The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-12

r. snS ,sicsd ncnoa,jops Tie very ferocity Of this
attack represented on ihe mart Vi the posecon-eoe
yery which they have tried " mpar
10 ~ shows most completely what the state Of mnd
! whch prompted him 10 the comwsson oil inc act ms
is sreasipg fact Mr. Sickles encounters NJ Key with
ont any expectations Whatever. He meets HIM as casu-
ally as hourn be mad met The yetiest stranger and the
very ferocy with which the witnesses say he went AZ
Mr. Key, and slew him. is indicative of the rresisti
| bic impu SIS which drove him on, and against
whh Wis impossible oppose any resistance There Is,
hereCoro nothing like elaboration in the case The Zero
city Of tie assault portrayed in the testimony, ID the
very fact above all others, on winch would rely W show
the frepz,d ind OF the who the author Of
AZ have already said, grief despair, anu revenge,
and all these feelings excited sucn provocaton not
appealing any particular one, but exciting III these ee
Of the mind the strife and contest suprema
cy Under these circumstances Wilt jury say ihat rea
son exeTied any amid such bsiile Of pass ions,
when was impossible that the ear Of his mind could lis
ten to the audience OF conscenceY lie referred
the Court 10 the Of Major ROBERT O~nsey, H. State
Trials and the Queen against Fisher in illustration OF the
possnt There cooling time; there would be
cooling within the compass OF life time as often ~
remfcence shall recall the wrong Of his wife his excite
mt Mt will blaze up with all it's fury He referred 10 the
English trials where father slew another for
committing sodomy his crime horrible ia us
character TO be named among Christans the lad,
fourteen fifteen years OF yielded himself to the
upbsowed lust Of man; the father hearing Of The crme
hunted him and pursued him for whole night, aod
having found him, deliberately slew him. Would any jury
say there any such feelings OF purity in this case
those which attach to wfe II Of the essence OF hui
man nature TO love woman with tenderness which does
not entity itself with any other passion. This forms the
most enthusiastic, the most maddening passion which
clusters around invests her With her claims
protection. The more the offence s contemplated the
maddens Although the father deliberately slew
the who perpetrated the horrible crme and although
the Judge charged the jury that they must convict him
os m i s tue Jury ss sTs the aw s
be drawn between the two In the first the father
after spending all gh in pursuing the offender executed
In this the a1ulterous conduct Of Mr. Key
thrust itself upon Mr. Sickes he passed him; in a
moment the exploded and because the wronged hus
band suDmarily slew him he is arrAgned here mi
nal Mr. Sckies unlike the father referred to- had tms
10 manifest such indications OF mental unsoundness
those which attach themselves 70 offences of this Kind he
could not call IN witnesses 70 see the crazness under
which he committed the act but under such a state
of mind as these circumstance would naturally
produce, Mr.: Sickes committed the act for which
| is sought to deprive him of existence
Now gentlemen, very brief narrative OF this case, and
shall submit it 10 you, far tho opening concerned
Let ask who the parties 10 this transaction? AS
have said before shall speak unkind word Of Mr.
Key shall put the before you leave them to
speak to you as humanity always viii speak un Ter cir
| cumstances Ike the present MI Key was man Of
about forty years of age as am normed he had been
a married man, and at this very time be had the
ments Of that sacred relation daily before him 10
him of the wckedness of his conduct he himself had
sumed the marriage vow and knew the solemny Of III he
could tell himself what would be his feelings If his
own bed had been violated, and ne could very
well conceive 70 himself how he would act he had dis
the author Of that violation HIS profession too
such should have impaired come gravity to his
eriere with the frvoty of human nature but there
Is any profession IN this world Short Ct the pulpit which
can ard ought to sanctify, If ! may 50 speak, the
not its natural vesment, 10 the prof ssion 10 which
beloDg-i. is the profession to which Mr. Key be-
| lonsed. The very business Of orr profession is TO
study out the rights Of other men, and 70 have them
observed The first Of all the duties which cast upon
u.s. aud the OF all that can be excused from is
the performance of the studying out OF the social
and the personal relations Of to man; and the duties
that attach those relations the first o,e and the
principal business of our profession and therefore law
yer, above all others before every tribunal whether il
be erected in the arch of heaven the face Of the
EARTH entitled 70 the least charitable consideration
What, too was his position? He was the prosecuting
officer Of this District He was selected to the
eaar,
business to that homes were protected against
seducrs aduterers and every other species Of CRIMINAL
Scsme this court and hunted down. with almost
paraieed success the worms that crawl the
CRIME, such as he himself was, e' was permit.
ted to stalk through your community, not only
s the Character Of s' this adasrsr is 'S there
WORD here that is not strictly true? Who was the
with whom be committed this adultery Young enough
not bot reasoning from her years, and from know
ledge of the mental structure Of woman, is not too much
that age environed her; that she susceptible fiat
ts'y; that abe susceptible to the attentions Of men,
and looked upon them many offerings cast upon the
shrine OF her beauty At her period Of life the marriage
had not impressed itself with all its gravity upon her
by which she had surrendered herself body and
SOUL the Ownership and control Der husband II there
ever was a case in which man was tempted by wo-
40, he should have initiated the example Of Joseph,
VITO left bis garment in the hands of P0tphars wife, This
was case above all others in which man. ere he fell
bin some proof which by the nendacity of the woman
might be tortured into evidence of his guilt Who was
the husband in this case He is man not quite of the
same age with Mr. Kew be was accredited to YOUR CITY az
member Of the councils Of the uatop he came from the
great commercial neropois of our continent Thar civ
upon which every part of this Union looks with pride and
which however ob;econAbe some Of ts eatnres NAV be-
nevertheless every American heart will coacede is the
and by wsy OF showing Mr. Kew and YOU the confidence
he placed in the protection which was guaranteed 10 MIN
by the laws of your District in within ts prenc
his wife and his child he threw them and himself upon
YOU and the laws OF this Dctrict for protection N1w
what were the relations OF Mr. Kew 10 Ne SckIesq We
shal show YOU what those relations were So far as
Mr.. Sickles was concerned they were those Of
| sincere friendship So far as Mr. Kew was con.
oerped they were those of protested or avowed
Il has been said by the Isamist or il was an enc ny
that reproacbed me then could have borne it, neither
was il be that hated me that did magnify himself against
me; then would have hid myself from him. but il was
thoua man mine equal my guide and my acquaintance;
we took sweet counsel together, and walked into the
houfe of God in company" The wrong of stranger may
be borne with PATIENCE the perfdy OF friend Of Itself