The Russellville Democrat., 1885-05-07

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 Correspondence of the Democrat.
 Republicans resort to any and all means to carry their cause; and to accomplish the desired end they use any kind of rascaity or misrepre sentation freely and willingly. But who would ever have dreamed of a people calling themselves Christians resorting to such means? The idea of a newspaper claiming to publish a paper that can be taken to a mans house for his wife and children to read, publishing such an article as appeared in last weeks issue of the DEMOCRAT signed X, claiming 1t to be Lady's experience on dancing The idea of going into house where there is nothing but loose, degrading, unrefined, uncaltiyated, contaminat- ed and polluted women, and from such set select one to sign a pre- meditated artlcle dictated-not by 8 true Christian woman desiring to do what is right--not by woman pure and undefiled with an honest convic- ton to benefit her own sex-not by one whose every day life singles her out as an honest Christian wanting to do unto others as she would have others do unto her-nOt by one who is Christian during the week as well as on Sunday-not by one who is contented to let each man and wo- mans conscience dictate their own action! It was not by this class of men or women, but by some low de- graded hypocrite who has sinned so much and so long that they have learaed to believe that there is no such thing as being honest, refined and cultivated anywhere or under any circumstances-by some snake in the grass who goes to church be cause it' is popular, who joins the church because he thinks his busi- ness will prosper by and through hls brothers in the church. Fms kind of Christians is disgrace to any church and contemptable in every sense of the word They are not only sinners, but hypocrits, which is worse than all. There are good, true, and honest Christians who op- pose dancing from honest motives, and do everything in their power to influence their friends and those that they are interested in not to indulge in dancing. This is noble in them to do what they consider their duty, and for that class of Christians we have profound respect and high regard, for you will never find them under any circumstances guilty ol looking up, producing and having l the testimony of loose, contaminated and corrupt women who have fallen so far below the standard of true womanhood. as was the case of the woman whose experience is in ques- tion, put into print to prove that the best young men and ladies, and the little children of some of their best eilzens in their town are guilty ol heinious crimes, doing what is inde- cent, unrefined, uncultivated and lm- moral. These young ladies and gen tlemen who have been attending dancing school are by far the supe rior of the contemptsble scoundrel who seeks to cast a slnr on their character and their actions by pub fishing any such vulgar, dirty and infamous stuff. As if a true and re fined young lady would not command respect at any and all times, and at