Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-02

itary duty, appear in camp, or soldiers
could go out and run him down like a
poor hunted dog and bring him in, or
Kill him, If he resisted!
Was il worth IL, when such things as
these were OF constant occurrence?
Perhaps the time has not yet come
10 shout these opinions in public places,
but the young men who will read a his
tory detailing plain facts, so years from
now, will say almost in Unison. Negro
slavery was not worth it. II there
had been no negro slavery in the south
there would have been no war" And
both are truel
And il sens there was no statesman
shin to stop the war when we got to a
place when boys in their teens and old
men over As had to go to war to be shot
down to keep up the furious bloody
strife. We certainly lacked statesman
ship, whatever else we may have had
in brains and bravery. Are we ready
to have this truth recorded in history?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE
GRACE CASE2
1 cannot tell you how many times
have been asked this question In the
last two weeks. Knowing nothing, per-
sonally, of the people. now, so well adver-
flEeQ "A
only say so, but when / am pressed for
an opinion. I always say, II shall not
condemn the woman until 1 know she is
guilty"
1 do not condemn my own sex unheard.
Heaven knows it is cruel to serve women
as so many persons have done, to my
knowledge, when the facts have as 1t la
ter appeared vetoed them, and which
have shown the injustice and oftentimes
the cruelty of it all. I expect the pair
were very gay, and perhaps imprudent
persons in their everyday life. There
seems to have been considerable money
on the woman's side, and appearances
would now indicate that the money was
a prime factor in promoting the mar
riage-
I do not see any reason for her shoot
ing him when she married him to sup
port him. as to finances in the fam
ily
The mans side of the story would in
dicate that he was as tired of her as
she could be OF her husband. Honors
are easy on that score.
have become little tired of her pro-
fuse protestations Of her continued az
lection for him. It is hardly natural.
II she ever loved him enough has lately
happened to kin out any further love for
him. AS I see IT. with his violent hatred
OF her and his charges against her, the
time mas come to say: PLEASE, we viii
leave out any more love scenes and we
will each stay on our own side Of this
matter"
This is enough OF the Graces, male
and female. but there is a lesson in
this business that It may be well to
commend to marrying people.
As have often repeated in the Coun-
try Home column, marriage is a very
serious business. To enter hastily into
wedlock means enormous risk and strain.
It may turn out all right, but then again
IL might not. and those who are not
fully acquainted with the antecedents
OF either the man OF woman would do
well 10 postpone marriage until their
knowledge has been more extended.
Being lifetime affair, as it ought to be,
there should be due care and precau-
ton.
II seems there was less acquaintance
on both sides in the unhappy affair
under discussion than there might have
been, and / guess Mrs. Grace has wished
many times that she had devoted her
time and affection 10 that poor blind
boy OF hers, rather than to gay youth
who appears to- have been hunting
money as well as a wife.
There is another thought worth the
mention. II Mrs. Grace had been scarce
OF money she might have been less un-
fortunate In her late marriage relation.
And Furthermore, she will continue TO
be abused, spied upon and pursued
wherever she goes as long as her purse
is full enough to make it interesting
to lawyers.
According TO published accounts the
intrusions on her after she had paid
her fare on the train and for her Pull
man berth was outrageous.
There should have been some hickory
switches around and well applied to
Peeping Toms wherever located in her
journey.