The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-12-30
sanser'a History OF Pfosiitution.

aid, certainly, there is none that contains
an equal amount Of Information in relation to
the spread OF prostitution in this country.
DIR. Sanger has prepared bis treatise by re-
quest Of the Governors Of the Aims House,
who were desiroas to learn from the collated
experience Ut Others what could be done for
the suppression Of the vice, and who have
ordered seven hundred copies for gratuitous
distribution.
OF the mass Of statistics collected by
the author, not the least interesting nor the
least painful are those that relate to the 10
crease OF prostitution and consequent evils
in the city OF New Yolk. In European
towns. where prostitution is placed under
legal regulations. certain rules arc adopted
! that lessen the danger oil physical disease
being impaired by those engaged in the ne
iarlous trade Tor u trade, mean, Of
/ gaining livelihood, it is viewed and follow
cd by many women) but in New York
there Is no such safeguard, and the health Of
abandoned women is constant deteriorat.
Ing. II thus happens that no less than sew
/ enty-iour thousand new cases OF venereal
diseases take place every year in this city,
and the terrible results Of this evil upon the
/ general health and character OF the popula-
ton can hardly be estimated. In the au-
thor's opinion, the subject requires the i'm
mediate and deliberate attention of the leg.
islaturc and the local authorities, and he
| thinks that the necessities Of the case war
rant the adoption here of the system en-
| forced in cities Of the European continent
legalizing prostitution, and putting the
| brothels under board OF medical inspsc.
/ ton.
DIR. Sanger views the alarming deyelope-
ments made to US in his book ia purely
professional light, as influencing the physical
health Of the community, but the question
has moral side that is quite as necessary to
| consider.
/ The following summary OF the most strik-
| ing facts in this book, from the Christian
hieiiigeneer, the staid organ of the Dutch
Reformed Church, bears testimony to the
delicacy and good judgment with which the
subject is handled by the author
III you wish to get peep under the crust
Of city lie, read carefully and prayerfully
(for it is book to pray over the newly pub.
lished volume of DR.. Sanger, on The His
tory Of Prostitution The work has been
already noticed in the Mteiigsncer, but there
are half dozen solemn facts in that extra
ordinary work, that all christians, both OF
! town and country, ought to look in the face.
Whatever question Of delicacy may be dis
/ cussed in regard to the book or the momen-
/ ,ous moral topic Of which it treats there
can be no question that such facts AZ these
/ ought 10 be known by everybody.
/ AS the houses OF pleasure 10 New York
/ for this is the modern name for what Sol
omon called the doors OF hell are largely
recruited from country towns and farm.
houses, it ought 10 be known by every
/ wretched girl who meditates life Ia the
brothe,, that the average duration of the
abandoned womaa's life 10 New York is
/ Just fouc gcarS. 1t requires only that brief
/ period OF Wild reyelry, champagne ing and
carousing--ot drink, degradation and dis.
oase--t0 reduce a beautiful girl Of eighteen
into loathsome corpse, flung out 10 the
corruption Of a 'potter's Field l. ought
to be known, too. that the most Of these
wretched women are badly cducatel--there
axe u few exceptions but Dr. Sanger tells
"a that education IS q. low standard
among them
"IiI-troatment, hy parents and husbands,
NJ on; ten h OF this ARM of vice into Their
wle,oheI calling Bat the sailusL fact .,
all, and the ore most disgyac,lul to our
Christian civilization. is that iull oue-t0lrth
Of the !1si women oG London and New York
were driven {, the stfgciS and the broihlls
by d2sutuiiou. The terrible alternative
has been either starvation or--lcll, How
many Y.,tu5as reAd,, OF thca3 luc5 now
safe ia virtue, because safe IN comps fguce.
'aigGt. II sharp necessity had forced her 10
such decision, b. uoW ia tie chambers of
tie cCurtesiu Nor Viii il answer for Us
- labor for tU2 last w0m4nS recovery hy
" sdatsH asy,ggs, etc, until W. hay, il
bored harder 10 save the daughters oi pog.
eFiy IRON beiug Lost thr ugh actual lack Oh
daily bread. Employment at fair Tgmuugs-
a,.ya VII DO Bore So rescue "a season those
for whom IT, ya., : oi ta, trl.l GAVIN
ing. than all N Ma, la'a societies % tN.s.
tere- For Will. taas societies afford o--
ca,ioral recovery to tbe lew TIE other
method wIli lu=ars pec'vnlion aGl s4.gty TO
tAe m2Uy.
Iol ass, p gh4ps hos maly Or ,hsse
OF th.'a los! aoal.a' learn iron nr
Sarger's accurate yolum- tina, ID re are =
500 in New ork. Ii they were p'ac,a IN i
line s.a0 by Side they ~eu4 c1,elI two
ml.,s eri io4r lluIicI yard, Thy would
farm solid procession irm tho Cry li.N
10 Fcwtieth sircyt They w"ld OIL FIVE
hundred Of Cur ordinary olpnitusses ard OF
all tbs learial array it woa.d bc setn laai
cary ons hal az guder Iw>nly years Of
age, How many u al the viii .y-t BE-
saved from to- pit This isa qeesr.1a
that curdlo our very blood for the gate
which these unhappy creatures pas through
- gaze that ssSdou opens bat o1e way.
lay thu. 20 10 tb,reA', 20 ,a. again 10
mere FOREVER Thus hF, uv. lue court san
IA twenty has ben reformed
As tar AS those tsin-can-crs. Ii. dram.
shop add bro,hel, are o1nccrntd. our Christi
aai;y has, as yet, pEodnCei TO slicient prac-
tiVal remedy. The AVS u tbe land ar
wor;less 10 prohibit. TIL 4s4grs Of soc ETY.