The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-25
NATURAL DEPRAVITY.

We believe IN tnN granu IN" Vi p"'1''
this. Ike begets like. No one with common
observation, or with the most ordinary habits
ofthourht could believe otherwise. And so
balievinp how can we believe in natural de-
prsyi,y! We know that there have been
human beings born under abnormal cond'-
tlops. Wi.u rom thor earliest infancy dis
plsyed trails Of character of she very Vilest
and most dosplcsble nature; who were cruel
even 10 tho veriest wantonness, who had no
sense or idea or comprehension OF right;
who will lie and steal, indeed, com
NIT all the crimes in the calendar
with perfect nonchalence, and never
afterwards under any circumstances exhibit
o. feel any emotion Of remorse or con'r'''on'
Such wre,ches ne these arc not OF Natures
,r,o oiF,nrine and ge have often doubted II
thsy arc accountable to their maker, or u
thoy should bo held accountable to society,"
further than 10 self defense they should TO
nut away by society into some place OF safe
keepipe. But we know that there Is vast
de,l of crime in the world and most times
the criminals are men or women VINO, under
proper auspices and with proper control and
direction, would have been bright and useful
members of society. We have been read'
ing during the past few weeks
of the acts and exploits OF Rod-
mopd. the North Carolina Illicit
dis,,,,erv outlaw. He is described as being a
handsome, intelligent young man, with a
f.oo banning with benevolence and blue
ave as soft and gentle and tender in i's OK
n,ession as that of the purest girls. His
atorv ia one that teaches lesson-a lesson
that every young man in all tho land should
learn. At nineteen he VIA q bright heppy,
wlusome young man, the centre OF tho soeiai
circle where he lived, a model OF propriety,
ppriehtness md honesty. Full of spirit and
pride and ambition, and withal as gentle rs a
girl. generous, frank, kind'heOrted and with
heart full of that charity that sees mol
anothers faults, but discovers all his
goodness however it may be in the back
ground life looks bright before him and he
seemed about to enter upon career OF use
fulness, career that would mako him an
honor to humanity aud blessing to any
community in which he might cast his ios'
But a change, terrible change came over
his dream. In the mountains near where no
lived there we're illicit distilleres, and the
revenue officers Of the government came
into that section to hunt them out and arre.'
the Offenders. BY some mosns young
Redmond incurred their dRpleasure
and he was accused of being psrti-
csps criminis in this outlaWry.
He was oullawed, and the officers of the law
went to arrest him. Young aud ardent as
he was and conscious Of his innocence, oil
the dormant lion in him was aroused. He
dermined not to DO arrested and no evaded
tho officers for time, hiding horo and thore
as best he could until no wearied of this and
becoming moro desperate, determined to
openly defy them and did so. This drove
him to the mountains, and being in the
mountains, he was forced into the COM
psnionship Of tho "moonshiners'
or Illicit whisky distllers, and
thus no became one of thOm.
His superior Intelligence, his unquailng
nerve in peril of tho most desperate kind, his
o,olness, prudence and sound Judgment, soon
put him at the head of tho rough mon, the
bold outlaws, who deaed tho government and
all its officials and made whisky in the
mountains of North Carolina, despite al
efforts Of revenue collectors, United Sla,ei
marshals and even the United States, 10 III,
contrary Notwithstanding. II was wild, ex'
citing. dangerous lite, full of sos,, and soor
this once pure and upright young
man came to love il, and many I
wild, bloody siftsy did he have
with the authorities, defying them. .ant
mocking all danger. For eight years die
no and his comrades carry on their whlsk!
making, selling sill they could manutactut,
at good prices, and always resisting success
fully any force tina, could DO sent agalns
them. Finally few months ago, ia
fight with the federal authorities
Redmond was desperately wounded
still no managed to escape into III,
mountains, whore no remained for SOM
weeks, until his leir WAS found by trailing hi
devoted wife in her trips to and from hi
hiding place TO tho settlement, where ali
had to 60 from time to time for medi-
clnes and neoessarios Ho was captured
tried and on plea Of guilty cont TO priso
q, Albany, New York, for ton years. Her
wo see a young man, who, while no ha
proper surroundings, was model m full @
promise as any father could wish for his Sor
as pure and rs moral 10 any mother coul
with her boy to DO, bu. in mad moment, b
10, tho passion re, the better OF his iudg
mont, his better nature yielded to the evl
that was in him, for by Adams fall ever
man inherited something Of evil, and he cas-
behind him society, virtue, truth, moralit,
all, Nil that makes man bette
than the savage, better than devils. Ne,
no 10 ~ outcmt forever. The felon's bran
10 upon. hi, brow. All tho bloom Of h
vouth tho brightnasa and nron,isa ~ n,