Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-01-25


s...i ,es:.-ac ', /. ra'rii> Nto caucus stands oI
eo,e 8. as ,ss .rgs u,i peels 20 the most ui-
. 8 .a.e e.i D.. .t-. s.i fa.i t..sm. tie mu tUiV'e
: sees. ,..c.~ .i.... ~ 81, wealth, tie heq9en'
| dslafc e ,.> ., . elnents, swiDdles. and All S''-
lar forms OF dishonesty, inducing general dstruS',
\ and betokening lamentable wide spread decay OF
the simplest principles OF commercial lntegrlty'-
1 lie must mark also how many AZ the young are
| being brought up in habits OF INSTRUMENTATION,
in ignorance, and even positively tralnod 10
| theft and crime by their own parents lie must OBJ
serve society not only in business and IN domestic
/ life but in its amusementS and gaa-day celebra-
lions The villains that swarm in the streets, and
| earretS and cellars and priDcely palaces OF the
city, reappear on the stage IN the theatres, and
decked ont in tinSel and gauze entrance, night after
/ night eager crowds OF rich and poor, old aud
Young. To see the Don JU0ns and Dick Turpins,
and their various grades of rivals re-6nact their
successful career fcrinfe, is 10 the New Workers
OF TO-DAY what the sight of the blood and butchery
of the amphitheatre to the men aud women of
ancient Rome. Which is the less deprayed taste of
the two it would be hard TO decide.
IT. we note amuSements of the sexes elsewhere
what do they show Men hsrding by themselves in
revel, aud in cenclaves, for a thousand different
forms of dissipation: aud women following hard ON
their example. See the young women and girls at
the Central Park, for instance, pursuing their fir
tatiOn adventures in the Ramble, and sipppg their
cobberS and toddieS in the Casino So little of TRUE
wOmanly modesty do some Of them manifest, that
the noble matrons of few generations ago would
no longer recognize them as the same SEX and still
less would they own them as descendants. With
what bOldneSs they solicit advances on the fash
ionable PTomenades by day, and in the streets by
night
There is always much Of this i2 great'cty like
New York, butInow II appears TO an unparalleled
extent Ii seems as II sort OF madness had taken
possession OF large number -0t the weaker yes
sells = and cutting loose from the rehnements and
modesty OF their sex, they were giving free rein 10
their widest passions. How can we explain this
They belong 10 no class of society; among them are
the rich and poor the high and low. Women have
been seen Ia their carriages, with their retinue OF
servants IN livery, and the proud escutcheOns Of
their familie emblazoned on the panels, riding
thr0ugh+he streets III a state Of dsgraceiUl intoM-
cation. DO these outrageous exhibitions come from
the widows and wives Of army officers and soldiers,
from women whom death and prolonged absence
have deprived Of their natural protectors aud OF the
endearmcuts and restraints bfhOme : Or Is 1t only
one of the re suits OF that evcriShneSs that break
iuE up of old habits and restraints which war
always induces in the public mind Is it to be
traced TO the same causes that made our city last
year, and still makes it, the very reveing he'll Of
criminal violence
While the streets are red with the blood OF muir
dered victims and the ring of pStolshOts is almost
rs constant as the picket firing before the Army Of
the James, ii strange that We should see CORES
ponding euormities pcrpetrated by the female part
of society 1t seems to Us not. When women; APP
parentlv respectable are seen in the streets under
the influence OF LIQUOR, as they were the day sue
ceeding last New Years day, it may be well said to
be a mOunful commentary on the civilization Of the
10Th century of the Christian era What and
where is the remedy