, 1874-09-20


decaloguc. It is remark,b,a q
command is not simply and uH &
slyely TEcu thalt not lie. Il - his :
1nou shalt not bear false witness aocasas a,sas
ne,snhor. Mr. Aoul'oas scheme Of co,ss. s i {
not coutenLate any rranscrrss;on NJ -! sas Il I
rua'ld. Heidi not pl or osa to h1m.e,. ~ t y.
anybody- His ta'ssh OF. h!s pre ~ asass etss /
lie fore5aw the pregnant necessity ~ :. I
first choice of his course, WAS all h tAnt ts +
In faror OF people. To be aura. tLars saSe33
and real sense in Which alt unsruth ~ w.. IN /
to the disadvantage OF the whole N.Y. o., {
souls; but, except in this somewh.. .'sa ts'a
entail sense, a1r. Aoulton's deception aa,:s3
MI Of It to be exercised to the a;par7nt ~ 4
age OF others. Everybody concerned IN s11e
benefited by concealmont. Almoet ii, a.
concede that there are 1ustihabie cases o; g
hood. Il il not incredible, not al,o1a.I. ~.
demnable, that self-confessad sh.eSss
should imagine that here was such \ ~. uss'
Now, ~ have said. and I say Il .1s
WAS prolific mistake. But I reoa,t ~. u
mistake may have had az elane,.. Of osa. w i
in it. It is far, d think, from bs,no
sistent With d generally manlke and trn;h
character. I: merely betravs trait n ;s'9
rience and Of detective ethical .inst,net@..s ~
do not claim that, as a matter OF f.ct II, y
ton assumed his part in generous a..
hin l
managing his task cxcopt what tha aa's u3Ge' i
have revealed. All maint.in l. th.s .s
M internal evidence in hin statamaa. Ms'a s
motive was other than mist,tani1 .oa: i {
one. II his statement shall ~ assss +
to have been ma1;ciously f.1aa pl9'a
too damninc can possibly ha e9S3
his baseuess. But unlesh s:mnlv - ss1 J.
MIR. Decchcr with crime ~ ~ eea {:
wo ;ust1ncsiyelv believe ho must ha ~
forms in itseH demonstratiya av,daoa. osa
Witness deprayi,y. vhy. [ thiok o,es u:
not to say decent charity. dem.1nss 49, .tt Sss
shonld wit till Mr. Moulton il shownta hsa ,es" .
in this sense before wa make h7st, to ossa7
him. 1 agree that va s,,ou,d I,oIa t.
INNOCENT until his quilt jshonelessIv es,,1ssf uf
Bnt submit that tl,o s,n,a a9nai ss.sas4
tn he dealt M. to Mr. Monitor aiso
yarication thu tIecent:oa. If mt do-n,; Ky
m Nr. Mou1ron's nart to whjch h;e ~ -. HE2
ment confesses. is nouo OF it malipn,ns n
had osteosib,y PURPOSE Of good viii rn,aaIa ~ &
it Was. grant. But it vas certainly nns ss-
than Waller Scott's conduct abo,1t bis ~ .ssE
secret, Scott fatly. when hard nrass.S =
vowed the authorship of Wsrer]ar :. -
nT;rc;n1e rh,s ,maart;,'entlv ;! ;nnn,s;t;!!. eaa}
wero not entitled to the tr,,tn. T,lt.frIaE
however has not therahy Inst hia oan.-s1
namo + ~ trrth te1lino o'A "a
Az for AIr. MoIton'a nrvfne rn-o,..
rather into l,;s cus.odv the secrat. n, h.. ss.
mvat ,o,;nta,n tj,at II ,,a vso W ..,.a .es
1,od;ator;a1 nf1;ca -t a1f i, v,a, a,.nn1. 11a
That ho sho,,li do A. he did. Tis raiatio, w =.
s;ae w,s sn.n ,hat ha 1esd,5 ~ kn,g ~. w -
tom truth of their condf,ct Das;d,s h. ~
~ I,ava n7we- If entho-;tv ovar hats ~ a.s:
such "a on,v the cnstodv of thar sec,s,. px.a
oira him rn;a NAY aIov that h;a Tal,,;,s ~ - I
fs,s. ra,ot;on R1t + ia f.r f,o.u sbnn,s vnuss
i,a was false =, his relation ~ i TIM. *. y
a1t oood man bona md ~ most eood ,nsn ~ -
th,i Nr Hascher ~ Stainless ~ tha ch;ats S..J
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