Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-01-17
MONTPELIER, jan. 10, l645.


Mr.. EDIToR-
was very much gratifed last evening to hear
'he subject of the violation of the 9TH Command.
Lnent handled, at the Brick Church. with deserved
freedom i and severity; and yet with appropriate
dellcacy Tina temptations and incipient stems TO
this violation were also clearly pointcd ont nccom
panied with sanitary and fit admonitions together
with exhortations and motives to moral purity Had
not the time allotted to the exercises of the evening
been so fuy and well occupied, it would have been
proper to have especially warned the youth against
listening 10 the conversation of those groups of
men who are so often seen in the bar rooms at the
corners Of the streets, and in other places Of com.
mon resort-taIklng upon the subject in manner
not only to impress young persons with the idea,
that the violation of this commandment is trfng-
mere freak without guilt or pollution; but even
to give them the conviction that it is comnendobIe
nay highly honorable to tread this law of a holy
! God IN the dust. No one thing touching this sub
ject am persuaded, is wicked and pernicous
in the practice Of men as this manner of conversn-
ton. While they should speak with the utmost Sc.
verify and Indignation of SO debasng aud degtruc-
tive sin, they not only wink at it, but throw a.
round it, by their levity and inuendos, destinations
which most cnsnuring and fatal to the juvenile
heafer. Let such men tremblo and reform from
the course they are pursuing, and let all young
persons, especially small lads flee such converse.
ton as they would the very jaws of death.
Again. submit seriously, whether not only many
of the novels but some Of the Magazines of til,
day, by their pretended descriptions of bcanty and
love-scenes do not tend to violation of the COM
mandment under consideration Some of them
speak OF departures from the rectitude of this law,
with good deal of eyity, and paint the interviews
of iorer8, as they choose to call them--n such a
manner as to pollute the imagination of the reader
They especially make females the more easy prev
of the scduceT. And this is the grand object of
the ibcrtne When this is accomplished, he is
fully prepared to denounce the fair sex us destitute
nj and Enor 4l,o- liz H..
then tell you how much worse women are than men
1s to righteousness libel more outrageous and
cruel than was ever uttered by the human tongue
on any other subject. Permit Inc to say that
should rejoice to see the day when such black
hearted delaners instead of finding auxiliaries ir,
the press, should receive from it such castga.ion,
as while it would give them their pace--the lowest
in the scale Of human wreches, -would also vindi-
cate and exalt the fair sex to their deserved superb
GRITTY in this respect.
But are you aware, Sir, that pamphlets, purposely
got up to SANDER and abuse the other SEX are blot
TO this village, and here read and circulated to min
lister TO the lowest passions of the debauchee p
Read the followng-which fell into my hands, by
the carelessness of Il centious man, some weeks
ago-but was called to mind by the exercises OF
last evening at the Brick Church. Such charac-
ter as the - there set forth, is not real, it is
the fgment of the liberne's brain. How degra-
ded must be that press that would issue such poll
luton abroad for the destruction of the morals of
community. Will you notice this pamphlet with
suitable dcnunciation by your paper:
A SUBSCRIBER AND FRIEND OF PURITY.
We prefer not even so much as to name the des
pcablc thing alluded to above though it were to
be done for the purpose of denouncing it; for while
the denunciation might warn the we'll disposed to
touch it not if by chance it shall come in their way,
We apprehend it would serve more generally to d.
! 4 hat f,,r
to crafty perverted taste. The Importance of
avoiding the reading Of books of this Character
and indeed books of any character which are not
in some mode useful-cannot be overrated by the
young A perverted taste for reading is not inju-
rious simply in its almost certain consequences-a
perverted heart and an immoral life, but it is
very great obstacle to the requirement of that
knowledge which is necessary for success in any
business to which one is to devote his life. Every
thing which does not crafty such taste becomes
irksome-if pursued at ALL it is pursued at best as
tasl-and thus, what should be the daily and
palatabe food of the mind, becomes necessary,
but very disagreeable medicine. 1t hath been said:
"When riSdom entereth into thy heart, and knool
edge is pleasant unio hy seal, discretion shall pre-
serve thee understanding shall keep thee, to deiver
thee from the way of the evil man, from the man
that speakcth froward things; who leave the paths
of uprghtness to walk in the ways o. darkness;
who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the froward
ness of the wicked; whose ways are crooked, and
they froward in their paths:-to deltrer thee from
the strange woman, even from the stranger which
| lattereth with her words; which torsakeh the
guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of
her God. For her house inclineth unto DEATH and
her paths unto the dead" While on this subject
we would call the attention of parents and young
men to the Village Library: neglected though it
has been almost entirely it still affords much yalu'
able reading; and were our citizens generally to
become members, MS they should, this Library would
soon become large and highly valuable.