New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-10

brutes that make use of her as of the vasl,
! hand basin. She is compelled to ION =;
their illiterate and degraded conyersa+;o+ ~
| when each word makes a shudder of disc
| thrill through her, as though surrounde5 ~
savages.
! She will often meet men that money no.
raised to keep up decent appearance, ana
| with the help OF night school and nersso
Verence have been mlddling selfeducateS
! Their money has been the means to mas,
them in good society. They mix I'D il
| worldly affairs that give them sprinkIino
| OF good English and few French words
! mere and there to- fill up with, but any deers
! subject,or even grammatical conversation i
! foreign TO them. Many. have seen. rhae9
| by outward appearance sporting theic DaYo
| emf boots and diamond studs and cold
| headed cane who did not even know the
meaning OF crest. 1t might be a crust oS
bread for all they knew. As to the histor,
| OF their own country. they knew no Tlo:,s
about II than one unborn Imagine a niece
minded, welllntOrmed woman, b.iny
Obliged to court and pay the least respect ~
a man of this class. When his mean actions.
his unmanly feeling. will cause him 20
act the part of the brute, he vii!
try and gain all he desires from q female,
honesty even is a second consideration: he
will rob her OF her jewels while looking iff
her face in the evening; he will make our
he is going to do something grand; he will
take her to the lake: he either leaves her To
pay for the supper or Will shellroad her on
the waye Whatever a woman mighs be.
treat her as a woman, | have never lznovyr
yet an unfortunate woman, but what there
has been sad history to her life. Men
make them what they are when low and
degraded. The company they are obliged
to keep for money brings them to their own
level. Whom in their right senses their
heart reVolts against it. The expression OF
their faces betray their degraded con-
dItion, the disgust they have for them.
In so doing they lose their money.
10 deaden their feelings they indulge in
strong liquor, they are then dead to every
feeling of humanity. The brutes that bear
the name OF man, but who insults the name.
Tor man IS a noble creature when YOU find q
true one, he will help and protect YOU. lead
you from life of ill-fame, help you to gain
an honest living but the brutes. they only
BRING you from bad to worse, till they are
tired OF you, robbed you of all, he will then
cast you aside, unworthy Of notice: Won
might die in the streets for all they care If
God were to deride his people as our fellow.
do on earth, fear we all should
stand a very poor chance at the Judgment
day. But few, very few, ever give God or
Judgment thought. until reminded by
danger. Money is their God, they worship
it, they live Tor it. It is their sole thought,
Yet even when they have plenty they
spend it either IN gambling, drinking
Or other useless purposes, they do not
seek to feed the hungry that often go to an
early grave for want Of what the rich throw
lnder their table or to the dogs. These are
the class of people that make.
lie unfortunate women what they are, and
ure the child from her home of innocence,
because they have money, and they will
md do buy their virtue. They will leave
heir wife and family, stint them of home
comforts to buy the virtue of child, then
eaFe her to the tender mercies of cold
nd unteeIing world. No home, no parents,
or shame prevents her from approaching
Ter home again. Then pity We fair ones,
nd be not too severe, and give a fraiI sister
boon of tear. When prone to condemn,
effect, think while that the heart often
c1le8 when the face wears smile.