The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-03-10

OF Calcutta, but he declined both honors.--
In 1912 he was appointed by Lord Chancel-
lor Lyndhursta Commissioner of Bankruptcy
at Liverpool, and four years afterwards, by
Sir james Graham, Commissioner OF the
Court Of Insolvent Debtors, on Office which
he filled up to the time of his death.
The sickIescs and shior Antccs-
dents.
From the Albany Evening Standard.
The antecedents Of Daniel b. Sickles are
such that morality, virtue and common hon.
esty are incompatible with his character. No
man in this State has been guilty OF more
depraged conduct and disreputable hdisons
than has he: and no man has ever more
openly outraged and trampled upon the rules
OF common decency than has Sickies. Years
ago in this city, 80 openly prohigate were his
conduct and actions, that he became the by
word and reproach of every respectable citi-
zen Courtezans Of the most abandoned
character, and notorious keepers OF houses
of i'll fame were attempted to be foistcd by
him into respectable hotels as his friends and
cousins Indeed the trunk and apparel OF
one of these ssyrtuous females" were 1T
tached and levied on to satisfy debt OF o
tailor against the immaculate M. G. De-
PRAYED morally, and debased physically he
entered Washington yous and rake -
"Alike callous to the finger Of scorn, or the
frown of innocence With natural tend
encies, increased by schooling in absolute
life, to concoct, perfect and consummate any
act against the peace of families, and the
welfare OF society, he commenced his con-
grcssional career.
He introduced young, thoughtless and,
we may say. heartless wife into the peculiar
L.. "a 49, No. Ia oil aI
her to do onything she wished-to hirt, 90
quette, and smile upon any man who had in
huence ut the seat of government. Heads of
departments, and the President himself, old
in years, bat young in gallantry, were
| ssmarked cards" for her especial favors.-
| She was permitted, with his consent, to at
| tend operas, theatres and balls with any Of
this class 10 walk, parade and exhibit her.
self with them was sanctioned and winked at
| by him. What should, or might not then be
anticipated?
We are not Of those who believe that men
are the only seducers. woman-whose
education has not been such as to make her
regard virtue and chastity as sacred and par
amount-whose family may have run the
gauntlet in prostitution-who personal ap-
pearance-triyial conduct and seductive
Establishments are constantly brought into
PLAYS often the cause Of seducing men IN
blessed with sufficient resolution to "resist
the Devil and his works"
We do not say that Madame Sickles is one
of this class, but we do think that her ante
cedents, if properly reported, all tend to in
culpate her as much the guilty agent in the
crime Of seduction, as the unfortunate man
whose life has been sacrificed BY On unprin-
cipled vagabond.
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the domestic felicity Of high minded, un-
connving, and honorable citizen, nor 70 sncn
feelings as would follow from the ruin Of q
misguided wife. Every man. possessing the
J sentiments that animate . manly breast,
would sustain such citizen in shooting
down the seducer Of the partner OF his bo-
som, and the cause Of his domestic ruin. But
when he, who claims exemption from pun
ishment is libertine without the semblance
of characters creature depraved and DISCO
J lutte, a huckster in female flesh as In politics,
demands under circumstances attending this
case, the sympathy Of the community, he
! asks that to which no considerations Of pub
lie decency or respect entitle him.
From the Albany Statesman.
The career of the individual who so pomp.
ously enacts the character Of the ssinjured
husband in this domestic turmoil, is famil.
lar to cur citizens, as indeed it is known Il
the people Of the entire State. He has q rep.
utaton for everything but integrity, honor
a morality and manhood. If there 10 mora
: vice with which he il not oonversant---prac.
9 tically familiar-we think it must be indeed
9 modern. Those who are familiar with til,
q libertine career which first gave him posses
!. sion Of the unfortunate woman whom he calls
g wife, will not be surprised ut the denouemen
& of his married life. How she could SO lonJ
J, preserve her purity through such an exam
J. pie 10 matter for conjecture. In q misfor
}. tune which ordinarily commands for ma
:, so injured the sympathy Of every human
at creature, he seems less entitled to the conso
10 lation to be derived from the coincidence Q
le his fellow citizens than any man we eve
D knew. We can recollect no one act of hi
1t life that should bring him even the we'll wish
y. es Of any mortal.
10 Some years ago-we think about sikh
70 married his wife, then young, volatile, way
ward girl, but already, if common rnmor b
ia true, hiding her shame in n tardy marriag,
~ The party to which allusion is made in tn
g report, and at the breaking up Of which Mi
'. Sickles received the anonymous communica
~ ton which led to this exposure and murder
q, was dinner given by Mr.. and Mrs. Sickle
Q. to Mrs. Bennett, ut which President BuchAr
10 an assisted. So brilliant combination
q. frst-cass stars should have secured from tl
o. gods more suspicious upbreaking. A
anonymous letter--the exposure Of wanto
"a wife-a dishonored husband, and cold, d.
u liberate murder, could hardly have been al
ey ticipated to be SO nearly impending over sue
Oh host and hostess and such gnests. But Il
90 world moves moro rapidly than Of old, an
y, they frequently compress the incidents Of
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th fall this year, on the 9th day Of March.