New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-10
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Of yean have W had Q besa, the burning words OF
which elcqsenuy var, rsisg ysuih Of her Whose
house IL the gate Of hsll.'
Tbey have also met with some success; but ct what
cost Your foreign correspondent b. TaylOr ans wers
the que -ton in his account OF Stockholm. There
neither lava nor public decepcy win submit IN the
ednbshment of a bsotbe But public decebcy is not
,hocked BY the ignomniOus fact that almost every
bonse ia brothel in reality, and the female part OF
| the population, or majority, are bariots.
Tie above remsrk4 are intended 70 illustrate the
ipefficiepcy Ct any means as yet employed for the
ocmbatr Of the evil. or crime sgainst life prop
erty j do not Of course speak. J. NJ
Our correspondent has not quite comprehended
us. We have not proposed nor contemplated so
great an enterprise the recastpg of the whole oody
Of our literature in theiDterest Of Chastity but only
the creation of special literature Illustrative OF
that uportant subject. We are confident that the
law Of Chastity aud the natural penalties OF Il" vo-
lation may be placed IN so clear light that the re-
cruits daily added 10 the ranks Of s vioators may
be diminished three fourths. The whole subject
il now fearfully inexperienced BY nine tenths Of
the conmunity. Nearly al have general notion
that pcontinence is bad for Socety the majority do
not see how or why it is ruinous to the transgres
,ors themselves. Men are aware that the woman
who sacrifices her virtue is very foolish as we'll as
culpable They do not realize that male debauchee
is equally foolish and cupabe, SHINING against himself
aswell q, against Society and the Divine Law There
ought to be not only lucid treases but cogent and
able tracts on this subject putting the truth scien
tifcally and physically as well as morally in the
clearest possible light. Thousands are ruined every
r. nf Oh Lpo a1Y of fhairo tura
as even 24page tract might impart. Will not
the Amer lean Tract Society think of thi,1
As to penalties, we do not place great reliance on
them, but we believe the State might, if it would
earnestly try, make the keeping Of dens Of haTlotry
Improbable and this We think it should do. fit
accomplished no more than merely to deprive the
house of death of the glitter and dazzling appli.
ances whereby the senses Of the visitor " merely
from curiosity" are drueeed and his conscience
stupefed, it would be of great value. Besides,
avarce is to day quite potent as lust in entcing
the unpouted into these dens; and adequate PEN
allies would serve to counterfeit the influence Of
the former passion.
We deny that there are at present laws really in-
tended and calculated to suppress prostitution,
though rome a,ts profess to haze that object. With
proper laws, the police of this city could easily
reduce the giant vice within comparatively narrow
limits There viii still be individual transgress )rs
but the system of decOying young girls into hauuts
Of iDfsmy, there to be traded off as merchandise,
might easily be broken up, and harlosry rendered
as candestine and casusl as theft and burglary now
are This would be a great step toward the right;
and il ought not to be delayed. Ed.