The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1909-04-23
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Let us then blush not to hear and
know the truth. Let us uphold the
Law, remembering that: "Of law there
can be no less acknowledged than
that her voice is the harmony OF the
world" while aware that the heart Of
every lover OF his kind echoes with
the altruistic desire TO protect the
wife, the mother, the child, and the
home. For that end we shall band
together fearlessly, conscious that
Ignorance Is the curse of God,
knowledge the wings wherewIth we
fly TO Heaven. Alice Lee Moquc.
The author OF this quotation de-
livered notable address at the
fifteenth annual meeting OF the
American Medical Association almost
ten years ago,
1t was called "Restrictive Marriage
Legislation From the Standpoint OF
the Wife, Mother and Home"
Mrs. Lee Moque made strong plea
for restricting marriage to the
physically and morally healthy men
and women.
Before another decade OF years
passes 1t is to be hoped that these
ideals will be put into practice, and
that the rivers OF crime and disease
running unimpeded through our lane
will be stemmed at their rising point
and the propagation OF criminals, de
f0rmitIes and invalids will be made
PHYSICAL impossihility
To what q terrible extent just on
depraved family can yitiate tn
human tide, Statistics have alread
amply proven, and It is well, befor
condemnIng restrictive legislation, tt
see IL tits not indeed the lesser 0
two evils. Dugdale, member Of tn
Prison Association OF New York
gathered data OF criminal famil
named Juke, and, as figures canno
lie, the tale they tell is worth cor
sidering. Five luke sisters, 10 7
years, had 1900 descendants, en-
bracing every form OF degenerate
paupers, 2S0; criminals, lao; thieves
go; murderers I; immoral women, l6l
illegitimate children, OF; loathsomel
diseased, 480 known cases. The yeaI
OF pauperism and infamy cost I'll
!. State Of New York sl,38O,0Oo Ca
anyone really believe that these Jul
women had the right to saddle Il
!. community with this burden OF del
and infamy? Surely not, nor can al
sane man or woman really BELLE
4 that their maternity was anythii
less than q crime against progeny
: such a case, az well az a crime again
Z tine State and the taxpayers?
Mrs. Lee Moque said in her addres
II "No mother. love, nor maternal ca
70 after birth. can ever make up to
child for the sins committed agaiu
II it by forcing II into being, unaskt
n to suffer the penalty imposed
nature for broken laws. No 90
10 viii, no charity however splendl
y says Helen Campbell In her book
,. Prisoners OF Poverty can all
place owned BY that need which
y. forever irst, and most vital betws
~ man and man-Justicc. No labor,
love, no self-sacriflce, ever can balal
- that scale in which justice has
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"Is 1t, then, too much to claim u