Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-11-13
Monday morning under the caption u
The Diplomat OF the Zwcibouni

TO Major Duncan brown cooper
who wrought the pr. AT coaii'ioa: VIC
4 at hieved the harmonious confluence OF
Incompatible elements; who welded
! the pewter handle 10 tn wFdc'
spoon: who grated the d""d hoLSh l"
the living tree and made il O 3;oo'''
and burgeon and blend with So'a"h
| fruit: who mad plaNmlt'S OF I'd"
lamb and the leopard and boon com
! paniOns OF the spider and the hy; VINO
made soda aud vinegar dwell placid'y
IN the same bottle, aid who taught
oil and water how they might agree
to Major Duncan Brown Coop'r. inc
great diplomat Of thar political Lwe.-
bund. be all honor and glory forever.
On Monday evening Mr.. Carhia'k'
on his way to his apartments. STOP
ped Il moment on the street 10 SPEAK
to an acquaintance. AccIrdi' Z to
h'r statement, he was attacked u!
Robin Cooper, a son of Colonel Coop
er. VINO accompanied his son. and was
shot to death. MIR. Camack was 'fH,
ed but was unable 10 defend h'mSeH
fnectually. although Il" inflicted
slight wound en- Robin Cooper.
w CdHHot Gu s'l'' N'''>
thoughtful, law-abidins Southern man
will condOne the crime oi which MI.
Carmack WAS the victim. or VIII Nh"
the slight st justification in The para
@.Lph written and published 10y Mr..
Carmack for taking III" life Of III"
editor st statesman. |: is nor alleged. 30
far as we are advised. that Col. DIh-
can Cooper fred on Mr. Carmack'
But he was presert during NE assault
and he has been arrested ON war
raut charging him with being an ar-
cesEory to murder Is it p"ssih"
possible that human life Is he d SO
lightly in Tennessee" thar the son OF
4 man who has been conspicuous III
politics for 10 years is justified IN
shooting the writer OF Il satirical para
graph addressed to his father? Col
orel Cooper is no novice in party war
fare. He has been in the tSick OF ne
political fray ever since the CIVIL
War II he felt that his spirit was
too sensitive to endure the shafts I"
journalistic wit. h" should have kept
out of politics. We cannot DelieFe
that public opinion in Tennessee" VIII
condone the crime of his son. we
cannot even imagine that 4 man f"a
plead seriously justification or even
cxtenuation of the crime of murder on
the ground that few lines or news
paper satire must BE- wiped out in the
blood OF the writer.
Mr.. Carmack was The victim OF a
crime which has all the elencn. S q.
premeditated murder. We do not be-
n-v> tnat tnOush;ful nt"n In Ten y :
see stand for c~ifblooded m"rher
The man who killed Mr.. Carmack was
not restrained by the circum stanc"
that ne was executing vengeance IN
the presence OF woman: that h"r
life was imperilcd and that the ives
of persons en- the Street-Uom"n
ard children-were jeOpardized. In
his sagerness to xii, he took no heel
OF the safety Of spectators. II was.
in so far as We are able 10 judge
from the dispatches. DELHI rate mar
der. II did not arise above the level
of a killing in astreet fight. with all
the chances against the victim. we
cannot think that Tennessee stand;
for crime of this abcminab'e charac-
ter. IL the South Of other days the
code o fbonOr aud the duei survived
after both were outlawsd in o:her
parts Of the United States. The duel
was a raltc Of bartarisin. buf II was
Infinitely prcfs rabie. II wounded homer
or 2sievanve OF any kind ,cohid only
be- satisfied with a, killing. 70 the
street fight Viewing the attack. upon
Mr.. Carmaek from the standpoint OF
the code Ct DONOR" tn: Tennessee
editor was the victim of 4 cowardly
murder. Viewing it frcm the stand
point OF civilization and humanity ne
was the victim Of a crime which odSht
TO be punished 20 the fill extent oil
The Law We trust Ten sIcc justice
and Tennessee civilizs ton will make
a precedent in this case which Will
ret-c. the highe.t credit uron -ooth
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