Blackwell Family Elizabeth Blackwell Subject File Moral Reform UnionThe Moral Reform Union Established in the interest of pure family life. Office: 2, Leinster Place, Porchester Terrace, London, W. Office Hours, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Motto: - "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" - Matt. xix 19. Objects. I. To study, and confer upon, all subjects which especially affect the moral welfare of the young. II. To collect, sell, distribute, or publish Literature for Moral Education. III. To consider how best to carry out practical measures for the reform of public opinion, law, and custom, on questions of sexual morality. This Union will be in communication with Societies engaged in any branch of the work, such as - The Social Purity Alliance The Societies for the Abolition of State Regulation of Vice The Society for the Suppression of the Traffic in Girls The Societies for the Protection of Young Servants Young Men's Christian Association The Gospel Purity Association The Peace and Arbitration Associations The Vigilance Associations The Personal Rights Association; and may others Reports and important papers of such Societies will be kept on hand No person eligible for full membership under the age of twenty-five. The co-operation of members is invited for any branch of this work; and the business of the Union will continue to be conducted by those members who attend the meetings. The ordinary Meetings of the Union are held on Wednesdays, at 3 p.m., at the Office, 2 Leinster Place, Porchester Terrace, W. Drawing Room Meetings will be held occasionally, of which due notice will be given. Subscriptions and Donations of any amount will be gladly received by Miss Lucy Johnson, Hon. Treasurer, 2, Leinster Place, and Mrs. S.W. Browne, Hon . Secretary, 58, Porchester Terrace, W. Miss F.E. Albert, Secretary. Bankers, the National Bank, 68, Gloucester Gardens, W."Unhasting, Unresting, Be each one fulfilling His own God-given hest." GOETHE. 1886 The Moral Reform Union Established in the interest of pure family life. Office: 2, Leinster Place, Porchester Terrace, London, W. Office Hours, 2:30-5:30 p.m. Motto: - "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" - Matt. xix 19. Objects. I. To study, and confer upon, all subjects which especially affect the moral welfare of the young. II. To collect, sell, distribute, or publish Literature for Moral Education. III. To consider how best to carry out practical measures for the reform of public opinion, law, and custom, on questions of sexual morality. This Union will be in communication with Societies engaged in any branch of the work, such as - The Social Purity Alliance The Societies for the Abolition of State Regulation of Vice The Society for the Suppression of the Traffic in Girls The Societies for the Protection of Young Servants Young Men's Christian Association The Gospel Purity Association The Peace and Arbitration Associations The Vigilance Associations The Personal Rights Association; and may others Reports and important papers of such Societies will be kept on hand No person eligible for full membership under the age of twenty-five. The co-operation of members is invited for any branch of this work; and the business of the Union will continue to be conducted by those members who attend the meetings. A Monthly Meeting is held at the Office on the first Wednesday of each month [at 2:30 p.m.], and Ordinary Meetings on intermediate Wednesdays, at 3 p.m. Drawing Room Meetings will be held occasionally, of which due notice will be given. Subscriptions and Donations of any amount will be gladly received by Mrs. Miers, Hon. Treasurer, 74, Addison Road, Kensington, W. Miss Helen Taylor, Hon. Secretary, 2, Leinster Place, W. Miss F. E. Albert, Secretary, 2, Leinster Place, W. Bankers, the National Bank, 68, Gloucester Gardens, W.Moral Reform Union OCCASIONAL LETTER TO OUR MEMBERS. No. 2. The Office, I Leinster Place, Porchester Terrace, W. April, 1885 Dear Friends, In view of the important social questions now before Parliament, our members at a distance may like to be informed of the attitude we assume in respect to those questions. Believing that no moral reform can be hoped for whilst the Contagious Diseases Acts are unrepealed, very early in the Session (January 21st), we convened a Meeting at the Great Western Hotel, Paddington, when Resolutions were passed, (I) calling upon the Government, in accordance with the declared will of the House of Commons, to secure, before the dissolution of the present Parliament, the total and unconditional Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, 1866-69, and (II) strongly urging upon all those who value Social Morality, the duty of making the question of the identity of the Moral Law for men and for women an important consideration in the selection, or the acceptance, of candidates at the approaching general election. Copies of those Resolutions were sent to the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary, the Secretaries for War and the Colonies, and the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the local Liberal and Conservative Associations. The same meeting sent a Petition to the Commons to the same effect, and also a prayer to refuse to sanction any further legislation for similar purposes, or founded on similar principles.Our member, Mrs. Campbell, has largely canvasses Paddington, and obtained an important Petition in favour of Repeal, which will be presented in due course. We wish to call the attention of our Members to the need of opposing the dangerous powers contained in the Detention in Hospitals (No. 2) Bill, which, if carried as it now stands, will, in connection with the Criminal Law Amendment Bill, re-establish some of the worst features of the Contagious Diseases Acts. We are now about to endeavour to ascertain the opinion of intending Candidates for Parliament on the principle of equal justice between the sexes involved in many legislative measures, such as Divorce, the Protection of Minors, the Contagious Diseases Acts, and the Custody and Infants Bill. The Association for the Protection of Minors having invited our prompt co-operation in their endeavour to raise the age of protection, we held a Conference at our Office on the 8th inst. and sent the following Memorial to the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary, the Lord Chancellor and Lord Dalhousie.- "Your Memorialists protest against the retrograde step of the Government in changing the age of Protection for Young Girls in the Criminal Law Amendment Bill now before the House of Lords, from Sixteen - the age recommended by the Select Committee of that House in 1882 and adopted in the previous Bill - and lowering it to fifteen. Considering that girls below the age of eighteen are immature and not able to realise the full consequences of immorality, your Memorialists believe that if any change be made from the age of sixteen, it should be to raise, and not to lower it." We further agreed to promote as far as our other work would permit, and Indignation Meeting, to be held by the Minors' Association for this express object. We rejoice to observe that at several of the Drawing-room Meetings held this Session on behalf of Women's Suffrage, the moral responsibility involved in the vote was a prominent consideration. And although this subject is outside our special work, this is an interesting fact of which some of our members may like to be informed. The importance of calling the attention of Citizens - Women as well as Men - to the duty of exercising the Municipal Vote has occupied the earnest thought of our member, Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, and we hope to awaken interest in this direction, by the circulation of her new pamphlet, entitled "On the Decay of Municipal Representative Government : a chapter of Personal Experience," (price 2d), and by Meetings we purpose holding on the same subject. We have abundant evidence of the success of our scheme to collect and sell Literature for Moral Education ; indeed, we are sadly in want of funds to carry on the branch of our work, and our members and friends will observe our List is enlarged since it was reprinted in January. We have had a very busy Session thus far, and we entreat the support and co-operation of all who are anxious for moral reform. Yours faithfully, T.L. Browne. Hon. Sec.M Ref Union Apr. 1885 Letter [?] memberFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, at 1 P.M. promptly. Miss Po Equal Rights will be broadcast from WJAR, Outlet FRIDAY AFTERNOON. Conferences with legislators o Program of the National Woman's Party. FRIDAY, 6:30 P.M. Dinner at the Crown Hotel at S Reservations may be made with the committee, Mrs. Mrs. Rosa Adam Burgess, Mrs. Emma Tucker Kenyon ford. FRIDAY, 8 P.M. Meeting at Crown Hotel. Public in SATURDAY. Conferences and meetings. Watch the plete program. Moral Reform Union. I, LEINSTER PLACE, CLEVELAND GARDENS, Aprii 18th, 1885. DEAR SIR, The Moral Reform Union earnestly request that in any letter you may write personally to proposed Candidates before they are adopted, you will embody questions to the effect on those contained in the following note. Yours faithfully, T.L. BROWNE, Hon. Sec. Copy of suggested Letter to intended Candidates for Nomination for Parliamentary Boroughs: - DEAR SIR, Should you be prepared to support the principle of equal justice between the sexes in all questions of Legislation which affect the relations of men and women? This principle of equal justice is involved in many legislative measures, such as Divorce, the Protection of Minors, the Contagious Diseases Acts, the Custody of Infants' Bill, etc., etc. I shall look anxiously for your dealing with these questions when addressing the Constituents. I am putting similar questions to the remaining Candidates for Nomination, and the principles they avow on these subjects will guide me in recording my vote. I am dear Sir, Yours faithfullySUPPLEMENT TO LISTS of WORKS SANCTIONED FOR SALE BY THE MORAL REFORM UNION, From August, 1885, to November, 1887. The Great Economic Blunder: the Purchase of Women, By Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. 6d. Postage 1d. The Revival and Extension of the Abolitionist Cause. By Mrs. J.E. Butler. 4d. Postage 1/2d. The New Godiva and other Essays. Bound, 3s. 6d. Post free. Chastity in Men and Women. By Mrs. Chant. 1d. Postage 1/2d. Or 5s. 6d. per 100. Slavery under the British Flag. By Mr. A. Dyer. 1d. Postage 1/2d. Or 6s. 6d. per 100. A Grave Question that needs answering by the Churches of Great Britain. By Mrs. J.E. Butler. 1d. Postage 1/2d. 2s. per 100. The Licensing of Sin in India. 1d. Postage 1/2d. 2s. per 100. Josephine Butler. A Life Sketch. By W.T. Stead. Tinted covers, 1s. Postage 1 1/2d. 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"Prostitution under the State Regulation System." "Active Service." "A Plea for the Wider Action of the Church." Sermons entitled, "Fleshy Lusts." "Morality in Public Schools." "Sins of the Flesh," a Sermon. "Government by Police." Publications discontinued, The Protest, The Shield. (The Journal of the Vigilance Association for the Defence of Personal Rights, is now called The Personal Rights Journal, and issued on the 1st, monthly.) Book Orders and Payments should be sent to the SECRETARY, payable at Leinster PLACE, Cleveland Gardens, London, W. MORAL REFORM UNION. LEAFLET NO. 9. (Extract from a Speech of the Rev. Dr. Martineau, at a Meeting of the Continental Federation (1876), quoted in the INQUIRER of March 23rd, 1878.) "I HAVE always looked with the utmost repugnance upon the system of law against which the Federation protests. It has ever appeared to me to be totally incapable of defence, and every attempt to defend it has made it more odious and detestable in my eyes. I cannot imagine a more direct and positive contradiction of the fundamental principles of the Christian life, and especially of the Christian treatment of sin, than the laws which you are endeavouring to get repealed. The word of Jesus Christ to a poor victim of sin, almost at the moment of its commission, are, "Go, and sin no more." The word of this detestable law is, "Go, and prepare to sin again." I know no considerations of health or policy that, even if defended by the plea of success, could be fairly brought again this high moral and spiritual consideration. "I believe that the great difficulty that we have to contend with is one which needs for its conquest only faith and persistency. It is the difficulty of cowardice, and its attendant despair. I have met numbers of persons who wish well to us, and praise all the objects we have in view, but whose hearts are so appalled by the magnitude of the evil, that they shrink in despair from attacking it; but if you multiply the absolute faith, the entire sincerity of those who have undertaken to grapple with it, it will be overcome. For my own part, this despair appears to me to be little short of a participation in the sin. No one can doubt of the obligation of Christian purity and simplicity, but to declare in one breath that the thing is a duty, and also that it is impossible, is blasphemy against the Righteousness of God." JAMES MARTINEAU, D.D.MORAL REFORM UNION. AN APPEAL FROM WOMEN TO MEN. SIR, There is probably no question agitating the public mind, generally, more than that of Employment for the Poor. The appalling number of persons out of work, the general trade depression, which affects all ranks in Society more or less, and the near approach of winter, force the hearts and consciences of all thoughtful people seriously and deeply to consider what can be done individually collectively. Added to this, the old scourge and disgrace, called "the Social Evil," accentuates the importance and difficulty; because Vice among men and women throws such masses of the latter not only out of respectable employment, but induces the plea that "want of employment drives them on the streets." A judicial blindness seems to take possession of the Community when every kind of remedy is suggested but the radical one. Who are the real culprits? How much money do men spend on supporting these victims of their lusts? Are the women only to be branded as prostitutes? There is a huge reparation due from all men in England; from such as have sinned, and are sinning, in the lusts of the flesh, and from the virtuous, on behalf of their sex. An appeal just made by Mrs. Meredith, so well known for her noble work among discharged prisoners, gives an opening for an urgent and direct request from Women to Men, to come forward courageously and provide the premises, plant and stock, with which to enter on a winter campaign of mercy and justice. Mrs. Meredith's ample experience results in her recommending, as a first necessity, a large and purchased building in which to inaugurate several forms of employment for destitute women, to be called Work Wards or Work Warehouses,--with definite rules and hours fixed. Now it is to men we urgently appeal, that they should become the responsible purchasers of two or three such buildings in convenient centres, when Ladies will gladly come forward to superintend and give them kind and Christian help in the daily work of such Wards or Warehouses. It must be remembered that the antecedents of the large class of Fallen Women, and the demoralizing effects of sensual vice, make it the more difficult to suggest forms of work likely to be performed so as to be profitable and saleable. The Upper Floor of the Warehouse might be given up to sack-making and hassock-making, as every Church and Chapel requires the latter. On the Ground Floor, superior kinds of needlework might be undertaken by the more skilful needlewomen. On the Floor between, useful bedding for the poor, for ship uses, etc, might be made. Once let men awaken to the solemn duty of recognizing their own fearful share in the perpetuation of the degradation of women, their natural good sense and right feeling, and the blessing of Almighty God, will open up ways and forms of employment for helpless women, and relieve the surface of Loadon of the damning and festering corruption that penetrates every class and rank. We, members of the Moral Reform Union, with intense earnestness, ask you to commence without delay a canvas among your fellow-men, and let Women see you wiping off the reproach, which you ALL share, as to the existence and numbers of your fallen Sisters, actually or by apathy. Divert the Gold and Silver from the Devil's service. Use it in recognition of the blessed gift of women for high and holy purposes and for companionship and help. "Quit you like men" redeemed by Christ for Immortality to Life, and not to Death. "Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way and walk in the Law of the Lord." 2, Leinster Place, Yours faithfully, Porchester Terrace, T. L. BROWNE, Hon. Sec. London, W. November, 1886. [Reprinted December, 1888.] Hastings Municipal Branch OF THE MORAL REFORM UNION. OBJECT: To show the responsibility resting upon every local voter to consider character of more importance than party politics in the choice of Candidates; and thus secure the spread of honesty, purity, and temperance in local representative bodies. MEMBERS.-All persons who will use their vote to carry to the above principle. ASSOCIATES.-Those who will exert influence for the same purpose. METHODS: 1. The enrolment of Voters who accept this principle. 2. Preparation for each local election at the right time. 3. Occasional conferences on the structure and uses of our Municipal institutions, including the powers and influence, direct and indirect, exercised by Town Councillors, Aldermen, Guardians of the Poor, Constables, Members of the School Board, &c. All persons willing to promote the welfare of the community by improving the methods of selecting our local representatives, are invited to forward their names and addresses to the Honorary Secretary, 136, Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings.The Christian Kingdom Society It is required of members that they shall endeavour to render faithful and loyal obedience to the spirit method and moral teaching of Christ. ____________________ No_______ Date______ Name__________ Address__________ [??gi Sec]: - Mr. Alex A Smith M. A. of Neeld Terrace Harrow Road London W. [1886] The Moral Reform Union. ESTABLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF PURE FAMILY LIFE. Office: 2, Leinster Place, Porchester Terrace, London, W. Office Hours, 2:30-5:30 p.m. ------------- Motto:- "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."-Matt xix. 19. -------------- OBJECTS. I. To study, and confer upon, all subjects which especially affect the moral welfare of the young. II. To collect, sell, distribute, or publish Literature for Moral Education. III. To consider how best to carry out practical measures for the reform of public opinion, law, and custom on questions of sexual morality. THIS Union will be in communication with Societies engaged in any branch of the work, such as-- The Social Purity Alliance. The Societies for the Abolition of State Regulation of Vice. The Society for Suppression of the Traffic in Girls. The Societies for the Protection of Young Servants. Young Men's Christian Association. The Gospel Purity Association. The Peace and Arbitration Associations. The Vigilance Associations. The Personal Rights Association, and many others. Reports and important papers of such Societies will be kept on hand. No person eligible for full membership under the age of twenty-five. The co-operation of members is invited for any branch of this work; and the business of the Union will continue to be conducted by those members who attend the meetings. A Monthly Meeting is held at the Office on the first Wednesday of each month, [at 2:30 p. m.], and Ordinary Meetings on intermediate Wednesdays, at 3 p. m. Draw-room Meetings will be held occasionally, of which due notice will be give. Subscriptions and Donations of any amount will be gladly received by Mrs. Miers, Hon. Treasurer, 74, Addison Road, Kensington, W. Miss Helen Taylor, Hon Secretary, 2, Leinster Place, W. Miss F. E. Albert, Secretary, 2, Leinster Place, W. Bankers--The National Band, 68, Gloucester Gardens, W.MORAL REFORM UNION ABRIDGE LIST OF WORKS SANCTIONED FOR SALE. Office--2, Leinster Place, Cleveland Gardens, London, W. "A Few Words to Mothers"; "To Boys and Girls"; "To Schoolmistresses." By L. M. H. 2 1/2d. each, post free. 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Sir or Madam, On October 1st a Meeting of the Friends of the Moral Reform Union, and others, took place at 58, Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, to consult upon the best means of influencing the Municipal Elections, so as to secure the return of moral local representatives, by electing on the Local Boards such persons as will honestly endeavour to deserve the trust reposed in them without considerations of Party policy, and vigilantly guard the moral and economic interests of their borough, parish, or district. A Special Committee was formed to carry out the objects of this Meeting, consisting of the following persons, with power to add to their number: Rev. J. Clifford D.D., 51. Porchester Road, London, W. J. C. Sherrard, Esq., J.P., 7, Oxford Square, W. Jas. S. Randall, Esq., 19, Talbot Road, Bayswater, W. Mr. Jas. Ockenden, 155, High Street, Notting Hill. ---- Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, Rock House, Hastings. Mrs. S. W. Browne, 58, Porchester Terrace, W. Miss C. A. Biggs, 19, Notting Hill Square, London W. (Hon. Sec. pro. tem., to whom all communications should be addressed) The Union objects to be called on to vote for Candidates nominated from considerations of Party politics only. Intelligent burgesses and citizens should be chosen for office, who will be strictly just in all the municipal transactions, for the fulfilment of which we select them to represent us. The maintenance of justice by municipal government is of great importance, for morality is based upon justice, and the moral government of our towns is of vital importance to the rising generation. We require that our representatives, whilst actively checking public moral evil, shall guide their action by the just principle of one equal moral responsibility--resting upon men and women. The Committee urge upon you at this important epoch in our history the consideration of these principles, and ask your earnest assistance and support in maintaining them. Will you, either individually, or through your Association, endeavour to secure the election of men of high character, independently of Party politics, in the next Municipal Elections, and ask each Candidate for office the following questions, refusing to vote for him if his answer is unsatisfactory? (For your convenience we enclose six questions on a fly-sheet, which can be used in correspondence with the Candidate, if necessary). [please turn over.QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED OF CANDIDATES FOR THE NEXT ELECTION. QUESTION. REPLY. 1. Will you use public money with the same scrupulous care as you use you private means? 2. Will you support active measures for enforcing the "Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885," and endeavour to extend similar protection to boys? 3. Will you insist upon the maintenance of decency in the streets and public thoroughfares? 4. Will you support action for the suppression of places of entertainment which have become notorious as the haunts of vice? 5. Will you use your influence for the repeal of the unjust "Contagious Diseases (Women's) Acts," and support the adoption of equal legislation for men and women? 6. Will you defend our local rights from the encroachment of undue centralization? Address: ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________