The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-08-10

-. .,,,,h,.. :, wisdom and virtss ski Ia aft and
c;sar.s and rue taste OF what 10 night. What Is IT.
what is true. generous many, -. n nHpls ~ sls CIV,
life The C0mpeulioh oe'"S So ~ S'J''~" - !" W
known
..Tu wires sine men,e gers, mihi cura faiuri.
iu p'kA' Tu tantum corpore probes,
Peo,ors stunt potiora manu-. Yigor omnis in ills."'
And we know in whose favor the prize was deereed.
| shall not be al the pains OF remaTklDg upon all the
rodomonade the two pieces under consider toD and
Mr. X. and Mr.. W., and the whole alphabet OF writers,
may scribbe as may volumes the wenlytour letters
capable OF variations without the least further notice
from unless reasoning and merit appear in pro-
portion to the quantity OF lines than to be found IN
those two pieces. But since have made remarks
upon them. il will. perhaps before conclude. be worth
my while to mention one thing more in each. Mr.. K
tells us "thal cases frequently where mans per-
son or reputation suffer 10 the greatest Degree and
YET il impossible for the law 10 make him any salts
iactIon."
This is not strictly such but seldom occur
though il must be confessed, they sometimes do but il
seldom happens--very seldom indeed, where you know
The who has done you the iDjury-that you gel
satisfaction by law; and il such case should hap
PEN nothing be clearer than that you ought to s
down and bear ii and for this plain reason. because il is
necessary, and you cannot get satisfaction IN any way
The law by the supposiIion, cannot redress you and
cannot. you consider 1t, by any means redress
Yourself fsgeatien in the dark would be repaation
of the injury, no example to Others have any ten
dency 10 reform the subject OF IT, but rather provocaton
10 him to contrive some other way 10 nure you again.
and OF consequence WOdlu De no 6alSt6CuOn
man even of that false honor and decacy of which
have been speaking unless he will appetite for
mere revenge which is not only than brutal, but
the attribute of devils; and to take satisfaction by q
hageation in public would be only, in other words,
taking revenge upon yoursef for this would be
trespass and violation OF the peace for which you
would expose yourself to the resentment Of the mags-
ate and the action OF the party, and would be like run
ming your sword through your own bodyt revenge your
self another for boxing your or like the be-
havor of the rate-snake that will snap, and leap, and
bite every stick that you put him. and at last,
when provoked beyond all honorable bearing. will Tx
his sharp and poisonous teeth into his own body.
Ihaye nothing add excepting word OF advice
to Mr. w. and all his readers, 10 have how they
believe practise his rule about .passion and killing,
lest the halter and the gbbet should become their portions
for killing that should happen by the hurry OF passion
would be much more likely TO be adjudged murder than
unsuitable homicide only Let conclude by advising
all men look into their hearts, which they will
find TO be deceiiful above all things and desperately
wicked Lethem consider how extremely addicted they
to magnify and exaggerae the injuries that are offer
ed TO themselves, and to diminish and exenuate the
wrongs that they offer to Others They ought, therefore
to be TOO modest and difident Of their judgment
when their passions, and preudces, and interests
concerned 10 desire to Judge for themselves in the
and to take their satisfacons Tor wrongs
| and injuries of any kind.
From the speech of Ulysses in Ouid Aamorpho', lib
| lii l. 1863 365.