Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-11-06

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hoped, ;ouoh good IS done; each member, Will
ali his might. discouraging the vices of the
others, !ya species ofinvcrteds "log -roiliSg.'
Each, in short;
"C0mpcur16 for vices he's inclined 70, :.
BY whipping :Eoae ho hnS no n!lcd TO-"
Here, i'll these Confederate States, III the pre-
sen5 time, we seem TO have. all resolved our
selves into one grand committee for the sup
preston ii vice; and precisely upon the p-in,
eirlc of tie English Association. In this
time Of war and revolution there are so many
ana various. viccs-it IS horrible to think Of
And, to 30 Us justice. we are ali beginning tc
be painfully alive 10 tho enorm;ty of the grow
Ing evil a2d each of us Jealous and urgent
the reformation Or condisn punishment, O!
tic vices Of all Ike rest. Blockadc-runner>
seattle and denouncc the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ing the iarmcrs-aLd call for sharp penalties
81 the greedy w-ctchcs. Farmers pour
their imprSations upon The extortioners-
nearing the blockade-ruaners-and want
to knew how loac their crimes are to 90 I'm,
WHIPPED Ct justice. The man who is aMassing
locsl.eads full c: Confederate Treasury bills.
Indignantly wonders Why every one else does
net fund his paper to IN enormous extent,
knowing that tic more bills are funded BY
others, the higher will be the value of his hogs
head full. P:a2ters pass resolutions, N mos.
excellent spirit, pledging every body to sell
his produce freely, a. government prices each
planter knowing (a!as. that we should say SOL
that if I'll tic others sell cheap l.e will have
the more to sci! dear. We all praise with our
whole might tic virtue of patriotic self
saer;fce and ara most !.apy to see it exem-
piiied in other men and unafectcdly wonder
whether those who trade and make money
upon :ac necessities Of their country, think
they lEre souls to bc saved. OF late there has
been :: great manifestation Of patriotic. rage
against every sort of .niquity, ard to judge
by ous newspapers, never was surely CON"
muriv5 ia this wc-:l So weddcd to purity and
virtue, so scardaiized at the shadow Of vice.
In tho very crisis and paroxyism ofthe French
revolution, Wien traitors were plotting against
the convention, when aristocrats were threat
crioc an invasion across the Rhine, ard farm
er: (worss Of ally were hiding their grain in
stead OF isrirsing it into market decree wal
proposed by conventicner 'fr the arrest OF
ali the seound-els aud thieves" lie hoped that
his zeal would cxemp: him at !e.ss fronl. the
arros5.
We arc cf Tu-e- eyes than TO behold iniqui
ty. Il is nc: c"aagh to whip gamblers; no
body will ls;y them much: those who patron
ise thc:a least OF all hut now another censor
molnai 1t the press, fired with zeal fer moral
;:y and viltue, calls loudly fora law to tlog
those helpless females, fair but all too frail,
VITO are as inyar:Galc and necessary con
com:tant OF large armies IS the rultures and
the buxzar,ts are. We f,rma!:y object 10 this
foggi!s. 1t is true We hate vice ourselves
AID lore 10 'runish the vicious; but Il lin {
must he d:awn somewhere, and VIC draw it
right here. Whip gamblers i you will !; they
are mea hey, If they don't like That usage
can quit being gamblers and hecome 1ncmbers
of the Legislature, and Of Congless, where
;hcy VIII have Il chance of whipping others,
and caa even propose resolutions for the ''ar-
res. Of all scoundrels and thieves" to theft
own great satisfaction and t: :e vast improve
ncnt o. their kind. Bu; let it lo secollee:ed
tha. wdme, arc rather too mich a. our mercy
we make I'll The laws: we mould and govern
tie whU;e economic structure of'sCciesv, and
by cur ar.aa:c.a 2It: in those departments, we
compel certain per centage Of tne poor girli
1.-THE exact proportion il known to statistics
TO sell themselves to Us for our pleasure. We
doubt il i: would be brave or gallant to turn
up 4 them sc:erwards, and apply to thcirpool
white shoulders SO many scores Of lashes, well
laid on. Oh, yc Legislators! Remembers Of
the universal! Society ftr Suppression of Vice!
We SHOULD wish 10 sec the voting upon that
bill. and how each lawmakers cheek would
flush will Il Gusky cd as he recorded the cow
ard vote. 49,,
But ,Tc arc told that these poor souls make
a public scandal By the outrageous extrava-
gaucc in which they live, and ousshinc on the
pubiic streets. with their blockade-run finery,
the modest and zirtuous maidens and matrons
Of tho city. IT'S true, tits pity; but it was
ever SO, and cScr will be. The children OF
Micyllus, that poor but honest cobbier, if they
ever had chance Of bchclding Aspasia in all
her glory on Il street Of Athens, almost wor-
shipped her as one Of the Celestials; and the
worthy family OF Jacques Bouhomme, coming
into Paris on .jstc day, and catching a
glimpse Of Ninon in her golden chariot, and
surrounded by whole court Of cbscquious
nob,es, repined at the privltions Of their poor
and coarse liro. The Ninon and the Aspssia,
however, paiG, dear for their splendors.
Just here. however, we are reminded that
We are transsressing another rule of conduct,
prescribed by another formidable critic of the
daily press-the rule, namely: that there shall
be no more historical parallels. The "Whis''
is not more outraged By the "Cyprians" than
the Examiner" by those continual illusions
to Athens and Sparta, to Frederic the Great,
aad Arnold Winkelried. These" says the
astuse critic, care some Of the worst instances
the oldest offenders IN the criminal docket OF
historical parallels. Let us have no more Of
them"
This is hard law. We arow ourselves some,
what Inclined to the preparation of the Of
fence mere denounced aud pointed out to the
cxeera;ion of mankind. TO be sure, one can
not hut sympathizs with the disgust of the
critic at the too common practice Of seeking
FOR these historical illustrations in "cheap