, 1875-04-23

most ingenious tint could possibly have been
lunlc. Thero fs no other combination Of CIR
cunlstnncoa, asftto from, criminal intercourse
md discovery, which can bo accepted NJ
plausible in tho way of setting asitle tho
strong suspicion Which httncl,ea to tho lotters
l,EEcnEn wrote. There will always bc multi
tudes who will refuse to nccopt this defense,
but there aro thousands a1sd tens of thousands
who will DO satisfied with 1t, In tho absonco
Of nny further developments, nn1 who would
| haye been BntiRilcd with nothing else. bIr.
EERct1ER has dropped nll Bitla.issucsand clung
| to this stron6 threat. lie has thrown upon
others tho burden Of establishing conspir-
acy and the responsibility for tho
countor-cllnrge Of biackn,aii. lie has
| said that there luny havo been
n conspiracy and there may have been black
mil; but ha could not himself insist upon
these clsarges consistently with his treatnlont
of his opponents up to the very Inst, and his
/ recent professions Of kindly feeling toward
Mr.. and AIrB. 31ouIroN. Ho could not feel
aud act toward conspira!ors and blacktnnilers
NJ ho has professca to feel and as lc Inns
acted towarl theao people. It is left to his
partisans, therefore, to mako whnt capital
thoy may out Of this viow OF tho case.
It must bo confessed that Mr.. DEEcnEn's
t1cfonso is plausible. His was situation
beyond md outside Of tic experience
Of most mcn, but It Is not opposed
10 reason. Tho distinction Is common
one nmong theologians, but it ia not often
implied aud not very generally recognized in
the ordinary relations Of men aud tho COM
mon affairs Of tho world. Tho question of
tho responsibility of a nan who gains tho
affections Of married woman, who has no
right to give them TO him, is very serious
QUO. The tendency of the world, probably
tho result Of observation snd experience, is
to hlaine him. Where passion on tho QUO
side fails to kinlle 4 tlan1e Oh the other, it
generally commands touching sympathy
calculated to encourage ratlcr ttlan reprcss
it. True pity does not manifest itself %
pity. It worls ont it's mission under
the gnise Of friendship, respect, OF
love; it IL demonstrativo only in
delicate attentions, tainty surprises,
unprctentious consultations. It is dangerous
gronnl,-a bed of roses, but lscdgel by
thornB. A. mans vnnity IL never 80 delicious
1y tlattered rs by the consciousness tint ho
haa won tho aifectiona of n m,ro n,,;ct.
domestic, tcomanIy woman. Tho temptation
to encourage it Is almost loo great to resist.
It ia encouraged imperceptibly, If not openly.
There is SO strong desire to ,nake ao,no re-
turn for this 1clicatc tlnttery that, it love DO
mt civan. +1,a,, eomo othor attor,;on toko.
;ts niace. IN nrrourn,a caao there ,rora
tokcna of rcmcnbroncc. n,oaest ,,rosc,,a
r,xv or1 t,,on n ,,ote ~ n .ol, :. ov;5a,,,o. ~
roancct suc}, NJ thu reod;no ~ t,,o met
c,antar of b;a novo, for Srrs ,r,rroy.,
criticism. nnl othcr 1;.t1o otIc,,.;or.
Of n nat,,ro to encourage anl on1orco
lin Affection mn t,,o ,t1,or e;1o d.
bons oven tha o5v;co If sono~,,;on
.,.as ,,;ro,, ~ o,o of 41,oxo noo,,,;o. .o,,..a
h'onS' "lu "n''es lno conS'e'.o" tAas taeIe
"as nothlng winch no could ref11se 10 10
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