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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
his vows and promises vanish into empty air , and the poor unhappy woman is abandoned , forsaken , and left a prey to the most » excruciatingand tormenting reflections of her own mind , and the upbraidings and stings of a guilty conscience . —Like the sweet blushing rose , which , plucked by some wanton hand , after being enjoyed for a littleis thrown regardless awayand suffered to wither and die in
, , some obscure corner , or perhaps to rot on a dunghill . What tongue can express the atrociousness of such complicated yillany ? what language describe the deformity of it ? Whether it be ' considered as an impudent insult against the divine laws of heaven , or as barbarous and cruel to the betrayed fair one ; whether it be regarded as the source of present misery , or as attended with an almost endless
train of the most distressing consequences , from the force of truth it must be confessed , that it has so much of the malignity of hell in it , as to fill every honest mind with horror and detestation at its disingenuous author . What title can the man pretend to have to the character of a Christianwho can wantonland deliberatelviolate the laws of his
reli-, y y gion , and trample on the authority of its blessed Author ? What right can he claim to the privileges of society , who by his conduct declares himself an enemy to it , by shewing the greatest contempt for -, ' its wise laws , and impudently breaking through its prudent regulations ? Is he not a stranger to every noble and generous feeling of the
Human heart , who can behold with a savage indifference all the misery and wretchedness which his treachery and perfidy has brought upon the woman that doats upon him , and whom of all others he pretended most to admire and love ? Robbed by him of her innocence , honour , and reputation , exposed to the resentment of her justly offended parents and friends , to the ungenerous insult of her enemies and rivalsand contempt and lect of an uncharitable worldhel
, neg , pless and hopeless , without money and without friends , what can she do ? Alas ! mad ' with resentment , and hurried on b y despair , is ' it matter of surprise if the consequence should prove tragical and fatal ? This woman too was perhaps the daughter of his best friend , or the near relation of his kindest and most generous benefactor ; and thus he woundsin the most tender and sensible partthe Whom in
, , man duty and gratitude he ought to have obliged , honoured and loved Ah , cruel and unfeeling , faithless and ungrateful man ! fitter to be a companion to the savages ofthe desalts and of the woods , than a member of a rational , polite , and civilized society . Ah , defective or ill-administered laws of our country ! shall the poor pitiful pilferer ' who onl y purloins a small portion of his nei ghbour ' s goods , be doornt ed to a painful and i
gnominious death ? and shalt thou , loaden with all thy guilt and baseness , not onl y escape with impunity , but come trii ^ l " ^ thy Unmanl y victoi 7 > and boasting of thy inglorious-But remember O fool ! that thy triumphing , like that of all other successful wickedness , is but for a moment , and though at present divine justice may seem to thee to be fast asleep , the time will come when thou wilt find it terribly awake ; and then no mask or disguises C c z " *
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To The Editor Of The Freemasons' Magazine.
his vows and promises vanish into empty air , and the poor unhappy woman is abandoned , forsaken , and left a prey to the most » excruciatingand tormenting reflections of her own mind , and the upbraidings and stings of a guilty conscience . —Like the sweet blushing rose , which , plucked by some wanton hand , after being enjoyed for a littleis thrown regardless awayand suffered to wither and die in
, , some obscure corner , or perhaps to rot on a dunghill . What tongue can express the atrociousness of such complicated yillany ? what language describe the deformity of it ? Whether it be ' considered as an impudent insult against the divine laws of heaven , or as barbarous and cruel to the betrayed fair one ; whether it be regarded as the source of present misery , or as attended with an almost endless
train of the most distressing consequences , from the force of truth it must be confessed , that it has so much of the malignity of hell in it , as to fill every honest mind with horror and detestation at its disingenuous author . What title can the man pretend to have to the character of a Christianwho can wantonland deliberatelviolate the laws of his
reli-, y y gion , and trample on the authority of its blessed Author ? What right can he claim to the privileges of society , who by his conduct declares himself an enemy to it , by shewing the greatest contempt for -, ' its wise laws , and impudently breaking through its prudent regulations ? Is he not a stranger to every noble and generous feeling of the
Human heart , who can behold with a savage indifference all the misery and wretchedness which his treachery and perfidy has brought upon the woman that doats upon him , and whom of all others he pretended most to admire and love ? Robbed by him of her innocence , honour , and reputation , exposed to the resentment of her justly offended parents and friends , to the ungenerous insult of her enemies and rivalsand contempt and lect of an uncharitable worldhel
, neg , pless and hopeless , without money and without friends , what can she do ? Alas ! mad ' with resentment , and hurried on b y despair , is ' it matter of surprise if the consequence should prove tragical and fatal ? This woman too was perhaps the daughter of his best friend , or the near relation of his kindest and most generous benefactor ; and thus he woundsin the most tender and sensible partthe Whom in
, , man duty and gratitude he ought to have obliged , honoured and loved Ah , cruel and unfeeling , faithless and ungrateful man ! fitter to be a companion to the savages ofthe desalts and of the woods , than a member of a rational , polite , and civilized society . Ah , defective or ill-administered laws of our country ! shall the poor pitiful pilferer ' who onl y purloins a small portion of his nei ghbour ' s goods , be doornt ed to a painful and i
gnominious death ? and shalt thou , loaden with all thy guilt and baseness , not onl y escape with impunity , but come trii ^ l " ^ thy Unmanl y victoi 7 > and boasting of thy inglorious-But remember O fool ! that thy triumphing , like that of all other successful wickedness , is but for a moment , and though at present divine justice may seem to thee to be fast asleep , the time will come when thou wilt find it terribly awake ; and then no mask or disguises C c z " *