Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-08-04
KHAnEr sHAMEI

sHAaEI sHAME!
II the Chief OF the Police lately pa
raded the unfortunate prisoners under
his charge, with banners and devices,
through the streets OF this city, for-the
purpose Of sdishonori1g both county and
city, tins attempt vas an eminent sne-
cess. Undoubtedly It Is discreditable 10
the extreme, 10 each continuity, that
We hsvene poor house or house Of refuga,
with farm attached, where the unfor.
tunsts victims Of civiligstion and their
own vices could be cared for, and made
by honest industry to earn support, be
reclaimed, perhaps, by plying kindness,
at any rate be not treated Ike Wild
animals, snd made 70 fee. al every in.
slant thst they are the outc&sts and out
Isws sf society. If the heartIess parade
Of Saturday should lead 10 the estab-
lishmsnt Of such an Institution, the les
son administered 20 the county suJhori.
tiesI though sharp Fsuld prove to
have been salutaIy, and might in some
measure De excused. 4 3 o ~ .
We understand that some Of the an
fortuuste Creatures taus dragged along
our streets, were not 50 wholly lost and
abandoned - not 70 shed !raTs. A sad
and melancholy sight it was, re are az
sured, 10 those who, having ths hearts
Of men IL their bosoms, witnessed it.
Two Of the prisoners, We learn,
were Whits tr0H5en. Il WAS
singular -inhumani,y 70 expose these
TO tie public gazs, to what
ever ODimsginsbls depth OF degrade
ton they may have been sunk. II is
always cruelty sad s shame 10 display
20 the public gszs the fraiities and cor
ruptions sud moral diseases Of human
iiy for these are ike the Iosthsoale
outward diseases Which make the hospI
tails and laEsrettOs hideous and Iepul-
sive, and persuade as to dou6t whsther
the father and mother OF the race we're
made after the image Of God as the
sight Of the little Az,ec monsters, ex-
hibited foT moBey, years ago, con PEELED 1
Us to doubt whether the bslief thSt the /
soul Of man is to live after this life, vss
not delusion, which mans vanity only
has caused him to entertain. s.---E
Low Is woman may sink, there il /
rarely utter darkness Ia her benjghted |
soul. A little spark of light almost al
ways fingers there. She Is still capable |
OF love, an almost savage love, perhaps, |
and fidelity. Oace, esch was 8 child, |
aud knew mothers love, and wssiu- |
nocent and happy; and even when vice
and sin have utterly dealed and debssed |
her, and IN al the vide universe no one
cares for her bat her Father in Hea- /
ven, who still loves and piiies her, it is q |
savage and cruel thing to expose hsr
to the gaze Of Implying eyes, to the /
jeers and sooGsof mob 10 a shame
AID q deeper degradation that may
extinguish the little spark Of light thal
stlu burned In some corner OF her soul,
and cause her utterly to hate a human
ity thst peFsecutes where Il ought to
pity, and Furnishes where 1t ought to re-
form.
An eloquent Divine has said, 'cThe
public eye may look unconcernedly on ths
miserable victim OF vice; and thai
shattered wreck Of man may move
the multitude 10 laughter or 10. scorn.
But to the Christian, it is the forIn-of
sacred humanity that is before him il
is an erdng fellow being desolsta,
forlorn, fOrsaken soul; aud his thoughts.
EMBEDDING the poor wretch, viii Be far
deeper than those Of indifference, ridienle
or contempt"
And another, even more eloquent. hss
said, "a man viii wonder what spirjt
they are endowed withsl, that can basely 4
libel at q man, even, that is fallen. II
they bad any nobility OF scuI. they
would with him condOie his disasters.
and drop some Tears in pity Of his Jolly
and wretchedness; and If they were
merely human and not brutal, nature 1
did grieyous wrong 10 human body, TO
curse 1t with soul SO cruel, IS to strive
TO add to wretehedness already intoie-
rsble."
such spectacle as this City wit.
Messed on Saturday reminds one Of Helm
rich Heine's description Of a scene which
he once witnessed in little hospital !
" Where il vas horrible to hear how the
patients EaockiDgly reproached each
other with their disorders and lrfirmI- ,
ties: bow one, WAC was wasted BY con- /
sumption, Jeered st another who was {
blosted BY drcpsy; how one laughed at ,
snother's cancer Of the face; and this
one, again. at bis neighbours locked-iaw {
or squiot; until at last the delicious fever
patient spreng out of bis bed, and tore :
awsy the coverings from the wounded
bodies OF his companions; and nothing ;
was TO De seen but hideo1s miserv and !
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