The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-05-07
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INV iseTf' IA 1AiN Set9os aoihAuuHo mas Illt
been tried, for the fourth time, formurdel
in the first degree. He was charged Will
killing by administering poison. He evil
IDENTITY intended to destroy the whols d
his fathers family, and we'll nigh sue.
ceeded all were seriously affected, and
three died. The accused, though Yefy
respectfully connected, was poor vaaa
bond drunkard, and committed the Of
tense while under the maddening inau
ence Of liquor. In each Of the iormel
trials, i IS said that a single man hung
the jury, eleven being for finding the de
fendant guilty. In the last trial, the iur
had 40 difficulty in returning their verlici
Of guilty Of murder in the first degree
He received the announcement with
the most stoical indifference, and heard
the sentence OF death pronounced agains
him without maniiesting the least emo.
ton Or concern. The principal wilhe
on the former trials having died. her
timony, as given before, was pennilIe
60 to the Jury in this trial. The plo
of this was questioned by the counsel fol
the accused, and motion for a newIrial
was insisted upon with great force and
eloquence. The point in the case is,
whether the clause of the Constitution has
been complied with, which says, that
every person charged with crime shall
have the privilege Of meeting his wit
nesses face to face" The Court over
ruled the motion, but fixed the day Of
execution ON the Sd OF February next
that the counsel might present his case
to the Supreme Court. Our own opinion
is, that the point is well taken, and that
the Supreme Court in Bank willso decide,
That the accused is guilty, we do not en-
tertain doubt, and, II legally coHUicted, he
ought to suffer the penalty of the law, it
ever there was case demanding such a
penalty. This is another instance Of the
villainy of the liquor traffic. But for this
internal trade, the innocent would not
have been sent 10 premature graves, and
the young man, instead of being muir
derer would have been a worthy MEM
ber of society. The respected parents
must go TO their graves sOrowing--a wife
and child must wrilhe under the burning
curse of being the wife and child of a
murderer, Oh. what a train of ills does
the liquor traffic bring with it! When
shall liquor be outlawed and banished !
1t is, perhaps, too small matter TO be
worthy of remark in this connection, that
this case has already cost the tax payers
Of Hamilton county, more than .6lp !tolt-
sand dopr auia,a.5 ~ slsa saoF
humaa D. ,aFe &aa
feature .. ihc
source of regret; we do not care how
much that community have 10 pay, who
will quietly and tameIy submit TO The
more cruel innictions of the liquor traffic.
These expenses, in the estimation Of
many, are nothing when compared with
the profits accruing to the tarming and
commercial interests from the manulac-
ture and sale of intoxicating poisoHs II
the farmer can only secure market for
his corn, we can well afford TO pay the
costs Of pauperism and crime. A few
suicides and murders in the United States
(say forty thousand, annualIy,) are rot
worth mentiouingin comparison with the
great trcaHh flowing in upon us from the
cause Of all this waste OF human life.
The desolate homes, tue broken-heared
wives, the children reduced to cruel or
phanagc, are necessary results Of the dis
tiIler and liquor sellers enjoying their
constitutional rights.
The Court that pronounced sentence
upon poor Summons, appropriately adj
ded, MAY God have mercy on your
soul " for society failed 10 have mercy on
him, and exposed him 10 temptations
which he was too weak TO resist. II is
right and proper to pray to God "to lead
US not into temptation but such a
prayer to human government, is meonsti-
iptional!
The earth must be robbed OF It's loveli-
ness and Heaven Of its jewels, because,
foTsoolh, in a free country like ours
it is unconstitutional to arrest the robber
We think the Judges prayer, May
God have mercy on your soul, p will be
much more likely to be heard in poor
Summons case, than if put up for the
merciless villains that made him what he |
is. We have no excuses 10 make for
Summons-he deserves all of the punish
ment which the law adixes to his crime
but we would prefer his situation at the
Bar of Infinite Justice, to that of the
wretch who put the bottle 10 his lips and
made him drunken. Wo unto him. saith
Cod"
The New York Company's Bridge,
across the Scioto river, at Portsmouth, o. |
fell on Wednesday, 2sth ult,, with tre-
crash The nnlr nnrtn, III