, 1875-11-06
TIiE; HISTORY or SUICIDE.
VE9lcrH tho Act a4nx hseGt1 E:tarnurn.0l.
and where Crowned ttl,oE-:4uinn I'll
tl,u &}fh G.1lyyN ullt1 kflc Nc1v IN lIetA.
s&.An .nt rfstu4r.

Wglcrn tho Act asnx ascci, E:iarnurn.oh,
and Where Er0svnei til'o1l--9"'nn Ut
thu Nih h.nssA niati tslc Nc,v In lIesA-
ttoss <o Eela-<te-Sc.
AT THO las! mcettng of tho Mes!loo-l legs, 10;
cicty. Mr.. H. Il. unefnsey'H papar un "lhe 1'onai
Laws Relating to Hnfcit(o IT. hnclollt and Modern
Times was reat1 by Dr. filler. Alter hots,,ing
tho differences batween tho two claases OF sl.i-
cilea rccognizod by tho law. tho author took up
Tho hiEtory of e,lsclc md tho laws b,arlng npon
II in tlHoront aIos md difForons c',santrios.
The Mosaic law contains no ponalsy for ,tfD r. de
sp. The first Butidas mentioned il, tha Oh Iai-
lament were tfloa0 Of Saul aud hin arnior-bpafnr
Fam o1's }oath ca,, hardly bp ea'lnsl n.,,e!sle.
Jospphus BnyB TINT III jthiea tho s,oay of tho
,nan who had taken tIlB OWL 1tfn wns not buried
TIL alter HuHBct III Hlulc Eart| OF fhIiIh he!ds
WAY n1,co considered meEitosr.lie. but tho suf-
i,lmotatlon Ut widows IN thn fnnoral. .l*rs.. If
thelr husbsuds liz no longer pcrnitsod. In China
suiodo is bF no noanB ,ntomnl':n, aud no dis
grace ATTACHES to tho victim Of his nHn vlolc'ce,
OF to hIn fn,nily. lu apau hnicl1eB rc tref'ioat.
and tho taking Of ones life tn of,oll poxcd Upon
as mos,torous. When an ofllcal has lallct III tue
performance Of hia duty he has tho rrivhcg." nt
self, to sayo hin, tho 1tRgEacs Of dying by tho
ilsnt. Of te executiouer. II ho *snls htn.en
OF tho privilege hia property u uaT*l from fur"
feiture nm, iliB fGmils frou, dHlt'hor. In se'iia
Countries TIM kct Of suicide is 1ool;egl upon ~
iloralc and tro0nent!y Tho sons OF she Re!t-.nur-
ierer Aro rewarded for TIM courngo Of the'r
father with important appointments MD rro.
,lotionR. Tho ktoios, tho tliscipEaa Ct Zero,
ta,,gllt that suicide nnder c"rtail circumstances
wns right; that all mnn had II, tNnK ta ioas nttet
death, he wns Mt libortr to taEo lila OWN ltto
Whenever 1t hecane ivkso1.e ta him. !'ythaEo"
raB hu!d that no tran Ind tho right to lonsc s
poat without att arder ttom Ills conlusandoT.;
hut o,iltr philosophers roasouc1 that ~ nian'r
Ilfo wAB hiH own lo could dHp&sn OF it na Ito
pleased. ...... .-,
Eserius WIS said to bo 80 eloquent IN prsiso
Of death thAt hundreds who heard hin ma'ic
AWAY with themselves. aud Hllc'do became op-
demsie. Fto!e,ly, alarmed at tue spread ot tao
infntustiou. ordered EBIsinB Away from Aiexnn.
lrlh, and the people at once ce!no to the'r
BonpeB.
al who could give satisfactory proof that il Has
better for then. 10 do than to Hse. i cns.'lag
vho had determined to kill him1,lf thought se
! wouid to il with cclAt: FL, having psepaica h'a
| poison, ho b0Rnn lottar which "a3 tn b7 read
aftor his tloatl,, and to 10 talked Of tArongAouL
| thu t,rusinro. lie Riassed oil With nlotat'on.
| and continued, '.Iilus says 3foerc." but, tenr-
| ing that io had e1rcd III n;s1ibusih!; tAs YanaIa
to afoliere io took down his faSolto nutllor and
! began 10 rnnA. Aflur An homrb pleasant Hou,
n.unton Will, tho Rreat sr'ter ha put the poison
| nwuY md went tu work as hin last.
Iio b1ilesian virgins once heca.no afflicted
with tho inBane noth,n that they a',pnhl can !ast
| suicide, and many OF them obeyed tho tnpulsc-
! l. Inv WnA pngHed oltlatHiWG that III" bcAy CT she
st,icido should DO dragged naked through tho
atrees and this ofrcotuaIiy sltsfel'el Tie lliIl
Hion. hous Of tho Rosnan ]wrista ;.asa that sni'
cido was fo0ay u!llesa permitted ny tho Elm
pcror. Under onr Emperor TIM hoia'o1s wprr
| net to dtching nnl making soWclM. tloit:fiotin
| what thoy sooitct upon as Nh 'gnomthE, inanT. q
them committed suicide. tHleE ailosbor II fo
dior attempting stsenla wns trsatsa Al sesastef
Du,utiau decreod that tito Hnictdoo of al Ece.,se'
ppra should e,llail upon lsHl tD tiiulit'nor thai
would ha9o attached to him Ind lha criino beer
| proved.
Among the ea:l5 ehriatiana ti1ero wnA an nr
dent loueing for rnartYdom, ntsl under Tho IN
fluenao Of Tortulau's Hayins, THE hiop;i u tb
martyrs ia tho seed of tlla Church. nulnl'ofH
.hnm fe, victims to their religious tamtt!ci.n'
4 D,shops' Council In tho itti, century dects9.
that auicida wan TIM atEcct Of diholical inlin
euce. Afterwarl the Church treated 1t aa hin
and tho body of the helf.mnraerer waa h,'rse'
without tho sacred rites. In tlla tinlo OF Lot
II. Of Franco tho body q tue susct;le wy wv "
from the l,orse through m cumming mnae 70
that rurposs waB horribly mutlittpa md bnrie
At utght. No masB WIS hllo8ed for tho soul .
tue dtnti man. hit tho chNritably dlspo5ea wer
Kindly permitted to pray for sts ropoae II sne
Mahonet expressly forbi'H suiclds In III
Koran, md tho crltno il extremely rare amon
Mahommedaus.
mt Episcopal Churches prohibit tho roaiin.: c
tho burial aptyice over tho boly at tho auteSt te
excsrk in tho caso of otIo who dioA while lnHine
Tho statutelaw ofEusanu pfohi5ltalt i III I'LL caHa
Al the tiuao OF tho Reformation In Ens!ant', tn
yuicido's property wAH conlIHoatod to coa,elsus.
tho State for tho loBa OF nub ect. his body WI
buried at tho crossroads, and n stake waa d17e
+ t,rongh It to mark the detoHtatiou Of tho III,
aud 10 deter othets from tito crime. THIS vet
r arcient rule fel into general, 1t not entire, j
0 ms many yeara ago. but It was not 1opoa'ed mt
: the fourth wear Of George IVA raign, aud uvo
: then, to manifest tho horror Of the law nj I!
: oct u suicide, it was orslerod that tlta bod
9 wht4l might 10 placod III g cl1urchyard, Or 9TH
!; consetratcd ground. s1orid be buried ut nisl
= and ,,lu.nus tho performance 0f ro1gions ritea
], Tic Indians OF bouth America. when ooprosso
II beyond s,,tlusanco bv their spansl con1uoror,
. mado away rith thomGo!roa III great number
Thoy wnrs checked nn!y by bring told that.
they did not deslat from tho practice, thor ma
tors would soR,nl.t sui id. too, and follow tho'
n into tho .e1t world, whore tlosr tolls mud TO-
r. monts elonh be liner! !asol tenod This thfc
j. had tho desired cfleut. There III Gttsa sric't
b among tho North American 1nslfaus 1t ia on
II the squawa who kill themselves. Thev alwa,
a do this BY hanaing to Il troe, and suTartab
}. select tho smallest tree TINT will hhhEer the pn
% poao believing that In tho next world they VI
10 obliged to drag tho irce hbont WITH them fc
10 | ever.