Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1897-12-17
BARNS DURRANT SPEECH.
Fie Bodily Cribs Some of Daniel
Webstar's Thunder

t"tiAS
[" ft PEI II iu wtich District A.
tor e. BAN "Bk q for the conviction
# lrtah', he rod'ly Ilagarized from
w b-trr 'n" gave t. latter no credit =
L " thai OF John T Knapp for
,h' mur"er Of J s~ph White, Of Salem.
Ma-sachuret's, W. bster. in hi. speech
for th+ Common wealth, made use Of
the following language:
Gentlemen, your whole concern
should Ne to do your duty, and leave
consequences 10 take care OF themsel
yes. You will receive the law from
The court, Your verdict. it is true,
may ~endanper he prisoners life but
then 1t Is to save other lives. IF the
prisoners guilt has been shown and
proved beyond all reasonable ,iOubt.
you will convict him Il surh reas
enable doubts of guilt still .pmain.
you will acquit him. You ar" the
Judges Of the whole case. You owe a
duty t" the public, as well us TO the
prisoner ht the bar You cannot ore
sumo TO be wiser than the law. Your
duty is a plain, straight forward one.
Doubtless, We VI uld all Judge him 10
mercy. Toward him, as an individ-
ual, the law ,nculcates no hostility :
but toward hin, if proved to be a muir
deler, the law, And the oaths you have
taken. and public justice, dem md that
you do your duty.
With cOnsciences satisfied with the
DISCHARGE of duty, no consequences
a harm you. There is no evil that
we cannot either face or fly from but
the Consciousness of duty disregarded.
A sense of duty pursues US ever. It
Is omnlpresent, like the Deity. If we
take to ourselves the wings OF the
morning and dwell iE the utmost
parts OF the seas, duty performed. or
duty violated, is still with Us. for our
happiness, or our misery, If we say
Tue darkness shall cover us, in the
darkness as in the light, our obliga-
tloDs are yet with US, We cannot
~ wv hot Nv HUH INplE
preseoce. They are with US in this
life, will be with US at it's close: ind
IN that scene Of Uncomfortable solemn
lty, which lies yet farther onward, we
shait SILL find ourselves surrounded
by h consciousness of duty. to pain
us wherever it has Deer violated, and
to console US 80 far as God may have
given us grace to perform it.
la District Attorney Barns' areu
gument, a stenographic report OF
which appeared in the Examiner Of
November l. 1895, he used the follow
ing language:
All OF US, gentlemen, have got our
duty to do ii tha premises, and with
the conscious satisfaction of duty dis
charged no consequences can harm
US. Their Is 10 evil that we cannot
either avoid or fly from except the
consciousness Of duty disregarded. A
sense OF duty is with US ever, it omni-
present, like the Deity. If we take to
ourselves the wings of the morning
o dwell 10 the uttermost parts of the
duty performed, or duty violated.
Is still with Us, for our happiness or
our misery. Though the darkness
should cover US, in the darkness, as
in h light, our obligations are vet
with US They are with US in this
life, they will be with Us at it's close.
and in that scene OF ~inconceivable
solemnity that lies still further on
ward. We shall still be surrounded bv
the same consciousness Of duty, to
shame US wherever it has been vio-
lated, and to console us in 80 far az
God may have given Us the grace to
perform it