The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-03-14
.gA DAsPARD JupoMRNr.

According 10 Webgter'B Unabridged,
q bastard m0aus spurious, false, adul
ferrous, lacking IN genuinenesB. .ar
When applied tOa child OK person, II
megna, born dlogINmately on 0t
adultery IH ,n- a q .,u,nu.. y
Ant ofding .top lNr latest bastard
authority, however va learn that II
does moi hurt y m0n, TO call hiW has
tNrd,ul Weu have u Judge IN thls
section, who Ia rendering grave, legal
opinion eve coy graYn, bgCauge such
opinions ought to- tbf hprgd), Cl.eU u
humber 0i n0tdd INSTANCES WhGga chill,
dten born Of adultery aud bred US basl
tards have grown mp " DO honorable
meni hence, says this abnormal Judge.
u does not libel 4 man 70 call him a
bastard. .t... 49,. .ty. .t.
Let ttB apply this bastard opinion In
some further illustrations, There are
many notable instances where men have
served sentence IN the pcnltontlary
for acrlme, bat have since reformed,
ana have become Jelprmcrs and useful
members Of society Therefore. u
rathereleyates.a a mantO send him to
the penitentiaty for crime. According
20 the Rev Shm' Small, Nc had two
attacks of the jimjnms and
WIS q moral ana physical wreck before
he became 4 preacher According to.
Judge Raley II wbuldlnOJ hurt u man
to have the ilm jams because IL ln
creases his chances for becoming q rG
former,
0f course Judge Raley knows,
Iasl lsH
else, with as much brains rs
two ordinary gray geese, that crime Is
disgraCeful, and that " Is libelous 10
charge man with q crime, or to charge
that his birth was of criminal origin
Adultery is0 crime by the moral law
Of all countries and all religious Creeds
In every land Christian, Pagan or Mo.
hamedan, all over the world, 10 IL
crime by the civil law of nearly all the
slatesOf the United States,
COncede, that by the Statutes Of Ohio
IL is not libel0us 10 call u man by an
epithet, which, II true, would not make
him n criminal, there is sun no possible
.pnlliauOn or eNpuse for th@ statement,
thai II does not libel man 70 call
him bastard. o'.u I... .I. u. .
We understand perfectly that man
is not u. Crimipal because he Isl bus
taid, neither Is u man u criminal be
cause he Ia an idiot or Violently insane,
II does not follow that because u man
Is born Of h criminal connection that he
Is q criminal, We all understand this
But what wa object 10. 10 the assertion
of the Judge tbatit does QQt libel \ N
man TO-. shy tlatlhe Is the pesllt OF A..
criminal ACT, 0apdempad everywhere
by both the laws of God aud man,..Yr
IF Judge RaleN IN giyingbiR decision,
had quoted the OhtoSlatntes aud dQcis
Ions, aid said that q Suit for libel can
not be maintained where the charge, II
true, does not constitute q criminal OF.
fcnse,Iit would not bG IA the'proylucO
OF II newspaper to ocritiels0 Baid da0is
ion, but whepua Judge ,abAndons
his legitimate domain Of law, and
launches u legerdemaln into the field Of
moral ethics, his acts are The proper
subjeCtof public comment and Oitl'
csm, and we say here and now, that
when u Judge proclaims that II does not
lower aman IN the eyes OF the public
TO call him q bastard that said Judge
ought to be condemned f0r such utter
anC0 by every right thinking MANI a.
Wemake these statements with q fan
knowledge we trust, OF the true do.
maiu OF The judiciary in itsinterpreta'
ton and enforcementof law, and Of the
legitimate domain of u fearless jour.
nalist.tn the defense Of the rights Of
private citi2epsr and the good order and
Wellbeing of society Y...,,,