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To the Right Honorable
The Earl of Derby
Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies.
2. April 17th. 1883
Your Memorialists desire to thank your lordship for according to them this audience. As Englishmen representing various religious opinions and political sentiments, we are nevertheless united in the strong conviction that it is wrong for the State to enter into compact with vice.
As representing several organizations in the United Kingdom formed to obtain the total Repeal of the laws embodying such a compact, and representing also a federation which has agencies and adherents, not only in this Country but in all parts of the world, we have made ourselves thoroughly acquainted with the subject of "State-Regulation of Vice" in all its forms and all its bearings.
The interests of justice and of the public health alike require that measures (that could forcibly be applied) to the profligate, should impartially be applied to both sexes; while it should in addition be borne in mind that it is profligate men alone who ever can directly injure the innocent. But these systems aim at preserving the health of profligate men by exceptional methods of dealing with unfortunate women. It is obvious that a man's health can be affected by the medical treatment of a prostitute, unless he consorts with her. These systems, therefore, contemplate and expect that men will commit fornication and proceed to take measures beforehand for their protection from certain physical consequences of the act – they "make provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts thereof." Against any such encouragement of male profligacy by the sacrifice of female liberty on the part of the law, which should be "a terror to evil-doers," we shall solemnly and incessantly protest.
The Legislation embodying the system in England, the Contagious Diseases Act (Women), 1866-69, seriously infringes the liberty of the subject and the equal responsibility...
747
To the Right Honorable
The Earl of Derby
Her Majesty's Secretary of Stack for the Colonies.
2. April 17th. 1883
Your Memorialists dwire so thank your
lordship for according to them this audienas . __ Englishmen repreventing various religious opinions and/ political sentiments, we are nevertheless united in the strong conviction that it is wrong for the State to enter into compact with vice.
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measures that could bourfully be applied) to the profligate, should impartially be applied to both sexes;
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men alone who ever can directly injure the innocent. But these systems aim at preserving the health of profligan men by exceptional methodo of dealing with mehowk women. It is obvious shat me man's health can be affected bythes medical
no treatment of a prostitute, unless he consorts with her. These system therefore, contemplate and cœxpect that mewwill commit jounication and proceed to take mediowea beforehand for their protection from certain physical consequences of the act – they "make provision for the fleats to fulfil the lusts thereof? Agamot any such incouragement of male profligacy by the sacrifice of ferrate liberty the part of the law which should be "a terror to ́evil-doero" we shall solemnty and incesantly proket,
The Legislation ambodying the system in England) the Contagious Pixares Act (Women), 1866-64] verionoty infringes the liberty of the subject and the equal responsibility
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