The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1871-04-22
tFrom the San Francisco Peoples Advocated.
ar The Social Evil. .sE..

Lessons TAUGHT Br MRS. YAIR's TRIAL
81 soc the right, and approve It too;
Condemn The wrong, and yet the wrong pursus."
The San Francisco correspondent Of the
Lakeport Avalanche, commenting upon the
trial Of Mrs. Fair, makes the following sensi.
bls remarks The evidence shows that they
were both insanely corrupt in their intercourse
with each other, while his letters to her are
really too ridiculous for n tale OF fiction, but
truth is stranger than fiction anyhow. Mr..
Cnttenden was man of education, fine law.
yer, OF good family, having u devoted wife
and family Of children grown to be men and
women, yet that unholy desire was cultivated
TO the destruction OF all"
This is a fearful lesson for men and wo-
men who tamper with the embers of passion.
II Is like drinking whisky, il we wish to avoid
the vice We must not smile in its presence.
THE IDLENEss OF WOMEN
And corruption OF men are stampin this gen.
Grafton with increased desire for disgraceful
acts, that every day astonish the virtuous of
the world; for / still believe there are pure
men and women with whom we are associated
every day, women who can blush at an evil
thought, and men whose sense OF honor is so
great that they would avoid even the appear
ance Of evil.
Such is the truthful opinion of newspaper
correspondent who signeS himself "Nidet;" in
those few lines there is lesson that should
toe learned by every man aud woman whether
they have families or not. This il an extra
ordinary case Of pollution, the degradation is
no great that we have no parallel for Il; yet it
will serve to show how far the vice may be
carried. There Is a world Of meaning in the
''embers of passion fuel resting upon the
dying embers OF fire will heat and ignite
when applied to the first desire Of men and
women To violate their martial vows, all will
understand the illustration.
The man who has a wife aud seeks the pri-
vate company of another female, is preparing
himself for violation OF the most solemn and
binding oath he has ever taken, or ever will
take, until he marTies again; if he has chill.
dren' he is entailing disgrace upon them and
their descendants, misery upon her he has
sworn 10 protect, damnation TO himself, and
has no right to expect virtue in his wife. On
the other hand, If wife seeks the company
OF another man, she sinks herself TO the level
OF brute, disgraces her children. her hus.
band, and oil her relations, and without the
shadow Of hope, becomes n complete and last
ing sacrifice upon the altar Of public opinion.
There IL no crime so great as adultery IL we
kill man we are tried aud hung, and that is the
end OF 1t; II wo break open or burn house.
We arc tried and sent TO the penitentiary and
the name and crime are soon forgotten; but
there Is no end to an aduterous act.
Every few days the writer Of this sees n man
who, thirty YEARS ago, was seduced by the
wife of an eminent lawyer, with whom he was
studying the profession. That act, whom we
meet him. Is the first Of our thoughts, and he
feels that such are our rehections; as the chill
dren grew up, children mt school talked of IL,
aud avoided them; young men listened and
laughed, and girls whispered 10 each other
and Stunned them as IL they were in the pres
enco OF some person with the small poI.
IL is tho crime Of all crimes, and the acts OF
jurors have determined that man who com.
mits adultery with another's wife should die.
and he who kills him has committed no more
crime than the shooting of mad dog, and re.
ooiyes the commendation Of his neighbors.
A few years ago u married man, who was
District Attorney in Sutter county, soduoed
the daughter Of q friend, who las soon IA be
found II ou) hunted him mp. and found him
making n speech at n political meeting. He
walked up 10 him and deliberately shot him
down, though unfortunately he hid not die
from tho wound. r..r.
The gentleman Immediately gave himself
mp to magistrate who told him he could dc
nothing until some one made complaint against
him: From that day to this, the legal authori
Ties haye not held him to account.
The ,sot is, the world is now beginning u
look upon the crime with such horror that
when we are told that such m offenBe hal
been committed, and any Of the friends know
Il, We ask at once, docs tho man liver" ant
II no is not dead, the parties whose duty IL Il
70 kill him arc branded as towards and un
worthy the association of honorable mon.
The woman who dishonors her husband D,
the social evil In sunk 80 low that there Ia NJ
hope for her further recognition among th
Virtuous, which can not DO carried out will
severity too great for the good OF society.
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