Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-06-20

that cesspool of fostering corruption
is cleared out
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Extravaganza. and the Love Of Bis
play, the Cause.
After careful perusal, we see No
need of any attempted amendment of
the manner or matter of the subjoined
communication. 1t tells the story in
a plain way. and the facts convey
moral lesson worthy of the grave con-
sideration of all who desire to look
into the causes of existing evils and
find effectual remedies for the same
An Unborn love of admiration and
show, fostered by the cheap and mis-
chievous light literature of the day,
affords many similar illustrations of its
power to betray innocence into crimes
that make desolate once happy homes,
and cast doubts upon the efficacy of
christian civilization to purify the
hearts and elevate the morals of the
people. But the subject is too grave
for passing notice, and we leave the
questions which it suggests to the grave
consideration of the reader:
EDITORS CHRoNICLE:-I send you
few facts and observations, as subject
for you to write out and put in proper
shape as warning for many
Why do we see so often in the news
papers an account of theft, robbery
and murder. &c.
/ have recently had opportunity to
know what is one cause. / will give
it in as few words as possible, so | can
be understood, and the true cause, as
| believe, of shocking murder, which
occurred short time ago in an ad-
joining State. The perpetrator of it
lived in this county, though now hav-
ing met the doom of all criminals, is
gone to his long home. He was tried,
sentenced and executed by Judge
Lynch's court.
His parents commenced the married
life poor, without education, entirely
destitute of it, but had the reputation
for honesty, untiring industry and
economy. They in some twenty-five
years succeeded in accumulating hand
me property; their boy was taught
to labor, sent to school and acquired a
limited education. He, the son and
principal actor in this true story,
stood high and bore the character in
his immediate neighborhood of being
honest, Industrious and temperate in
all things, quite moral, &c. His
ueighbors thought him worthy of this
character beyond doubt up to the age
of about twenty-five years. when he
married Now comes the dark side.
Would to God it had never come. As
a warning to others / give it. He mar
ried young lady, according to the
modern acceptation of the term, ac-
complished, highly educated, &C., of
good family, though poor. She was
fond of company, show Of dress, and
making dash; but sorry to say, was
destitute of domestic accomplishments,
knew nothing about the management
or wants of family or the duties of a
wife. In word the husband would
labor hard, do all he could TO provide
4 living for the family. but with all his
deserved reputationfo industry, faster
than he could accumulate she would
spend and call for more, until the
husband became discouraged, was
downeast, melancholy; so much so
that it was remarked by his neighbOrs.
The change was sudden and powerful.
Something was pressing on his mind
too heavy to carry long. What next?
Poor fellow, in debt more than he
could pay, what next? Theft, then
forgery, then murder. We saw an ac-
count oft in the papers of 2 few weeks
ago. The above is true. not story of
the imagination, such as we see in
Bonner's paper and others, which the
above wife was fond of reading. If
you will publish this and cause one
young wife to reflect, all may be bene-
fitted, you can do more good with one
number of the CHRONICLE than can
be done with such papers as the above
in life time. 5.