The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-06

comes inc duty OF gOOu men ana women 10
place the practice in the category with the
habit Of whisky drinking and other great
evils, and then strive TO create public scnti-
mcnt that will effect its suppression. One
half the terrible murders that occur in the
West and South may be charged to the
circumstance that public sentiment in those
localities tolcrates the habit Of carrying CON
tcacd weapons. One Southron meets an
other. A business difference is canvasscd
the nc is passed and is followed quickly by
the report of two pistols, One or
two dead men, or one or two wound
cd men is the result; whereas, but for the
criminal habit of carrying arms, the differ
cncc might have been adjusted with words,
or at worst, blows; and the community
saved the shock Of shooting scrapc,"
The law Of this state against the practice
in question, is worse than no law at all.
The good citizen will not carry firearms,
because he is law abiding man. The
rutiian, shouder-hittcr and human brute,
carries his pistol or Bowie knife, because
the chances are nine to one that he will not
be detected and punished. Thus it hap
pens when the good man, whose life is val
liable to his family and community, runs
counter 10 the -ruffian, the shoulder hitter
and human brute, whose life is perhaps a
constant terror and menace to everybody
but himself, the good man is powcrlcss, and
should he be killed, the utmost compcnsa-
ton the law could give would be the
worthless life of his murderer, whom every
body wanted out of the way anyhow.
The law is inefficient. The conservators
of the peace cannot determine who carries
concealed weapons, unless the guilty party
happens to reveal their presence about his
person. Tie constitution of the United
States and Of the State of Illinois deny the
| right of search, by declaring that no per-
son shall be arrested and searched, in per
son or promises, without due process of
law.
What, then, is the remedy The creation
of public sentiment that will render the
citizen a social outCast who carries deadly
weapons, would accomplish much-would
confnc the habit 10 the low and vicious
TO men who would be under suspicion and
watch in any event, But the complete
cure Of the evil cannot be thus brought
about, The habit must be subjected
to heavier penalties; and our crim-
nal code must be 50 changed
as to prcsupposc malice IN every case
where the carrier Of concealed weapons UNI
lawfully kills human being. Let 1t be
understood that when man Of this charac-
ter is guilty of what is now held as man
slaughter, the courts shall hold that he dc
libcrately armed himself for the commits
sion Of that particular crime In cases
where a man gets into brawl, and com
mits what is known as cXCusable homicide,
let the fact that he had concealed weapons
on his person, cancel the mitigating circum-
stances, and render him liable to prosecu.
ton for ordinary homicide. Laws OF
this character might, in some in.
stances, work hardships; but when W.
recall the hundreds md thousand.
of almost causeless homicide, that ar,
chargeable directly to the habit we here
deprccate; when we reflect that the mos
reprehensibe practice places the
law abiding men Of the land a,
the mercy Of the low, the
worthless and vicious-the hardships such
laws would inhct, are not of q feather
weight.
, The ladies can render themselves grea
, power in this reform, and M they Arc made
0 to feel more deeply than tho men the ter
; riblc consequences Of the ruffianly practice
. they should read every man, young, md
| dle.aSed or old, who carries a conceale,
pistol or Bowie knife about his person, gu
Of their circle OF friends and associates, an,
a hold them as men who are liable tD bccon
r the "rcd.handed murlcTers" Of thei
It fellows.
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y vance in your system and thus encourag
D more serious maladics, such as Pncumonis
.. famorrhages and Lung troubles when a
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