Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-02
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The sweet Propositions OF Is. Jones,
IaIely Deceased, TO DIR. DRmcrOn,
GA Matrimonial Complications.
A Letter which May BE Taken as a Model
of Impudence.

The following letter was part of tn,
testimony in the Cameron case, which
was tried in our Criminal Court an,
finished yesterday by the ~acuuittal O
DE-. Dameron on the charge Of murder
in having shot B. Jones at the corner o
Second and Monroe streets in the spring
1t is the most consHmmate piece of coo
impotence that was ever brought into !
court Of justice. Nothing can equal tn,
GOODNESS with which he LJones) talks t.
Dameron about giving up his wife. Al
the same time it reveals glimpses of {
state Of society which is, to say the least
dangerous in the extreme. A disregard
for the sanctity Of the marriage tie may
be considered the strongest proof of :
decaying morality:
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, March 20, 1877.
DEAR SIR wrote you a letter the
other day, through Maggie, finding fault
with you for telling her things that
Lyons and others had told you about
me. now write to you for an entirely
different purpose; and anything l may
say in here that may CRATE against YOU
feelings, or that you think l ought not tc
say, taxe it as ar error of the head and
not of the heart.
TO BETAKEN ON ICE. ~
Mdggie loUes me. That you know
and instead of our separation conquer.
ing this passion, it only infiames it; and
to-day we love each other more, and nc
matter what else may happen, it will
never lessen, but continue growing in
strength.
M YET I AN NOT HAPPY.
You know you are not happy-that il
is a word not in your vocabulary-you
have ever been jealous and distrustful,
and must have known that Maggie did
not love you; at least if you could not
see it, Others could. | wish to do moth
ing wrong. God knows / have done
enough of that; but / have never
wrOnged a person, and if I have wronged
you in loving Maggie, then l am truly
sorry, but you know yourself it was a
love that neither of us sought, but we
could NJ more control ourselves than we
could control the mountain streams. l
am guilty of no vice. Maggie knows,
much better than you, all my failings,
but still she loves me. Ali that Lyons
and Holmes, ct id Onsne genus, should
say of me will not alterher love or mine.
Now, sir, these are plain facts that
must be patent to you as they are known
to myself.
NOW FOR THE PROPOSITION.
I am willing to wait years for her.
Such a love as she bears for me is not
found every day, year or century. You
may thiEk / am mistaken; well if l am,
let the fault rest with me. Would you
through selfishness render two creatures
unhappy? know you would not; you
have shown your generosity too often
for me to believe that.
WANT MAGGIE WITH ME
in the same town, or near me, where ]
can see her often. In the eyes of legal
ity Maggie is your wife; in the sight of
God she is mine. You may think me
so help me God. You asked me to take
Maggie when [ was there. You know
the ease l did not do it; besides, you
were angry with her. When one that
loved her could do anything with her
when you said. Now, are o ready for
the proposition? Let Maggie to
me.
IN BROKEN DOSES.
You know her. You know that she
has ATTEMPTED her life four times-twice
since l have known her; and had you.
an mprepared soul should thus
terribly meet its God, and both lose her,
than that 1Be should gain her. L will
her as l would a sister until such
time as the law will decide we are both
free; and YOU know yourself that you
will be happier without than with her.
[ will take good care of her; and will
a solemn oath before Heaven
l will never desert her, no matter
what the circumstances. .tsrA r-arT
THROUGH TWO sTRAws.
You know Maggie is wilful and head
about matters, and | certainly do
not see what you can gain by rendering
her miserable because you are unhappy.
| will love her forever as / do now, and
will not be satisfied until that love is
consummatcd. But, on the other hand,
If she does rot wish this, as she has re-
peatedly told me she does wish it, l will
and forever release the claims of
love, and become a miserable wsnderer,
rs l have lteen the better days of my
life.
THE WORKINGS OLA PURE CONSCIENCE
o, sir, Ipr,iy you to agree to this. Ask
if she does not wish it. If she
Toes not, then / am miserable indeed.
I am doing well, and will pay all debts
hat she may contract, and supply all
wants. She shall live away from
ne, so she is in the same town. Now,
any one who did not know the cir
substances az you do know them, this
will seem foolish; but you know / mean
What L say, and [ fear the consequences
# a refusal on your part to her, but 1t is
10 use to mention that. ouknowh her as
veil as l do. Do not refuse me. Think
,ver it. Ask your heart if you would
rot be happier, and I viii bless you
brewer. zTE &
Awaiting and hoping a favorable re-
,ly, and wishing you well, / am your
,rring friend, BENNETT JONES.