New-York daily tribune., 1845-04-07
| IT,. Mora, ne.ponsast.n,ae. OF Publishers.

remarkable production, worthy OF inrch more no
,ice il has vet received from the pcoic IN this
o,a,,sr II bold, just and high-toned discourse
q, "a I,gU,pysss ASD MURDER" preached IN New
Haven Conn by Rev JosEpH P. THOMPSON, Pas
~, of the Chapets,reet Church in that City, who
has ust accepted call TO the permanent charge OF
the Church ycorshiping in the New-york fabeT1ta-
cze. The sermon was suggested BY the recent nur-
der in New-Hayen-the wretched criminal having
once been communican; IN the church n which IT
was preached II was afterwards repeated IN ihe
Centre Church in that city, in compliance with the
urgentreqpes, OF the Christian community, and was
subsequently, on similar call, preached N the Cen
tre Church in Hartford.
The train of association between the Two crimes
rs powerfully traced and the views as TO me res
ponsibjities Of the whole community for the prev
aence Of licentousnesa are the same winch have
ever been pfesentcd in The Tribune We nope
that our readers will provide themselves with thus
eloquent discourse II can be Obtained at Burgess
& Stnneer's and a, Graham's. g Ask for the
FIRST edition.
The following passage is emnently worthy OF
attention and serves strip some false pretensIons
from those vino have derived advantage from them:
.Tbere Is a poln, in connection with this subject
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lies OF authors. publishers AID bookseller you'd re-
sperttuy ask whether any can be urged fo- utter
ing from the pre- books OF an immoral tendency or Offer
ing works for pTCiscuous sale, wiiich docs not CON
stitpe good al apology for vending ln0X eating liquors
by the dram 70 the immortality of this practice in
s,rous light let take case IN poht for Illustration: y
distinguished g,Ji and BOOKSELLER, hoaoTed ior hs ine-
rity s elected 1yor OF one Of our ptncipai cites WIN
vigorous police he about reforming the lGo.as oi the
ctv: ard In particular ia determined to suppress si open
cen;lou While he engaged III this iauoabe under
taking there published IN Paris the experience OF an
d5daoane the mysteries Of uy IN ila vast a'-
comb Of ouis. The influence Of is roTL Ii le To itse
would t restricted - tic FfcLch langEase-whch Rous-
sea, has clnracterizl tie most "Obsccae @! al l1n-
gaccs NJ bookseller of mddcatc capitol could r'n The
risk or pub shrg It. But our WORTH e'.an, siioihR
the head of thc trade ard having connahd OF III us
channels hiss the work translated, and publishes " far
shling Il hawke1 about the streets aHd pni INTO the
hands of youill Of both throughout the city irstm-
laes their paSsiDns it o>c!oses means Of gGthcaiioa %
which they bcfoc ignorant; II awasens ciirlosT 1t
leads them 10 The hauns Of vice II TnuldPes hbernnes
and hGroty. Behold now, this chFisi"" MgJtsHds-of
such we believe him to hcavoriag the circulation Of the
Ebe and of religions books the friend Of temperance and
virtue 'lucerelv anxious Ia reform the mo- ais OF the
city How long will it take him 10 accomplish his task II
he s,vcc,s arlnry from The By night and hawks 1t
about by day VIII not his s:campre-ses create lice-
tinusness rlier al his police regulations can drain II
on? Ia there strange Gcadness OF pubic sentiment
IN respect Ia the publication circulation ana feHJ.s o.
immoral works. while thousand presses pander TO the
lasest OF human appetes, Is II surprising that lcen los
| ness abouudsF'
Having been struck with these Just and strongly
expressed sentiments in The copy which we first
read. we had marked il for publication some days
isince. The copy was mslaid, and on Saturday
we caught up in haste copy OF later edition Tor
the pamphlet has already run through three Bat
on turning TO the same pages i9 and 2O we were
surprised to end the passage altered as much TO
impair its strength and pungency OF illustration
the strong case before drawn from real HE being
suddenly thrown back into mere hypotheiical
generality Why WAS THIS DONE? by rhom Or
Al rtose suggestion? {? By the eloquent and coura-
eeous preacher himself Orby an unprinclped pub
Usher Was this third edition" prepared eXcu-
siyely for the Ncu. York market And was It ne
cessary TO conceal or disguise these impressive
truths which were so well received in New Haven
and Hartford as to warrant their publication entire
tor Connecticut readers! Can either OF the Edit
ors Of the Journal Of Commerce throw any lgh,
upon the causes and motives OF this extraordinary
mu,ilation9 Let us hear. One OF them, we hear,
worships IN Mr. Thompsons New-Haven church; ;
the other is prominent member OF the Taberna-
Gle congregation here.
The paragraph on page l96egus in the third edi-
ton as we have given it from the frst Blu, after
the third sentence, ending with The word ".dram,
we !ind a break and an omission. Nothing ap-
pears about the distinguished publisher, Mayor
"rigorous police,' &c Instead thereof we have
the following, which certainly is very good-wha
there is Of IL"
The excuse that the seller responsible for tho
which the buyer may make Of immoral book or that ii
one publish such books another WILL is but the re-
iteration e tarorle apologies or dram selling The re-
sponsihties OF publisher who stands the head OF tho
and commands all It's charneS are peculiarly great
For example, there IL published
Here it goes on as in the ether copy through three
sentences Then after the sentence ending re
publishing II" we have the following variation
"But one possessing ample means may have it
translated and published" &c. &c. " II Is hawk
ed abou, the streets" Nc and so to the end othe
next sentence Then we have mere vague SUPPOSE
ton in place of a fact "MAY Nor SUCH AN INpi-
viprAL C!D occasion more evil by the publication
of such work than he can counteract by the pub
hcation OF hundred good books, or by all his efforts
asa citizen, Christian, or even as magistrate
How long will Il take TO reform the morals Of a
CITY, ii harlotry is swept from the streets by night
aud hawked about hy day - [QWi,e change from
the personal TO the PERSONAL aud from the Gctirt
to the pasSrc Good enough grammar, but bad
principle "Will not seaui-presSes create" &c.
THE "Hls" dropped out again, and 50 on to the
end
Who is it tha, fears 10 have the truth as plainly
told in New-lork as in Connecticut Not James
Haryrr, we hcpe-nor his iriends. Was this mu-
tilatiou effected in consequence OF orders from
New-lork, or was it The spontaneous, uraided,
''sober second-,hought' of the author in New
Haven Was i, 10 make the book sell better
here Or was the preacher warned that he would
suffer by 1t in his relations as Pastor Of the
Church in the Broadway Tabernaciel Did he fear
10 offend the OF that Church. BY circulating
here anything injurious 70 that PERSONS political
and selfish purposes! ESQ, we assure him he does
injustice 10 the Christian community IN New-York,
They like to hear the truth plainly and boldly
spoken: and ii he will bst preach here he did in
the actual form OF. this sermon he will not lack for
hearers or supporters. Let him deal boldly with
the sins OF cove,ousness, falschood and hypocrisy