New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-19
The Duty Of Lesissstors with regard 10 Liesn-


The Duty Of Legisgators with regard 10 Licep-
tiousness.
The A. T. Moral Reform Society, we understand
are preparing to maksone more despsiring appeal
70 our Legislature for some action calculated TO
chow that the most debasing and ruinous wees are
not WIDER the special protection and patronage Of
The rulers Of the land. They ask simply for laws
declaring Seduction and Adultery crimes against
the State ana forbidden by its statutes leaving
TIER definition and the measure Of punishment en-
srsy to the law makers or the Courts before whom
offenders shall be brought OF the success Of this
effort Judging from experience, we can have but
faint hopes Should there happen be constitu-
,sonal majority in each House who deem the wan
ton destruction of the peace Of a family and the
fair fame of one Of ito beloved members a wrong
not less fragrant than the taking Of piece OF pork
or bag Of -four from its kitchen to feed starving
family. we shall be agreestly disappointed The
majority Of Legislators are not selected Tor the NICE
~ OF their moral sense nor the spotessness Of
their moral character nor Is either apt TO be I'M
proved by the inHsences surrounding them during
Winter at Albany
There 10 another branch OF the subject however,
on which we believe it feasible to procure sautary
lesisaton because the evil conflicts directly with
the Rights Of Property We aIlude TO the unblush-
ing establishment and increase Of Houses Of lnia-
my in our own and other cities These are not
merely cxecrsble in that they lure within Their
horrible meshes hundreds Of innocent and unsos-
pecting femses--mere children in years and IN ex
perience snd usually driven by restitution TO seek
service or accept any shelter that may be protered
,hem--not merely that they are constantly emit
cling large portion Of our male Youth into the way
that leads down to desth-but hoy interfere direct
ly with the enjoyment and END 10 destroy the
value Of that Property for which many man has
toiled through weary years. case tined IN The
Court Of Sessions ON Thursday last will forcibly
illustrate this.
Mr.. Charles Deylin is a baker Of this City, living
and carrying on his business at No. 3ls Waterst
where he owns two houses-probably all, or near
IL ali, his worldly wealth Across the way and on
each side Of him Tor a considerable distance the
houses are mainly leased and occupied for the most
sbominable purposes and the obscene orgies OF the
residents and their visiters often render night hid
eous aud day revolving. In the midst of this Sod
ON he is condemned by vicious laws TO bring up
his children accustomed to every demoralzing
spectacle and sound natural to such neighbor-
hood. Should he give it up in despair he has to
begin business and gather customers afresh in ad-
vanced life and his property must be sacrificed for
what property in such a neighborhood will bring
10 not his case hard one
For some time Mr. d. has been trying to purify
his neighborhood by such means as the Law now
affords him and he has done enough to show how
utterly inadequate those means are. He is sub
jected in the FIRST place to heavy law expenses in
doing that which the community should do for him,
or compensate him for doing and after all what is
bis redress Some Of the worst offenders plead
guilty and are let of on promising to abate the nui
sance, which they do by moving few blocks Cd
and leaving their old rookeres for new corners OF
their own class while in other cases official con
SENATORS ofpeace have come up to swear the indlct
ed houses OF good character and commendaby well
behaved So he fares and we venture to predict
that the whole market value OF his two houses Will
not pay the expense Of clearing away the dens Of
detauchery within twenty rods OF him and kes %
ing them away five years
viii not the Legislature do sopgstAsng to redress
suSh Nuses VI he'ushtP - WI heineplbef ina
this case is soos'sntis..y like that al thousand
"n0 rave e'e@s' little tenement each by indus
Ny NV ..oeslty, with many more iesseholders
asht they to be thus subjected to loss and 'hel
..;,a,.n 10 contamination We respectfully sus
s.,s the passage of law annulhng all leases
r,.mise. which are or may be used tor dens OF IN
Htsmous resort and consscssing all property Oh 'n
vlo.s.es or occupants which may be found on tn
premises and con6scating to the use OF the star
q, CITY the premises themselrss whenever 1t sha
appear that they have been thus used with the col
nivsnce or knowledge Of the owner OF his mana.
ing sxens-he not having taken early and V'gor0u
measures to recover possession Such an act Won
90 far to exterminate the nuisance at least IN II
more shameless exhibitions But all events Il
.ox,.th,ng he done. and done as to be etfectual
O. The Albany Argus presomes too much
our casual political agreement last FAN IN readin
u, such frequent and fstherly lectures ON the maj
ac.usnt of The Tribune II should perceive b