St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-12-27
Daily Newspapers - 4 Greet
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We SPEAK the sentiments Of Christian
men in every Section of our count,v
wien VIC say that an up,upplied want
Of imperativ,. character il = first elias,
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Their ADVERTISING cnluInus moreover are
fllpJ with notices of immoral exhib;,ions
and indecent medical proposal.. Their
news run increasingly in thc lirec;inn nt
reportS Of all low and vile Occurrences,
which are not only put on record. bu,
drawn out in full AMI disgusting detail.
and preparrd anI Lcralded with the
most con.riruou, headline. Thu. roach
e,l .uch = depth ofha,eus,s. = a.w month.
since. in some of the IeaJiur raner. o
tic Interior. that 4 multitude of GOOD pacr
raised the uuc,ti0n most seriously wbe.
tIIer they could allow their daily parc,
To be lett LONGER at their homes Tie,
tLouoht that if they must ha,. il trr
commercial nurpo,es they might take i
at the Store or office. and NOT snread dali,
htor, their wiye, and daurhtcrs the col
umn upnu column devoted to all the s,.
,luctions. rapes. adulteries. and divorce
that occurred in this broad land an,
other column, laden with accounts q
puaili<,ic encounters and horse races
:. Would open sewers be tolerated in on
streets under the absurd pretense tha
filth must have A channel! We provid
necessary channels. and then cover then
over cut of the reach of every sense. T.
do otherwise would breed a pestilenc,
We utter the simple truth when we say
that the course towards which our paper
incline of seeking sensational items {
whatever character is breeding a mora
pestiIence in our country. All experi
ence proves that 10 tamliarize the MIND
l cspeciallv the Young mind, with the dc
:. tails of crime is TO corrupt it. BOYS an
=, , young men precocious in crime have Of
ten declared that their vile taste was a,
\ uuired from what thev heard in converse
Il tor, read in books, and saw at the tn,
atre of the exploits of villains. 1t is /
vain to plead that moral is supposed t
be conveyed in the report of these thing,
> This might be true were these rspor
few and brief, noticing the general fact
: forbearing details. and pointing out II
I sad results. But as given, these immoI
alitics appeal in the most dcmoralizir
l. manner to the imagination, and soon b.
>. get 4 prurlent curiosity, which grows /
# what Ii feeds upon, The effect is anal'
gous to that set forth IN the following e.
:, tract from an exchange:
. The Hudson New lork) Star relat
l. an incident which exhibits the intiuen
- of the "Black Crook upon the morals
- the community. len or twelve miss
. :. and lads averaging from five to fifteen
sixteen years of age, having listened
- the wonders of this play from persons WI