The New York herald., 1867-06-21

upon the rsde and gloomy rule Of Hfe on which nsdis
val civiization had been based; among the worldly
yet iofty ntoliects who dreamed of more genial and
sympathetic community than that which Franoas OF
Assist and Dominic Of Guzmsn had sstablished ON
gr0veiling asceticsm ferocous intolerance In lys
especially, where reproduction or republican forms
and terms In the free cities encouraged the spread o.
Pagan maxims, regicde, under the specious name OF
yrannicide was exalted into the grandest achieve
ment Not only such men the sayers Of Clan
Maria Vsconti or Pier Luigi Farness patriots Of the
elmo Dc Medc when they took or a compan ion Of de-
bauchery ike the Duke Alessandro. were deemed oy
that deed OF dastardy treachery to have redeemed
WhOi0 Wo OF infamy, and dared to write on thelr
dagger:-
vincit amor paris, Iaudisqus immense cupdo
Between their priesty and their literary instructors no
wonder n the crooked notions have been enter
taned and to great extent acted upon both in Italy
and IN other classical and Romanst countes but with
US Protssants with US meo or Teutonic blood, We 40
why murder should, under any circumstances, be ac-
counted herosm. Nothing should certainly deprive
due 70 their previous % shs their assay
nothing should interfere with our admiration for
the fortttuds with which they bore the conse-
quences Dut surely nothing also, should extenuate
the gravity Of sthe deeds themselves, nothing
should give weight to the motives or objects
by which such oieeds were sctuated Booths action,
by his own confession, purer than Tells. "He
lBooth) had no wrong Of his own 10 avenge he hoped
% for no gain, M au woe to Us Il any case Tpon any
and Marat and the Duke OF Parma may have been mon
sters In human snaDe Abraham Lincoln and Pellesrino
A1vo Uocu UcnoiuCsOIu VI tncI IhOo Dut ~
was Not whit more lawful TO rid the earth OF the for
mer than 70 cut the latter short their Of
iulness II this trhlng with sacred principle this
halo or romantic and dramatic interest awakened in
favor OF virtues out Of date this perpetual Eeapse into
fagansm which heats the imagination Of crack Drained
wretches like Booth and brings them TO- their deaths in
uncertainty whether they deserve God and mans
curses or their blessings The for which Robert
Lee fought and SOnewal Jackson died might have had
enough IN 1t to stimulate exertion but what could the
death OF Lincoln even Of Seward have achieved for
its trlumphl There ID no instance record, We
conceive OF no combination in which the removal Of
one mAn can permanently affect the OF desti-
MES Caesar fails, but Rome does not live. II at
Sempach or Morgarten, not ut the Hohlweg, that
Switzerland was born. II was with Robesperre tho
scaold not with Marat in the BATH that The Reign Of
parrots dagger has only rvetted the chains aspred
to sever and aggravated the evils onged TO redress
Pr0vtdenttally also in some cases. il regicdes
failure tnat accomplished his object, hs
would only have frustrated il.
These obvious trusms, and ready enough to
acknowledge them in cold blood but apt to for
get our ehcs not only at the opera but before any
durance Of which the commonest maefactor Is capable.
Booth boasts OF the 1rmness with which he rode
sixty miles on the night Of the murder swth the bone
OF his broken leg tearing the flesh at every jump"
Ravailiac was equally impassive when torn 70 pieces
with red hot pinces There is still incredible amount
Of Pagan or, indeed red Indian mdesidism among the
6est Of We attach absurdly undue importance
physical pain Strong. indeed, must be instinct Of
life If by more defiance Of death, the suicide the duel
list, the felon scaold readily command
sympathy. Il Ia not by disregard Of life that
we can best play part but by endeavor to make
il valuable to others no less than 70 ourselves.