National Republican., 1888-04-19

.cntcd Hccrt0iu method OF procedure I'm
conflict with the state regulation,
We desire our position understood on this
question. What VIC have contendcl for is
the supremacy Of the National Convention
over any state regulation. That Is all.
NorNo Mn. WArrER,oy, who stabbed rrctty
Mrs Cukcl. tie Richmond widow, represents
u type uf person that is quite common.
and that breaks ont in the community
IN an sorts OF unexpected and surprising
ways The fair victim Is reported 10 have
said that Wattcrsun hurt her only I'm fun that
they were Just playing But the llnllddy
probably told what was nearer the truth when
Size said n was "a case OF Jealousy AMI bal
whisky" Because Mrs. l'nkc seemed dis.
posed 10 keep another engagement uptwith.
standing his protest he thrust a wicked knife
into her bosom, and attempted To do II The
second time. The desire Of ono person To- IN.
!lirt am injury upon another about whom h"
j. jealous Is one ul the strangc.i AMI most
absurd Weaknesses ut humanuaturr, And vet
hardly u week passes that we fail to read Of a
case somewhere In which man trlc, to Kill
some woman. because, fOrsOOth, She does moi
love him n hc thinks She ought, aul conduct
that he has himself devised This ari,o'. Of
course from the sci.asscrtiyc, selfish, and
tyrHunical disposition with which too many
men are afflicted and their inability 30 under.
stand that women are free moral and
physical agents rs well rs themselves There
j. ne meancr trait Of human character than
that which prompts one individual to compel
| In another that which doe, not of itself spjn.
! tmcou-ly arise. The only basis upon which
! there can be- successful organization Of
| human society Is the basis Of personal inlc.
| r,udcncc and mutual respect, The man who
| goes about the world trying TO compel by
main force the admiration OF other people,
/ whether male ur female. Is Il monster of the
/ most mCXUUsablc. mtulCrablc type,
and the quicker something hap.
| pous tu check his unenyubln cl.
/ rccr the better II You are in love, yoing
man, and the object ot your affection does
not seem tu respond exactly to your taste,
! don't stab her Or shoot her, but put up with
! II and say nothing, or go away aud hang your
| self. There l. M Use in finding fault ii some
/ body docs not love you Just as your ardent
! fancy pictures. The heart of u maiden Is
| even beyond her own control, not 10 speak of
| the control of somebody else. Nuu can't
command the tCndcrcSt passion that ever
| >wcllcd In the human breast ! grows like
the flowers of the field free and mcnculn.
| bcrcd-and If you lay II rude hand thereon
| II viii withcr away and die. There is no
room for daggorS and pistols or any sort OF
violence in the field Of love and courtslip. It
! is the one domain where the heart alone must
he supreme. OF course, we know that il was
/ Il very sad thing for Young Mr.. WatterSon 10
| feel that pretty Widow unkcl did not love
linn as he desired, but he has certainly not
bettercd things by Slashing her with his knife.
1t would lave been far more sensible ii he
had gone and taken pas2M@ BAN and then tried
( '"i'h' '"nsoIation in the surctyuf some more
( oousidcratc lady.