The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-09
But why Cbadband .


One Of the most forciblc, because one OF the
truest delneations OF character that Charles
Dickens has given to the world IS that Of the
Rev. Mr. Chadbqnd. The spectacle OF this gem
ueman in Mrs Jellaby's parl)r, with his greasy
face and his mctuoa5 manner, calling on all
hands around him TO be "iyiul." and delivering
moral grafton over poor little Joe, IS at once
one of the most edIfyinl and most repulsiye
studies that the Imagination has ever presented
for the public consideration The character as
it stands in the pages OF Bleak House IS
barely supportable; tdcn what must be The
feelings OF those who are Dy a remorseless
necees ~, compelled to look Tor a space yearly,
upon Chadband in the flesh. to hear ChadDand
IN the voice, and TO suffer Chadband IN every
conceivable form
New York, lust at the present time is under
goii an attack Of Chadband. Simultaneously
WIN the blessed revival of all beautiful earthly
thlngs; IN the days when the birds sing merricst
ana the trees blossom and bud into manyhued
howers, and the GLAD change from the bleak
winter to the cheerful sp1ng is upon us come,
Ohadband And with Chadband comes vio.ence
ard malice aud hypocrisy We seek TO guard
against plaques and pestlential maladies; but
We institute no Board of Health to preserve us
from thaiband. We quarantine ships from
abroad, on mere suspicion that there NAV be-
subtle death lurking IN their dark hulls or q veil
ing among their passenger; out We erect no
barrier between ourselves and Chadband. We
daily warn each other to beware of Threatened
disease and point out, Tor the general good,
"leleu safety consists but nobody uree, his
ieilhbor to keep look out tor Chadband or in
strtcts hm as to how he may be avoided. Help
lessiy, and in weak, dron'ng way, we yield to
NnaI mas so long been custom, and so are over
Nhelmcd by the atlliCtion.
W IN his 'Oh, let us be ioytulw Chadbaud
mas ALREADY set himself fairly to WORK. Like
sort OF NJ. de Naldemar, with the vital spark
that inspired long gone out i'm him. and uttering
the UT1NelllOnS OF a most 20 l.,
slavery ChadDand still comes with HI, Old num-
melies and celebrates his usual Anniversary"
There is something p!uu III this spectacle Of
the early gathering Of the imps OF hypocrisy in
Tie tabernacle, to 90 through with che sane
solemn farce therein, the same Ghastly ceramo-
mails tbTt have already brought their fruitagc OF
blood, and to fashion, over the body tue dead
oQect OF their adoraton, fresh combinations
WhercWlh to array the people the one against
the other. Surely we might have been spared
at least NlS Chadband Surely, when his MIS-
son is fulfilled, 1t Is not too much to have
hoped that he would drop out OF the public
gaze, and 50 out of the public memory forever
Bul, seemingly, We are never to become dIsuos-
sessed OF him; and hence we still find him at ms
post, not bit changed, and, it anything, more
maLsnant' as opportunity is offered him, than
before.
Another OF these CladbanIs we find breaking
out in religious way. His text is the Catholic
Chuich, and he eNcels, in his homilv, his great
prototype OF bction, descantng with hIs hand
upon the head OF pers eCUted Joe, on the miser-
able sinner that he has under consideration, If
IT were possible 70 surpass the anti slavery
ChadDand IN mallgnanCy, this religious Chad.
oand would compel him to acknowledge his
mtCriority.
In our reference to these "Anniyersaries - ne
Iher promoters delight to term them, we have
had no purpose OF rejecting upon whatever NAV
be truly noble and praise worthy in some OF
them. 1t is only 10 be regretted that those So
ciet es that contemplate good and whose labors
bear good fruit (as in the case of the ..Ampri-
can Female Guardian Society for
should be found mixed up with the snivel and
cant OF political fanatics and religious bipots
1t is 70 be regretted tor the reason that doubts
OF their sincerity must naturally follow from
their associations But when we hnd the result
OF Their ears labor taking the shape OF merci-
fully relieving the immediate and pless1ng
wants OF the orphan and the widow-Godis |
legacles to His prosperous children-helping
ano tomloNlng the poor, and bringing hone to
suffering hearts; we must hasten TO draw the line |
between them and those whose charities are
cGnhned TO ameloratlng the political condition
OF lhe negro at the expense OF that of the white
race, or whose contribution to the Christian
impulses OF the age are bounded by unseemly
assaults upon the religious opinions of others.
II is general belief among men that every |
created thing has its part to play in the com.
prehenslve economy or nature With the secret
OF tier mission hidden from the human eve
ana from the human understanding, the innu
merable evidences of the Creators wisdom and
power, from the leviathan to trictinia spiratjs
nave their share in evolving the grand purpose |
OF Him who created them Thus, boWing with
reverent aith to the unexplained mission of
every created thing; investing all animate and |
inanlmate works of the Master with the mystery |
that attaches to their underlined purpose we |
accord to all that exists the reality of, perhaps,
a noble duty. But, IN so doing, we must pause |
Wlth ekeptio's obstinacy, IN a contemplation of |
the subject that we have been considering The |
musquito, the enat, the chinch even, NAV snb- !
serve some great and indispensable end but !
why, oh why! Chadband?
SquiIms OF III. G..