The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-05
on THE CAIRO nuLLEllS.
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W0MAN'S HUMANITY TO WOMAN.
Mr.. Editor.
DEAR SIR;--lour leading article in last
Friday morning BULLETIN. touches a SYM
pathetic cord in NY heart. as nothing has
done for many aday before. The inhu-
manity of man p man, is provcrbial, but
not more true, and not ono.half so APPALLING
in its effects npon society at, large, as the
relentless inltinani,y Of woman TO her own
more deiencees scx, True, thu result of
this vindictivc, rcnrscless persecution of
one woman by thr m,ny,i is not quite al.
ways 50 fatal TO the lfc Of the victim as in
the case Of poor, pursued and hua;cd Anna
Leroy-the subject olyour generous, manly
defence. The poorlost, fallen creatures
arc not all stoned andpcited and turned out
naked and starving, md left to freeze to
death, on The bleak phirie. or to be turn to
Shreds by the gray-e,el, s1arling, hs1gry
csyotcsor prairie wGses. Better, tor many
of them, fthis Were he end OF them, poor
things. Better, far letter, and less terrible
10 contemplate, even this swift ending
to miserable, il-spcnt life, than
the look into the dismal future with
no happiness and lite hope til accident or
disease brings the welcome close to all
there is, that is here The man who dclib-
erately takes the liieof fellow mortal, is
adjuds9~ ove.an equ,. mcn as a criminal
OF the tho tod of Crou he is made to pay
the pen.f 3ns Efftly harml by the neck til
he is dGaw bother can)rgerer is sent TO
the pcnit o, use two Yer is disgraccd,
if not pufs' > oay is not pc president Of u
life insursaoy' Aaid. Pr which ease he
gets off ! tive Vile. If r,ch who burrs
his ncighh, " d bv BJals his horse, *
dealt wi,hAS"'N IF that shows his
crime is uyl TO ,epsia, - opn Of no little
moment; AZ yA:lIowk md c,,oboosrs
are tlIedM oizerl en- whose sins
would secn W ly9 less magnitude
in the eyes o l"w7 lredbf humanity, than
the very sigh m0H 3 p,hus degraded and
Inundated 40 ffl-fsibly be. Men are
full of are adirs'ls , ,sr rposo and fertile in
measures and isn Tor furnishing every
grade andclass o'criE 1inal otfenses, from a
bank presidents ilstalda to the theft Of
penny loaf whr.witlt to stay the pangs
of hungry chill But how about women1
True, they haycnc handN2r word in melting
out to the worstor least pf offending sin
ners one jot or title Of mqNted and unmer-
tied retribu!ion, md yet afe taey non for
all that, the crultsk most uAcpmproInisins
and unforgiving of judges ana jarorsl
Surely they are md we hayc but to note
the universal condemnation bestowed by
them on any oncof their sex that drops by
the way-sidc Of chastity ard purity, to
prove to us tho truth of the accusation.
Had The admoniion been given to woman
that was given to men, Let him
among you who's without sin cast the first
stone,' that wDman had been buried,
iii fifteen minus time, beneath pile OF
stones so high and deep that, whatever her
sin she had no case to cry for the rocks and
mountains to FIJI upon her, sure. Who
can tell why it that tender-hearted, sym.
pathetic woman should 50 fcrccly dcnouncc
in her sister, woman, that which she shuts
her eyes uDon inthe brother. man, who is 50
much stronger, 81 much less tempted and
who has 50 muCh less need of her aid or
her sympathiesl There are gentle, loving
souls, so full of goodness that no worm,
however loathsOme to look upon, could
cross their path but to call upon their be-
nevolence or p'otection. Let stricken,
fallen woman near but the hem of their
garment, though and they turn upon her
as upon the veriest reptile. No bencvo-
lencc therc--no sympathy-no charity
nothing but fierce denunciation for her.
Poor creaturc to whom, if not to her
own may she look for the helping handi
Let her 90. Nowoman will aid her. Is it
the sin or the sinner that is condemnedl In
her, the least guilty, because the more
bmptcd and the less strong, it is the sinner,
Mt the sin; else why shun her, and take to
Our hearts and into our homes, her guilty
psramour2 For every one woman lost to
virtue, there arc one hundred men-each
and every one Of whom IS as guilty as she.
Look at the records of st. Louis for the Pc
rod during which that city was subject to
the Social Evil Registry law. and see how
tic record counts up, 1t is appalling to re-
nnmber how, even that law would not pro-
tot our viltuous (l) brothers-a whole
city full of them, and only few
hundreds of these poor, wretched women
Prostitutes We call them; what did VIC call
th.se upon whom they relied for support,