New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-26

pggupftlCn purSlll LIE. no - on
iDyus IT. no society Ut frienB IN ire orlhancB
~ Sunlight, whisper Of hops or proHSo Oh tne ta-
ture can for moment Keep ont ~ his NUM-, M
heart or his sou, tho deep ineffaoeable, con,um,sg
fire of jealousy. When 4 has entered within hn
breast he ha. yielded N instinct which the Al
mighty Ia. implanted in every animal crcatnretht
cras,s the earth. l cannot speak q; The arnoors or
i,a ousies Of the worn; but, whom enter the higher
yak of nature when examine the Chcrac ters.Cs Il
,bs b-i. that move about in the air, find the jeA
ousy Of the bird uccs him 10 inlet death upon the
stranger that nVsder b. nest ana seeks u take from
him the love which the Creator mas implanted m him.
and formed him TO enjoy. l reSd IN tAe records
Of travellers who have penetrated the ~is OF Africa
that the most deadly engagement that can occur, n
engagemou, which never permits both 10 pas sway
with thsi life, occurs between two hons when tho
houes- has proved wan,on or seduction hsS o'cn up
Piled To her. Yet man IN his animal instincts y %
mors capable ii controlling within him the laws whica
the Almighty has planted there then the inferior AMI
mals To which have referred Jealousy ~ the rag
81 r man. and although all the arguments that my
learned opponents can bring tina; be- suggested
that man must be cool and collected when he hns
before him in full view the aduicrerOf his wife, to ths
contrary notwithstanding, Yet jealousy vi" De the rag"
OF that and he viii not spare in the day Of Venge
ance. The Court will remember the memorable lsn.
guage Ut John Phpot Curran, In a civil action tor
damages, when Grim. con. was the controversy IN an
Ia the allegation that his client behaved otherwise
than patiently and dccently a. became gentleman,
when he heard that his wife false: "ticnt!emoo
Of the jury, said he IL seems that when the hents 81
he'll were let loose upon the heart OF my cheat he
should have placed him,efbefore mirror and taught
M, streams Of his agony 10 hOw dccOrOusly down
his brow. he should have tuned his features
10 harmony writhed with grace and grOaned in
mellow Jealousy j. the rage OF man" Il con
yeIts him into frenzy which he l. wholly rresponsi-
bic for what he may DO. | meet my learned friends
distinctly upon the subject Of insanity, relying upon the
proposition which have prcrcnted, drawn IN strct
conformity with the decisions already made by tn.
Court in other cases. The counsel on tho other side
Id hat hf
thing rs instantaneous insanity almost impossible
Such a doctrine could be draw from the rulings OF the
Couit Il was impossible for any human being to per
ceye the cNac, point when he passed from state OF
wakcfulncss 10 state Of sleep, and Il was just ~
impossible to fix the exac, moment when the mind OF
human being passed from state Of sanity TO con-
dition 1T insanity. IL was impossible by tho utmost
exercise Of the intellectual mental power, 10 keep
the thought fixed upon the circumstance of death
even for the duration Of second. We may, IN gen
eral philosophical way, declare that must 81
die Bot in reference tn that sharp point of certain
inevitable agony of destruction which il the thing
called death we cannot keep our minds upon Il eyoa
for an instant. To be capable of doing that for any
considerable period of time would necessarily produce
a tension of unud and spirit such as would inevitably
re.uH i'm the destruction of the intellect. Yet YOU
might lust a. well attempt 20 d cover the mysterious
ror Of connection between life and dca.h rs between
sanity and insanity. This Court had already in It's de-
ei. given good illustration, cont aimed in the
nan phet copy of his decisions, OF the fact that IN
sanity may io Of greater or less duration.
n. man can it. II il not ne
ces.ary 10 fix the exact point of time NJ
Which It commenced anu At which il terminated.
Counsel here referred to the Of Day and Jarboe
adiudicatcd in this Court pages Z, ., IL and 20 Of
pae1rhet and to the charge of Judge Allison in the
Shirock case. In tho Day case the Instructions 70
W ich he specially referred, were drawn up by Mr..
Carlisle and observed counsel, II il remarkable how
orpote the language Of Mr.. Carlisle in that IL to
tG circumstances Of this casc. lie only asked that
the -aIne instructions should be given now. lie hoped
4...t Nf.rls. Il. to 49,.
oNn language in that ease now made the in.trument
of the opposition Ii So, he could sympathiLo iu tia
spirit of the following quotation:
SO the struck eagle stretched upon the plain.
No more amid the rolling clouds 20 'oir again.
Sees his feather ON the fatal dart
Which winged the .hait that quiscr' in his hoar-s
Tho evidence Of the waving of the handkerchief had
besu admitted without objection, and the Court hal
admitted It to prove the feet Of the adultery For
what purpose this evidence received unless II was
intended that it should be offered ~ a justin
cation If il il no Justification and no ek-
crsc what has il To- do with this trial The
Court received also with reference TO the state of tbs
prisoners mind and the counsel for the prosecution
must have regarded when they made objection 10
the Introduction of evidence to prove Mr.. Keys ma
neuyers, watching, sncaking spying round Mr.
Sckless house. sta.oning himself in that square the
presence Of the monument Jackson'sl of one who
whatever one may think # his political opinions,
a gallant and brave man. That monument should
have held in suspense his dcpraved lusts while he
standing there inspecting Mr.. Sickles's house with
glass. He might be permitted to refer in this
connection 30 the case Of n young man who in
d-crecty, jealous to serve the purposes Of his
country mHde his appearance within the lines
of the enenys camp within the territory
held by the enemy arrested tried and condemned
todcatb; he begs for the privilege OF soldiers death.
II wa refused him, and he was hung high on n glib
bet the commanding otlicer-that immortal
whose name graces and gives dignity 10 the city in
which We are assembed-refused the request, and
MAJOR Andre in the flower oi hs life, suffered M igno
uinious death applied To him deliberately by one of
the wsest aud b.st Of mankind because he was spy
in the camp Oi the foe But here was this spy
gaged in the bad effort Ia commit domestic treason,
for which he suffered deaib-a death, the counsel
hoped no good man would regret The counsel then
stated in detail the circumstances developed 10 the
evidence by which the fact Of the adultery had been
made known - him. and described Mr. Sickless feelings
when the truth was forced home upon him. Mr.. Sicke5,
said he remarked the confidence he had bestowed on
Mr.. Key he felt how he had been betrayed; all the
emotions OF his nature changed into single
impulse; every throb Of his heart brought distinctly
before lin the great sense Of his injuries; every
drop Of his blood carried with u of his shame;
an next ngshnble agony about the lOss Of his wife
an sci6On of the d-bOnOr 10 come upon his child
-ar.tlization that the promise Of his youth must be
forever desrOyed-that the future, which Op"Jet 10
him 20 full OF brlaDcy had been enshroriod perhaps
in eternal gloom by one who, instead drawing tho
curtain over it, should have invoked from the Good
God hs greatest efugence IA the path OF biz friend
lie remembered how, in city where he had
come 20 abide ~ the guest Of the natOnn city dis
tingu.-hed tor its splendid hos italty-a city
which for the time be had nude his home
the man whom above all Others, he might have eI-
uected to cherish and sustain and protect bin had
proved to be his nplacable, hypochtca, treacherous
and detestabe foe. With that great sense Of his in
iurie- he mshes out Pennsylvania avenue and,
although man who every one knows your Honor
knows the jury and spectators know, Il measured and
steady aud even in bis gait at ordinary times, he
passes with all possible rapiiiy down Pennsylvania
ayeuue-he attracts the attention Of Mr.. MOhun
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