The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-03-31
let US pray for all those poor sinners who

Q macy, sensuality and lasciylousnesa.
mean extravAgant indulgence IN exnensfy
: 1leI, costly dress and equipage; 10 out
!, shine and outllve, II possible, every othe
4 person. Is there any degradation OF hu
man nature TO which an insane luxur,
has not misled thousands Of Gods crea
lures Is there any category Of sham
7 Of crime which has not received It's vic
Tins from the corrupting hell OF Rxtraya
cancer Il 10 tho apish pomp and mad,
mems MASQUERADE which ruin persons a1t
families, force business men into bsnk.
ruptcy and suicide, aud Innocent l,efso,,
into the dens OF shame and crime, Yor
have heard Of public men who must sac
rthce their honor to keep up the cspric
ious style and tone OF the day. You heal
and see daily the exchange of purity tol
uumpery, and of Veracity for glitteripQ
and deceitful masquerade. Pufgstory 4
not large enough TO hold all the victims
oiinsane luxury. Well then, let us have
revival and close all stores which offer
Tor sale such abominable articles, Offering
that horrible temptation to the innocent
running so many soules and families, &C
many helpless women and children. LIE,
US form calico societies, muslin unions
and leather clothes associations: and let
US move back into Adams paradise, be-
cause ever so many people abuse Gods
gifts In this world.
Is there anything In this wide universe,
however blessed and necessary, that can
not DO abusedT Among all tho feelings
OF the human heart none give us more
delight or genuine happiness than the love
and affections which unite spouses In per.
petual and reciprocal esteem, friendship
and sympathy. Look upon the shocking
crimes and nSmeless woes emanAtin9
from the abuse Of that identical love q
the sexes. Jealousy is the progenitor of
hatred, lifelong and implacable animosity
brutal hostilities, murder and suicide; and
all that is oil daily occurrence. Physici-
ans only know how many thousands lose
health, cheer, and happiness, the noblcst
functions tsoul and body, how MANY
are carried to an early grave; how mauy
poor and guiltless children suffer, wither
and perish, and all this by the abuse Of
the holiest and most generous feelings OF
the human heart. l will not shock your
feelings by recounting the woes, vices
and crimes, narrated, daily" by the press
the social evil, the aborti0ns. the iouhdl-
ings. 1t Is enough to know and under
stand what abuse will do.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, let us meet
the evil at the root. The main cause OF
all these evils Is beauty. There shall be
no beauty. We will tolerate none. But,
as our good wives, sisters and daughters
cannot help being beautiful, and we do
not like to see them do like the sister Of
Frederick the Great, who wantonly des-
troyed the beauty Of her face, let us
build harems and keep every beautiful
dame or damsel locked up and well
watched until committee OF grave and
honorable judges shall declare her de-
cidedly ugly. Then she may 20 forth
into this wicked world without danger 10
herself or others.
Take religion itself and see what abuse
will make Of 1t. All the barbarous cruel |
ties which man in his brutal rage could |
lnitict on man, outrages oil all descrip-
tons were committed, prosecutions of In. |
dlvlduals and nations were deCreed and
executed in cold blood, destructive wars
were waged, millions OF men were made |
miserable, and other millions slain-all |
by the abuse o! religion. And lust now
generous danes and damsels are misled 10 |
abuse prayer and benediction themselves.
take the name oil the Lord, their God, in
vain, and make public demonstrations-I
ladies make public demonstrations |
the Influence oil abused religion. There is |
nothing so holy, so sublime, 50 divine
that man in his delusion cannot abuse. |
Shall God destroy his beautiful creation
because foolish men worship the objects
OF nature? Can we abolish money, lux
ury, beauty or religion, love or PRAYER,
because they are abused and become the
sources and causes OF misery, affection,
shame, crime, and ruination? Human
nature and tho civilized world respond
emphatically, No! II the law permits
that which is not criminal or immoral
per Sc, it is despotic, challenges resistance,
renders itself contemplate, undermiues
the respect also for good and necessary
laws, makes hypocrites and hidden
rebels, and defeats its own ends. I'll
demoralizes. II public opinion stig.
matizes that which is neither criminal nor |
immoral per Sc, 1t weakens itself and |
renders itself powerless. II religion and |
prayer are abused to wage war on LIQUOR
to-day, they may be abused to,morrow.
on the same principle precisely, to perse. |
cute and pray out oil their houses and
homes Free Masons, Catholics, foreigners,
inadelS, or anybody who is not fashfona-
bic; suits not the tastes Of his neighbors,
or does not conform 10 vulgar preiudices.
II the passions may be ignited with i'm.
punityto override and defythe law and
thu Constitution, in this or that form, or
by any means, It matters not how or
what, We stand OF the brink OF lswless
despotism, and the gates are aiar for all
sorts OF violence and persecution, op-
preston, and destruction OF all personal
rights. As practical q people Of common
seas we are let US keep in mind that
the passions once reused Invariably end
in mischief, and destroy the very thing
they mean TO build up. The passions once
fully reused may lead US back into all the
excuses and brutafities Of the Middle
Ages.
No nation on earth, modern or ancient,
can boast upon respecting higher or treat.
ing better the women Of our country than
we do; nor do any deserve it better, Wei
are willing to grant them equal rights mi
every respect, but we must refuse TO bel
governed by them. Let them not put uS
to shame before the civilized world as |
priest.ridden and woman.ridden people,
alter the heroism Of our soldiers, the
genius Of our inventors, and the liberty Of
our country have filed all with admira-
ton. There are plenty Of means OF our
command to protect the community
against the abuse Of liquor and many
other abuses; but passion, lansticism, des.
pottc laws. priestcraft, and changing the
course Of nature in subjecting the law to
passion, aud man to female dictation, will
never accomplish anything. There are
means at our command To check inehrietv