Daily Republican., 1882-04-13
CRIME EXPOSED.
rAss MEETING At THE
I-rA HOUSE LAST NIGHT.
, Pub,ic Meeting OF the
1ns es.,e,y for the Prevention OF
s"s, s%"..i,y to Children-In'er
.,,,ns D,.co"r'e' a Mum
ner Of Prominent Men
Presen

one ,os os been held in this city TO
that has ,i'os was that held last night il
some .,m .arsat Of the Delaware Societ.
the ln,' prevention of Cruelty to Chill
ior .uU Nearly every seat in the mail
auu',U . more than half full, and a large
was nnr ,np' Of gentlemen occupied seats OF
NUM- ,yotform. Harry 7. Cause, Presi
tls nf the society, presided. Those
osn' d" occupied seals on the platform
ware @ as follows; p -, phu,
E f'r;a' Secretary Crew, of the Penn
EdeIpn,ii ip,ania Society; Anthony Comstock,
sy',auy ,aw YORK, who was the principal
OF .sVsr nIs of the evening; Rev. f. b Du'
spI'p 1 another speaker, the Right Rev,
p,shop 1a. Lee, D. D.; Governor > Ohm W.
paT % T. Taylor Cause, Edward Bring
hn,s, t,"r, s sr,, Hon. Harry sharpley, Rev.
hu'$' Nv Kgigwin, E. r. Warner, f. l..
ea,;r a; ri, Francis Vincent, Washington
ul,s 1ana. Jacob Todd, Harry Hotlscker,
T,n % washington Hastings, Caesar A.
pnttney, t Wm. NJ. Candy, Levi A. Ber
,.ot,s nyo Fl, c. Conrad, DR.. II. o Ogle,
NJ W. Tatuall, Elk Mayor Joshua S,
Wasr,,pe j. +, Heald, James Scott, Il.
n'""a. Raj, James WooIley, Vim. D..
H"as sw T. /. Tatnall, +. +. Walton, G.
4 OT Th,mas, Lewis Thompson, Walter
3 Haye. + q, J. l.. Carpenter, Jr.,
rsn Il, Bates, ESD, DR.. John X. Kane,
samuel Macalister, Esq Austin Har.
ington, E,Q., Rev. Dr. SPOTS wood, OF
NaS % Castle, Dr. h j. Mckay, Anthony
Higrins, Esq, Geo. W. ssone and
h,btrs whilu in the audience were
rotic,d the R.vs. DR.. Nixon, Charles
,ill Adam ST, ngle and representa-
iou from all the ciCy churches; L. s
district Attorney Patterson, DIR j 2.
Na,s aud a number of prominent citi-
ens,
| The Right Rev Bishop Lee, ID. d
bpsped the exercises with a fervent
brayer, after which tie Philharmonic
rc6es ra, numbering % pieces, under
(he leadership Of G. b. Rhoades, rem
cred the Fest March" in good style.
When the music stopped the presi,
lent of the society II. I. Cause, arose
Ind made brief statement of The OBJ
ect Of the society in h olding this meet
np; also thanking the large audience
PRESENT for the cordial sympathy with
he movement as expressed by such
arpe turnout. He also stated that he
las in rec ipt OF many letters tx
ressinc good wishes tor the society
nd resrcts Of their inability to attend
knd read one Cf the letters from
ldridgs T. Geary, secretary of the
ew York society, as a sample. An
hOny Comstock, the principal speaker
the evening was then intro luced,
BID vas greeted with loud applause.
(r. COmstock opened bis remarks by
hyiug "lf a stranger came to your
Oor bearing your child that had been
jured upon the street you require no
polvgy from him, and that he came
Barring the interest Of cruelty injured
hlldren with no apology. He was
ere because he was invited. He was
kre to speak of facts CLEANED from an
Rpereuce Of ten years In the work OF
us aClety. he gave "a graphic de-
tplOn of the monsters who delight |
come into homes and destroy their
ppiness and said none could be com |
led to these who take the pure child |
ID convert him into criminal. To |
fn his course downward instead OF I
Pwari was the delight of many. |
lderstand that this society was form.
10 guard the physical comfort and
eIl being OF children, to fight for the
taK and see that the child has its
ghts' even against brutal parents.
all the corruptness of youth, his
mo Is the n.ia'ma OF the human soul,
d"vll things brought in contact with
emlnd, outside counteracts the iu-
uclion the Child receives at home.
may as well try to drink pure
lleI from the stream flowing down
LhI side, after you had polluted the
tlHs from whence II rises, 80 no pure
or women would spring from the
lsohea mind OF the chtld. The men
woman O tomorrow are the chill.
~ OF to day. You cannot handle
~ without being dehltd, or handle
al'ng Goals without getting burned, /
Sahhot have a pure mind, nor a
y heart II the mind is impure. Il
Ple lhen spoke OF the licentious storiss
are widely circulated TOR the pur.
eol corrupting the pure hearts of
.Ituie Iuie ones There were traps laid
.heih IN their homes, in their school a
um' upon the highways and upon !
y aanr. The speaker then took up t
inherent classes of impure litera- i
!, speaking first of tie love stories, r
Avn ana sensational literature, that
.s, s.en 70 the boys and girls by their r
ens' ra IN order to keep them Indoors. a
sTu, iond parent, EVER stop to think +
Slsl you are dong in giving your i
,ot ouVn s'uft which keeps him from v
lung to things higher and robbing +,
y. u Oh iIclna;ion to study? h
ri~ WS shameful evil, one of the
" ~ straps and should be suppressed.
ea' .nen spoke of the daily press, with
rVaa!s no, a OF Ioathsome crime, which
s,u NV NJ to be mentioned in decent Il
dv,s,. dv, ana by thus reading them, the ?
.on cr;, oecome familiarized with all u
c,,aes, cs'os, which become the secret b
Ss Hr III, conversation among their olay. o
eT' Ihe speaker then spoke of the n
,n..I, my paper, and said that he was OF
sAl9 convinced that there was n
M. '. !, anu that he was after recruits b
s 1,a s'hgdom, aud that he had his "
on. m ayatlVely engaged at recruiting "
psnboot ~,t along the way from infancy sc 81
Gsijy Sv'u,ed ".sd. satan aslooking upon the
",y y press and inventlnp sh., " eek.
oiIa,ea cniis1 paper with ali the tout.
N Vu IN ,I nom the daily and distilled pt
ecsS % ,he proper strength. He de-. M
wen, "eeklies "' in unmeasured terms fo
Az uinn in' 10 picture old satan's cun- Jt
bCvsI sIus1rated onS in the invention of hi
Itiiutaa aIa girls story paper as a IN
NJ Sp.s I've for the more expensi Va in
~ Dvyona their reach, A'''' m
speaker then smoke of tha;, W.
|es thslp thsp'ay and what heart rendinp at
ber y of ,, leu to. Hs theu cited a La
bppn y, ars Eases Of boys and girls, who
pw crm, sedin New York city, for
NU,LLmes, nearly all of which
lrasb guy about by reading this H. Br
pooI roan ne also condemned thea Br
les 'GuIlhs' gambling devices and bl
|ipp n,;. VIZ said he had heard of men IN
hsu rneS, uane nut never knew of one. wi
the save we a description of several sal
h. l. uuM6rOuS ,lntt,rio ~. I,xr