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The MURDER AT WASHINGTON Our Washing
ton correspondent no doubt from the best of motives
in several OF his communications relative 10 that
awful murder al noon.day IN the streets OF Wash
ingon, seems TO sympathze very much with the
murderer, and considers IL very great hardship
thai he was not admitted 10 bail Our CORE spondrnt
also argues, that, the crime Was more the result
Of the state of society in Washington than the nten-
tion of the youth himself the latter is not so cupabe
as he otherwise might have been


We dsapprove and condemn all such views and
opinions BY our laws murder Is in no circum-
stances bailable CRIME, and although, in several
instances throughout the country, murderers have
been bailed yet IT has been in all these clear
violation OF the law, and mean and shameful tam,
pering with private feelings and private sympathies
The Judges at Washington perfectly right ir
their decision. As to the other point, the plea Sc
up for the murderer that the Of society led tc
and paiated his crime, 1t meets our most unquai
fled condemnation No doubt society at Washing.
ton is bad enough-no doubt il has encouraged and
fostered that spirit of assassination OF which have
had in this such woful illustration but that
is excuse at all for the murderer. Human life is
not to be thus tampered with. The murderer ought
not to be the subject Of any such ridiculous sympa-
thies Let the laws have their course.