The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-11
InnoRAL PuRLIrATioss,
The Poison that Ripds its way into
yFss'A American hancs, -I0l lgpr

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| Our magnificent secular rrfri, which !
the protested guardian Of public mo,af
llbs''lsa and 'ishss, is a. last wakiag up L
the iset that there are such things In exly.
eneo ~ immoral publications, tina. the CIR
culasion Of thtss publications Ia very er
tenhlve and pecunia,ily profitable, and
That their tendency from fin. 10 l,s, Ia In
NO direction Of debAnshipg tho morals Of
~ who read !tom. Wo congratulate our
ifiends on Of last having their EYES opeucd
70 what has been \ glazing public scandal
ahd danger for ut least wnolo generation,
toealbly iellow.ieelins may hsys made
mem niad Tor certainly tho secular trets
is iseelt Lar from tpotltts In moral point
d sleK. Bot the scandal and tho danger
10 public mofa'B from tho stream al Wis
publications that Ia constantly pouring ont
from tho pltBJss oil our great ccptisa al
population haa ut last become 80 patent na
10 cause d general shock to the leoplo al
The country and a universal demand ior
nome means Of REFRESHING tho evil, AZ -
The public here Ia very rightly chary OF
Interfering with what 10 caiitd liberty OF
speech and oil thought IND tho u.terances
o. Tree pres. Bat there Ia q line very
clearly marked In tho conscience oil iii
Intelligent men Of good will which divides
Nbety from The liCelss that Is simply IN.
other word for licentisusnesa. What father
o. a ianily In all the land would admit Into
Ms household the wretGheH who attempted
10 carry out Tor moment, In act or word or
suggestion, what they depict In their vile
shee!A2 N HE''1
And got the public and the LEGISLATURE
o. the States permit without protest this
moral poison to DO disseminated wholesale |
ilom day TO day, and week to week, and
yeat 10 year, through the great national
family oil which No nre all members,
I, a glanca at most OF the news stands tells
The story oil depraved public taste and a
leaning to Immoral Tendencies among
large clasaes Of tho community. The nost
conspicuous places arc occupied by Illus.
lfalions VI open Sin and crime and wicked.
nesd. And there are grades Of such illus.
rated journals Tor all persons Of all ages
sna both at1es. The youngsters tavo their
tories oil thu Wild West" Of robberieB, Of
ca!p!ngs. Of murder; or are Initiated Into
tbs mysteries Of crime" this. prevail In
~ dArk lpnR Of tbs great cities. Youryl
'til9 arc drenched with narratives that in.
',atlably have vice Tor their main current.
,hey carry them In thsir Ba,chtls to the
hcps or to the ecnoo!s, and occupy their
sIsure moments In studying .Ao phrAses
4 wlckedness. For the gown up iheir Is
rich rivalry in this pictorial villsluy, and
he fancy 81 tho artists 10 exerted 10 make
ts narrative as spicy ai posslblo by every
VII suggeStion. 49, 10, ,I.I'
The BARN which has been going on safely
nd uudissulsedly under the public eye ail
aeae years 10 tbs periodic Corruption, the
'aue y! which public neglect has allowed
bgcolns q great power Tor evil through.
ut the land AID source oil rich prof. 10
40 human 6snds who make traffic in thu
eairuc.ion Of soula. Is. i, be- rspressed