubs othe dsySho but
he The ladies, Of course, occupied his attention. and
no be great favori.e that he took 10 Tie road
10 consolidate his ascendency-for he generous He
would have done very well rank among the worthless
mentioned by "Erssiue," bu. the men Of Oxford hung
him up by his neck, agreeable az he was. can com.
mend Dumas" history to "Erstine's" meditatiors- -
he has read the great poet let him peruse Gosers so
licquy
"Why, can smile, and murder, while smile;
Aud cry content, to that which grieyes my heart;
And wet my cheeks with art fcill tears,
Aud frame my face TO all occasions.
m drown sailors than the mermaid shf
I'll slay gaZers than the hasiisk;
III play the orator well as Nestor.
ID .ceve more slily than Ulysses could,
Aud like Simon, take another Troy.
can Id colors 70 the Chameleon;
Change shapes with Proteus, for advantage,
And set the murd'rous bschavsl to school.
Can do this and c4nno! get a crown"
Such ethereal polished enemies Of their race sir have
not unfequenty been 10 this world Of These
beautiful leopard with their shuing spots and siken
coat have often rosmed the earth without and there
ever have been some men, who thought: they too
pretty ald graceful 10 their motions to be put vi hin
bars or AnyNise bndared n their fearful rosmngs.-
they we're 20 plessaut all the blood around each
mouth aud dripping from their claws Erskiue ought
% indulge in no laulaory language Of these morta
fooa g anil al haha and uno-
Ghers whose husbands fathers and in the jaws
1f these Monsters crunched DEATH The shining qua
lies of such beings used they aid their ruinous
emprize become gstening vices, and men should hate
their very forms aud shadows with a mortal hatred
"Erskine quotes from the Bible now aud then, cs he
goes upon his way in his letters Does he fad any
hing 10 the conversations OF the Saviour Of
the world like an eulogy of the viciol for the cake
Of argument? Have gentemanly manners 10 games
ers, here and there, anything worthy of a momentf
thought when discussing the methods OF check.
ing the deprsdations of these sleek savages-" these
wolves in sleeps clothing - | know " Er kline" does
not consi Ter himself the spologst for gamblers but
~hen he dcscluts the superior virtues Of members Of
Ibis heayencursed company, does not every ganester
EEL that lie may bs yrtuous aud gamester still? DOES
aot every youth who reads his ucubrations take into
his mind the thought that he may game to his hearts
content aud yet be ga thorough gentleman" stand
nigh in private and public confidence and be in in be-
asvoleuce a phianthropis, and in his munihccnce
prince Who does not that the effect Of this is and
must Re evil and only evil? How closely does this
4smbe the course described in Scripture Of the man who
"scatters iireSrands, arrows aGd dealh and OF him
who lsadeh bis neigbbor es,ray and saith, en- not
10 sport ~ When "Erskiue tells gamblers that men
,ers of their foul craft have been OF almost every
virtue under heaven does this not satisfy such persons
hat gambler il o. necessarily an immoral man thu
10 is not immoral simply because he Is gsmes;ei p
When this writer tells these that Apostles gambed
au he expect them desire superior virtue to the Apos
les or that tho young men, whose fae in this thing
his momen', IS. perhaps. balanced needs's point,
lI not be co0ent to game deeply, il they think they
+ha be no worse than Apostles? If "Erkine" ls, in
Iced lover Of the public virtuo and happiness h,
ought surely Weigh well his Word lest he should bring
uto being results at which bi' very heart would turn
ick Il, speaks Of his sons he would be wise, per-
1aps remember that in teaching such doctrine, in
egard to inspired Apostles, he may be so~ing in tho
ninds of those s5ns seeds which shall spring up and
row into a harvest OF woe for then aud bin.
What tn, meaning, NJ. Editor, Of all this parade
bout the lteraity Of g4mb,rs; the gentleman tells
ne that the men give Thousands Of dollars To ndivd
ias and 10 churches. Woud he receive from any man,
or gift at Christmas money made out Of "a vice OF
10 ordinary mlgui.udeni v "Eckne" has pc 'siou
or building churches, would he receive assisaDee from
such mon to pay for their erection? | thIk, Sir il
you'd evnce any one, very great ignorance Of Il
laws of Providence 10 expect heavenly blessing on
church edifce built with lgoen gains ts every store
cemeuted with the tearl and blood Of the widow and
The fsthercsa l will do "Er.tine" the credit to sup
90 O. that on reflection he would not receive this
kered gold, even from the Wy hand OF the finest Of
these murd,ters. The lib,raly of gamblers! In one
very obvious sense Sir this seeming virtue is the fruit
Of the lifelong vice OF tho individual who shows it,
rhe substance Of the dilgen (ssys S1lomon) ia pre-
cious" that is the working man, knows the value Of
money because lie has toed hard to procure IT, Snch
mao deals wisely with his means either giving or re
tanning them prudenGy But the gamester SECURES his
gold without toll i3 hs Golfers, out OF what he calls
play aud therefore will be more likely 10 part with
money easily, whether wisely unwsely His apparent
excellence is the ospIing Of real vice. mean In
ry considerable measure II there s any genesos
y, in tha heart Of such man, it is puzzng problem
to reconcile 1t WITH the reIt of his charsc,o Half the
time IL not more, libsrslity in such = the mere ef
fec. of desire impress others with the idea, that the
donors good kid elowUho do NOT care for money
aud would not defaui person, no, no. on any account
Indeed h,y would help poor man, instead of jaring
him. The dsed OF ch~ity ys with them in large num-
ber Of case, mers ntsndd Offset to the general
lily Of thee ingeaous i've. If this man "Prnde" in