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TO the Elitor of the Natiue .americma:
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The following communication friend has per-
mtted me to cut from paper he receives from
the State Of Mississippi, and as it seems to me
to be peculiarly adapted to the meridian of Wash
ington, | send it to you, hoping that you will
give it place in the Native American. Ii all |
hear be true, there is no city in Europe where
gambling is carried on more publicly and extern
sively, and where its corruptng and DESTROYING
influence upon the morals and peace of the COM
munty is more manifest and severely felt, than
in this metropolis of our own beloved country.
Where are our Grand Jures, our District Attor-
new, our Mayor, and our City Police, that this
greatest of evils should be suffered to exist among
us in defiance of law and to the incalculable det-
riment of public morality!
The parsonage SO eloquently described by the
Vicksburg lady is true to life, as YOU and / and
almost every citizen of Washington can attest
from the many sad instances Of the same Marac-
ter that have come under our observation Were
it not for wounding the feelings of some of the
most amiable members Of our society. could
point to husbands, and fathers, and sons. who.
when uncontaminated by this infamous vice. were
respected and esteemed for their virtues. their
gentlemanly department, and intellectual attain
ments; but having become inoculaed with the dis
ease of gaming, they disregard the prophecies and
decencies of life, and have surrendered them
selves up to the gross and beastly qualification o
the worst propensities of our nature. Does j
not then become every friend of public virtue ant
morality to buckle on his armor, and wage wal
of determination against this most hideous vice.
l call upon the Ministers of the Pulpit to de.
nounce it from the sacred desk; call upon our
Legislators to enact such penalties as will make
signal examples Of all who will dare to Introduce
il among us; call upon those whose du,v !, i I,
execute the laws, faithfully and fearessly 10 die,
charge their duty; and, above all, call upon the
Press, the great conservator of public mor,l;tv
and public freedom, boldly to thunder its elo.
quence against vice which has sown, and !
still sowing, the seeds of misery and ruin in tle
bosoms Of some of the best families in our com.
munity.


Respectfully, REBEccA.