derfynu ei "chladdu am byth." Rhywbeth felly oedd ei addewid i'r Dr.
Wedi hyny, pan gyhoeddwyd cableddau y Llyfrau Gleision ar ferched a gwragedd Cymru, yn nghyd â chyflwr addysg a moesolrwydd Aberdar, daeth allan fel cawr i'w hamddiffyn gyda Ieuan Gwynedd ac ereill. Am hyn dywed un awdwr pan yn ysgrifenu ar Aberdar:—
"It should not be forgotten that here was cradled that spirit of national protest against misrepresentation of Welsh character which resulted in such complete refutation of the slight put upon Wales by that strolling company of Commissioners who were sent by the Government of the day to see what defects were socially visible in Wales, and who complacently reported upon which they did not see. Aberdare, with Dr. Price and Ieuan Gwynedd to the forefront, came to the rescue, and, with flinchless vigour, flung back the stigmas with which these Commissioners (called gentlemen) unjustly bespattered us as a nation. Ieuan Gwynedd sleeps at Groeswen; Dr. Price is yet a felt force in Welsh circles; the men and women whom they relieved of odium are grateful to them."
Rhoddwyd y wybodaeth gamddarluniol a chamarweiniol y cyfeirir ati uchod gan y Parch. J. Griffiths, Ficer y Plwyf, i Mr. Lingen, un o ddirprwyaeth y Llywodraeth. Nid anfuddiol fyddai i ni osod adroddiad y ficer yma, a rhoddi byr olwg ar y cwrs gymmerodd Price yn ei wyneb.
"My Parish, in its present uneducated condition, is certainly retrogading. Nothing can be lower, I would say more degrading, than the character in which the women stand relative to the men. The men and the women, married as well as single, live in the same house, and sleep in the same room. The men do not hesitate to wash themselves naked before the women; on the other hand, the women do not hesitate to change their under-garments before the men. Promiscuous intercourse is most common—is thought of as nothing and the women do not lose caste by it. Generally speaking, there is very little sobriety. The men drink in beershops, and are occasionally joined by the women; but on the whole, the women drink at home. Saturday night and Monday night, and also Sunday morning, are always spent in drinking if the times are good. If it be after pay the carousal is generally extended till Tuesday or even Wednesday. Nothing can be more improvident than the miners or colliers. These religious feelings are peculiar to the temperament of
