Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-01-27
Communicated
The satanic prese.

! EDiron EnpRE.--I have always been an NJ
dent advocate Of tho liberty Of the press, re
gardipg Il A. the palladium Of all our civil and
religious rights aud liberties, To the ubusc
Of this liberty have always been consistent
and Incorporating foe, Pure liberty Of the
press can only exist TO advantage In highly
educated communiiy--its benefits then would
be duly appreciated but whom the owner.
ship Of a band press, the possession Of few
type, aud the unlicensed liberty to print tho
depravod emanations Of dopraved minds is
without limits the evils resulting to Society
are scarcely compensated for. BY even the llber
" with which we are so much enamored. Ir>
responsible Hhsots--sud their name 10 legion,--
are spread broad cast over the land, containing
everything which lacks the crest quality for
which newspaper should 5e remarkable, viz:
truth spd yet Is II not strange that we Hnd
men who claim TO be respectable, prostitotins
this assumed respqctabillity for The pecuniary
compensation acerulng weekly, from the dis
seminaton Of the ISLANDERS contained in the
Satanic Press Of New York;
WRlpole insisted that every man had his
price. Conceding the position Of that illuss
trious Statesman, one is naturally forced to the
conclusion that there are men In this commu.
nifty who can be bought at what even walpole
with all his experience Of mankind, would
have regarded as a nominal figure do mot
mean 10 essumethat mankind have morally ret.
regarded, but do insist that they can be
bought on quito as reasonable terms now ss
they could be in the palmy days Of that truly
grsst Statesman.
| am led to these reflections from the feet
that man, who is the father Of respectable
family, living in this city, has been viley
slaudered through the medium Of one Of the sa
,aric Papers published in New York; and the
writer Of this has no hesitation in saying that
when the parties who vend the sheet alluded
to in this city, were distributing this vllainous
publication, they well knew that the material
portion of the charge was false, and had no
foundation in fact. This knopl am not
speaking from belief but from absolute knowl,
edge. And in this connection, may be per
mitted to remark, that this community NAV
we'll afford to furnish a mantle with which to
SofNi NAo otn4R9N Hhlihu1 VI NHo BenS
tlemau to whom l allude. He once had
wealth, position, and unbeanded influence, all
Of which ho distributed with an open hand
and willing heart Many were the recipients
Of bis widespread generosity, aud II is diffi-
cult to believe that men exist In this commu.
nifty who are willing 10 deal out base ISLANDERS
against n mau who has been Of use to society
at the very moderate price Of five cents apieeel
In conclusion, would advise the gentle
men to whom allusion has been so pontedly
made, to gain a livelihood BY the sale OF such
periodicals as will tend 40 promote the yirtu-
Gus instincts Of this community. Such
course is surely much more credilable than
that Of catering to the morbid appetites and
vitiated tastes, which. unfortunately, exist in
all communities. By the adoption Of the
course 6rst indicated, success will naturally
follow, persistence in the latter will bring
destruction as sure as it is Inevitable: for |
there is nothing more certain than this--That |
the retributive hand Of justice will overtake |
any man who lends his aid to the circulation |
of that which vitiales. Before closing, will |
repeat statement made by gentleman last |
eyening--that there is a most remarkable |
identity in the character of mind which writes, |
prints. and publishes such matter as that above
alluded To,