The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-11-11

Eer befo7e met with IN an dc observations,
u ms life. Human viIlany. il lie EaFi-i
Jus shades IN which Il has bern painted
10 oar view, has hardly furnished parsl-
lei 20 this.
u i ny solemn conviction that y0n are
not tie only sinner-lliai yoa are moi die
only individual who has been engaged in
this work Of crime and wreiraedness. II
i difficult 10 believe that one . young
is imbned with sufficient depraEiiy of
heart. connected with the possession Of
that calculating villany 10 enable him 10
design and carry out plot 50 cOmplieat-
Ell, and 30 DISASTROUS 20 the peace Of two
yirfuous and extensively connected fami-
lies. II you have aecomplices, il Is my
wish and prayer ihsi they may yetbe de-
ieeled and delivered over 10 that punish
ment which outraged humanity and the
ayenging laws demand.
How painful il is 10 contemplate the
disgrace involved, and the peace Of mind
destroyed by your criminal conduct. fou
have inflicted wounds too deep for the
hand Of time to cure; caused misery which
nothing but the grave can cover up, and
eternity aloae. can obliieraie. Think Of
the parents who gave You belng;-your
father an exemplary man-a religious MI
mister. Kneeling night and morning al
the family altar in prayer and praise "a
your common Maker, how often has he
petilioned heaven, with the yeaning ear
nestness OF fathers heart, for blessing:
upon your head. And when he hopes
, and expected, as he had right 10 do, tina
b you would be solace and stay 70 I'M
D declining years, and smooth with the gen
de hand Of duty and affection his passag
; TO the i0mb,-your copdact pierres HI
4 bosom with the most poignant gnef, vi
embiilcr the Few remaining years Of hi
), existence. and bring down his gray hair
q with sorrow to the grave. Think Of thi
4 mother who nursed you upon her lap, nh
Il sustained you al her breast, and waiche
!. over the weakness and waywardness I
4. yonr infancy with an anxiety felt only
, the maternal breast. Call In mind u
, situation Other who should be your bosol
!, friend, the wife Of your youth, who
: confidence you have so hasely abused,-
a, and your child who will inherit any thin
!, but honor from lis father. Neither a
a these all the individuals who feel Il
h. ceaseless pangs eniailed by your Grim
The more painful, because not to he mi
ne gated or repaired, are the outraged feelin
ri Of the family of Mr.. Brannock. A blool
4. ing young girl has been sacrificed by "a
~ calculating villany; her hopes in life
=, those hopes so delicately yet so fond
m, cherished by a female-cut of foreyl
=. though still pure in mind, her pFospe'
NJ are blighted irretrievably. And this "
no concourse of people, drawn together
Ir. the story Of your crime, who have lister
en- to the disclosures made during the inv
= tigaiion Of your case, stand aghast
lie think thai their own families-their o
he daughters and sisters-are liable to
me ruined in the same way.
Until the year 1929 the crime Of VIII
of YOU stand convicted was punished "
cor death. ID II was ranked with arson, ;
|. i. murder, and treason, and all these
!, a natural md ferocious acts which are
we dence Of depravity of heart uniting
by individual 10 live in society. am a
on, loss 10 conceive the reasons that opera
upon the Legislature to induce them 10
The tend the bensfit of clergy to the crime
To bigamy.' The man who bares his arm
isa the face Of heaven and stabs his neigh
';,b to the heart, forfeits his life to the oiie
nee ed laws.-Your crime entailsupon soc
rec an amount of misery as great, and {
hes not see why the punishment should
ira less. What are the feelings oil all
IN, parties involved, and above all, those
ord your fair victim, compared with the q
of the grave!-Your crime deserves
NH full punishment provided by law, an
rn. proper regard to thu safety of the C
ire munity requires it. Ii must therefor
severe and exemplary.