The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-07-22
SIN AND SINNERS.

dwelling in renewed marital bliss, il
is to be hoped that. the country shall
hear no more about them. By his
spectacular forgiveness of the woman
the man may have exhibited truly
Christian spirit, but he has forfeited
whatever public sympathy her gross
offense earned for him. Men should
be made to understand that unrea-
soning kindness to the wife who has
betrayed her wifely trust is cruelty
to society, for every such person who
escapes the just penalty of her sin
multiples sinners.-Telegram.
''The woman tempted me and 1
did eat,' was the pitiful defense set
up by that contemplate old coward,
Adam, when he had disobeyed the
commands of God. That example
has been followed persislently ever
since that occasion by all, or nearly
all, of his descendants. The poor,
weak man has been not only excused
for his lapses from virtue, but patted
on the back and lionizeG therefor
1t is the woman in the case whose
weak shoulders must bear the double
load of blame.
Was ever there a more cruel, vim
dictive and utterly damnable state
ment made than that above quoted
that "Men should be made to under
stand that unreasoning kindness to
the wife who has betrayed her wlfeIy
trust is cruelty to society, for every
such person who escapes the just pen
atty of her sin multiplies sinners
One reading it would almost be per
suaded it was written by a woman,
for ''man's inhumanity to man. is,
when compared to woman's vindic-
tiveness towards woman, as the purr
of kitten to the roar of tiger.
According to the Telegram, this
one offense should not be condoned,
not because it is an offense against
the laws of God, but because it is
''c-ueP' to that bewrinkled strumpet,
''Society." But let the kilograms
suggestion be carried out. Set aside
the divine example where such men
as the editor Of the Telegram were
requested to ''first cast stone,'' and
put this theory in practice, but let
it apply to the men as we'll as the
women. Let 1t be understood that
''Women should be made to under
stand that unreasoning kindness to
the husband who has betrayed his
marital trust is cruelty to society, for
every such person who escapes the
just penalty of his sin multiplies SIN
ners." What would be the result?
1t would require additional courts to
attend to the divorce business, and
inside of three years ''the divine in
stitution of marriage would be q
back number.
There is not ore of these cases in
a, Thousand where the woman is not
more sinned against than SHINING; not
one in thousand but that the man,
the chief sinner, hides, as did his
cowardIy old ancestor, behind the
woman.
Disregard of marital vows is an
offense against civilization as we'll as
against the divine law; but while
man is universally excused for it, we
see no reason why woman, the weaker
of the two, should be universally
damned. While the wife forgives
the husband seventy times seven
times. her own slips should be for
given at least once. Laxity of
morals is the greatest danger to our
civilization, and when man is brought
to the pillory and punished for his
then and then only should
woman be placed without the pale of
society, and her touch considered a
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