New-York daily tribune., 1843-04-01

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NJ For Notice 81 Mr. coitcs's Lefsre. CaYifal P. m
;hmen, ,se STATE Pri.ea Sustsen Narigaien Of lie Hun
son, &C., see First Page
II Fer Pe.ra AID Letter on f0sa He see Las' rage
The Punishment Of Seduction aud kinareo
Grimes.
We have read with qualification the report 10
cur Assembly of Mr.. CHURCH, from the Select
Committee on The petitions for lega! ensetments
against Lcentiousness. 1t is not q document o5
eminen, originality ability but it states lmPor-
rant truths in plain language and Is more forcloie
,haa many document of far grea,er rhetorical
nrerensiens. Indeed, we do not see how an5 pure
man can read it and remain unconvinced that the
seducer of innocence 10 degradation, misery and
shame ought to be subjected .s the seversst penal
ties of the Law 1t is here shown that no crime
can be more heartless and sselGsh in i:s origin
more revolving in lis nature, OF more deadly In its
far-reaching consequences, that that OF the lber-
tine. Not merely is his immediate victim con-
signed irrcvocebly TO life of infamy and wreteh-
edaess, a death Of agony and horror, but the evil
extends even to her untaiated and till now uncon-
scious relatives; shame AID anguish are rendered
the bitter portion of the parents, brothers and sis
rers, who have through life been blameiess and un-
spotted-
sUpcn whose brows Shame ashamed TO sit,
and who have hitherto looked the world in the
face unshrinking and unsbashed. And all this
ocean of misery is caused and suffered that some
demon in human shape may crafty brutal aPpe-
tte and boast amid the bacchanalian orgies OF his
boon companions of the ruin he has made And
the law looks on and for years has looked smiling
ly on seeing Licen,iousness people It's secret dens'
It's bro,heIs, and speedily ;be allembrecing grave
with its thousands after thousands Of victims, with
out even jor5iddiag the unremittng sacnfce Is
not this glaring iniguity, arguing corrupt Pub
lie Opinion, tainted and rice-ioving Legisiatlon
which distegards eiike the commandments OF ooo'
the protection OF the innocent, and the "eh-oelng
of the community, in their anxiety to screen ana
cherish deba.ing sansuality
We rejoice that the attention OF ouI Legislature
has been so directly forcibly and early called 10
this subject. Four weeks OF the Session rernained
wbea This Report was made. How the Members
OF the Legislature can look their constituents In
the face if they adjourn without passing it, we
cannot imagine. A, all events, we entreat those
Members who are conscientiously in favor OF some
law agaius. Licentousness to press this measure
daily and with all their force. Only get II WITHIN
reach Of the Yeas asd Nays, and no Legislature
,hoagh personally corrupt as corruption can De,
would dare TO reject IT. There is time enough yet
to ensure its assage; if It's friends in both Houses
will but ACT.
This bill subjects all persons guilty of adultery
to punishment BY imprisonment in County jail, or
Stare Prison for term not exceeding three years,
or by sae not exceeding $500. Lewdness, when
neither patty is married, is punished somewhat
more mildly. Seduction, where sernaie under
eighteen years of age Ii ennced away from hel
nsrents or guardians for vile purpose, is punish
ed with not less than three more than i've years
and all who abet it are subjected 10 ihe same
nennlry. Keeping house OF ill-fame is punished
by like imprisonment, or BY hne, OF ooth. ihe
lsttinr of a house for such use Is punished oy
;mprisonmen, not exceeding two years, oy hne
of $500 or both, and by forfeiture OF the rent 81
the premises for hve years ensuing TO the Over
ssers of the Poor. Such is the substance OF the
bill. Its passage would do more for the fuoi1s
Morals and the substantial well-being OF cur State
than all the Legislation of the last two years.
We cannot drop this subject without express
ing ous gratitude to the band Of hish-hearted ans
noble Women of cur City and elsewhere, who, un
der,he appella,ion OF the " Moral Reform Society,
have done so much to enligh,en The public under
standing and awaken the public conscience IN re
gard to the guilt OF Lcentiousness and the desoia
,ion i, inevitably occasions. At first small ou
steadily increasing company they have patiently la
bored and meekiy suffered in cause which subject
them hnbitually to the Ieproach of the thoughties
and undseerning, the violent and reckless abuse
the polluted, the sneers and the base insinuations
The hbertine, oseating often ia the minds OF sb
wel-msaning misconceptions and suspicious NOR
dreadful than death. But through all they haN
nobly struggled patiently borne, until at las, tn
dsyof their signsl though final triumph evident
draws nigh The ear of Purity has been graduali
won; the confidence and the ssnpa,hies of tn
Good are firmly and warmly enlisted; the .imid an
the waysring hsvs been brought 70 know and dc
clare for the Right; and at lsst series Of the MOI
awful tragedies in our own and naighboring Cite
has aroused even tho careless and the unscrup'
lous TO the frigh,ful dangers and blasting eyi
of which Licentiousnessi is the origin and amPeiie
them to syrnpathise with if not unite IN the eaor
for its repression. OF this greas reform IN publ
,iraea., predicting and preparing eae In
"a, and Mcyai. of rho Connfry these DIT