Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-16
"BrOkcn Hearts.@

ANY son, they have broken my heart, bat Il Is
not bad heart after ALL" are reported IN be the
last words of Judge M'Cunn. 1t is literally
true. we have no doubt, that saeh was the fact /:
Judge McCuuu really died OF "broken cart"
as the phrase is generally understood. His ner-
vous system bad received a blow from which It
could not rally. The case is by no means unu-
suai Of men succumbing to blows Of this sort,
sometimes in a few minutes, sometimes in few
hours or days, sometimes in few months. Il
was not so much Stkes' bullet that killed Fisk,
according TO the medical testimony as ''shocks"
which the blow gave to the servous system
from the pistol shot recovery, though unlikely
was possible, bat "siiock" was deadly. In his
case, undoubtedly, IL was mortal fear, to which,
il may be believed. from his conduct on the day
OF the riot last summer, Fisk was particularly
liable tp be the victim that was fatal.
When this shock is not 81 altogether ign Gble
as coWgrdioe, but involves some Of the higher
sentiments as remlrse, or disappointment in
some high purpose, or despair, then it is dgni
fed with the name Gf "bFuken heart" In all
cases however. il is the loss Of the vital farce,
the impOssibility of rallying sufficient nprvuus
energy to resist blow. McCunn unquesdona-
bly, died Of it, as he said. so did Ananias; 50
do many men all about US every week. Il was
one Of the remarkable results Of the Chicago fire
that the "shock" Of loss Of property Of the intense
fear at the moment. of anxiety for the future,
caused an unusual nUmbPr Gf deaths there
during the Winter. Mea died ot "brnken heart"
that is, broken courage, broken hope, broken
spirits, braken energies brOken elasticity, from
time to time, fer months.
"To die of a broken heart has a pathetic and
sentimental sound, aud appeals % our pity or
our sympathies. Yet Il Is sometimes a verv ig
noblethng to die of, aud is usually indicative of
radical weakness 0f character. In Judge Nc.
Cunn II was an altogether natural cause of death
Unscrupuous, ambitious, uncultvsted- fine
library was vanity and a show only-wthont
resources within himself to.fall back upou aud at
the same time living upon the breath nf others.
having in excess what the phren !. gusts call
"Hppr0bativeness," il was entirely il accordance
with his nature when blow should come that
cast him down from The false smincnce to which,
By crooked paths and devious WAYS. he had
raised himself, that the Ssh, OK" should kill
him. There was no base thing, inside the lA~.
that McCu1n vas not inca pable Of So long al Il
won him applause or Contributed TO his success
With negyoss hangiug ia his verv leht, mur-
dared oy the mob ia thc riots OF 1868, he could
stand aud address the savage wretches, not only
withOnt compuueiioa. hut with great inward sat
isfaclion. But ee0Sict him of oulraging the
public sense of right. Of any Infringement of
N rllity within the reach Of law. or with the
laws ban upon him, a1d he sinks stricken, un
neryed helpless, hopeless, 10 a cowardly death
So dying, death comes to him as a just rttribu
lion ior life misspent, career pursued with0ut
scrupi's unmarked by one worthy act, marked
by many that were disgraceful 10 him as a man
and a magistrate That others of his compan-
ions in judicial crime have not come % simi-
lar end IS oniv because they are made Of sterner
sinf. -NeO York Eesning POsi.