Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-05-15

Criminal 5oufnalism.

Criminal Journalism.
The Cincinnati Gazette has q forciole
1eaderOn that depraVatiOE Bf journalism
which ministers tofaWless and criminal
! appetite, and thereby tends 10 Increase
aad dinuse crime; in the course Of
f'Ifit Is q crime, or a vice, or an evil
Z Influences both parties, the publisher
ana subscriber, are responsible for it.
II lie could not publish it Vri0hout The aid
Of ehe aubseriber. THE Subss11beris hon
est condemnation WOuld force fbe pub
Usher 20. exclude such matfer, Theg
I are equally responsible for q Rense.
The adn1isaiOhsor exclusion d Lass
2 Of RdFeft tisennButa make n dlE1
i several thousand dollars IN the
u revenue OF q leading neWsapaper in
j 5nls city. The iounEllls WHICH receive.
eaia li3ul money suler lMdghlngi
I pa the estimatiOp HQQs aoGaiy fo-.
z bringinR this primi1 dlth into tbeir
Z families. The journal which lxcl1des
is has It's Eiftu5 for lts T5Wafal. 5u51lis
the moral sense Of cha 1cpEaEf unif5T in
tAg an RERmpie Qfthis criminal Rd-
Veftisi1g, take any number of The Gin
einuati Co111l8toilll, atItl loole 40 ] la de-
partment for the promoEiun Of crime, I
under the head OF Medical TreatmemEl' \
In a recent NUMBER that accidentally
no less than six advertisements OF psr-
sons uuoef the name 81 rlIg icil1IE who I
g7ffsr Ro1causas ab0rtiDms or ID prevent I
conception in the cant phrase .pf their
order, which rs understood 70 mean this
IS well as any HugliSh words are under I
atoodl g mean the things Lhay describe. (
Ard all cheese are aeepnanaEied bV ns- [
sRrancea Of safety and af fhe strictest So /
cresYs DV the 'o1Ier OF apartments Tor Ia {
die1 who req ttlEe 1l5siA tfeH.t Li4eni, With
send pills by Wail that VIII furnish in1- 4
mediate relief; and by every sort OIL
imposition upon credulity, and every /
temptation - tie iud ulgeBcs Of passion 4
that can be-glveH byr assurance Of cam
yenieut immunity from any discovers |
liThe law makes the doing or that
which is here advertised, crime. It 1
makes She advertising Of IL a crime. I
But what is law worth when unsup- [
ported by the moral seEse of society 4
And is iG natural that the community
which assists in advertising these pro-
pOsals for crime, should have any lrve-
Iy moral sense toward the crime that Is
advertised The profier to do a crina-
tnaL act ought % make Infamous him
who proposes &c, and all who assist his
proposition I; but they who assist viii
not be apt to have any keen sense Of
the crime Of the principal. N
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awe have the assurances Of medical
men, upon whom is thrown the treat
menb Of the consequences Of this crime,
that il prevails 10 an extent fearful 20
contemplate. We may conceive sOSne-
thing Of its maguitudB by the extent Of
this criminal advertising, and by Ehs
number Of these professors Of crime.
Il is rule of moral philosophy, univef-
sally recognized, that an acute sense Of
the ruinOuae consequences Of vice, fE- che
strongest bond Of virtue; therslors
these. promises, which these criminal
advertisements bring into families that
vice shall have no penalty, and the IL
lteit indulgence Of tha BPXual passion
20 exposure are calenlHtad to break
1oWn all of that restraint which comes Z
rom fear Of the consequences Of vice.
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"Cf course, our remarks on this GRIM
nal Journalism VIII Be met BY Bfe Bru- | {
al aonf that We arc moved By oaFE and s
uaAlee5 because we have not this Grim q
nal advertising. But we could have IL l c
ID and nt the highest pricas. For these {,
.C CWHEtilenl are regularly blaeiEsnfn [ r
ly higher charges On the principle If =
aaEing these professors Of crime df- q
'ide their infamous gains with tneir ac- 3
8mpltCe, the published. We conla n
ave 9hem On almost our own terms I; n
pr these advertisers would be glad % Y
.at the Q1tUSS tnoorgemeut OF the mogl i1
sspeciabie journals. We reject it be- 3.
au8e of our uagu 18EamGspl1a, and not n
-seanae the neral sense OF Ehe e0mmu- a
IitT requires tt; for the community 4 q
Oes not seem 70 haFe any neral sense q
b this matler.H q
VBeku0wthat Ills very difficult to draw q
hE Tine 1eeWeRn what may and what 4 o
nay not iDe tmnOcentIY published. If we a
ty that not thing must be printed or adj g
er1ised which tenos 20 incite licantiouk Il
.Haaion3 lt may be plausiblY urged that
here are passages in. the best books q
ven ia che Bible fissIf-which clearly L
Ave that tendency, and that 70 enforce q
his rule is to place atleast half the stan q
ard works which have come down to q
8 from antiquity under the ban. But g.
here is one plain rule indicated by The a
tazetGe which no pu uJIA8ner has q TiEht b
D ovsrBteP. viz: Nothing should be j
lEbitshtd which tempGs or tends TO q I i
i0latiOn Ofany statute enacted in the "
itereAt OF Virtue and Morality. He a
no aA pGEtises sfaalA IE5rftC25 Tn q a
igatsd In the above extract is almosi IA
3rtafulY quack and g sWinoAer ; but Il
0 Journal can succeed in excluding az
! who are quacks or swindiers from al
3 advertising columns while TO at CT
mpG &c and fail is to expose the pub "a
2 70 additional danger by holding out
deIuBiVe assurance of immunity. But
who, under a tain disguise, advertis-
5es that he Will produce abortion, adj
YES himself q criminal, and makes the
iblisher Of his card a hired accOmplict n.
bis Viilaimy. There are many things -
.vsrtissd that should be excluded as ~
war with deoencv but whoever -, 70
Vertfsea himaelf as ready 70 COM IN
Il crimes for money renders the iourn- -
which dihuses his poison responsible 1 -
God and Man for the ofsnses he thus -
cites and profits by.-N. y. Tribune. q