The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-08-05
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iu hlluneSS, ana to
US in protecting US, enlightening us, rem
derlng US moral, surrounding Us with Sc
curity and comfort; that, in fine. orr
glory lies in subjecting ourselves to the
great law ofDuty.
Ii you had reared him in this manner
madam, on surprising in your son the first
signs Of the ardent attraction that man
reels toward the other sex, far from aban-
oonlng the education of this instinct to the
.naLceS OF lnexrerience, you would do for
~ "iiaI you dld for the others; you would
1each the young man to subject it to wise
ui5GPllne. Instead of repeating the stu
piuly a'ioclous phrase, "yOung men must
81" .leir via oats" you would have taken
your sons hand atfectionatelv in vour own.
and, looking in his face, would have said
MY child, nature DEGREES that a woman
! shall henceforth attract you more stronr-
ly than |, and should maintain or destroy
what have so lahoriously built IN. 7 do
not murmur at this; it must be So Rnt
my affection and duty require me to en-
tighten you in this grave iucture. Tell
me, if young man, to satisfy the instinct
which is now awakening in you, should
corrupt your sister, should sacrifice her
life, what would you think of him ? what
would you do ?"
The young man, accustomed from child
hood to practice justice, would not fail to
reply: 81 should think him depraved and
cowardly. Would he not be punished
" No, my son; the seducer is not pun
ished by the law"
"Well! | would kill him, for nv right
of justice reverts to me when the law
makes no provision"
''Right, my child. Then you will be
neither depraved nor cowardly with re-
spect to any young girl; sou will not de-
serve the sentence which you have pro-
nounced-namely, death. You will re-
spect all young girls and women as you
would wish your sister, your daughter, to
be respected"
" An0ther question: what would you
| think of a man who should persuade me to
betray your father; who should rob him of
my heart and cares who should draw me
aside from the grave duties of maternity?
What woGld you think CT the man who
should act thus with your own COM
panion )"
"Iwould judge him ike the former, and
would treat him no better"
"Right again. Then you will respect
all married women as you would wish
your mother and your wife to be respect
ed; and if you should meet any one to-
ward whom you should feel attracted, or
who should be disloyal enough to seek to
attract you, you will shun her; for flight
is the sole remedy for passion"
| multitude OF women innocent at first,
have been turned aside from the right path
by men who do not think as you do. They
now avenge themselves upon your sex for
the evil it has done them. They corrupt
and ruin men, who, in their company, lose
all sense of morality, who learn to laugh
| at what you believe and venerat., and I'M
dermine and destroy their health. Do you
| feel the deplOrable courage to expose your
self to such risks2"
The young man, practiced from child
hood to subject his inclinations to reason
and justice, would reply: "No, mother,
l will not do what l would not wish my
companion to do; will neither degrade
myself morally, nor destroy my health,
nor contribute my share toward perpetual
ting state of things which degrades the
sex to which belong my sister, my wife,
and my daughters, should be SO happy
as to possess them. acknowledge frank
| ly that | foresee violent struggle with
myself, but, thanks to the moral training
to which you have accustomed me, thanks
to tie ideal of destiny which you have
given me, which l have accepted in the
plentitude of my reason, and which my
duty marks out for ne, do not despair of
subduing myself"
"This victory will de less difficult to
obtain, if you employ yourself usefully and
seriously; for you will thus attract your
vitality to the superior regions ofthe brain.
You will do wisely to add to this much
physical exercise to abstain from too sub
stantial diet, and especially from stimu-
lating drinks; you know the reaction of
the physical upon the moral system. Care
fully avoid licentious reading and improper
con 'ersation; give place in your mind
to the virgin who will be united to YOU;
think and act as if in her presence; it will
| guard you and keep you pure. This sweet
idea will strengthen you against tempta-
! ton, and contribute greatly to render you
| insensible toward those women who should
have no place in your heart
"Love, my child, is thing most Sc
rious in its results for the beings whom
it unites become modified by each other;
it leaves its traces, however short may be
its duration. rs end is marriage, one Of
the ends of which is the continuity of the
species. Now, you know the effects of
solidarity of blood; it is most important,
therefore, that you should choose for your
companion woman whose character,
morals and principles are in unison with
your own; not only for your happiness,
but for the o-ga- ization of your children,
the harmony of their nature and conduct.
Il passion does not leave you sufficiently
free in your judgment, come to me: I
will see for you, and if say, my son, this
woman will debase you, will cause you to
commit faults; be sure that your children
will have evil propensities; she is not
adapted to rear them according to your
ideal, which she will never accept, be-