Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-23

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~ - rallied upon ct this ONCE.
THz Illustrious Sir Boyle Roche
introduced . bill into the Irish Par
|1rnent short time before the
&oton, making It compulsory upon
n anonymous writer's to sign their
anes to their epistles. Whether
Als bill. II It had been enacted
Into law, would have relieved the
5ougust legislature Of ireland from
~ annoyance it sought to remedy
) y not, IL IL impossible to copjec-
tofes bat certainly the gifted Sir
Doyle did not succeed In abating
~ nuisance by proposing this
piees Of profound legislation. The
anonymous letter writer still pur-
ouos his degrading instincts and
oertaiuiy amongst tho most cow
ordly Of all The violators Of common
<seency, trafiicksrs in personal
leputation, dsfamers OF private
Echaraetsr. and low-bred pests Of So
+; 40, the anonymous letter writer
otoods Without o rival and without
Apeer. He is the bushwhacker,
~ guerrilla, the masked robber,
~ ambushed assassin In every
thing but the low order of brute
6ourAGe which even these low
eeoundrels possess. Shielding him.
I MI in the secure asylum Of his own
6ouss and satisfied that he 10 be.
yond the reach Of discovery or aus
pIelon, he shoots his poisoned darts
~ men and women, old and you ng,
married and single, soldier and CIV
Han, public servant and private
eltixsn alike, and glories In the pos
ability OF infiicting mental
y $Vound, inventing q successful eal-
00ny or circulating a disgusting
and disgraceful slander. His own
ovli Imagination is the source Of all
his Information, his own wicked
thoughts and fancies the tools with
which he shapes aud fashions his
arrowr, aud his own disguised and
lying pen the bow whence they are
launched Mt the regulations and
characters Of those whose shoe
\ iatches he is unworthy to unloose.
This IL the character Of the anon
ymous letter writer in general, but
oe the species there are many dis
gustlng varIsties. First, we have
the fellow who writes insulting let
ters Of. and to, virtuous and reputa-
bic ladies, and whose Joy is un-
4 sounded IL he succeeds In casting
uuspiclon upon the hitherto spot
leas chAraeter Of some widow, wife
ef maiden.
Then we have the anonymous
Iotler writer whose motive is the
playing Of jokes. He is not malic-
Ions, not he, he is merely jesting,
sspoison In jest,p and if unjust sus-
plcions are created, friendships
broken and enmities engendered,
the playful, mirth-loving and care
fully concealed author of the mis-
chief still has his joke and is happy.
Next we have the sore-headed
synonymous writer Of vengeful
eplstles. He has been refused some
place or prefsrmsnt or been de.
feated for some public office and he
II mad, awfully mad too. He feels
certain that If everybody had voted
for him whom he expected would
do 80, he must have been elected,
ergo, some people have not voted
for him and he must have revenge;
he does not know who the traitors
are, but suspicion falls on some
one and he-openly accuses them
Of treachery and demands an ex-
planatlon--oh no, that would be too
tmaniy course to tempt him, but
/ he writes them all anonymous let
ters and ii they do not, like His
Grace the Duke of Bedford under
the lashings of Junius, die under
his repeated attacks, he thinks
there must tbs something wrong
and feels anxious and sad. This,
however, is the least dangerous
specimen of the class. There are
I almost an Indefinite variety of
these pestiferous reptiles plying
their disreputable trade for almost
~ many objects, but the subject
does not present attraction enough
TO Induce us to dwell upon them
more at length.
The temptation to write anony-
mous letters Is perhaps the strong.
est In youth, ere the mind is fully
alive to the danger Of entering
upon such course. The object
may be only amusement, innocent
amussment, too, but no matter-re.
slst It a. you would poisoned cup
Of glit;erIng serpent. Recollect
when you write an anonymous let
ter you surrender your manliness
or won anliness. Remainder that
to write All anonymous letter IL
degrading, cowardiy and mean.
Rarh q M the most curinus daYal .