The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-05-20

Tue weapCn snooid De placed IN ehcI0s~
'ures. where no one has right to. enter
except the owner of the estste aud
where none would except for elonious
purposes--sueh a. banks. mercsntils
houses, mansion houses. and other build,
ings with locked doors, and gardens
with locked gates. These contain near
" all that Is valuable on q fa,m. Ii
restricted in this way by statutes, no
honest person would ever be injured by
the burglar gum The lock on a door
or q gate would announce 10 pumistak.
able Language, the presence Of the fears
ful watchnsn. And surely II an au
dacious thief should have the hardihood
10 force an entrance under such circum.
stances, and should lose his life by The
experiment, he would have simply me,
his reward, and should be buried in a
felon's grave, without the honor Of a
sigh or q tear to his memory. He would
be no loss to society. there would be
plenty. Of the same sort left. This de-
partment Of industry and enterprise Ia
already over>stocked with competitors
$50 much so, that IL hundreds were
destroyed annually by Wilson's gun. IL
would. not amount to an appreciabie
diminuiion Of their number ..,.. ... ..
But the protection to property afford,
ed hy this gun is not necessarily limi.
ted to the above uamed enclosures
Placed in conspicuous localities. Just
long enough to be seen, in melon
patches, orchards, and even corn fields,
though never charged. with ball q, all,
il would be'none the less effective. The
robber would be totally ignorant Of his
Immunity from danger, he could kno v
nothing Of the stratagem, and would
cover before the fearful uncertainty
The bare fact. as soon as known, that a
citizen bad purchased burglar gun ;
or. that some two or three neighbors
had procured one to be owned in com.
mon, and exchanged to meet their sew
eral necessities as they might arise,
would amount to- never. failing re-
source for the protection Of their rights.
The writer, after an attentive exam
ination of the sul, ,ject in all its relations,
is forced to regard the burglar gun with
special favor; nor, has he any doubt,
but that, IL brought into general use,
and The mannrr Of 7usi6g il, and The 10.
cslilies In which Il should Le placed
regulated By law, with heavJ penalties
annexed. for q reckless and improper
use Of il, but that il would soon be re-
garded rs an invaluable acquisition to
the best Interests Of society.
~ The inventor has added much 10 his
farmer reputation as q di.coYer in the
arts, and entitled himself TO the graft
tude- Of his country. Were he paid
the one half Of one per cent. for the use
Of his gun on the valne of all properly
that would be saved from the depreda.
tion Of thieves and pIonderers, his an
nual income would amount to many
thousands Of dollars, But whether he
Is to fare at the hands Of his country
men as did the Yankee, who wa. paid
sixty thousand dollars for q dancing
toy or, a. Robert Fulton, who falbom
ed natures Jaws. and made steam the
worlds great motor. and died in power
~ and iags, is vet to be seen. Such
have ever been the varied fjrtunes OF
men such the gross ingratilude, OF
States and nations. .,.
d. 49, .. -, FIAT JUSTlTIA.