The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-05-06
HER FAYE TO TBE WALL. AFD A NAME
NEVER MENTIONED.

HER FAVE TO TBE WALL. AFD A NAME
MAYER MENTIONED.
We are wanting in words to express oUr
adherence OF the crime for which TnoNr-
SON shot DAVIS the other day, IL what is
alleged by the former is true Of the latter.
! there is one institution on earth which
is without price for its purity to civilized
man, II Is the marital relation. And be
who invadcs the sanctity Of the home ard
saps the affairs of conjugal fidelity forieits
his right to live in the society whose writ
ten laws protect It, and whose unwritten
laws Is a greater defender still.
In the THOMPSON case we find that
Mr.. THOMPSON started for Washington nc
companied by his wifs as far as Cincinnati!
he babe her goodbye and continued his
journey, expecting her to return TO Harrods-
burg that same evening; instead of doing
this she went to another hotel where she
registered and was assigned room. Next
day DAVIS appeared in Cincinnati. lie
meets Mrs. THOMPSON, how or where it
matters not, and they spend the afternoon
aud evening together. They return
to the hotel about O'Clock at night
Ia a state Of intoxication. He does
not conduct her TO her room, or the
apartment OF her kinswoman, whose pres
ence furnished a pretext for her soiourn;
he thrusts her into his own room and they
remain there an hour or more. AZ to these
points there is no denial. Upon investiga'
ton OF further facts, Mr., Thompson became
assured OF the suspected quit, ana, obeying
the instincts oil humanity, no ievelled his
pistol at the levellcr OF his peace, ana was
as emphatic IN his work AZ the criminal
was In his We are opposed to blood
splllihg ana prefer to have the legal RENE
DIES pnr ued, but In provocalion ike this
we apoiosse Tor the passion That oVerleaps
the cooler reason. III There be Il
case where the Old Mosaic rue
Oh 'ah eye ior an eye ana u
t"oth Tor a tooth' might be ustlhably Oh
served despite the Christian dispensation,
!! IN iiRethc one AZ par ANA u any mi-
ch'el iollow, theh thou shalt take lite Tor
','e' ana We care not whether the mar
rage RELATION DO holy sacfamoht ordained
ny "ou' or purely cNh 'hstituV'oh' tis
lhe Oldest social one KNOWN with It's ionn'
ua'ion IN the constitution oil our nature
sacreoIy sanctioned by all religion elevator
ny ohrisliahity' ana protecteu IN its ihteg- |
r'ty win all brave men by that h'Bher law
'"' assesses anu recoius the damages ior
its violation In the blood OF the violatr,
IRON inc heigh's OF Sinai' away back |
Id the dawn oil history, the death OF the
D hraver OF virtue was decreed from
court. Ana IL IL recorded
'hat the uaughter OF JACOB scuuoeu by
prince OF one oil tho Tribes, was iearlully
avenged by her brothers, SIMEON and LEVI,
who slew the man, and exterminatcd the
people that produced MN. what chivalry
IN the'e that mas not glorlucd BRurus who
sew the iewu IARQuiN, ana applauded
NiRoiNius VINO stliled TO death the lasciy-
ions uecemvir VINO placed, or sought to
place inc ieper's faint on purity What
spirit did In this regard, the
modern sanctions ana adopts. We are
permitted TO take the lie oil u burglar that
enters our home and Steals or even seeks
10 steal, our assessable goods. why should
we not DO alike allowed to exact his life
VINO enters our households, poisons the
uhassessable cup oil existence, and disturb'
the sweet sleep OF deity, IN nocturnal
lreakr IL the serpeh was cursed above oil
things for wrong donc,and made
To creep upon It's belly, why should not u
similar penalty be visited upon the in.
sdious serpent that creeps In to assail the
sacredness and purity of our EdcnP II the
two mon were stretched upon the cross
for being thieves OF their neighbors' prop
critics. why should not an equal punishment
DO melted out to the hendish robber tha'
preys ON virtue to make II II plaything
Tor lust and sports with innocence
10 poison 1t with base debauchoyP
Urine OF this sort is beyond the reach Of
s'equate expression aud its pardon shou d
D. beyond the hope Of EXTREMIST mercy.
IL tolls the ruin and the requiem OF the
flctim and the victims hearthstone. To
The one 1t brings u maelstrom of misery,
lgulphlng her in the black ness of mid.
nirht. and l,avex ber IN ,ho ,,;,ds or ,,i,,o.
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