Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-04-22


with her young companion, to carry consolation
70 the heart of sick friend. They were as
buds in the infancy Of the spring before the
blossoms arc unfolded She is nccostod by
Hcbcrton, whom sho has mistaken for Mr.
Bastido, an honorable man. She no doubt said
TO her heart, he moves and spclks and ncis like
man of honor. To her young imagination,
man Of honor was not as man Of earth.
As the acquaintance progresses, and he tel'e
her that he moves in the first society that he
had travelled in Europe, and had been in pre-
scnce of crowned heads her fancy is excited
and her young heart, already his, clings to him
with increased tenacity.
The course of Ilebcrton 10 accomplish the
seduction was described, and the scenes at the
house in Elizabeth street were dwelt upon with
impressive and heart stirring eloquence. A
more brutal deed, he said, WAS never commit
ted in any community.
She yielded her heart to Establishments
which she could not resist, but she fell vic
tim only TO art, TO deceit, and to brutal force.
know not. gentlemen, how should act under
such circumstances In infinite mercy, spare
me--splre me! The man who could do this
could moi have any more humane feeling than
brute or beast would not unnecessarily
disturb the ashes of the dead-but when the Sc
curiy Of the public morals IS at stake, would
walk over the graves Of all the roues in Phlll-
dclphin or elsewhere.
Tho loss Of chastity in the female is more dc.
plornble than death Tho sacred book affords
M miracle bv which the lost chastity Of woman
has hccN restored.
The case o'virgini. Ind Arp;us C'aniius
was referred TO. Tlrpj0ins preferred the
shedding ofhs daughters blood. 70 sceinr her
within the grasp Of Cl1udius--he Dlunccs tho
knife into her bosom--the multitude ric in his
dcscnce-and Appiu. Claudins ceased TO exist.
The case Of Lucre'ia and Tarquin, was also
| dwclt upon She had lost what rendered her
valuanIe IN the eyes OF ncr nuso4n nd, and she
pIunred the dagger into her own bosom. What
do the people here they rally around the
husband of Lucretia, and Tarqain is hurled
from power.
So let US como down 10 the days Of Edward
IV,-thc day. Of chivary-the history OF
Richard Neville, the last Of the Barons The
insult offered dy z lw,rd TO the daughter Of Ne.
vile, raised ,he nation against him, and cost
him or time ,he throne Of England.
It has been said tha, the days Of chivslry are
past. Ithas not gone by--a woman, with NJ
other guardian than her chastity, may trave
frcm one END o' the country to the other, un
pro,ccted-every cabman and stage driver
every gentleman is her knight-errant and pro
tec,o-
This occurrence may be one Of the disper
s,rons of Providence, to purify the moral q,
mosphere.
Lady Bulwer has said that man has mad
laws for the punishment, ofhis own wrongs. bu
he has made no laws for the protection Of NC
man. The rights Of woman have been commit
ted to the protection of the strong arm of tn
Father and the Brother In the laws of ch
; valry, the man who assumed the order {
knighthool, was bound to protect the female
of his own household. and it is feeling whlc
belongs also to the present age.
Ifyou assault woman with intent TO VIZ
late, she may stab you 10 the hear.-but fyo
pull mans nose, or spit in his face. he ca
only hsve recourse TO the laws. 1t is this prlr
: cpe. that chastity is the very lite OF womsI
which makes her the protector OF her ow
honor.
, proceed 10 show that this doctrine is NJ
S unfamiliar in courts Of Justice. The case !
, Belgium cited by my learned colleague, "her
' the husband shot the paramour OF h.s wIie, is
h case where the husband had long discoNere
2 that he had been dishonorcd, and yet. when b
o gets the scdncer in his power, lie deliheratpI
Z shoots him tuthe hert. The act was c"mml
ted deliberately prcmedlmtr'y, and yet VIII
!. did the Jury say in that case! Tie iorcma
declared, in a son, rous voice, when asked II u
! prisoner was guaty.--"UP9n my honor and II
Y console iencc, say, on the first count No c
h the second corr' No, on the third count M
e 1t was the irrrprcss5e va.co o. human natnr
Th" case orA0a E-ol5rck II another ST
t, deliberately wcutin'o tic PsT'cg 0. her s'dner
= and sho, him 10 the heart. I: viii os he'
e pretended tha, there was insanity but It w
q insrni,y produced by an overwhelming sense
T. wrong,
/" Blu, we will 90 from cases By R'Po7'e'
h We all know how liable they are 70 be m's'a
r. cn-how they can be influenced by money