The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-13
This paper is Democratic n principles
and is Independent in its UtelOs on all
local questions.
sentiment VS.. Sense.

Sentiment VS.. Sense.
A New York paper remarks this
morning that two things cause the
deep interest that is felt in Mrs, May
bricks case, the fact that she is a
woman and the fact that she is an
American. We confess to utter ina
bility to coincide in that view. 1t has
appeared to us that the circumstance
which commanded interest in the case
was the assumed lnsufficiency of the
evidence on which she was convicted
in other words, the imminent posi-
bility that she might be hanged,
though innocent.
Certainly, nothing can be more n
healthy than a sympathy founded on
the mere fact of her SEX. If she is
guilty of numbering her husband in
cold blood, with deliberate and per-
sistent cruelty, she is all the more a
monster because she is a For
some reason, we are accustomed to as
sociate the more injurious forms of
crime with acknowledgements man
hood. of course, and they do not shock
our feelings more than we are pre-
pared for by experience. But cruelty,
violence, death-even when accom-
panied with no phase of horror, are
held to be r%epugnant to the feminine
nature, and they wound our sensibili-
ties more deeply when displayed in a
woman, and in all healthful minds call
for a severer condemnation than in a
man, because they are in her person a
more offensive violation of the laws of
nature.
AS to Mrs. Maybrick's American
nationality, the effect appears to us
to depend wholly on the question Of
her guilt or innocence. Ii she is
guilty, she certainly can claim no
sympathy from the country she dis
graces. 1t is ridiculous to suppose that
our Government could for sentimental
reasons false sentiment, too,) under
take to prevent the administration of
justice in another country. So far as
there is reason to believe the woman
innocent, it is a truism to say that she
has a claim on the sympathy and ac-
tive aid not only of Americans, but of
all humane persons.
Judging of the IA from imperfect
reports, it is very hard to properly
estimate the weight and bearing of the
evidence. The judge and the jury
who tried her evidently agree in con
sidering her guilty. A large section of
the British public are of the same
opinion. OF those who side with her,
hardly can be found to assert her
innocence absolutely. The best they
can say is that the evidence left a
doubt of her guilt. In fact, nine
tenths of all observers of the case. are
probably satisfied in their hearts that
she is guilty.
Under all the circumstances, the
situation had better be taken coolly.
Considering the popularity of the
movement in her favor, the Home Sec
rotary will doubtless reprieve her if
any good excuse can be furnished to his
conscience for doing SO. If he fails to
interfere, the public had best be salts
fed that a review of all the evidence
and such new evidence as there is,
only serves to fasten the chains of
conviction more firmly about the con-
demned.
THE Newark Press Register says
boys should be taught
TO shut doors without slamming.
To shut them in winter to keep the cold out.
TO do errands promptly and cheerfully.
To be kind to all animals.
10 let cigarettes alone.
To tell the truth.
There are some girls who would be
greatly benefited by the same lessons.
GEORGE WAsHINGToN's ghost is
said to be walking nowadays in an
old house which he once used as head
quarters of the Revolutionary army.