The Trinity times., 1855-07-14

.i'."s . L.. Chapman, beat him. tore, 6
Is coa', a.d mhcrsi'c mai.t,a,cd hin. ="
" CAapman lai other anG
efficient proyocafiou wiLou. he be-, ing
. hnre He'd B'n." O,aer aa4 sufic.cn,
proyocat,ns.' Tcs. s eli is lie ,aneauv.
81 our conicnporary. IT, hat did these pro
yocailon' cons 81 Wa the pro-, t'rc Of
me boy from parental wrath one Of ttpu /.
Was breaking The f,a,,rua bond, which hac
i'r years 'und together twp bro'hcr, n ID,
closest nf'c' ion, va tie prrfrring the wil
tuI way"ard boy. - til, long cherished bro
ter. anollor2 WcIe the cars Of kindness
nd Of t',f sacrifice fur the one thu~ prefer
ed. ano;Lerl What are the proyocatinns
"I"ch are sufIic'cL't justly an iudj,3 dual in
taking the lie Of lis fellow man? We had
supposed hAt there was but one oircun,Atar @ O..
VIII ch could justify the taking Of human life
absolute ncccssiiy, in Casc of tclr defense
alone. fut perhaps rur contemporary las
adopted new code Of morals and Of law
Certainly We cannot admire either Lis moral
ily or bis taste if nal guing Tho character o.
one WHO has passed from Tie stage Of fc.
npon which Le acted the part Of a worthy
cil zen aud good man. be portion of Li
code. There must lave been some b.t,,r
hatred toward the murdered man existing
~ The mind of the person wl o could say
after hearing Of his tragcM end. That the
sudden termination Of Bc,ts career was y
fortunate circumstance for the ,ujl'c." Iu
r'ccut artcr on Ibis ,uIj,ci, h. spraks ol
OF "ei'rs to manufacture public opiu on !"
and thus chnT;cicl rs liitr written tn the
Crescent City Urad d by Robert G.. Stuart.
E-q, of Big Fiat. Trinity RIVER. in which
letter Mr. 5 states " facts within his own
personal kuowleire," " in regard to CAPTAIN
lc-t aud the relation existing b.twern him
and Chapman. facts which are ANYTHING bu,
comrl ucnlary to tho character of the GOOD
amlablc Young mar. " The IImu saws:
we pu1!lsh the Ter, to chow the means
ros'rtcd too, 10 PREJUDICE the public mind
against mere boy" Certainly our con,cm
poIary IS vcrl complimentary to those Of 10
who are unwilling to join in wilh him IN
abusing, and dclamng lhe character Of oI e..
who has gone soansw CT ata higher tn n ,arh.
y tribunal, fer The errors Of hic wh ch VA,
irecr fIom stan tLan that Of the most Of ~
Has there been no effort on the part Of our
contemporary, TO g. manufacture pubic opn-
ION" llao he rcsorted to 10 means "to
prejudice the public mind agans, hot d
mere boy ." but . nan who can no longer
'Peak TO rcfute the calunn.es hcaprd upon
him whose arm can no ,onser be ra srd to
right his wrongs.
We are satisfied tlat the staten cn:s Of the
Tines ~ relation 10 the killing of Best aud
the justification of Chapman are iucorr, G..
We iIc aiso E ti,ftd Hat Tie stat, m.it that
he muIdr.er " is willing tt surrender him
self up ani stand trial " are ncogr,c'. We
are assured by parties perfectly oonversant
With the facts of the case that, several
attempts haze been made 10 secure the mur.
dcrer but without avail, he alWa,s nlauagit
through the assistance e friends. TO .udc
the officers Of the law. Deputy SLcril
Nald has NJ the present time warran, ia
his arrest aud we d. not believe that he j.
near or undcr I'll" surveillance Of Mr. Ward "
We trust however The criminal may be ar.
rested ani rec i've su.L pILsamtnt as the
crime may merit.
We have said that we believe the killing
4 Capt Best, was cold bloc led, del beratc
murder, prcmedtaied. and without ,xcusr.
Our reasons for thinking SO arc ioIndvd
on Information derived hom persons cogni.
Llnt of all the facts We are assured that it
can DO proved by unrefutab,e ,cstn ony. thai
Clapmau hal but short time previous.
threatened To do the very deed which has
b auded him wi h the marx of Cam, aud which
is 50 revolving in its details ani accompani.
m,nis. an we are shocked TO see the cours,,
of the youthful f."uc.de upheld by any per-
son connected with a public press. i such
persons are good alnablc Young men. We
,uu,d lAe 10 know what CONSTITUTES the VII
Ian
Change or RESIDENCE. We understand