SPASMODIC VIUTt'K. It the common culoui in most cities lor the eiiy officials to manifest periodically spasmodic Ola of virtuo, when raids arc made on dens of infamy of various kinds, and their kcepcrsand inmates arc jerked up before the police authorities and punched by fine, which is usually promptly paid, and the same career of vico U continued. If these raids aro made for increasing the funds of the municipal treasuries it would bo more dignified and equally and proper to adopt the licensing system; but if the oL-jccL be to endeavor to abate the evil, they are utterly futile. It is not alone the guihy but poor inmates who should be the subject j of punbkmcnt, but the equally guilty patron of such places should al.-;o receive the full benefit of the law. eilorjjy the proprietors or lesscei often houses in this city were arrested, charged with keeping dens of prostitution, prostitu-tion, and brought before Judge Clinton. Clin-ton. Many of! he readers of the Herald Her-ald were ignorant of the existence of such place in this city until we directed direct-ed attention to lite fact a week or two ago. Here is (he "social evil" in Salt Lake City, and what is to be done with ii? To maki; arrc-it.s, as was done yesterday, bring the parties up for trial, fine those who may be proved guilty, and then have the traffic continued as before, will not e fleet any good. Prosecutions for "lascivious cohabitation" cohabi-tation" arc in order in this Territory. Let the guilty men, who have associated associ-ated with lewd women, be held to answer an-swer for their violation of the Utah statute on offences against chastity aud morality. This was the intent in-tent of the legislature in passing , that act; and if the higher court waives : the matter let the responsibility rest j upon that court, that the country may understand even more fully than at present, how highly "virtuous and moral" aro those who proclaim themselves them-selves the champions of modern morality mor-ality in Utah. Our position is, and always has been since wc learned something of the world, that in nine cases out of ten abandoned women are more sinned against than sinning. They aro outcasts out-casts from society, made the objecta of man's brutal and vicious desires and lust. Punish the men heavily, the women lightly; and while the principle is upheld that "marriage is honorable in all," even if it docs embrace more than one wife, let the other position be maintained that prostitution is a source of death-dealing disease, and is a crime against nature and humanity, poisoning the very fountains of life. And this maintaining " the majesty of the law" should not bo spasmodic nor periodical, but it should be calmly, dignifiedly and constantly enforced, that the youth of our community may be preserved from the infection of immorality im-morality and Lhc virus of licentiousness.