, 1872-10-17


and children claiming his protection and
defence from every evil which it is il
his power to avert, who for paltrl
share in the wages of prostitution gives
his aid and irhuence to perpetua.e and
entail upon his successors moral pesti-
tence more to be dreaded than plague or
cholera !?
What of that newspaper publisher,
who in contempt of the moral sentiment
and legal recognition which consecrates
one day in seven as sacred to rest and
public worship. selects that day alone
for printing and circulating in Christian
homes, articles written for pay in de-
fence Of 1.-the manner in which the If
fairs of one of our citizens is c. ndnct-
ed "a citizen, a moral pariah, out
lawed to all law, human and divine;
whose g affairs are the affairs Of
house OF prostitution, the most noto-
rious, degraded and law-defying that
ever dlsgraced civilized community
characteriZing as phaIiseeism, and
thysterics, a protest against this sink
of pollution, wrung from sense of out
ragged decency by its shameless displays
upon our streets and thoroughfares-
casting odium as upon women of 'un-
easy virtue" upon the mothers, wives
and daughters of Seattle, who were i'm
PEELED by the enomity of the public scan-
dal and its threatening danger to growing
sons and brothers, to publicly demand
its recognition by our public authorities
as public nuisance-a thing to be abat-
ed or branded as pestilence to be
abated
What of that convention of party
composed largely of moral Christian
men, which unanimously endorsed the
editor of that newspaper-the recogni-
zed organ and medium of communica-
ton with the public and advertiser of it;
licentious reveis, of house of prostitu-
tion-as a suitable person to assist i'll
making laws for the government of the
people and for the protection Of public
morals?
Has the brave old party, to which
clung with such faith and hope through
the dark period of the war, come to this,
that its necessities demand a temporiz-
ing policy with keepers Of brothels and
professional gamblers Think you that
the women, were they entrusted with
the sacred suffrage, would thus barter
it for party success
You, Mr.. Editor, have declared your
independence CT party dictation; how
could you have done less and maintain
ed your seif-respect? God grant that
many others will follow your example.
Then, and not till then, can public mo-
rality successfully combat lawlessness
and public profligacy at the polls.
But women must not protest, must
not petition, but must drop their wells
and pass on when they are jostled upon
the public walks by public prostitutes;
they must exhibit no consciousness
when they are brought in contact with
the keeper of squaw brothel in the
lecture room, upon the steamers, or i'll
public carriages; they must keep silent
when they see the fairest portion of the
city, upon the most public thoroughfare
to the country, surrendered to purposes
the very thought of which brings the
blush of shame to the face of every de-
cent citizen; they must stand idly by
and make no sign, when under their
very eyes and within their hearing are
the sights and sounds of revelry calcu-
lated to lure and attract their unthink-
ing boys to den of perdition which de-
stroys both body and soul. Hush! your
father, your husband, or your brother is
candidate for office The party is in
dangerl 1t has its candidates for Office
who are pledged to see thut no harm be-
falls it from the outraged laws, which it
has so long put at defiance through cor
rupt officials Its keeper musters the
blear-eyed denizens of his den and re-
tainers by the score to control primaries
and hold the balance of power i'll party
elections 1t supports newspaper,
which will bespatter you with ribaldry
if you saw a word J. L. 3.