Studies and Essays: Censorship and Art

Since, time and again, it has been proved, in this country of free institutions, that the great majority of our fellow-countrymen consider the only Censorship that now obtains amongst us, namely the Censorship of Plays, a bulwark for the preservation of their comfort and sensibility against the spiritual researches and speculations of bolder and too active spirits— it has become time to consider whether we should not seriously extend a principle, so grateful to the majority, to all our institutions.