The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-02-03

DDO00s0Y.
1t y . nnortjfyipg re6eetiea that IN
the catalogue there ass things which
70 for men, and yet ase destitute a
manly qualiajes. There ase cseolosea
vbo reenrd Q WOMAN Who has been
! guilty Of an ipdiseretion % OFFSET S"s
the Glow moving dnger a seosn to
| poiut forever ut. There are hunsaD
lnol<s Who burrow II The dirt, uneo0-
! seious Of the faet that there b sun
sbise In Tie sky, 1ewen In ths aesds,
and beauty svssywbese. There ass
midnight stabbess and gave ro6bess,
and petty lsscsny tn jeves q darkness,
who do not know that there b ~
easter, more lueeatjve and noso ho0-
oeable life. There are savaGes In
eivilised uIe whose natures incline
them to oiyhl rather than Who)ooeDe
food. Thsee sys pgofeeoed ChSist3eos
whose natures have never been emo
bed BY charity q sny Christian sen
timeut. In the economy o. humanity
monumeDts OF the doctrine q human
depsavity msy Be necessary; bat It b
. pleasing reflections that the nsa<s Of
npostab are actuated by sentjments o(
kindness and honorable purpose.
There are but Few families in The
world that do not have . sks)etoa
somewhere in the closet -seane u tho
male or female member gone wrong
that It would not care to heve
draeged to the light Of the void.
There ,re bat few men that have no.
some episodes In their history, not
sps9csiminal, that would b mas-
flying to them to Be spread beSdee
the public. TO the credit u human
nature II must b said that the dispo-
sitiou to wallow IN lilth b not Ce0e-
raj, aud Il becoming les - tnteIIi-
genoe aud Christian sentiment pTo'
vail. Men aud women are taken for
what they aro worth and what they
Do, and not what they or meD6en of
their family may have dsoe.
A notable instance Of this h exem.
plined in the case Of Gen. D. &.
Grant. Some thirty yes's aGo be wss
D subordinate Officer In the U. g.
army. Hin dissolute habits and gen
esal character were sVch that the IN. !!
Of proceedings against !
him could not b avoided. Under
he laxity OF the service ct that time
be escaped . court martial BY resign.
pg. An outlswed account Of over
I, O0O stands on Government books |;
lgainst his name for IN IN
,ettled sceount while he. w. req
mental quartermaster. There has
,een no general dispositjon any
where to blacken bis name ordesrade
1lm in public estimation on account
II these earlier eTross. The ease
II Councilman Cox In this Territory !!
. very similar, but In lesser degree,
10 that of General Giant. The high.
men Of Montana will extend
10 Mr.. Cox, - did the nation to Gen.
Grant, their respect and cooperation
10 the way of gool citisenship.
The public duty to decent action 10 ;
10 mere sentimental theory. There
b . legal prohibition against holding
up any man to public hatred, con-
empt or rilicale. No matter how
black . mans former character may
nave been or reprshensible his con-
luct, the facts cannot Be given 70 the
world except with good motives and
or ustiGable ends." The actuatiug
nUtive in the case at Councilman
COX b partisan malice. The pro-
,eedin9 against him were not PIT on
ont to unseat him. but to expose
linl to "public hatred, contempt aud
'idlieule." The laws a dece0ey and
he laxs Of the Territory alike pro-
ect him. He will rice 10 public 6sti.
nation while his narrow.mindDed de-
ractors are sinking.