New-York tribune., 1875-03-06
IN thu highway among the travel OF mon
Ana whn is tn hnmo hun Tor II I And so looking down

Wiring witheriug no longer IA sweet and beautiful
@ and dropninc It as he rides on. No great has
befa!len the young mans life he has puekeo n nus
1ower it has faded aud he has dropp'd u on the nSn
way He is not TO condemned suce his act Is to De
condemned slightly. touching himself, ana nhse,.
alone such an inslgnlncant manhcf' ue l'uo' "''
As Tor the flower lying on tho highway, nobody takes
the trouble to go and watch wnere hes TO see how
has died there and not flower dies. In an hour,
bu, is dying through torture and agony eNlenulns
through davs and and months and years OF time
Nobody need stop to consider that the flower persng
throuqh this lifetime of agony exhales at east not ne
last perfume of the flower, but an immortal soul, on
as Tor him. his act has touchefno one but himself ana
himself but slightly He shall be tree TO rlde through
the world where he will and as he chooses tne
husband of a good Wife, the father OF children,
hOnorcd citizen, respected memoer w. '"S
mans act touches no one bat himself and himself
but slightly. Which Of US, wonder mas 'eau no seo,
our sister city Of Boston But for Its closing and
finishing it has been parale'ed IN s nundrens p m 'uo @
sands Of cases IN tins ms @ nrSscn m e young c rar
ignorant innocent. loving and as she oesVeu %
WaS n @ to S fear of 'hf bis heart his ham"
10 heri Was sne to fear this man was sne 10 prV@o @
herself against hiu Way. all her lie mad taugn. m @ n1
that that man was to b. protector Was she 10 a
herself when she came near TO hlin put M"
between tbemi Why. sentiment and reason, poe,,iI ali
and religion, experience and anticipation, nau o.
gathered together to teach GIRL subtly ana hpea
ccp6ly. that the man whom sho oveu Iu er and ali
of the dangers in the world. IL because sno o'0 ~
absolutely she had faith IN him absolute men are
nnet 'na h, thew BETRAYED the trust OF friend OF
stranger who was man. II they in need ii thew
shall break faith, break honor break tun III a5 % ha
with man. they shall DC pUntea man and their fellows
who are honorable men-Dut TINS one supreme S,
trus only TO fling and trampe under f0ot when
faith and trust the Outgrowth OF womans near.
conddepce Of woman's soulthat to do tins is manly
snort This Young taught and trained simply as
Of others 90, lived out his lesson ne nau
Wasted little time OF fe better had been down to his
-bnua had
books or studying his theological book or WORKING sur
gcon's OF cour,e nc had peter naa maao ,r orun
wasted little time. little manhood. ana tneh, dN ne
thinking hn. went on as way no Sd gee hnI na bebpd
nun living the LIE that mutudes OF other grs are ~
ing nowhs very hour wno YOU sfn tnaut ano
| turn day after day and week atter "eeh,
one week only rvalne the otner taror IN cowar, as
ING away the glance of her mother tremDiiia anu
turning herself If her brothers eye dd puI rest & upon
her Tor more than passing moments she tired wheh sue
went abr the streets TO crowd ner secret uo %
owpboSom ana conceal 1t there sae hves tnrOugn
through which prayed for the night to come 10 con-
ceal her and give her little rest.nieht 1nrOusn o
tbaneh ma,I it revealed her shame, that thereby
one more might be counted OH IN he dteaau " "a n"y R
~mcditanS DEATH meGltaiinG suicide neditatlng %
der the destruction Of lie that had not YET oesaa ior
aud BY her little one IN ner arms Sirr dopg what ali
civilized and Christian folks in this day teaci pu''us 1
premium upon murder say " her. as society says 20
II YOU stand quite alone, ana osO 60 some xn1
place have wlsSs fresh chance perhaps in the thai
child will hopeessy bring you 10 lnialny u s te 20
letter known to all the wcrd geT gen fJ ake e the child
away If you put it in some founding asylum SOU
home "g eet W out Of get 1t away from the neigh
bor may stay where you @le Ho mot nroSded yeu
Father and mother can sasi'et yoyp ypO child So She
took hcr child and went out into ,oat .he ctv cry
,Sora OSn Was no place for such oheress nameess
homeless enid. Somebody told her there was saGn ,s
door she knOcked-ah, too many such mothers with
such faheress and nameless children haa oeen neiUre
her the place SrS Tas 's sndaeny Thought struck her
. am going home, oh, but they tod me there was
S, no Somewhere sST %e they said anywhere
Were. where And SO thinking, she , looked ooina
where on she thought, would this place. even II
TOOK INV child there, be less miserable TO her tnan
the still wateri These founding asylums would tbey
u nnv more lender arms about child nan the river
viii lap around her And tO what lie can she grow up
Without name, without father, without home without
nlace in tne word-she with the curse OF womanhood
on her She will carry her mothers shame until she
tSSe TO lust s sach an hour and JUS, such time
as this. Ah it cannot be wrohg,. ~ cannot S pS
this child mine to the bosom OF Father more mefc
fu than any mothers heart could be Ana with me me
thonrht the disraught brain gives way, the miserable
hands unloose, the baby slips away INTO inc river
beneath sne has got md OF her cnlld u, C
man whose acts no one but himself had done
so much for her! ,u, ,, a ,,o,, 80,
the little cold dead body Men sat in coroncrs Inquest
on il; men find bill; men 60 and drag her out of
her home; man locks her IN prison cell; men Dring
er INTO tie courtroom; man sits in the judges seat
twelve men in tho jurybox to consider Tue laws
made by for the protection OF sucn as sne men
consider men decide. men condemn; man passes
sentence, and now nothing remains mat man can do
tor mis- GIRL Who, whsle having lived through al eer
nty OF agoy has not yet numbered seventeen years o
time. Nothing more remains ior mlan TO- 40 ~ hsr Ge
half INT presentiy man TO msefaD!y ad)ust the
hangman's knot, aud let the gaio"s trap dfop uhdor
An ordinary, vulgar, commonplace murderer tre:
quently without family home, or refuge Is prescribed
10y all The laws, pucished Dy ne laws & y, an & sno
But this man, this assassin this mal VINO h,s cruccu
1--we who Is IN very deed the murderer OF the woman
who has loved and trusted hin ant Oh tne cu Oh nS
own lOins-ths goes alone not merely unpinlsned
but unQuesOned through tne WOIu slhCS us uIcu ids
concerned himself alone and himself 30 shenty M zap
plause.) That gis case Is paricieu ny teu
of others this very hour And wha hlnS you OF tne
teacher of this girl Go to him. what thnk you OF
suon q teacher What shame, remor.e, ana triai !.
What think you when such teaching and influence IS
children, who are to i've ana grow In the
world making Of those children sinners. liars, scoun
drels, thieves, murderers, by thls womans soul
they llyei How can such mother give ner children
good and honorable manhood u A woman VINO goes
INTO the race with men, competing with men is SUI.
ficlenty weighted without TINS. How eau she run
The children not hanging about her neeh Dnt are
Hve good to such a CHILD, and how DO such children
grow. creating horses OF refuge ereating reform n
StinS amshouses packed in prison pens, aud at last
dangling from that horror OF cviization tue gaiiows
of society the murderers OF society, cu'sng society
with all the ruin and Injury that they ~oLx whon ney
are out of prison. wreaking society with It's milons
upon Of debt keep therein the vicious lulchess 70
which the laws place them at as An YET Ill inc iaco
All struggling society, load II down, people dare TO look
into the lace OF man aud say that q man Is
held to such accountability rs woman because
his act concerns himself alone and himself 30 slightly
FALSE TEACHINGS OF SOCIETY AND OF SENTIMENT
But more. Says sentiment a woman Is condemned so
much more terribly because she drags down our men as
we'll as oursef No such charge can be brought against
the man. 1t considered that when that woman began
her life as little girl she to have the free heritage
OF the GIRL OF lover and wife, and with the walls OF