William Lloyd Garrison on State Regulation of Vice
Series: William Lloyd Garrison Correspondence (1823-1879)
Published: 1879
Place of publication: [New York?]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; Prostitution; Abolitionists; Woman's journal (Boston, Mass.); Antislavery movements; History
Notes: Clipping (information artifact).

The newspaper article, "William Lloyd Garrison on State Regulation of Vice," is from the Woman's Journal, author unknown. It describes a meeting of the New York Committee for the Prevention of Licensed Prostitution, held in the parlors of Isaac T. Hopper. The meeting included a reception for William Lloyd Garrison, on which occasion he gave a speech. An extract of the speech is included. Garrison said: "This licensing of prostitution was put forth as an economical way of sinning--a preservation of health. If one sin may be licensed, why not another--judiciously regulated. To regulate sin! to dare to repeal the moral law! No, it was against God himself. ..." The newspaper article also contains a resolution relating to the death of William Lloyd Garrison, which was adopted by the Committee at its autumnal meeting.