The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-07-27

ish and attain earthly grandeur.
But where these virtues have no
place, or have been banished from
the peoples daily life, and are fall
len into desuetude and neglect,
there no State eau prosper, but
enervated bv luxury and its at
tendant train of vices, reviling re-
ligion and its stern DEGREES, despis-
ing those things that eXalt, loving
those that degrade, the nuptial
vows are made a rlockery, the
legitimate wedIoCk is condemned,
and a free rein being given to every
loose and lustful desire, the way is
paved for the Country's overthrow,
her ruin, and her final iall. This
is the plain lesson taught by the
record of the past, which, if any
disbelieve, let him seek the pages
Of history, and from that treasury
Of learning, convinced himself that
what l say here is the truth.
Such is the result to the state of
immortality among the people. But
how infinitely greater are the evil
effects Of this impurity fife upon
the family, one of the units which
go to make up the State, and upon
the integrity of which the welfare
of the commonwealth depends!
The unspeakable shame, the dis
grace and ignominy which ever
attend upon and rankle in the
breasts of the members of a family,
some daughter of which has per-
haps been debauched and leftover
ed through the moral turpltude of
possibly an honored guest, are
feelings not easily to be keenly felt
by those who must experience
them.
The woman who has fallen, how
must she feel when she realizes
the great irreparable loss which
she has suffered? All that makes
woman beautiful, all that she has
to live for, through the folly Of a
moment, gone, gone, never to be
recalled. All the amiable quail
ties which are peculiarly hers, the
softness and sweet attractive grace
which once distinguished her
have made her the cynosure O.
neighboring eyes; are all now in
Ophelia seXpressive phrase, Like
: sweet bells tangled, out of tune
and harsh" and all that remain:
= for her in this life, all that she ha;
to look forward to, is a wretchet
existence through which she mus
sit like Patience on a monumen
smiling at grief"
7 The injury, moreover, in tn
case l have just mentioned, is az
gravated by the peculiar circum
a stance that the law Of England
5 that bulwark and fountain of jus
/ tice, however perfect and adequat
in other respects, provides here NJ
I remedy; and the parents for tn
shame and degradation they mus
needs feel and experience can b
: recompense only by paltry damage
Il based upon the loss of the daugh
}, ter's services.
a 1t might be recalled in this con
5 nection that there is vast differ
II ence between reputation and char
o acter. The former is that more O
Il less arguing of opinion which a
q indefinite number of people hol
IS of some one, gathered and forme
+ by the PERSONS demeanor, his az
l. ton and his words. The latter
IS what person really is, what h
J. knows himself to be, regardless
l. what others may consider hin
People, however, are liable to fort
u erroneous estimates Of another
81 character, and hence it is we ofte
IS find, when we come to know hin
q that a person of harmful reput;
l. ton, is of upright character, an
$ by no means what he is regarde
"a by others.
n Now by reason of her sex at
d, the peculiar constitution of societ
ID which is ever harsh toward W.
al men and lenient towards men-tf
as least word, the least breath, tt