Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-24

Iic hafgaret street Tragedy.
1 The tragedy at % Margaret street on
Friday emphasizes the necessity for train
/ ing up children carefully and OF eniorc-
ing the laws against crimes of violence
Vigorously. To parents who read the ac-
count OF the staoblng OF Joseph b. Sibley
by his son, the thought Of the greatness
/ OF the responsibility which their children
impose upon them must have come with
tragic force. How few parents realize.
to the extent which they ought, how
much they have to do with the sue
cess in life and the happiness
Of their children. Many, perhaps the
majority, think that if they provide
nome, food and clothes for them
and afford them educational facih-
ties, they have done their whole duty With
regard to them. How greatly they are
mistaken the number Of young men and
women who choose an evil course plainly
shows. or course there are some who are
/ naturally SO bad that if they were sur
rounded by the very best Of home indu-
/ ences, and were trained up wisely and
carefully, they would not make good
men ana women, but that is not the case
with the great majority of those who seek
/ evil associations and finally become mem
/ bers of the criminal classes.
! Children need love and restraint, the
/ guidance OF strong hands ana wise heads
and surroundings that tend to lead them
( always towards that which is pure, good
and elevatpg. In their parents they
should see virtues, not furnishings to
admire and initiate, not things 10 be
stunned and to be ashamed Of.
/ Toomary parents regard children as
I burden 10 be borne "a lightly as possible.
They forget that Injustice, harshness and
neglect. whether intentional or uninten-
! uoual leave marks that are never erased.
] Mistakes which parents make with regard
/ to their children can seldom be remedied.
/ ltiu the pursuit Of their pleasures or the
1 srauhcdtion OF their appettes and amb-
/ tons parents leave their children unloved
and uncared for. they cannot reasonably
! expect their children's love and care IN
their old age
The young roam Sibey may be naturally
bad, or ne may be bad from evil associa-
lions. His crime is terrible one and
NHLlDi tt- flcNtu " llNDNl lctlil4S OF Not~
ror. That he intended TO murder bis
father there can be no doubt, and tnat ne
did not accomplish his purpose immedi-
ately was not because his courage failed,
bat because his knife did not reach vital
spot. The wound ne Inflicted, however,
may terminate fatally.
If the wound should terminate fatally
what VIII the jury do which viii be i'm
paneled TO try the young parracide?
Already this question is being asked in
this community. VIII the, history Of
other murder cases be repeated, or
VIII there be new depar-
lure? VINO can deny that if
murderers had been punished in this
city as they ought to nave been young
Sibly would not have struck the blow at
his fathers life? The failure of iuries to
10 their duty in murder cases is an invi-
tation to commit murder. Men of violent
passions and weak moral natures, thirst
ing for revenge for some fancied or real
injury, do not hesitate to take human
life if they are in a community where
murderers are not hung. Is it too much
to say that Jurors who have helped muir
derers to escape the gallows IN this COM
munity are partly responsible for the muir
derous blow which young Sibly struck
his father?