Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-10-09

n OOl. II. u. InTersOll is again before til,
!. public in an act, as he believes. OF justice
f Recently. Mr. D. NJ Rennett of New Y orl
+ city. editor OF the Truth Seeker. was con
, victed and sentenced to thirteen months il
: the Albany penitcntiary, upon the prosecu
! ton by one Anthony Comstock, of the
q same city. and who is the secretary of the
society fer the Suppression OF Vice" 1t
, seems fIat this person tos,stock has been
! attempting, lii divers methods, to make a
reputation in the line he has attempted to
become notorious; and so FIR as he has
succeeded in the suppression of pub.s ng
and transmitting through the mails C. y
scene lterature, lie is to be highly 49,
mended. But like others We tlai! IN
OF, whose successes have made them mad
we believe there is considerable prejudice
or fana.icishs in the said Comstock and
soire OF his supporters to crush the Truth
Seeher, because of its liberal expoundings.
we know not to a certainty. but what we
can learn OF his methods hi working up Pc
titions. etc, to make his part of the fight
SO pure and devoid of personal aggrandize-
ment, we can hardly credit him with full
Christ-like spirit in this persecution.
The passage decided upon by the New
ork judge as being obscene was taken
from work entitled ''Cupid's Yokes,"
work which we have hot as yet seen. but
are Informed refers to family matters, and
as Col. r. 6. Ingersoll has deemed it |
work not obscene or in conflict with the
purest home, we are satisfied there cannot |
be anything very bad about it. or he would |
let the law take its course, for we know /
that the Colonel's hobby is the home and !
tie accompaniments ct the holy name it
bears. And as it has beer stated by many
of our exchanges that "Mr. Ingersoll is in
favor OF publishing obscene literature and
its general distribution as other Natter
we cah 'tHhesitatingly say they are mis-
taken. Even this man Comstock. or apy
other designating himself sympathizer of
the publlc's welfare, cannot show more
pure record or advocates, so far at least,
as the home and its surroundings are con-
cerned.
In this case. Messrs. Ingers ol. James
Parton, O.. b. Frothingham, Attorney
General Devens and scores OF others, in
cluding leading book sellers. who have ex-
amiifea the work, claAir it is not obscene.
Then it rust be that this whole persecu-
ton is based upen prejudice. its aim to
crush paper through its editor. and not
SO much to guard against the minated |
influence wrough: by the circulation of
ho uh IN,
Yokes.'' "a
1t is not upon the g nd that Mr.. Ben Q
lett has sent obscene literature through u
he mails, and being a criminal now asks I
or pardon. Not at all. Mr.. Bennett and u
lis supporters, of whom you can see are I
'ome of the best scholars of ours or other a
sate-s. decstfe that the work, or any pas c
age therein, was not and is not obscene.
nd that Mr.. Bennett is, under the preju- 4
Ices Of fhfs Eanatical influence. IL captive
nd martyr to the cause of Liberty. This
) the ground upon which they stand, andt
ot one of the prosecutors in this case are G
nore delicate in the use Of mails for the N
purposes mentioned than the friends and "
ss;.erents Of this martyr Of the nineteenth nj
et:ts:1y I'll
To deslt!s a; matter of this kind does not q
ONE rightly fssi,ler the jurisdiction of a a,
'ni.ed States Judge, for, in point OF fact. f,
hat does he know of me delicate point at tn
sue? He. of course, is supposed to- know dt
ie points OF law arising upon the evidence 70
resented but TO make special charge. as pl
claimed was made in this case, there was M
0 ether decision tor the jury to make but W
le one matie adversely TO the defendant. in
The circumstances in this. if related to tis
J correctly. recalls the many cases in the OF
est of decldoasot ''Jldge Lynch" who. sp
too many cases. backed up by ths real gr
in.inal, wonld urge the ''inakfng cf IN ro
and a stranger. or some ons, Of III
, particular Influence or ''sand," would ce
, called upon and asked to plead eaiisy ad
tell who had committed the crime. The wi
of the rascality generally max tel
g the charge and hissins on the liob = sci