The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-19
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= - b1fors - p1blis 81 I'll .hs Indecent
1ssails Of tho trial ~ ths newspaper press.
We agree 70 il sentiments. Afsw years ago
I'll ths bsttsf alas Of journals in tho land
carefully abstainsd from suoh publications,
snd severely rsprobatsd tho conduct Of that
snail olass of their contemporaries who i'm
dulgsd in such practices. Nov nearly Ill
the press have adopted habit oncs severely
oensursd. For ourselves, " do not think
the change Of tasts and prastics commend
able one. II 10 fornsf tons Of the press in
this particular could bs restored, We should
consider that wise and excellent thing had
been accomplished. II the disgusting details
Of every Hesnan fight and Sicklss abomina-
tion are to b infinitely related and discussed,
because they are real transactions, and not
fanciful ones, then VI know not why the
practices Of bawdy houses and tho details OF
I'll tho sinks and holes Of iniquity can b
ruled out, nor what kind Of communications
are Immoral and corrupting. What parent
would not witness with pain any child Of his
devouring with avidity the detailed oonfes-
sion Of woman's greatest shame i-ths
particulars Of indecent and disgusting traDs-
actionsp What soul, however Arn and
strong in wsys Of virtue and purity, il
strengthened and purified BY the psrusal Of
the record Of the most loathsoms and bsastly
practiess knownto human naaufsP Wshevs
considered Ill the pleas and replies Of that
portion Of tho press who disagree with u.s.
We cannot admit their force. We believe
the practice which they indulge in il eultiva-
ting morbid taste which will bear dsplora-
BILE and disastrous fruits.
lnAunan Trsassaent - meek HanAs.
The Dubsqns Herald Justly aninadvsrts
upon tho barbarous usage Of deck hands on
onr stsanbosts By most Of their oA6oers. Il
remarks that nobody has svef - foot On orr
Northern stsamboats but has witaesssd soenes
Of brutality that made his 6Ash crawl il hor-
ror and Disgust. To knock dssk hand down
on the slightest provooAtioa sitAsr With Oct
or handspiks, and apply heavy boot - his
face after hs il down, il apastlms q too frs-
qusat occurrence TO exotic remark. lndssd,
: mate who does not practice ID saoh style
occasionally upon those under him u eonsid-
cred not Al for his position; and hs i oon-
sidsrsd smcient precisely In proportion 70 the
weight of his Ast and ability % handIs IT,
There are some noble exceptions 70 this rule,
but We must confess that 90 Tar - our obser-
Walton extends they aFs rare. Musoatins
Journal.
The practice indicated above ID worthy Of
remark and discussion. The sftyrsnny Of
the quarter deck" 10 notorious, and admitted
to be without parallel in civilized sooiety.--
The tyranny Of . common river deck is hard
~ inferior, for though il is not universal, il is
nearly so, or at least very common, to see
deck hands treated more like beasts Of bur-
den than like men.
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