The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-04-27

~. EE~ENN1e MAIH N ~
fair 10 suppose that The gain a. n's
tai abnoimity wilt eOntiuna ~,
advancing Years uutd sanity '"n
be- the exception rather than ~
rule. In that happy day-Es, ne
hold that The imbeciles are ,bs s
happy persons ia this world az oa..
the sane mar will be an obiec, y
pity aud, alas f2ns freaaentlv y
mirth, and he wihNe locked mn -
strait jacketed and repressed "nS
restrained In divers ways now NV sA
scribed for the care and cure Of n.
crazy and the putting Of The lnns'
tic under lock. ~
In society, the people living >.
that time will cease to hear Of ,ba
eccentricities of genius, and The dis
course will consist in praise !,
blame OF the peculiar phaso Of H.
sanity OF this or that distinguixhsd
parsonage. General A., will he ~
verely criticised TOR permitting his
normal tendencies to interfere with
his darling project OF building .
covered way 10 the moon; JudgsR
will DO eulogised to the heayens ror
his persistent purpose in SELECTING
for jurymen only such as have slain
a relative or committed a felony.
and interminable discussion will haa
provoked by the course of Reyer.
end MIR. b., who has enuuciated tha
dogma that there may be an OppOr.
tunity tor the right>minded to re-.
pent after death, the arguments Of
the disputantS ut times waxing AZ
warm AZ do some OF the wranglers
of U own day over speculatious
equally aOstruse.
There will be societies for tina
suppression of the sane aud associa.
tons for the amelioration OF the
mentally albright, and while the
crazy ones oil the earth shall fill ALI
public stations and move about at
their pleasure, the normal minded
shall be thrust. from all places Of
trust and emolument and be mured
up within lofty buildings, which
shall Internationally burn down and
thus work a radical cme upon the
inmates.
Matters will not be greatly On.
like what they are at present, but
the tables viii be turned, pnd as
public affairs hnUot he conducted
less skillful'y than they are now, il
is fair to presume that they mag be
carried on more successfully, for
the insane who will then bays
charge win not be hAmpered by
hose Conventional ideas which
have proved so aborhve of progress
aud which have bound normal hu.
manity to IN inexorable following
of methods that have invariably
sought out the longest way toward
desire results aud the least practi,
cable means for the end in view.
Untrammeled, therefore, by the
with out and discredited practices
OF the past, the lunatlcs will start
out alb initio, and we have faith to
believe that they will strike out bel
ter systems of government aud de-
veiop more perfect ideas of social
science than any that ever obtained
DUNG the ascendency OF the
healtby-minded race, so called.
There will, Of course, be many
changes IN public sentiment, which
to anticipate seems odd enough,
but which will iu their own season
excite little or no comment. PeO-
pie will be found who will boast
that there has been insanity IN
their family for countless genera.
tions, and they will consequently
be enyied and at tue same lime be
up to as favored ones. while
on the contrary families whose an.
ceSterS, immediate or remote, are
known to have been sane will be
stunned and condemned, and in'
termarriage With them will be re.
as something TO be dreaded
aud u thing TO be discouraged aud
avoided by all possible means.
1t is likely, also, that when a man
commits some such indiscretlon as
murder or bigamy, efforts will 10
made to prove that be is the victim
OF emotional sanity, aud the law
gers of that day will indulge III
long and wearying arguments, pas
Cd upon genealogical data, to show
that Ii of the prisoners ancestors,
A few generations back, was notea
for bis strength OF mind and the 20.
varying 6rmness of his mental
grasp, or negatively upon statistics
% prove that no case of lunacy was
sYer known in his family LUG
prosecution, probably, will cue .
Eases of eccentricity in the pas. o.
he accused, as, for example, tDss
)n one occasion he bail been known
tell the truth when u faiseboOu
veil stuck to would have been OeV.
ier for his reputation, or tbal w
,uce refused to accept . lucrall's
,fice upon the s%peciOus plea Ipas
le was entirely uuitted for me "
iilon. But the weightof eSideass
viii be entirely In his favor, ana ivy
ury will acquit bin trinmpnsa.g
vithont leaving their seats; Tor"
) presamable that our insane Po
erity will look up0n q crimius'
nth the same 2redeleciion thar
With Us, aud incredibly
lare him to be 10 bis right mlao'
nd therefore an ornament 70 svo.
', rs we 10 our day pronounce nI~
asane that be may continue 2 ~
elish aud adogn our society aDu1
pursue bis career 0fcFime--
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