New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21

lbeNlouhi a' the expense Of social or ran.
wel[being-the same pleas OF inabiHt,
control or repress Affection nterposed to An.
the reckless indulgence of Appette-the a.,
sacrifice Of the rights interests and ma,,l
well as physical wellbeing of children 70 ~
unbsllOwed propensities of their p.ren,,-,A,.
acterize the writings of the most ancient A.,
the most modern Of these EPcureaa. "rn
Glove you as long as rm able, and swear 70, :.
"long,r than this as if self were God A.,
parebtsge COMEDY, which any father wa, :,
liberty TO quit when wesry of it-this .sA
stsntially the tune on which changes are ru,.
till all healthy souls turn from the din with ne,
pressible losthipg. 81 hold. said recently o,.
of the doctors of the " Free Love" SECT, "th.,
"the happiness Of parents is not 10 be sgbo,.
"dinated 20 the welfare of their childreup-,
sentiment which no undeprayed parent can hs.,
without intense loathng.
Like every other immense good the art A.
printing is widely perverted TO the service .f
evil, and in nothing more fearfally than ia ID.
multiplication and diffusion of works openly a.
sailing or irsidiously undermining the saoctity
and perpetuity of Marriage. For, while il mar
be foIcibly urged that no mind not already cor.
rupt Is liable to be led astray by these sOphi,.
tries, il is obvious that thousands, while stall
free from actual contamination, have already
Yielded go far TO the seductions of sensual De.
sire as to be predispOsed to receive with favor
aught that incites To, and justfes their descea.
into, the sllurpg path they want but al excuse
for treadiDg. Still chained by conscience faith
self-respect and every moral instinct, 30 the car
of virtue, their ears are nevertheless rayished
by the yoluptuous strains which WOO them to
the bowers of sensuslty ond SIM and they are
predispOsed to welcome without scrutiny anJ
utterance which tells them as with authority
that selfdepial is foolish susterity virtue
prestly fable, snd the freest gratifc,tiou Of
appetite is to be pursued without misgiyios aad
ayowed without shame.
There arises, therefore, grave question as to the
duty of the periodical press with regard to tho
sophstical denominations assailiDg or undermining
Marriage which from time TO time are put forth
with immense flourish, as original essays, or thinly
disguised autobiOgraphies, or sexual physiOlOgies,
or sentimental novels. 1t were an easy task to
held these works and their authors up to merted
reprobation and contempt, and a certain kind Of
popularity and credit are thus cheaply acquired.
But this treatment confers on the offenders against
morality and public decency the publicity they
seek, and powerfully aids them in the diffusion Of
their pestiferous principles. Having no reputation
to lose, and no wish to acquire any, they welcome
the pillory or the gibbet which helps them TO the
cash they are in pursuit of, and incts on them no
penalty which they can feel More characterless
than they are they cannot well be, while their Pc
cuniary condition is susceptible of very marked
and gratifying improvement. Let the whole press
come down upon them with emphasis, and every
libertine and loose fish in the land is spprsed Of
the existence of their bantling and impressed with
a notion that it is calculated to subserve his pur
poses.
Our general idea is, they efore, that the press
eueht not to play into the hands of these trait
fckers in depravity by giving prominence to
their productions. Expose their sophistres, un-
marx their yillsnies, combat their theories; bat
not In such manner as to call public attention to
the works wherein the evil is imbedded, aud by
the sale of which the authors are to be enriched.
Let these be passed over lightly and let the
pODnc De IOIllueu against tDeiI soIceIles WlehOus
having its curiosity excited or being anywise
induced to seek personal acquaintance with
the sources of pollution. If both sides Of the
question could be fairly presented together, We
could wish that the whole controversy sht bs
placed in the hands of every reader; but to have
the wrong eide circulated by itself is to cloths
vice in the mantle of speculation and trans
figure the libertine into the devOtee of an erring
philosophy.