The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-06
sECoNDcoURsE.

Nine Ia Marquise Lamerliere sat in Parlia-
ment. She had p%etitioned that one Charles
Henri Samson, commonly known as MonsisuI
de Paris, execntioner of Paris, be sentenced
10 beg her pardon with a rope around bis
neck for the insult he had been guilty Of in
dining with her and meeting her on terms o.
equality, andithat for the safety Of the public
the executioner should thenceforth wear q
distinctive sign sd hat all would know him
About the Marquise sat a s~ymapathizing
company Of friends from the court, among
them Colonel Ientel, who had encountered
her at the inn.
Charles Henri Sansoa had not been able to
\ procure an advocate. No baFrister cared to
appear as counsel of the executi0ner.
The advocate Of the plaintiff forgot moth
ing. he laid stress on the Migrant insult
Madame la Marquise complained OF. We
described with much eloquenee the sad situa-
ton q she poor lady after she had been in.
formed Of the profession of the man with
whom she had ,dined.
Charles Henri Samson appeared wrapped in
thought. When be lifted his eyes it was to
fix them on the face Of Madame la Marquise
IA face which was paler than when he had
| seen Il first. When the time came for his de-
fence be arose with a severe air and address,
ed the Court with much slauteur.
ssIti is fortunate for me-, g~entiemen, said be
that, being eharged before yon asa crimS
I Uufs uONulIM rs 0ANAC4 AMHtnRO my AtAtrN8-
Why, then, am ! aeulprit2 Because ! have
performed functions which are said 10 be in
| famous. ask you, gentleman, If there are
infamous functions do the Slater
"Infamy Is the appanage OF crime, and
where there is no crime there can be no in-
fanny. The discharge OF my functions Is not
criminal. sirs; ii is az net d justice, and the
same principle Of equity which leads you to
pass a sentence actuates me when ] intiict
the penalty upon the culprit. The fact ID
that our functions are associated % speh q
| degrees that fnine eanRot be etigmatized with
! ont moral imputation on yours
II am aware tha6an public Offices are not
| equally honorable they are c~reditable in
/ proportion to their usefulness to society.
Gfst. What would tho State dol ny Office
were suppressed for 3 single dayl
~The Kingdom wOn3d be given up to brig
andage. lmpunity wonld kAl the laws;
4 virtue would be despised; vice would prevail
There would be one law-that % the strong
est. They would laugh Of yonr sentences,
1 gentlemen. 1t is ia the shadow Of my
emordthat Innocence breathes freely. thattbe
EpoIice are powerful and that public order
prevails.
.My office Il considered d~ishonorable be-
cause / slay men. AK . soldier what HIS
profession Is: he viii tell yon that, like me,
re rs slayer Of men. Act his company Is
never Hu0uNNN Hhd7hV one tuluhr ht ~ uh5-
rface1 hy eating III his company Nthere is
amy di1sreuee between as. surely il Is ID my
favor. For whom. does q soldier slay2 In
nncerts. very honorable men whose only
crime IS that They do their duty. Prospect
fnnocenc8. / Kill only eulprita. ] purge eoei-
CITY Of the monsters who disturb it, wpose.
sfSoidjers grpfass only external faide; they
hnveto fight hat xerely lapses Of twcnfy
wears have pissed without the arms being
called into St3ion. Ipresegve peace at hope.
fcontinuaily resffsin the incidence oEbad
citizens. nota unek passes "a which I do mot
punish crime and Ayarge the wrongs Of the
injured.
t1ben. too. each solitary soldier, each 0fa.
GER. contributes 10 but b small degree to the
~trnaqnility Of the state; the glory Of prezerF
ing pubic tranquility i divided among -
many th0ueand men that each individual