The Moral Condition of Richmond by Editor

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 22, 1863

The Moral Condition of Richmond.

By Editor

If we are to believe the Copperheads, the root of all evil is abolitionism, and were that fatal heresy banished from the earth, the reign of the millennium would begin at once. We fancy that at Richmond there is quite as little of that taint as anywhere in the world; and yet we find in the columns of The Daily News a description of that city which differs from common notions of the millennium. A correspondent, writing from the spot, says:

"It is noted fact that of late more crime and prostitution have existed in Richmond than in any other city or town on the continent, New York not excepted. Garroting and being waylaid on the streets and roads is of common occurrence, and it is all but safe to be in the streets unarmed or alone after dark. The Police Courts and Hustings are well patronized daily by these cowardly highwaymen; and although several examples of severe punishment have been made by the magistrates, the evil has not abated, and will not cease until either the honest citizens form themselves into a vigilance committee, or have the city placed under martial law."

In this short statement of the condition of the chief city of the confederacy, we behold the genuine fruits of slavery and rebellion.