Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1841-06-19
.Man's inhumanily TO man
Makes countless thousands mourn !.
Burns

DlkNs
The anmosity of some men is terrible Their
revenge Is neither Ia lie satiated nor propitia'ed.
and they will freqneuiy pursue the most cruel
measures for the satisfaction OF their hatred. l.
should be n grIeSous cause, indeed, that induces
4 MN TO hate. rev lie, and heartleSsly persecute
his fellow. We are all liable to errors Of dlSposi
tion and of passion. There thousand cir
Gums stances in life that give an unfortunate CO.
'ouring to our actions which cannot, however, be
! avoided IL appears the destIRy OF some men 10
become involved in difficulty. All their underta-
kings unsuccessful. and despite of every exer-
ton 10 the contrary, they become involved IN
labv rinih Of poverty Iunumerahle the
/ ergencies IN which poverty places man. who is
desirous OF holding respectable rank In societv.
II any OF these emergencies Is productive OF con-
due. on his part that could not be avoided vet by
which another Is perhaps greatly disappointed, II
IS, on the part Of the latter, act Of unmanly
and bitter luminosity to pursue the unfortunate
delinquent with contumely md disgrace. We
admit that every man Is entitled TO his Just A.
wards and that he who deprives another OF them
dishonesty, should be punished as he deserves
But there Is wide difference between the man
who unfortunately becomes debtor through I'M
controllable circumstances, and one that becomes
so, with settled intention 10 defraud Yet there
are men so brutal-men, whose nnlmositv Is so
deadiy-hat ia Their than not exercise every me til
cd of severity which the law toIerates-rather
than abaie one little of the miserable amount, for
WHICH soiIle reno" -Delhp mas become
their debtor-they will persecute him with ma
lgnity that no distress can propitiate. suffer
ing appease. Is this doubted2 Read tho follow
ing recent instance from the s'PhiladeiTha Ledg-
er:"-Raleieh Register.
yesterday man by the name of Bradley, a
Tailor, took out Cdpids against individual
by the name of John DUNCAN for the recovery Of
a debt of S3o, The Officer TO whom the writ was
given, proceeded to the residence of DUNCAN, and
found hun III an apartment with his wife. life
less corpse, she having died suddenly, the night
previous Under these circumstances the OH
Ger, with that humanity and magnanimItv that
characteriZes every man OF good feeling. declined
to execute the Writ; but the creditor insisted up-
on the performance of his dnty pain Of pGn.e-
cntion for the non pertormance of his duty. The
Officer did execute his duty against the strong
assurance that he would appear and enter bail, MS
soon as he had placed III the earth the remains OF
his wife. The creditor was inexorab,c, and the
poor and heart broker man was taken before Aid
Palmer. The Alderman, after learning the cir
cumstances OF the case, expressed his indlguatiei
at such course, and stated that had he bee- n
ware OF MIR. Dungan's situation, he would not mp
on Gny consideration have granted the Writ, an'
proposed that the matter should be postponed
TO this proposition the Plaintiff would not Civ,
ear, but insisted that the law should take its ef
feet. Constable Byrne, who had the process. Fl
nally succeeded, with another person, in giving
the required bail, and the case rested upon III,
surety of the two.h