Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-07-19

LIE rsuvr. Of tic Aiagdaien Society III Ne"
- .ns,re :, have excited the indignation oil
- ;nh,b;,,uts Of that city. Several OF the news
,..rs Condemn it III the most unqualified terms
n. Mercantile Advertiser says:--
wv. understand that the pamphlet lately iSsu
i -, ,ha NaUdalen Society. was yeSterua: P'e
septed to the Grand Jury; but no more .a,a h;u
80 ;nrors being in favor OF bringing IN uue O''''
Ne hing was thrown out om,rts
'V w ~, S,y,- refrained from making any REMARKS
~ this indicate report, this iioc' Oh "a'
f.o, the fact that we could not SPEAK oi ~
,,rns which it so richly merits, wi'hou, Ui'ns"s
4 hI,sb ON the cheeks OF innocence us
,,',' .x nress our regret that the Grand Juiy u'u
,,n, find altrue bill against IT. ior PanPn'e' n'o,e
-, more ,emoralizIns, we have never reau'
s,,sJ ,o line brim with cant and tanaucism.
iS,'Jsr a mistaken philanthropy, 1t has unwlseiy
md iu;ndiciously attempted reformation vi eiat
as.rnn,,I o,,s licentiousness, which much we lear
us" I'll increase. The phamphlet has been eager
-. .,n,bt after, and too extensively read. Ell,
..,n ,i1er edition has been published, and ragged
.,,vs Al the corner OF our streets. are hawking IL
,b,,.t. embelished with plates. We have fallen
.,,n evil fines, indeed, when Over-Zealous men
ri,hout Judgment or discretion, arrogate To theni
olives the moral censOrhip OF the city, anu mus
ar o,r upon their crusade. We venture to as
-,rf that whoever examines the census, aud the
nils lI mortality, will at single glance DE con-
,;need Of the mOnstrous libel which the report
,ntsios. We believe that the pious vlsltants
ave given a history Of more vice and immoraii-
than the most arrant rake has ever discovered
- the city. The American of last evening says,
la, this report is from the pen OF David NJ Reese,
u. d. late Of Baltimore; he Is welcome to all
.Ae honor which this i'll written, Ill judged ana
obscene production has conferred upon him.
AS this report has made no little stir, it may
~ proper 10 add the explanation Of the executive
committee Of the Society.
r9Ata meeting Of the Executive Commit
,ae of the New York Magdalen Society. held
,oly Is, 1881, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted:
Whereas. the publication of our first Annual
Report has called forth from some OF the public
nrs,ses of this city the expression of disappro
hation, which has been calculated to raise popu-
lar excitement against the Society, and whereas,
we have seen with regret that an effort IS made
70 attach odiun and responsibility for its author
ship and publication to one or more Of the olhcers
Of the Society. Therefore.
Resolrsd. hat the public be informed that the
members of the Executive Committee are Jointly
responsible tor the contents and publication OF
the report.
Resolred, That in the painful exposure Of the
extent and mischief of vice, which this report
contains, our object was to awaken public nbe-
rality in behalf Of this institution. 1t we have
erred in any Of the statements made, or the Ian
guage employed, we shall speedily correct 1t; and
N the meantime, we must rely Tor our protec-
ton upon the purity of our motives, the benevo-
lence Of our cause. and the support Of the en-
lightened and vlrtuOus among our fellow citizens
Rss0iuad, That as we never designed the re-
port for indiscriminate distributions. we highly
disapproye of the edition which has been since
Published aud for sale in this city; and that we
have never intended to repubish it in Its present
form. Ou behalf of the Executive Committee.
JOHN WHEELRlGHT,
Chairman, Pro TEN.
IoHS p. HAVEN, Secretary.