Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-02-15
RICHMOND WHIG.
CAN GAMBLING BE sUPPRESsE ?
BroHANAN. Bltetorri Co. "

Having addressed you sir, previously on the suhjso
indicated at the head Of this Mtice and wishing to
sree on sone Of the points have here oore present
SO vitality important to the community, proceed TO ID
So as briefly the nature Of the case will admit From
the interest lately shown in this matter by the nu.hof
tics Ia Gi,hmoad it hiy ssey b, presumed tia. the
sabjec! is not without hold upon the mind Of the pub
lie generally and th,t attention viii be vouctslfed to
proper considerations in regard toit
One proposal is that this vice. which stamps with die
honor every known to be addicted to H. shall be &C
tuay made lawful practice. House, must be apart
for this purpose. Tne proprietors must be taken
der the wing Of the law They must be made 10 stand
on a similar h"norabls footing with the respec.
table, upright merchants, professional msn, farmers
snd mechanics of the State, whose interests are
taken care Of by lsw, the moral correctne
Of their business demands. These men, who are
now compelled 10 slink il and oft Of their dens OF
impurity, forced to remain the outer limits OF co.
ciety these marked men, who would not feel at
home among the correc. gentlemen OF the land-thee
whose talk Is Of "faros" aud roettes and "ieeis
--thsse drenched in the blood Of their fellows
these sering sores the body polite whose sench
|, 10 the Hostrs OF all Vrtuous and rcfltd citizen
these who're very dress and aspect indicate thtif
lost reclessneSs and evident tt tksns of perdon-
sicb members Of the community be lifted from their
soious degradation aud put the precise, lawful
level the identical legal footing, aud therefore, to
extent, the same social platform, with the hghmnjedb
whose business and persons have 10 all ages Of tie
world been held 10 high esteem and deemed wor by OF the
most constant and konored protection Of nations laws
IL there, sir, liwabidng, proper business man il
Richmond, or elseWhere in Virginia who doss not repe
sueA proposal with indgnstony Would not the suIe
endency OF this thing bs to eradicate the vital dstnc.
ton between rgh! and wrong, between aVecatons NOR
lily proper and those which are ntInsCa!ly and lo.
Yer vicious, aud between czans whose iTes
rect, and persons whose every step is marked by i'm
NOR iityr What would such step on the part OF the
Legislature be but simply sn opening we3ge to male
way for tae viest OF European IDEAS sentiments stss
and pfsclces'
/ sad in a late communication 10 your Journal sir,
ths. law lcensi1g gaming houses would be burdened
sth tie disgrace Of having been originated in those iSo
iufiel nltoap, France and Germany. The low morsI
tOue OF tho'e people is OF Itself enough to throw an
oder OF suspicion arouad any OF their laws bearing upon
the public purity. Tner repIte Gfds!5, in their gen
cEal preferences aud tendencies is not generally dispI
ed. The national td ielity OF FrsGce, ia the diys o.
DC revelation OF s2, is denied by acquainted
with the history OF the period The moral venom of
che writings OF Rousseau, Noliare and Others had tho
roughly poisoned The minds Of the IL 'sSes In H.Ence
rendering them ready for the erimes and horFera Of
lnd jslei oil Jssus, vas h iot58stPG 81 tAe fhGFe
The convention decorated srumPet, plrsd'd her in
chariot through the streets OF P4rs, tho Goddess G
Rdson and installed h-r in tho church Of No;re Dtn
- supercede the oraccs OF God sbd as Vctsre said in
regard to Christ to "cruh tho wretch" That couvsu.
.iol brorghl before /. the Archbishop OF Pars with
other rercgad, bishops and clergy Including p-Otes
AIT minister named Julien, compelled them to strip
themselves of their priesy garme1t, and declare t-t
they rejected Christianity as a religion. Infdsliy then
vas in France unbushing, undouo;ed thing, and DO
not believe from the testimony of the respectable
Witnesses that the 'ktplem OF that country has
mate, ally diminished since The period Of the revolution
De- Nicholas MURRAY, lately deceGsed) an eminent Pc
byterlan Moistsr OF New Jersey, who under the nom A
uras OF "Kirwan gained his ish reputation the writer
fsevera popular and able works. especially his letters
Chief Justice Taney on the Romish religion says in his
book styled "Men and Things saw in Europe" on page
50, France has religion aud no fxed principles
This is the testimony OF this sagscous and observing
man, from what he beAed with his own eyes, and hear
With his nation without religion certainly
cAnro. believe In the Christian religion, aud as belief
IN that religion Ia surely "f ted principle" peoll'
Without fixed principles cannot have such belief in the
religion of Jesus. 1t is true sir that ROmaniss occupy
high positions in the government oI France, aad that
her Heads by profession, Romaris as are also many
OF her Legislators. But that does not sf CT the qlos
ton Napoleon the First ROmanist by profession,
but he also imprisoned the Pore when it suited his pur.
poses. David Hume, tho noted fiel was a commun
cant of the Church Of England foE Office cake. SO
Collins and the Earl of shaitcsbury. So was R'us;cA
first Pspist and then Protestant. Voaite also pre-
iesssd belief 10 the Popish religion and built church
a. bis own expense, at the very time be expressing
and publishing his doubts Of the existence offs God and
dsclriag th the wo;ld seeing the twilight Of
Christianity The fact that Romish professors in ,hs
high pt in France and that graf numbers Of her peo
pie ao suoh professors proves nothing The case wss
the same in the days of the reign Of terror The nation
has undergone material alteration, and they midc
their Bishops and Clergy deny the faith In I79S they
murdered their Archbishop in tie streets Of Paris as
lately as lsis Or. Murray, page so, of tho work
previously mentioned says thar "the Frerch moral
ly uneducld are dtisise in the u1dertone Of their
opinions" that "Porery is ovorcoat to put of or
as suits the hour" and be grand vdn Of France Is
igoa" ono more reference, sir, on this part Of my
sutject, and shall pass on. The Right Rev. Alorzo
Potter as distinguished Bishop as ever sat on the
Episcopal bench in the old Uuted ssetes, well known TO
the literary OF tho country, in his introdrcion
to "L-c'ures on the Evidences Of Christianity.
says at page IS "thata large portion Of b, relig.
ious unbelief CT ary one time or place,
is inherited from the past This is the case wi
the French infdelty of day, which is bat sad leg
acy from former generaton-the result, for the most
p,rt of early prjudices and associations. Whoever
travels for a few hsurs with Frenchman who repr'
ssus the aversge opaion aud feeling Of France, will
hat the nation at large have hardly heard Of obr'tia
ity, except as superstition which merits consideration
only from priests and wOmen." Bishop Potter publish