Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1858-11-16
CoN1N1uNrC ArED.
The Goulding Tragedy.

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destructive propensity of the people gloats
over the heart-sickening relation. and
their abnormal greed is ministered 10 and
fostered by The Press. Six and seven
column papers have encroached upon
their usual amount Of miscellany, and even
editorial, that they might give publicity 10
/ this g startling exhibition of human de-
/ pravity, and the Incidents connected there
| with have been discussed at the street.
corners and reatables Of a nation, TO the
infinite discontinue Of 50 weak nerves
40 less han to he absence of repose at
many an infanlAe couch. Bu, however
unhappy that spir:. which gives to the
deepest crime the widest pubhci,y, we
think that IN THIS instance, at least, :" good
may be derived from evil" Seldom, In
deed, do we find more ground fer rehec-
ton than that suggested by this melan-
choly occurrence and if every effect is
supposed to be caused, what stronger in
centive can we have TO nationally invest
igate the 4" Causes and Cure of Evil?
When magnificent steamer, freighted
with life and happiness, is consigned to
the waterY depths, or devoured by the
merciless flames, or wrecked by the ruth
less hand of the storm-king, inquiries are
Instituted which lead TO the prevention, in
measure, OF like disasters. The loss of
the Pacific (we think it was) by collision,
led to the construction of water-tight
apartments in the holds Of vessels, so that
the ingress Of water into one or two of
these would not submerge the whole. In
| like manner, the frequent railroad coils
I ions which we have had have tended in a
great degree 20 insure safety in travelling
| Progression is attained only through the
frey ordeal of Experience. We are all
students, in a greater or less degree, of
the laws Of Nature. Suffering teaches
US to ascertain, and place ourselves in
harmony with, the laws Of happiness, just
as 1t teaches the engineer 10 keep his
] tidiI III AaitIoLiy WIN TIE laws NIiitJ
govern it. The same motive which led
/ DAvEY to invent the safety-lamp now
leads TO the thousand-and- d-one safety-in-
yeptionS which cram the Patent Office
But have we given ike heed 10 this prn-
ciple IS applicable 10 MIND Have the
numerous 9 shipwrecks . Of talent, genius,
4 happiness and prosperity, sufficiently IN
cited US TO labor for their prevention =
Have the mental and moral lmperfections
Of our brothers and sisters, the caricatures
of the . image of God, which we every
where behold, aroused US to EARNEST IN
quiry and ENERGETIC actions Have all
these things, and u thousand more, awak-
ened in US the desire and DErERMINA-
r1oS 10 ferret out the Cause and ascertain,
/ if possible, the Cure of Evil, that the
world may be regenerated and Lust and
/ Depravity no longer people the earth with
unholy OFFSPRING, Sanctioned though II
be by LAw?) But the laws of man are
not the laws of Cod"
/ We we're led to this train of reflections
by the perusal Of tne article above re-
ferred to, and especially the following
paragraph:
+ chronological considered, the head Of this
Young man was not good The forehead re-
treated, almost like those plaster-cast toreheads
of idiots exhibited ~ phfeuoioglsts windows,
while the Tosterior organs quite largely de
] ell hat Il aIn tro -
en- by those most Intimately connected with
+ him, Is, that he was utterly devoid OF self
restraint. and seemed to be without clear pre-
ception Of moral duty.
/ The conduct which he has exhibited is
/ precisely in accordance with his phrero-
/ logical Developments. His reasoning fac
ulties were deficient Hence bis slow
| progress while at school, his inability to
grasp first principles, while this faci
/ coupled with his small moral faculties, as
evinced In the low and contracted top
head, shows Why he g seemed to be with
out a clear perception Of moral duty ;"
/ add TO this his strong animal propensIties,
/ located between and around the ears, or
/ IN the posterior " portion Of the brain,
and YOU understand why g be was utterly
devoid Of seIf-resiraint." His physiology
conformed to his mentality, his acts to both
No human being comes into existence
without the germ Of all the faculties, bat,
/ frequently, (as in this case, an uncon-
trolable bias is given to the character be-
/ fore birth, the result Of mental ihoompat-
ibility in the parents, the transgression Of
physiological! laws, etc, and also, bEt in a
less degree, external circumstances In
childhood and youth. One thing is GER
tain. The characteristics of off spring are
derived mainly from their parents, there
fore, as good children are an hono-. bad
ones are a DISGRACE. Il Is said Of this
young man thar, al lines, he was very
kind TO his little brothers and sisters.