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Reckless Use of Deadly Weapons,
What is life worth in a communit3
where no value seems to be set upo,
it 7 To shoot down the desperad,
who is insulting a gentleman simply
to get a reply of a similar nature, that
he may kill his victim; to cut down
in a moment the black hearted demon
who has taken advantage of hospital
ity and love to blight the highest and
purest aspirations of the hunima
heart, are cases bad enough, and
mankind, in the charitableness of a
common nature, will forgive the
slayer. In the cases referred to, self
protection on the one hand, and to
avenge fallen innocence on the other,
plead eloquently in the public ear for
acquittal. How different the con
ditions, when a fellow creature is out
down, perhaps in the prime of life,
with no extenuating motive but
anger, but sudden passion. The pa
pers all over the South come con
stantly freighted with such tragic re
citals. It seems as if a blood dis
temper was abroad in the land, and
murder decked in crimson colors,
stalks abroad, defying the morals of
the church, the laws of the land, and
the public sentiment of the people.
