The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-10-13
THE sERpENTs IN THE HOME.NEsT.
BY THEODORE L. CUYLER.

By THEODORE L. CUYLER.
The late terrible trunk" tragedy, fol
lowed closely by other tragedies wei
as terrible, have startled and shocked
the nation. This time the serpent hal
thrust his Kissing tongue into our faces
but there is a whole brood like unto
him nesting still in dark concealments
In two or three dens of death the day
light of detection has streamed; bu
they are only specimens of a class
more numerous than we have dreamed
of. They are fresh proofs of the fac
that, in our great cities, there exists 6
distinct class of constitutions" organic.
ed for the sole purpose of extinguish.
ing human life. They are "run" by 6
body of infamous creatures, whose only
trade is to murder. While we are send.
ing our money and our missionaries to
convert the heather women, who are
flinging their babes into the Gauges, we
have among us scores of dens to which
our own women go voluntarily for the
murder of the unborn. So prosperous
arc these abortion dens, that their pro-
prietors can buy farms and drive fine
carriages. Such prosperity bespeaks
large patronage. Who are the patrons
1t is an undeniable fact that many OF
them are under the solemn vows OF
wedlock. Some of these having broken
the seventh commandment, are driven
to break the sixth commandment, in Or
der to conceal their transgressions
They commit murder to hide adultery.
But another and larger class are tnose
who regard the sweetest blessings OF
wedlock as a burden and a bane. In
stead of feeling that children are a
heritage of the Lord" these most un-
natural "monsters" regard them as q
plague and nuisance-a heavy tax on
time and strength and purse, hind
rance to their gayeties, or hateful in
truder upon their ease and self-indul-
gence. So, rather than to become
mothers they are willing to become
murderers. Nor is it only in those
hideous slaughterhouses, where modern
Herods Stay the innocents, that these
deeds OF darkness are done. This crime
is perpetrated in hundreds of private
dwellings. The "medicines" and "re-
liefs" SO widely and wickedly advertis-
ed are sent for and used for the proven
lion of maternity. Medical art has de-
vised a dozen "sure and easy" methods
for destroying the germ of infant life.
That they are used to an extent almost
incredible Is well known by family ply
oiSlducD WIN aEC hPOh AZ
the ravages of these vile potions. For
the 80 methods are not SO "easy" after
all. They cost many woman ruined
constitution. They cost the power of
alter propagation. They sometimes
cost the life of many guilty wife who
harbors this serpent in the home-nest.
We heard recently of the death of a
young and beautiful wife in the pangs
of premature childbirth. The terrible
secret came out that her constit ution
had been LITERALLY ruined by half doZ-
en- previous crimes of abortion. The
broken law of God found her out" at
last. Every woman who practices any
method to destroy an unborn life does
il at the peril of her own. This serpent
sting the breast that harbors it,.
That secret crimes for the prevention
of offspring are fcarfully prevalent and
on the increase, is an undoubted fact.
One proof Is founded in the relative
decrease in the size of families. II fine,
bOuntiful progeny is frequently spoken
of as an "old-fashioned family"-i. e.,
such q family as were common before
the discovery of ''sure and easy" arts of
feticide. Other proofs are found in the
shattered health of wives. Others still
are furnished by the family physicians.
Is il not time that this dangerous and
diabolical practice was stopped ? Should
not every pulpit thunder against it?
Should not ply sicians be plain and EN-
phatic in their warnings to tho welded
pairs whom they suspect of these secret
sins? They are not 80 "secret" as their
perpetrators may imagine. Murder
will outl
But it ia not alone among the married
that the dena of child-murder or the
arts of abortion find their patrons.
Thousands of the unmarried, who have
sinned against Gods law of chastity,
fee to these accursed arts TO hide their
shame. The poor Patterson girl, who
was stung to death by this serpent, was
but one of an increasing army of vic
Tins. Let u7 not stop with results, but
go back to causes. Why ia the sin of
RIGHTEOUSNESS lin all it's phases), grow
ing so rapidly?
One cause is the growth of a icen-
tious literature. The unclean frogs"
are creeping up into our "kneeding
troughs.' The news-stands and news
rooms are stocked up with pictorial
Journals that are enough 10 make har-
lot blush. One of these filthy sheets is
reported to surpass Ha5per's Weekly in
extent of circulation. And every such
lecherous paper that enters a family be-
comes a serpent in the nest. But the
filthy journals do not stand alone.
Some of the fictitious literature that is
read by the rich and cultured is fairly
rotied through with immortality. l
have seen scores of we'll dressed people
in cars and cabin who had in their
hands a popular aud poisonous book
called "The Terrible Temptation !
only know of its contents by creditable
report; but should think the volume
e u L. r,rea.f4y,o 10 laSh annn6.
~ it's author and its publishers. Pas
sion-exciting books have pioneered
more than one seduction. 1t is said
that the only books found in bro;hels
are novels.
A second source of Decentralization
has been the attractive indece lcies OF
an Indecent stage. Thousands of men
and women have gone together (are we
sure there were no church members
among them y TO gaze on. these lewd
exhibitions. One thing these patrons
of the licentious play house ought to
know, and that is that in Gods sight
those In front of the stage are just as
guilty as the half nude creatures on the
Stage. Who can tell how often an eve-
ming at the theatre has paved the way
to such dens of death as Rosenweig's
OF Rssteil's.
A third root oflicentiousness is found
In the prevailing passion for display,
The history of prostitution has proved
| how often infatuated women have been
ready to defile their sonls in order to
decorate their bodies. A good man In
Chicago who took the trouble lately tc
answer some OF the ''persopap adver.
tisements, discovered thst several o.
the female authors of them lived In re-
spectacle streets and wero iutent OF
| selling their honor to purchase lint
dresses. Satan baits his hook for meI
with dollars, and for women with dress
A fourth source of sexual immoral
ty is the growing rage for social dissi
4 uationa Thesa weaken tha conscfenca