New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-13

cr,tp- INTO circle. frn which VIZ daily ard night,
s,r,,e to KEEP it with tear. VITA prayer. with
the funlb-.f. iow.st, most passionate entrrsi'rs
The man Who ventures to suzg-st that tor NIL TINS
for the Bereavement, the agony. III" sin ard the
.h.m.-iherr U'sy h. tar III out -tiii "'tainab'e
7. n-di-. f" Tor his pam that b- II dr-,n-r.
a tb-ori-t, n chariatan. Prrhap- Bat Is there
po dreaming, no Theory. no chsrlftanry IN this
pr .ct ot reforming millions by choking oo-
We believe that W. understand the ~boe theory
u,on the other -idr At the time wn-a Rogers
committed the murder. for which hI. -xpaton has
been 81 t-rr,br aud for sonis Iu"nths before vi"-
l.uce had been rlie II our tborought1r-- We
,pn,,cist. all the morahtie- of tue question. Bnt
.t lis remember that our arrogance and our in'"'ii
bty OF philosophy Ma o htilr Importance 10 h'u''
fer liz grew, with human pa''ons and we"She''e''
slm,.t 10 the stature of perfect manh""I' rrallng
little, reasoning litt-. coming u 10 cohciu-'onS'
aud mskirg 10 hiu..li 10 plan aud purpo'" o' ine.
Considered rs Wild beast hr should D" h'ngeu
without question or piot-st. But II We for once
begin 70 hang the beasts, where shall We stop
They are all about US. At the corners. In Cou'
er,.s. In the hotel. In many States they are
mu,itudiuous Could We only get rid OF tneui'
the world would be happier. saier, and IN iSc''
more com,ortsbie But 10 get TIC of t1em-he
labor. hsc opus Will it b- Thought heresy revo'
luton infdelity, sheer 50. culaou. if We suggest
beginning st the proper endl Because We do say,
N all .iucrrty and rsrnrstnsss, aud with dead
full consciousness of the tragedy which was y-'ter'
day enactrd-the hnal- Of TRACE ~ begun many
mcn,hs back-that We must stop somewhere. IL
will not do to presume that the hanging OF one
be ardle.s hey will settle the mitter.
OF the sgonies, sorro~s. midnight watches and
hopeless wokipgs of Rogers, OF his tremor''
dreams and boyish aPprehensIons, this Is not the
place to speak. But We MA, speak, We will
speak. and We mean to speak TO those who yet
live. Common talk of the common result oi
common education will not satisfy u.s. Shut up
your groc.-hops if you do not ~l'b to have your
boys hanged Pull down your brothels, If you do
not aIsn TO have your oc!- hanged Set better
example, o Aldermen and Councimeu II y"u do
not with TO have your boys hanged DO yoi sup
pore that the knowledge OF little geography, OF
a little ariihm-ti, and II hide ot grammar, VIII
save them The death of Rogers yesterday as
the death Of his victim before, at our
d,or., aud will not this arrest our attention,
and make US more earnest, more sincere and more
equitable Whist kiud-hrsrt.d and thoughtful
man is there whsteyer hs apPetites may be and
however strong they may hr, who will not make
ali honorable, aud decided effort TO conquer them,
il they cannot BE- grstfed save at the terrible ex
pense of Yesterday Who is there who is not
manly enough to give up even his smallest ray seal
indulgence, If by dong he sa.s us frnm
repetition oi the dreadful scene which some
If u. S.-trrday wltDessed' Alas our ply seal
nature is strong; our appetires are strong all OF
that is Of the earth, earthly, ia strong But have
moraIists and theologl,ns and economists preached
to us IN yainl Is society more thnn riddle Is
It great, insolent, domineering iudomitable lie
These are questlops which think rs We may
whatever may be our right thinking or oar wrong
thirklng-we shall be obliged to answer better
than We answered Them yesterday.