The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-02
MEDDLING WIfH OTHER PEG
PIES BUSINESS.

II - very nucn easier to rear other
peoples children in the way they should
CO. so that when they get old they will
not depart from it, than to raise ones
own children that way. And it seems to
De easier for some of the people of this
nation TO regulate the affairs of other
nations better than those nations can.
occasionally some English or other
foreign society passes resolutions cen
demning lyncbing in America. and call
ing on this government to do all in its
power to suppress it. Such resolutions
never have the effect to suppress
iynching, but are always resented as an
encious inter-meddling with matters
thae do not concern those passing
them And so they are. But in this
country there are the same kind of So
| cleties which are ever poking their
| noses into the affairs of some govern
ment and telling it what should be
done.
Such a society as this is the American
Purity Alliance of New York. A sub
committee of the executive committee
Oh the society met the other dav and
adopted an appeal TO Queen Victoria
on the subject of regulating vice in In
dia. They first informed her majesty
that the signers of the appeal were
citizens of the United States of Amer
lea and members and friends of the
american Purity Alliance, and that
they had learned with much regret and
apprehension of the action of her mai
esty's government, represented by the
secretary of state for India, and public
ly endorsed by members of the house
of lords, providing for state regulation |
of vice in India, in connection with the /
British army, and foreshadowing its |
possible reintroduction into England. /
The appeal then proceeded as follows:
We respectfully and most earnestly
represent TO your majesty that state
supervised vice is. in effect, an incite-
ment TO vicious Indulgence: is morally
wrong; Is unjust to women and de-
to men. The great nationality
of which you are justly honored queen
and empress, by its example exerts
a powerful influence for good or III in
many lands; especially is this. true in
the United States of America, closely
linked with the mother country by ties
of blood and language.
We therefore pray that You will di-
rect your majestys officials, whose
proper function is to obey your su-
creme will, and who seek in any part
1f your dominion to establish STATE ,
equation and supervision Of vice" to |
'efra1n therefrom, and, instead, to en-
favor faithfully 10 diminish vice Itself
ina the temptations thereto, ami thus 5
Effectively to lessen the loathsome dis ,
sases which it begets.
We pray that your long and benefi-
ent reign, made exceptionally con- ]
picuous by your own great personal q
worth and exemplary virtues. may at /
his juncture be preserved from the >
threatened tarnish of a Derilous ccm-
romise with iniquity, a system of
nspeal1able decentralization for man .
cod and practical slavery for woman
God and girlhood in the name of law. Y
We greet you with salutaJions of =
reat respect and honor.
This is nothing but pure impertin- =
nee, even though it be prompted by n
-orthy motives. What business is it /,
these people how the British govern :,
lent regulates vice in India any more ..
ian it is the business of the British O,
aople to tell the American govern
ent how to regulate vice in the United =,
-ates? Have not the Purity Alliance
eople enough to do right in New York =.
ity to keep them busy? How would =,
icy fancy having an English rurity ~.
ciety telling the authorities of New =,
Ork how to regulate vice? 90
The problem of regulat ting vice never %
IS been solved SO far as suppressing 70
is concerned, and even the closest n,
udents of the problem are by no -.
cans agreed as to the best methods
regulating it; but it doesn't aid in an
e solution of the problem TO have a on
ciety in one country obtrude its views of
the questions on the government of Of,
other country that is wrestling with no
Meddlesome societies are quite as hi
noxious as meddlesome individuals. ~,