Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-04-20


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sseend falIy verified Ana here j sncshl
''An ASrii aood
Dasriss away The fruss
ne first lac n DE seing iRss - far daring
the prrssns Aseil
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panied IS Mr. =. nsrsai.h, pnis a /, sns
rata few aags sisee e his plsce On lhs
srknFts e CIR sisiass. occupied b. = =
wley
Pahsic srhoOl 20 lsas heen refrrnssled
With handsome ses desks Improving tbe ID.
ssrsor vaasly aaa adaing nos iisns % is
facilities.
hsve been scmswia, amnnrd Al TIE argu-
nsnis aavans II arainsf she Ia estahlishiar
The whipping Pei ipr nen II onghs raslIsr
20 say brasesl wha indnlee "a the kum1ss
otrupatioh q Eeasing their wives. faa to
see any t.,rcr ia any argarnent wbirh seeks %
Pf5re that man hasany right morally or
legally 70 chasiise his wife IS Nessrs. &C p
and "Isessbews Imply The former Styles
die bin woman-siAtinz. maa hnmiliAting
BIZ" Isesn no, be nor Is accepted az such
hy iFne men and women. Il Is intended 10
meet the exIgencies OF those cnses where mere
sne fai's 70 accomplish What humsaiiy d.
mands, and II any nan hss 50 little Of the
instinct even of mankind, n 20 degrade him
ssIf 20 a level t.esow that even or r.e HSer
(which Il ever caressing 70 his naiel Iurking
ID The iaaet y lnalsg has 30 inanisood
70 lose, esnuot Be Inundated BY The Issh
and deserves 70 he srsbg np without cerrnlo-
ny 70 ihe Post" 1e stands on 40 eerezoay
when he whips bis vile II his been urged
in extsHnniion Of wile-beaiersg Inst ,hey are
ofsen under the influence OF whiskey when they
practice this rasiiase. Does that lessen the
injury done the Eoman, or excuse the maa
No She IS not responsible for bis drankeness
ard would keep BIN from i, II s',e could. and
has pei hsrs 70 cxeri hersrlfal. the more TO keep
the wolf from he door, aud must receive rs q
recanpesse the lash from e.lrunkrr wretrh
who Is too cowarliy 70 vent his spleen on he
true cause Of his anger and his struggling
wife must bear The lash from the brute GCr
whom the Term min Is . nsisnomer.
''Reisbew'' seems 70 think tia; the .lords
q creation mrs; as a neccessrry sppendage
10 our seirnory ffhe world have reserved as
our special pr rogatiye the right 70 whip our
wives, nhen we m. rry. confess my inaLil-
i.y 10 acknowleds Sc any sarh Logic. So far
from the Bill 3 ing a Imaginable Affair."
cannot help bat thinsiug if Is melanrhcly
event ani that the on'y humiliation MN
cenid feel that there ore those Of his own
species who hare brntalizcd themselves 10
saSh an exieat As to require that State lesis-
iairFe shoald take cognizance Of it ia such
pronounced terms.
TIE man who whips is always coward
and though be can play The lion in his own
hoaseho d AMI make bis trembling family
erinse before him. is IS meek ms - lamb when
he Giids himself among those who have as
hard fsss as he hiEsclf Ii $.
What right las any man 20 suppose that
his own flesh would be more deeply scared bv
The Lash than that Of his helpless wife, OF his.
nanlosd more humiiians S,onisss
hood Some measiencd that i, intrndes the
u'skfirs 81 the ho;nr TO much inSeithe view III
The Pab'ie. Bs.sa Is ( police rodrt more pri-
raie 'lian i whipfias-p..si? TIE Whipping.
Pos, docs not lring il more publicly % yie~:
BE womau's haasilsatiaa j. well known esen
ifnOsiing has been b. ard ositius raslicroart-
room
tits very Wei for mcn 20 argue that the
whipping Pest lsi:l is a disgrace TO Maryland
legislation, bot would Ike % be informed
whF il Is more d:sgraceFnl for msn 10 &c
Whipped for heating his wife. than Tor her to
receive he whipping and the MN to 20 ny
punished For ny part think ihe diseraee
lies 10 the latter. that il, allowing tbs man to
remain un?anished sor lis worss than Lru-
tality.
It's all sery uell for those wso oppose ,he
Bill, to term il diserlreful because II applies
70 their own Ioraly selves. TIE sum total of
their estimate Of married life seems to Le that
Jack can thrash Jill. but Il Jaek must he
.hrashed too, the devil Is to paw. NJ friends.
sit ia poor rule that uont work both
ways