The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-10-13
Indecent Advertisements.

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times introduced into the family circle
rs an advocate Of the good, the true
and the beautiful. It's selections have
been carefully made, and it has ex-
cluded from its advertising columns
everything which was Of doubtful NOR
atty.
In the matter of printing vile adyer-
tisements the Transcript has never
been at fault. 1t has refused all such
sources of proft-preferring no pecun-
iary success that did not flow from the
conduct Of paper ON honorable prin-
cipes. One Of our exchanges presents
this matter of indecent advertising in
such strong light that we reprint the
entire article, and commend it to the
thoughtful consideration of all "whom
it may concern:
We have occasion this week TO speak
of the corruption into which the Press
has fallen in the matter of vile adver-
tisements 1t is really amazing that a
decent, not to say Christian commu-
nifty, will submit, As n matter of course,
to see its daily paper made means of
vice, the instrument of crime, the tool
of scoundrels, for pure avarice's sake
There is scarcely a sheet in any of our
cities fit to be taken into respectable
house. The advertisements of wretched
quacks disigure one column. Anoth-
er is filed with Wanted Correspon-
dcnco.' Still another with vile Books
and Circulars The morning paper
will bring more corruption into the
hands of a mans children, than any
other like amount of printed matter
going We have the protection of
law against a certain style of litera-
ture The ordinary newspaper is rap
idly approaching point whore it will
be necessary to bring us the provisions
of that law in defence of outraged
public decency.
We know where foul books have
been introduced among the young
people of our Public Schools, and
have circulated among them for
months, to the ruin of many, and the
morning paper which fathers took had
informed the children where to send
for these issues from the devils press.
1t is the duty of every man who at
all regards the morals and purity of
his children, to shut out every news
paper which contains these advertise
II. ents. 1t purely question of MON
en- WITH the publishers They, OF
course, Ii. ust have no principle in the
matter. The, would publish anything
mtaterer, it is clean, if they could make
it pay. The decent pat OF The com
munity must take the MAJ III hand
and make its wishes impera'' i've IN
this respect. 1t is very easily oCne
Stop he paper 1t once. Withdraw your
advertising patronage. Let the Mer-
chant and the Banker and the Manu-
facturer refuse to have his honorable
business advertised side 10y side with
the cards Of "Satan's recruiting ser
geants" A course of treatment OF
this sort will soon mend the matter
The appeal to the pocket is, unfortu-
nately, about the only appeal that ma
ny conductors of free press" arc
capable of approaching.
To show to what length this cor
ruption has gone, what utter villainy
may get itself advertised for money in
a respectable paper, what an outrage
on common decency the publishers OF
such a paper will commit for a dollar
or two, and how far they presume on
the silence of an abused community
we take the following from the col
umns of a leading paper We beg oui
readers pardon for introducing il
here. But it is necessary to the un
Outstanding of the extent of this evil
We apologize for touching the thing
But we write III the interest of publ,
morality. Here it is:
NTANTED- CORRESPONDENCE-A gentle
w man wishes correspondence with lady
not with any matrimonial idea, but for inter
change OF sentiment, nc. a. he will desire tray
cling companion III short time.
And we are sorry to say, this is bu
n specimen of style of wants
which have been advertised in tina
sheet for months past. 1t is ME
thing to profess patriotism, TO advo
cate philanthropy to take 'higl
grounds, etc. But such profession
and snch advocacy sound strangely il
n press that makes itself a pander t.
vice, and pours corruption from it
, columns into the families of the land.
The bitterest and sternest rebuk
cannot be, III such case, too bitter o
too stern. Unfortunately press S
prostituted, must be callous to all re
; buke, as it is to ali decency 1t can b
touched in nothing but its prodt,
These advertisement pay That is a
that is thought Of
Americans owe it to themselves, {
the good name of their country a
we'll as to morality and Christianity
to drive such things out of decen
company. In no country but our
would respectable business pape
dare TO lend itself to such purposes
Let the business community. who az
preciate the value of decency and goo
order, put its foot down firmly, an
give rebuke that shall be feh.
pay- Late election returns frol
Ohio and Pennsylvania show that til