Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-06-10

Mr.. EDITOR In your paper Of
last week was an article written by
"Nira,' some parts of which wish
to notice, for the following reasons /:
First, because in my opinion they
were incorrect; and secondly, be-
cause they are calculated TO lead those
who did not hear the divine spoken
of, TO form wrong conclusions us to
what he did really say. l will here
say, that had always supposed that
no argument was JOrci6Le unless it
was sustained by truth, and that
truth should he convincing. Again,
to my hearing, the idea of immortality
was not COMPOUNDED with the rearing
of small families: but the frequent
cause of small families was pro.
nounced immoral; and that cause
was stated to be designed by the mar
ried pair. Neither did understand
the substance of his remarks TO be rs
stated by "Vira." Some Of his re.
marks tcCre to the effect, that if a
married woman did not, to the best
of her ability, rear and tralE those
children which are the natural result
of a married life, without striving to
thwart nature in the production of
children, the evil conseque noes indi-
Gated would follow. After due in
vestigation, as suppose, "V." goes
on to say, that "there is great want
of that Anglo-Saxon element that so
largely ditfused itself through the
blood, bone and sinew of our fore-
fathers and their oflsprings," as one
of the reas ms why large families do
not exist as rule ut the present
time; and then goes on to advocate
the commingling of the Anglo Sax
on with other races which as a natural
result, weakens the aforesaid element
I'm the offspring, as a means of secur-
ing that healthy and vigorous pow.
er necessary to perpetuate race
sound i'm body and mind" And,
right here, although not next in the
article under consideration, let us
notice the statement that sit is con-
ceded fact, that no nation ever did
exist whose power did not consist i'm
| the commingling of one or more ma
tionalities;" we suppose the writer
means tUo or more nationalities, and
shall speak according 10 this sup
posed meaning. We think this il
not conceded by those who are intel
ligent upon the subject we think
that by a reference To the history OF
the nation which God took under his
peculiar care and direction. it will be
seem that their power and prosperity
i'm every sense, were most marked
when they followed most implicitly
the laws of God; and one of the
laws most strictly enjoined upon
them was, that they should not com.
mingle with any other nation. One
conclusion which the writer arrives al
from her own reasoning Is, that a
large amount Of iii health is the re-
suit of the rearing and controlling OF
large families of children. Inregard
to this, we would simply say. that
the testimony OF those who are quail
flied to testify in this case, is, that u
far greater amount Of i'll health and
mortality is caused by designed abor-
tons, than by the natural bearing,
and the proper training and raising
of children.
In regard to the writer's remarks
concerning the infidelity of husbands
to their wives, we have only to say,
show us a case of divorce where the
divorced parties are the father and
mother of large family of children,
and will show you ten where they
were the parents Of few children, oil
none at all.
| AS the reverend gentleman spoken
of did not attach the blame of these
evils, TO woman more than man, the
suggestions in regard to the restoring
of the purity of the fountain head
and the making Of man true and do.
mestic, have no bearing upon the
case. OF course, If the man il at the
bottom of the evil, let him by all
means be reformed; and set we dc