The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-05-11
Anniversary Of the Female Moral Reform
sosIety.

Anniversary Of the Female Moral Reform
sosIety.
The meeting Of this socisty this year. may be consider
ed decided failure. The night was gloomy and wet
the church In Green street cold and dmly lighted
there not l0O persons present. and the whole
affair went off cherries and mserably its worst
emies could DESIRE
There not dozen men present. besides those
the PLATFORM and Of these latter there only four
among them.was Lewis Tappan Two or three clergy
men, usual in behind time AMI made great deal
ofnose in reaching the platform.
After long and curious pause, Lewis Tappan rose and
nominated Capt Eaton of theU. 8. Army as Chairman
| He acceptedh
Some tall then and said, There will be
singing by the choir"
The young girls in the choir sang hymn very beauti
| fully.
Lewis rappan then rose and said he should
read several letters from clergymen who could no
attend All had some other and from Troy
fractions OF the 7th commandment found in the land
Lewis TaPpan read the 9th annual report. The soce
pages tracts against the violation Of tn. 7th command
mentl The auxiliary societies are doing much. The
Society felt grateful to oed that at last the eyes Of the
Legislature opened to the importance Of this subject
and that report has been made directing punishment
to be inflicted on all who guilty fsduery and seduc
ton. 1000 petitions have been sent to the N. Y. Le-
gslaure this year Many sailors have been converted to
chastity and at least 40 destitute females reclaimed from
the paths Of pollution and mpIry The keportw emit on
that the newspapers all coming out in favor of
mna punishment for seducers brought about by the He
berton
Rev. Mr.. EvERTs moved resolution
Resolved That discriminate exposure is the foundation
Of all REFORM commended alike by and violation
He said-he did not mean such exposure in
novels which showed the arts OF the seducer and the
of vice. without armig the virtuous females
vice and pollution. He condemned the mode of exposing
adultery and seduction adopted by the secular press gene
ray also the appant exposure in fashionable Salons
the story Of the last Den Juan came on the aps These
only made matters worse-they made the young female
familiar with this vice. that the poet said first
endured then pitisd andthen embraced The law OF the
7th Commandment is the foundation of all the laws Of God
and man. There interests earth sacred a.
those which God has guarded by the law of the h Com.
mandmen The press and pulpit do not their duty par
must preach about this viceand all the various
and used to seduce the young females and
corrupt society must all be laid bare and exposed the
gaze the young by Of the press and the pulpit
This exposure must come, il strike at Congress
the Cabinet will violate this commandment they must
be exposed flour Ex-Nayors Ex-Aldermen and Judges
on the Bench will commit this sin, and let their
for purposes of infany, 1t must be known Amen, cried
several) If there are las know there are) saared
agents. looking respectable, going through this city and
their names be published All concealment Is idle on
this subject Those whom know ledge Of this subject
would iniure already know it, Fastidous people
shoe at the disclosures made in the Advocate OF Moral
Reform aud yet load down their tables with the cen.
ous novels OF the present day that show ell the wsys OF
seduction in attractive form. Who would not rather
be robbed of all their property than have their wife, sis
ter or daughter polluted7 Who would not rather
their daughter stabbed, and left welterng in her blood
than her seduced1 Look at the case Of Mercer lie
bis sister, which he is charged with committing the