The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-11
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Free Press Anthology Comnilod II,
theodore Schroeder. Published by TIL,
Gree speech League and The TrutL
seeker Publishing Company, New York
Mr.. Schroeder, the compiler of this
broad-pagcd volume, is well known in
Salt Lake, where he lived and prac.
tlced law for number OF wears. The
general drift of the book is n PLEADING
Tor greater liberty in the discussion of
matters usually treated in a secretive
and hidden manner. and the transmits.
son Of the like through the United
States mails
Section l. includes the Areopagitica
pS Milton, and an extract from prc.
face by Thomson TO speech of Milton
ing"
Section IL is entitled "Furtbcr I'm
Portant Defenscs of Free Speech; IL
includes eXtracts in that advocacy
from Splzona, John Locke, Voltaire,
friends of Free Inquiry. Friends to the
.Ll.Iiberty of the Press, Rev. Robert Hall
thomas Ershnc, Tunjs Workman, Jere-
stuart Mil, Thomas Henry Huxley.
Herbert Spencer; George Jacob Holyoke,
Section Ill. ''Laconics of Toera.
tlon aud Free Inquiry is made up of
a very great many maXlms and say
ings of distinguished men and women
IN favor of the utmost freedom of
writing. printing. and circulating of
thoughts and ideas of interest TO The
human family.
Section ". IS a very entertaining
EXplanation Concerning Obscenl-
ties, by Peter Bayle, who wrote about
1890; who it EuSt be confessed wroto
with great force. learning, and in.
genulty on this subject
Section N.s .. Thc Modern Censorship
ot ObsccnItY. is recital of, and
Comment upon. the postal censorship
which was directed against Louis +
service to carry IN the mails his publ
.ation. lucifer the Light Bearer" +"
included IN this is statement by Mr..
schroeder OF the contention against
. 'Ubscenity law in the Blue Grass
3lade; Obscenity and Witchcraft.' -
tie.
Section VI, ''Briefcr Dcfcnscs of
X-Discussion. is a recital of the
ase of Moses Harman, and of that Of
arge number of comments, chiefly in |
he way Of denunciation of the denial |
Il mail privileges 10 their publications. |
Section VII, Liberty Of Conscience |
nd Speech for Anarchists contains !
broad discussion of tho anarchist |
question IN general, SO far as its doc
rlnes arc concerned, with compunction !
expressed occasionally against the cir
ulatlon of anarchist literature which
$ an appeal for the killing of kings |
nd other rulers.
There rs an appendix. Censorship !
f Sex Literature, which rccltcs the
an put upon u number of publications..
howlng extreme cases where If is hard
0 understand why that ban was inn
oscd
There can he no doubt but that there
a good deal of reason in much of
he complaint voiced in this book At
nc same time. il must also be CON
nssed that there is n limit beyond
'hich the liberty claimed should not
0. To say that the government is not
ompctcnt 10 place such limits is to
cny the functions of government. And
say that to have absolute unrcstraint
this matter is TO say that there shall
9 no restriction TO the abuse Of liberty
writing and printing In so far as
Icas of this kind make for liberty
ithout indcccDcy. they should be re.
'yicd and hccdcd: but in tho broader
use. wherever il may be supposed that
ire is An appeal 10 unrcstraint of in