We really think our corre...
WVe rcally think our correspondent relative to Mr. FAUNT LElROY somewhat hypercritical. *Ve havc again read the article to which hc imputes a mischievous attemnpt to palliate the crimes witlh hich FAUNTLEROY is charged; an(d we cannot plead guilty to the imiputation. 'I'ruc it is, we have expressed outselves in moderatc terns; for wve do not think it dlecorous or humaxse to hold abusive langtiago towardls a dlefenecless prisoner, whlo will shortly he brought to a trial wlhich must probably consignl him to the scafobidl. But we lhave used nio expressI-OIis of palliation except per- haps the epithet " unfortunate," a word which by eommnon usagc even Judges apply to criminials wlil&ethey sentence thelml to deatlh. IVe have, on the contrary, with unsparing hanid, exposcui his vices, and laid opcn the causes of theml; and that mind must be tecriBl; suscc?tiblc of bad impres- sions, wlhich can draw motives for criminal indulgenice from such a picture: every minld worth saving must be deterre(d from cvil by suchi a disgustinig exposurc. As to the case of T'/jrtell to wllich our correspondent alludes, wve can only say that we were repeatedly threatcened with prosecution, because it was alleged we spoke of him too lharshly. We will conclu(de by observinig, that the cause of virtue is not served by exaggerated descriptions of the conduct andl motives even of the profligate: none are so utterly worthb less as to have no one good quality; anid whoever paiits a " mon.trurm. nulla uirtute reder7ptum d vitiis," represents what can have no application to human action, because it has no prototype in lhuman nature. Such an example " comes heme to no mani's bosom."