New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-23

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And such being the conclusion to which the
public came. there was another which was
undoubtedly quite logical-that he had
ceased to b. himself when he delivered so
extraordinary a speech, and that the first
thing which his friends onght to de would
be to provide him with keeper until some
arrau cement could be made for due care
being taken of him.
The AmOrOus Scamp.
There is a large number of men VIII c
otherwise honorable, are cOnsumma at
scoundrels in their dealings with women
They would recoil with horror at bare
suggestion to the effect that they would pick
q pocket, but some of them consider it
rather glorious achievement to deceive q
weak minded maiden. Such inconsistency
is difficult to explain. inasmuch as the
ceyerest casuist will find it impossible to
prove that the latter otfense is not much
more disastrous in its consequences. and
therefore of more heinOus character tran
the former. Besides it must be remembered
that the one Offense is committed probably
because some miserable wretch finds it
difficult to live, while the other is the result
of debased form of passion, Or con.
temptible kind of vanity. We write vanity
advlsedly, for we are persuaded that vanity
has as much to do with many otienses of
the kind indicated as anything else.
There are men who do not hesitate to bray
to their associates of the number Of victims
who have succumbed to their destinations,
and these worthless will dwell unctuously
upon each feature of their dastardly per-
tOrmances. The misfortune is that large
number OF their associates make a point Of
loudly applauding them, and of giving it to
be understood that they consider them to
be fellows Of very pretty spirit indeed.
ID ~, H.
approve OF their conduct are SO much
cOwed by the influences which are brought
to bear upon them that they are afraid to
stigmatize such conduct in the terms which
it deserves. and merely vindicate their
principles by adopting a negative course.
The thought that they ought, as true
men who love purity and that which
is honorable, to cut the keroes,
does not seem to occur to them,
and thus it happens that the man
who is known to have ruined some woman
is received almost every where just as he is
who has never done anything of the kind,
and who W uld as soon think of committing
a murder as of doing SO. All this may be
satisfactory and highly fattering to the
age in which We live, but we must confess
that to us it seems otherwise. Certain it is
that 1t urges some men on to vlciOusness
who would not otherwise be vicious, and it
is but natural that it should be SO. As in
matters OF Dress. SO in matters of morals,
there are fashions and If it be the fashion
among men of certain type to consider
it fine action to delude q girl-the
glory Of the action being according to the
innocence OF the girl before che is utterly
corrupted--it is not surprising that
largo number of would be men of the world
should be led to lay themselves out for
this particular description of performance.
and that they should boast of achieve
ments of the kind in question which
they have never performed. These men
might be virtuous if they did not imagine
it necessary to their regulations to boas, of
having performed many reprehensible acts,
and it therefore behooves these who have
any influence on the formation of public
opinion tn decide whether the time has not
reference to this matter.
1t occasionally happens that the amoTous
scamp gets into trouble through his gallant
ries Then is he greatly commiserated, and
his victim roundly denounced. The tritiing
facts that she has Tor his sake renowned
all that which she should have held dear,
that she has forfeited position, and that che
has become social pariah, are not allowed
to weigh in her favor. She is spoken Of as
a designing wretch who is endeavoring to
plumber trusting innocent, the general i'm
preston appearing to be that she ought to
live life OF shame in some wretched pur-
lieu, or die, rather than put her villainOus
lover TO any inconvenience. Popular dis
gust rises to a positively tremendous pitch
when it transpires that she has applied to
him for pecuniary assistance. aud when she
MIXTURES to exercise such little power as
she may possess, the scOrn that is heaped
upon her is something awful. Possibly, it
may be asserted that she has been treated
better than she deserves. In general way,
however, the grounds upon which this
statement is based are somewhat slender.
They amount simply to this, that her be-
trayer treated ner we'll until her charms
palled upon his appetite, and that his gen.
crosby stopped the precise moment that he
became tired of her. But it must be said
that it is no more proved that q man is gen.
erous when he bestOws money and costly
presents upon woman who may TOR the
time being hold him under her sway, than
it is when he pays a heavy price to a
tradesman for an article which he can not
buy for less. 1t may, then, be suggested to
those who are disposed to see in the amor
Gus scamp victim rather than victimizer
that their discernment is lamentably dull.
and that their sense of right and wrong 10
most imperfect. The detestable object of
their pity deserve it not; but the miserable
creature whom he has introduced into that
path which leads to the most utter degra-
dation and misery merits all the practical
compassion which they have to bestow
upon anything. Indeed, we may 90 so far
as to assert that the law upon this matter
requires radical amendment, almost as
much as public opinion needs educating
1t would be useless to deny that the
amorous scamp is sometimes completely
taken in. 1t happens occasionally that he
tlatters himself that he has got hold of
piece of extreme innocence, which mas sue
cumbed to his magic influence and many
arts of captlvation, when the fact is he has
done nothing of the kind. He has simply
fallen into the clutches of a woman who is
as interruptions as himself, and great
deal cleverer into the bargain. For a sea-
son she infatuates him, fools him to the top
Of his bent and comfortably feathers her
nest. Then, when che sees that he has
begun to grow weary Of Eer she commences
to put on the screw, and at last she shows
herself in her true colors. The result is
that he finds himself landed in state OF
pecuniary embarrassment, or that disa-
greeable expose is brought about; in either
case he is of course exposed to much that he
would desire to be spared Blu: even under
these circumstances no pity ought TO be
felt TOR him, for the fact remains that ne IS
not only fool, but scamp. Compassion
may Justly be excited upon behalf OF his
friends, who, it may be. participated IN dis
grace and ruin; the disgrace consisting IL
the fact that his achievement has become
known to others than those who will glorify
it as he would wish. Indeed, it is a ques-
ton whether 1t would not be well if more
scamps were disgraced and ruined IN the
manner indicated. This would tend to the
publication of the present age, winch,
though perhaps not outwardly so coarseiy
eensuous as come past periods nave oeen, ls
much more grossly immoral than is i'm
agined by some innocent people. Can not