, 1859-02-19
I'D TRIBUNE.
tN1Na. FEBRUARY ID. 1859.
lnf4nti1e Diaordern.

AQl3ntale UAofden@
We admit without argument that We are
liable to an injunction from any Of the courts
Of Cook County, for having stirred up the
juvenile spitrs Of the Chicago Times, in 1he
profound measure indicated by that sheet Of
yesterday. There certain offences against
public policy aud good morals which may be
committed ty proxy. In some States legis1a-
1ion has been directed to the end of reaching |
the ultimate cause of such injuries. The |
Maine Liquor Law, for instance, seeks to pun
ish the vender Of ardent spirits, through whose
Indirect agency society incurs widespread
disaster. Here the majesty Of the law steps
between the cool, calculating, remorseless
<lran-scller, and the uncomfortable passion Of
his victim. So also are provisions made in
certain cases, dividing the penslty between
the immediate actor aud the proyokcr or pro.
curcr. Especially is this done in the cases Of
Infants, imbeciles and who are legally or NOR
ally incapable Of trangrcssion, but whom the
law nevertheless recognizes rs "persons."
These statutes are wise, humane and in keeping
With the civilization Of tho age. They shell
ter the innocent, 4t the same time they lay
hold on the deliberate though crafty mnfe-
factor, who might otherwise escape the just
consequences Of his misdoinga.
We admit the application Of the foregoing
principles TO ourselves, in their fullest force.
Twas crime against the social fabric to so
perturbate and discomposc and stir up the
emotions Of our neighbors. We should hive
remembered that their feelings arc not only
c4ltow hut prccociously liable to irritation.
TIE should have borne in mind that they hare
not passed &ll the nilmcnts Of infancy, and
that whether teclhing or laboring with early
measles they would be prctcrnnturan nJ sensi-
live to external things, and likely to be ruf-
fled on little or no occasion. A prudent re-
gard for tue public veal would have tauglt
lis not to sport with the fantasies and fits Of
childhood, 1or though irresponsible thcy
vet have rights which white men are
bound 10 respect. The sagacity which
should belong to the conductors Of
an influential journal might have re-
strained us from agitating the uniformed
and tender senses Of the Times persons, 10
that undue state Of evaporation noticed IN
its columns Of Friday, the 18Th inst But in
an untllinking 1nomeat-our minds abstract
<I. our hearts gui1elcss-wc erred as atore'
said, aud tue consequences are upon us. We
are liable 10 be enjoined at any moment, aud
5or the welfare Of those young people, 1or
whom We have always tclt the livelicst inter
est, We hereby raive al our rights Of repli'
cation and exception 1'tp the said bill Of
complaint - :i'-7' -'"::~-t' =: :.
Yet while we arc ut DC eohiess1ona1, %e
cannot avoid giving few. words Of counsel
to our ncighbors, which We. .arG. sure ai1l he
kindly taken. 1t will pot Always be, thus
When the muscles are hardened and tue bone:
well knit by coming manhood, the mind viii
acquire its proper balance md tlie sttdtsttffli
ties in like manner with tue physical frame
become tough and elastic. Then these suddcl
spasn,s, which only distort the capacities o
the intellect and waste tie tissues Of th'
body, at the came time they but excite th'
sympathy Of the beholdcrs, will pass of ant
leave the beginnings Of a useful citizen. Why
not then make m effort 10 take time by tll'
forelock, aud anticipate by q few years o.
months The period Of eound development ant
substantial usefulness Do not 6 i've way II
those suddcn gusts Of ill-will towards thos
who only desire 10 be your friends. 1t is ;
mistake to suppose that zancor, however
lnstily proclaimed, will answer the purpose
of common sense in the downright practica
affairs Of life.