Idaho tri-weekly world. (Idaho City, Idaho) 1875-1875, 1875-04-09

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ares Of righteous indignation TOT or, s'o =
1;e' t r Of the dead. Tell . Us,
lnh thou meek and lowly one, ere yei
the bright winged bird OF Charl.y = .n ~
! ~. owe asaed fts ohenlbsd hspot gfno
fair abule, ''thy heart" leaving s'eo e.. -
h lsc like unto the balance OF man y:
kind-all rude Of speech and cruel -
thv deeds Of earth: say tell US, on
Daniel, in thy robe Of Righteousness,
how thou art able 70 so serene.y
guide thy pigmy bark athwar. tna'
tons hath been wrung from the bruised
hearts of earth's wretched living ones
to that dim, silent strand. where the
dead are at rest, there to rear ou''
work and proclaim myself the cham 2,
pion Of those who need thee not; az
nnmindful as it seems OF the wal
that is ever ascending from countess
thousands of weary toiling women
starving outcast children from living
tombs called homes. and from bare-foot,
shivering waits who have no homes a.
all lbut herd abont the thoroughfares OF
our great marts besecching us for one
poor penny.
Methinks that voice OF woe, rising
ing eternal as the rolling years, from
this great seething wreck OF lost hu-
mainly. whose lives and hopes the
curse of gambling and intemperance
hath blighted in their bloom, would
CRATE most harshly on that gentle
soul of thine SO charged with love
and Justice for thy fellow'man. That
it would make the pulses of thy great,
generous heart bound with maddening
leaps; would move thy brain aud
urge thy hand to trace the story OF
her ,rongs and tell it TO the world.
The dead needs not thy sympathy,
or even that of those who love them
far more in their graves. than such as
You e'cr love ought upon this earth
except yourself. The sepulcher has
gathered them within its countless
folds, and beneath lis great. black man
tie they are forever safe.
Alike oblivions to the loudest note
of praise or bitterest bias, of calu'nny
that mor,als ever blew upon their pet
~ trumpe.s.
Was Mr. Thompson your FRIEND !
think not. But AS the word goes he
was mine. and in life kinder or
more generous hearted man never
knew. In death have set down
naught agains, him. But against the
practice that deprived him # his hon
or and in the end his life. as well as
this community Of an esteemed mem
Der, | have written. SIN III the ab.
stract or the various other causes that
actuate men In committing suicide.
were not the subjects with which |
had TO deal. Blu. the especial cause
which had brought about this par,icu.
lar calamity. | cndcavorcd. TO the
bes; Of my ability 10 prove that gam
bling was momcntous evil and dis.
grace to the living who followed il.
and IN no degree of disrespec, toward
the dead. pointed TO Mr.. rs unhappy
fate As one OF the many miserable Of.
Iccts o: cause so debasing. This
YOU have been pleased to term taking
mp the career and character If n pri- |
vate individual and commenting on il
nnfavorably. You say let him rest in
peace, forgetting his faults and hold. |
ing his virtues in memory. So l said
before you, in language that was at
least honest, if not in words well cho.
sen. But you, sir, under the thin
guise and false pretex Of paying a |
tribute to dead mans dust. and
standing forth as the defender of his
have attempted a justification
IF the cause that robbed him Of his
life and made him what he is in death.
You deny this, but sir the tone Of each |
word Of your article from beginning
10 end Except your denial brcathes |
'orth the truth that you arc a supporter
Of gambling and intcmperance, not le-
yally. for as the case stands we arc all
bound to accord that support, but
norallv and oociollv Th;s r..