The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-24
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49, Aes IA raQa
~ graves Of household, varied - may be thsr he
Ss,e On earth, when es rough ocean passed, sooaef
~ they will rejoice on tne neaveaiy ooasI-a my
nspnder from her husband, her child cut OF lfov. all
kindred fellowship The companonshp and protect Of
\ brother OF the blood can never DO hers No
Yer ., the same blood share her sorro's
ioy Alone, tnencefortn, she must journey though lite,
bowed dow with mothers shame Nor d,es the evil
sto here reaches up 70 ed and erabe parents
Of the wrecbed husband and OF the nnei wife, AM
stretches around TO the circle Of relatives and friends @
cluster n, oond every heath Such the OF ina
esuherers CINE gu the hcneon ID home not "a u -
painted by poets fanny but hwns ast knowa a1a
recogpsyeo by the iayas eXs the household, 4nd
rs belongs 10 the family OF esey rney shoS IN
Abe aduerer she f,e Of every secil reaoop I'M 90
sNeyer of every domestic aft oton the fatal eueY OF tue
Family and the oesoator n me home rue me osn.ss
30 me Glars spogn law as maid IA e--eV' 70 lsssI
1rapeht with ruin to individuals and aese ~ "
Such bebg us nature can easily perceive WY u "
mat in Hoy Writ the crime Of the aoutere popouuceu
which admits OF 10 Ransom ana no mp
We can 10 rceve why is That IN every book ol tbe va
and New Testament IL is denounced way "a, tnat ov
every hoy weiver, prophet ana saint IL IS c'aueuoeu
NE can understand why IL that twice II is iorodien
IN tbe Zen Commandments, AMI why Jehovah himself,
from tabernacle in the midst OF the cengreg tton,
recIar ed that " the VINO commtae'h adultery with
rDpther mans wife, even h who conmttsth adultery
with his neishhors wife, shalt surely be put % DEATH
49, God own ordnance he be stoned TO death. so
TIA. every family in IL aei, every mau womiu and
child might have a hand 10 The punishment OF me com
edpere ss was subject the punishment Bat the
Reosemer 81 mankind when on earth snoposea TO nave
mk e punishment cf the adai,eress oy reqor'og
him without sin 10 cast ut her the rst rtone
Ne such eoroion however, imposed In favor Of the
aduleer There was no mitigation VI his crime, tna We
know the Savours judgment OF the sn wneo be declared
that he who ookeh at woman 10 lnst after per com
mite adultery in bis heart From the silence OF scrip
the occasion recorded 10 the Gospel Of Jono Is
10 DO INFERRED that the aduterer aud adu'teress had
been In the the aduterer on thI day 10 Jeru
salem haa been put 10 death by he as ne nn
brought 10 the Ssvours feet This case nas poen c,ea
here often Is in favor Of the % pa, al 30
by counsel other SIDE conclasve shows tnat tnat
be cited in favor Of the adasrer On .nal
day 10 Jerusalem, the Laws of Noses as cN ana pot
cal us.ntoo had passed away, and the Romio law had
taken l,s place. why that the men Of Jerusalem
brought the Saviour the aduefer who hat been
taken at the time, If they wanted 10 know tie Si
your's judgment of the stu of adultery BY the Ro.
man law, while the aduterer suffered death, that
punishment Goes seem TO have been inflicted on
the adulteress This woman therefore, was brought 70
the saviour's feet to hear what would be mis-
judgment Ii he had undertaken TO say that the laws Of
Moses ought not to prevail them an accusation might DE
brought against him in the synagogue aud Oh the other
hand he had said that the laws OF Noses should be en-
forced ready accusation would have eapsd 70 their
lips that he usurppg judicial functions and he would
bave been brought before the judgment seat OF tho
Roman authorities As DR.. Paley observes, the case
only serves show that the Saviour mean TO reouke
those who tempted HIN, but that he never designed to
shield the adutsre from the just doom Of the law What
then, is the act Of adultery? 1t cannot be limited TO the
Deeng moment OF sexual contact tnat woud oe moeAe
and reason mock not human nature with any such vain
ebsurdy The act Of adultery IKE the act Of murder, is
supposed TO include every proxate act ~ uraerance
Of and as means TO, the contamination Of wife's pol
luton. This is established principle in American and
English law established from the time OF Lord S.owe
viii be hereafter shown If the aiulterer be found In the
husbands bed he is taken in the act on the husbands
approach be iesps from the COUCH and found hid in
eioset he as clearly in the ACT within the meaning OF
The Law, as he was found in the wfes arms II ne pro-
vide place for the express purpose Of committing sdul
terry with another mans wife, and he be found leading
her. accompany her. following her to that place for
that purpose, be taken in the act II be not oaly pro-
vdes but habuay keeps such place and is acc astomed
by signals en,icc tho wife from her hus
band house. TO besege her in the Streets TO accompany
Cd ssnS he be found watching her. spy
n.na hand and ss bs wat s aaS sv oa 1 Sm
,sa, h say, purpose nds be ,ksa 10 the ao
man hire house, furnah il, provide bed in it for
such purpose, and he be accustomed, day by day,
week BY week. and month by month, to ence her from
her husbands house, TO tramp with her through the
that den Of shame is an act Of adultery and
is De most appalling one that s recorded IN the annals or
shame IT, moreover he has grown bold take the
child OF the Toured husband his little daughter by the
HAND 70 separate from her mother 10 take the child
the house OF mutual friend while he leads the mother
guilty den Ia order there to enjoy her. presents
case surpas ing all that has ever Of cold,
viIaaous remorseless lust If this be not the eliminating
POINT Of aduerous depravy, how much Farther could il
gof here is POINT beyond; the wretched mother the
ruined wife, has yet puI ged MIC the Dofrioe ath Of
common Irostituton TO which etc rs RAPIDLY hurryin
add which already yawnirg before Der. sna not that
mnther be saved from tna,, and now shall II be done
When a man has obtsnei such power oyer anotaer
mans wife that be only entice her from her bus
bands house, but parate her from her child for the
purpose OF gu shows that by some means he has ac
eaTtd such unholy mastery over that womaps body
aud sou that there chance OF saving her While be
Byes and the only hope OF her salvation that Gods
swift vengeance shall overtake him. The sacred glow of
web placed domestic affection no man kno vs. better than
Hcnor brighter and brighter vance,
faithful couple whose hands joined n holy
wedoek the mornng Of youth find their hearts drawn
each other they descend the bill OF life 10
sleep together at s FOOT but awles love is short lived
1t criminal and the neighbours wife 30 holly pursued,
by ping down every human feeling and Divine law,
speedily sappaned by the object OF some FIR sher lust
and then the wretched victim to be soon cast of
into COMMON prostitution, and swept through
nm. a1 "a
Of he'll, unless husbands arm shall save her.
Who seeing This thing, would not ex,a'm 10 the unhappy
hnsbar d, hasten, hasten hasten the mother Of
your child. Although sue be lost as VIE, reecue her
from the borrd aduerer and may the Lord, who watches
the bone and tie family, guide the bullet add
direct the stroke. (aere the audience broke into unre
stfsiDabc burst Of applause, which the officers OF the
vered who would reckon salvation OF thai young
mother cheaply purchased by the ndoterers bloodt
Aye by the blood Of score Of afuteTefs? The oeata oil
Key cheap sacrifice TO save one mother from that
horrible fate watch, that Sabbath day hung oyer this
prisoners wife and The mother Of his chla C9Unse then
England and Of his country as bearing upon the question
OF adultery as Justification for homicide In speaking
OF the laws Of Mar and as they descended 1, the Dstrc
n Coinmpa the OF the cession in 1901 he sad II
hd been sdjudged by this any other Court that
The who destroyed The vioiator Of his family
chastity was guilty OF crime. He cited Maonng case.
hanning married man, VINO, entering bus house
one day, found % wife the OF neishbor, who
was rommng adultery with her. the husband snatchod
q stooi and struck bow the aduterer's head
and killed him on the spot and for this was arrsgaed
q pris oner for murder. Az an Engishman il his
bTthrght 10 have the act passed upon BY jury OF his
country and bis quit or innocence determined by them
IA accordance with the law but this 10 toe
dark day Of judicial tyranny AND eorrupton-tbe day
jurors fined AMI sent 70 JAIL as be quoted az
thofes 10 show, for refusing to dnd verdcts against
ther ces accordance with the charge of toe
Court--in a day when, frop tae Kings Bench, from
Westminster Hal, declared that the Judge was en-
trusted with the liberties OF the people, and that his
i1g the law that the day VI was adj judged
that the husband was feon for killing caught in
adultery with his wife. In Mannnss Gaze Judge f~isden
directed special verdict, aud determined the
degree Of g1t bmself and Manning was pun
tshed by beng branded on the hand as O felon.
There tour epocns IN which killing in such
went unpunr hed-n VAS usunej under the Jewish dis
pehsaton by the iass u Soou by those vf the Ron
empire so 10y the Gothic ipstltions which have gigen
khape 10 BY the OF feqaeut repetl-
toD IN the books OF Meanings case has to be be-
be sed thai man must stand by The bed 0; his wife
behold tbc aduerer potGg hia ped, and not IA So his
hand sgartt hun. Prom the tme Of Edward H. 20 X ng
Cfares--uiee hpndsed sna sixty odd yeaTsno word Is
De found 10 law. word nnnitins aiilt