The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-12

MORNING. AUG. II. 1858.
Myxas Certainly shaved.

NJ ygAH Certainly shaved.
When Charlotte CorJay was brought 10 the
.s.ssd for slayins that execrabie monster,
a.rs,. che turned calmly TO the rabble who
..re venting their rage fof the death Of their
s.ni- god in the mos: ~unmaniy tsanss snd exc.
s,a.ioas, and repeating tee sublime sentiment
of ,hs French dranstist--
..,, /. cs:ras qsi fsi. Ia Locss 6. nsa "a iechAs
ke"
lGril. brings shame, not the ecaifold
o,e:ly Lid herself down to die. She believed
,,.s, she had been guilty OF no crime. She had
,l.iu w.ssch who had saturated the coil Of
her country with the blood of its noblsst chill
dtsp-whose thirst for human gore was inea-
liable and unappeasabIe-wha hsd proclaimed
,ae horrible discrimination that 300, 900 more
beeds should f&ii--who was sn enemy alike to
God. nis c3untry. and the human raes-and
who. shs be-, too well knew, had uobound.
a poxer to execute his terrible threat. A
brutal opn'aes-dsgraded to the las. degree
by ihs nsai.ons of haa,an blood which 1t quaf.
fed a. .hs thirsty man drinks waser-rsgarded
he, AZ undergoing the last degree Of disgrAoe
teesuse she WAS led TO the guillotine in the
drsss of edminsl, aud with her head shorn
Of the besa:iful locks which had lately been
iis ornament. But the soul Of the heroic girl
remained uDahaksn. she knew that the dis
sracs consisted not In the punishment bat In
tho crims, and she felt that she had committed
Il, crime IA sacrificing hersel! for the benefi.
Of her country, and Of a:l her conntrymsn and
e0nntrywomsn.
The degraded wrstches who exalted In the
punishment. Of Morgan rs condemned crimi
nal believed, no doubt, tha. they were infict-
ing deep dls9cacs upon him by shaving his
head and dressing him in the apparel OF jail
bird. Thess psltry souls could know nothing
If the difference between crime and punish
Msn. or, rather. they thought that crime was
perfectly legitimate II it could escape punish.
msns They believed that the world would
1t saw him in ths garb Of criminal They
could not estimate tho cub iae sentiment that
p grra. man struggling with sdvsrsi.y is
spectacle pleasing to the gods" Degrade
John Morgan! They--ths very refuse OF hn-
iuanity-lost to every Noble sentimen:-dsad
to every generous snetion-thoy degrade
,J5hn Morgan They may as we'll try to ex
,iasush the soul which lifted him above the
paia of his situation and to exals in the know.
ledge that they could only infist injury upon
the mortal part Of him.
la all ages the tyrants who have inflicted
punishment upon the patriot and the sage for
loving hia country aud serving it too we'll have
ant ,sdei 10 the execra;iOn Of posterity.-
Who would have known aught of the MUIR
dsrers who slew Socrates by false zen
,ence, had they not come down to us linked
with the nsmo OF their victim? Who is mos.
respected by poatsrity-M M acaiavelli or the
Medioi By whom he wac tortured and impris
oued DID the criminals cap. and death
upon The ea'ioWs, make Wallace less respect
able, or tas ungensrous monarch, whoss pris.
oner ne was, more admired by succeeding ages
Inis very deed, IL he were not already damned
in the eyea Of all mankind except the detest-
sbIe race of which he is the proper type and
hitting ruler, would cause the lame Of AtIa'
bam Lincoln 10 become a hisaing and = re-
p.0scb 70 all tie nations Of the earth. Bat he
Is already d2ninsd in tho eptinasion Of man
h!td ahu. VS. hapPose, HAS ho'h'bb I" 'oec.
Who hsa not rather be John Morgan, in his
G iiuiasIs gagb, than Abraham Lincoln ar
tlTst in Oriental purple
Does cur Government intend to make no
rrprjsaia for this atrocious outrage? Does it
mean ~ admit that we are-in very truth
the rebels aud criminals that Liucoin hss pre-.
claimed us Il. has already been seen tha.
moderation and forbearancs oply stimulate to
increased outrage Wonld j: not be az well 10
try tho yirtus of more vigorous policy