, 1879-08-15

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CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-Thefatc unfortunate cpl
eole at SarFagansett Pier between Cur. Bpra9us
at,tl that educated and polished rufllnu, l2oscoo
Conkne, has developed Tho fact that thcro aro
good people. people Of rrcpEoacllable character,
who by their ta1ents havo mado their names
household words throughout the land, who ato
willing, nav, ANXIOUS, to defend the conduct Of
Mrs. Spraguc Just because the incident Of birth
makes her the daughter OF Salmon r. Chase,
late Chief Justice Of .isc United States. In de-,
Tending and cxcus!ng this woman. whohRs bcsa \
nrt from tho ttmc sbBdropDca her short clothes
until The present day, tho aoo1ogfsks for her
conduct would probably succeed better II they
at the same tIn,s did not abuse the wropred
husband wtso surely deserved bc!tcr Of the Fates
than TO bs tied to woman who openly desptses
tho opinions Of society by violating tie propric-
tics Of l;fc.
am surprised, as l read In The TRIBUNE Of
today an article from fto pen Of Indy whose
ability as writer no one will question, that
Mrs. swsahcln, should invest Mrs. spEa2uo
Will, political Influence and seek to make a
MARTYR out Of her brcat,se she 10 supposed 10
hare become con 7crted to the stalwars opinions
Of Roscoe .Conkl!ug. II remember
Iehtiy th' nju1ea womq NJ ths dsyotsa 1
sought by every means that intrigue could
command TO sccuro for her father the Demo
cratic nomination for President in 1868, and 1t Il
fha1 w iH03e WuO HEEc tut lHtHHttc lleuA3
that when the news came Of her fathcr's deleat
and seymour's nomination that she wept In
angry disappointment. r..,
No one viii deny TO The contrary every
toyal nun feels proud Of her llfnstrtous father,
bccsusc OF his great services to Ills country.
But IL IA hard to see Wttv those services should
excuso her II she has been dtsloynl to the VOWS
matlc ut the altar. No tuon wnnts TO step gu
| Kate Chase. hut she should remember that sllc
| Is q Representative woman, and th0t her exam
pie fnr good or cvil will certainly hnvc It's effect.
A,r. Editor, wunt to say Just few words Ia
behalf OF Cor. Spraguc.-"ttie poor, miserable,
helm. remetnber whlIo in Warrington, In
MAY, 1861. Of seeing regiment Of Rhode ls1ani-
ors 1narch up PcnnsY&yanla avanue. At their
lead rudu tho "littfc sneak.' A few months
Afterwards. on thu 9lst of Julr. saw him Lead
| bta men to battle, al,t brayer soldier never
barcd Ills brcast tu tte bullets Of his cnunsrf'a
foes His horse was s1lot from Under hiul+ but his
couruEc never fell. On foot he fought, enconr-
| aging Ills men and coustfng death nt evcry atep.
| His services to lila country Just that day alons
t,atlc lin worthy Of q nnhlcr, more stabe-
/ self to be. :,
| But presume, In order to be consistent, that
the friends Ut a1rb. 6praguc must abuse Der bts-
| band, hut In ioing SO, nl,d in defending heEt
they should con(uG themselves to the facts OF
| the cagc, and not br speciolf arguments thrnH
veil over tllat which requires only plain w1rdt
The lcssou to ba drawn FROM this sud affair
should nut bc lost. Every man c.d woman who
ya[uea virtue ns priceless SHOULD not hesitate 70
ttenouucc evil Ut this kind wherever found; nHd
eren Kate Chnse may in tttnc ascertain this
she must be, like C;esar's wife, above slsspsesou.
| F. @. T.