Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-07-06
u Dsa,ar That III, Skipas =. q,
Lo.yn .,th Ills vessel II. Be-
I'D .. Is t.e!d ID,
.-.u a. the 6rrnv ar ~ {
Tt.r rt.-' c.. s...- ; { l-.

Loun ..th His vessel II. Be-
I'D =. Is t!e!d do, !
..-.v c. the Army 81 ~ {
.i,.5rn Is II class Of ~'iNa y Inv
" does not :l,. .:s,;i: pecoisr
\ law saws Case aud nment,
sef;lG.,e it approaches $" le:l = dan !
el inc that NAM d:,!." not r. lizc II
~ thc rNtei' ~ u'.sisEn:. q al d..
|: r;a"' ii IS !, cert nt NE ro.;l,is.. law. !
II is ib.. nitNril.ea in'N ~ l.l;. sen 4
that Il c.vpl3,i,. ..nS! 80 ,.e%n wil'l his !
,fin Mru a;ti. mt write il t.to tiu.
s,,sl.rilct ai,,l n;liinn> dare not iile"r.
.soi,:,le ii in their navy or marine re.su I
iai!ons. yc, Ills. iyrants "f riie ss'a know !.
~ ':lw aud .s,!i;'vr tii:lt IN "i,r.s ii /
h"ttrts lh.t.i S,,eH"p. and tser. .;re :
tcv- inS;aa Is of / 's.'~- q 7're.r-. 70 ID !
J; is tn. ,lnwrillra t.iw -. IL. array I
ard NAVY tn. IN o!i:Irr an Not 5 ok
;uNrr. an n least Slall not show ~
rreh"llS:on of danger to his person in
time nf battle and in the presence OF 4
enlisted men IN common sailors ln9
t.le Franco.lprusSian war nearly 4.GO0U
officers of the German army were
killed. and the great majority of them
ave up their lives because they II,
lieved in this law of conduct
In obedience to- this law Farragut
mt the head of his .;rging column d,
the bloody angle. aud Lawton walked
coolly in front of the line and was
shot in the presence Of his men,
The law of the right OF revolution
has been much talked about and much
written about. Every intelligent citi-
zen believes that he has the right UNI
der certain conditions to oppose the es-
tablished government of his own land
and join in an effort to establish an.
other in its place. just prior to and
during the war between the states
there was much discussion in this
country by learned men on either side
of the right of revolution and re
"hfgher power" and the "greater law"
The law iustifying one person in the
killing of another has required the
serious consideration Of every country.
Every criminal code provides certain
punishmentS for homicide. and many
of them graduate the punishment With
minute particularly, according to the
circumstances ,of the killing. so that
any one of six crimes may be involved.
in 81 Sinsl" Tragedy. Such codes also
attempt to define what killing is jt,sti-
fable and what is eNrus;ble aud with
their Interpretation by the courts at
tempts to describe the onl. conditions
under which one human being can kill
| another and not be guilty OF crime.
| The Hebrew code almost stands
alone in it's recognition of mans desire
to kill and his righ, to have that de-
sire and that climax nf all s;ltisfuctions
which come to him who under great
| proNoration Stays another 1t is not at
;lll strange that in this branch there
| should be IN extended code Of unWrit-
ten as written law. unwritten now and3
always To he unwritten for the rensonE
shat the recognition given by its EN-
bodiment in the statutes would he tax \
IN as Il license by dishonest men md
would result in harm rather than good
| 1t is an unwritten law among the
officers of the army that if II subordi
nate officer kills !; superior officer be-
cause that officer has publicly degraded
him by striking him or by other action
equally humili;l,ing then the court mar
tal will MOI convict During the wav
between the states Oh IL memorable o.
casion ut l.olliSyill". Ky. General Mel
son said to General Davis:
"I1ow many ncn have you:"
General Davis replied. "About" Civ
ing an approximate number.
Nelson said: .'lol ~ army officer
and say about. Wig don't yo,l
know how many men yun have"
And with that he struck Davis in the
face With his glove. Davis shot and
Killed him and the court martini az,
quilted Davis.