The Home Advocate. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1869 Page: 4 of 4
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Remember now thy Creator in the Days of thy Youth, while the Evil Days Draw not nigh.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1869.
Divi no Service.
Methodist ChOkcii.—Rev. R. W.
Thompson, Pastor. Preaching every
Sunday morning at 10$ o'clock. Also
hi night. Prayer meeting every Thurs-
day night.
Cumberland pbesbytf.kian.~Rev.
N. P. Modrall, Pastor. Preaching ev-
ery Sunday at 10J o'clock A. M., and at
night. Prayer meeting every Tuesday
night.
Baptist Chubch.—Rev. C. S. Mc-
Cloud, Pastor. Preaching every Sun-
day, at 10$ oclock, A. M.
—
Miss C. F. P. has our thuuks for
that elegant bouquet, surpassed in
beauty only by the donor.
The Odd Fellows celebrated the
Fiftieth Anniversary of tbe order
in \merica, with a Pic-nic, at May-
berry's bridge, on last Monday.
Age, youth, and childhood were
well represented, presenting a living
picture of well contrasted characters;
the staid and the gay, the hotucly
and the comely, all harmoniously
blending in pastime, sport, and
speech. Rev. N. P. Modrall deliver-
ed a very appropriate address; after
which all partook of a bounteous re-
past of good things provided.
Ourself did not fail to improve the
privilege of an invited guest; for in-
deed we felt about as odd as the
oddest Fellow of them, and quite as
''single." Wo tender our grateful
acknowledgements, hoping to be re-
membered on every similar occasion.
A certain P. M. writes us: "Your
paper is taken out of this office by
—• , and if you want pay
for your paper you had better get
it in advance." Good advice we'l
timed is profitable to whosoever takes
heed. Hut how does our anxious
friend know whether or not the par-
ties named have paid At any rate,
we feel sure of our reward, for none
but the honorable and honest will
be interested in such a paper as the
Home Advocate.
Erorn Rev. J. Fred. Cox, Cameron •
"You have our best wishes for your
success in the noble enterprise to which
you have set >our hand." Verifiel by
three new sub's and $6. We recognize
sister C. in " our best wishes "—would
on no account have rejected the precious
article so timidly withheld; but that was
Fred.'8 interference in sister Mollle's lit-
tle matters of u-tste. Now, Mr. Fred,
perhaps you will doubt it, but we knew
(and loved) Mollie before you did.
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There is to be a grand Sunday
School celebration at tho Methodist
church in Marshall next Sunday,
in which Jefferson and the Home
Advocate are expected to be repre-
sented ; but the bayou is taking ad-
vantage of the big rains, and threat-
ens to cut ofl communication.
WHAT!
In our last issue we promised to
reply this week to the article of Rev.
John Adams on " What is What."
Mr. Adams says; "The precise
point in controversy is whether what
is a simple or a compound pronoun."
We accept this as a proper statement
of the question. Mr Adams claims
that it is compound; we hold that it
is simple.
To comprehend tho question in its
full force, it must be remembered
that it is insisted by Mr. Adams, as
taught by all tho grammars that we
have examined, that this compound
nature of ichat is a peculiarity. The
specific statement is that it is
" equivalent to that which or the. thing
which."
First, then, Ave propose to show
that other pronouns, and even nouns,
stand in precisely the same relation.
Secoud, that they are all simple in
office.
On the first proposition, Mr. Ad
ams has done us a great service, as
the greater part of his article goes
to prove tho same. Take his extyn
pies :
(1) " I took whatever provisions were
necessary."
(2; u What money he had was stolen,"
He makes j^ovisions tho object of
took and subject of were. Money
the object of had and subject of wac-
stolen. Now in the last example, if
we leave out money, xvhat takes its
place.
(3) " What he had Was stolen."
The analogy proves that if what is
compound in the last example, pro
visions and money are compound in
the former examples. Let us have a
few other analogies:
(4) " All he had was stolen."
(5) u Take that is thine."
(6) "Who steals my purse, steals
trash."
It is unnecessary to multiply ex-
amples. It is clear that all, that, and
who are compound, if what is.
But now let us, by strict analysis,
prove that they are all simple.
In (6) supply the ellipsis he—"he who
steals my purse, steals trash." No
grammarian will object to this analy-
sis; yet nono ever thought of saying
who is a compound pronoun, equiva-
lent to he who or he that. In (5), that
is equivalent to what, or that which,
but it is not called compound be-
cause the ellipsis which is under-
stood.
In (4), that is understood after all,
as the object of had—"all that he had
was stolen." All agree to this analy-
sis. But in (3), comcs the tug of
war. Why not follow the same an-
atysis—" What that he had was sto-
len ?" Oh, says the objector, that
sounds unpleasant to the ear. We
reply, that euphony has nothing to
do with analysis. In fact the want
of euphony in a full sentence is the
principle ground of an ellipsis. An-
alyze (1) and (2) in tho same way,
I took whatever provisions that
were necessary." " What money
that he had was stolen."
It is said to be " a poor rule that
will not work both ways " So iu the
composition of a sentence sometimes
the antecedent is elliptical, and some-
times tho relative. But in such ex-
amples the word expressed does not
include the other, but only implies
it. so that wo commonly say it is
" understood."
We couclude that what is not com-
pound in any sense, but j ust as sim-
plo as all, or any other word. There
is no more propriety in saying that
what is equivalent to the thing which,
than that money is equivalent to
money which, and that all is equiva-
lent to every thing which.
Wo deem it unnecessary to insist
upon the advantage derived from the
fact that many words change their
forms in different cases, ant} that one
of the laws of language would be
overthrown by allowing that the
same word may be in two cases at
the same time. Mr. Adams says
" If it be both a subject and an ob-
ject, it must have either the nomina-
tive or the objective form. It can not
have both " But the law of language
in that the subject of a finite verb
must be in the nominative case, and
the object of a transitive veib must
be in the objective case. Of course
these laws do not apply with any
force to such words as do not vary
in form to indicate the case, such as
nouns in general, and the pronouns
himself, themselves, what, which,
that. There is no provision made for
the clashing of cases, from the fact
that no such a contingency ever oc-
curs. In regard to the example giv-
en,
" I love whomsoever is amiable,"
wo inay be permitted to doubt its
propriety But if correct, we would
say it is the object of love, and that
the relative that must be understood
as the subject of is. We prefer how-
ever, to supply any one as the ellipti-
cal object of love,and write whosoever
as the subject of is. " I love (any
one) whosoever is amiable."
A WARNING FROM THE GALLOWS.
The Sherman Courier contains an
account of the trial, conviction, and
hanging of two young men for mur-
der—John Thompson and William 0.
Blackmore. They were hung on the
26th day of March, "after a confine-
ment of oitrht weeks, under close
guard, and loaded with heavy chains."
We publish below the last words
of these two young culprits, making
confession of the crime of muider,
giving the easy steps by which tlicy
were led from youthful innocence to
terrible wickedness, and making an
earnest appeal to young men to snun
the deceitful paths of vice which led
them to ruin There is also in their
last words, much to cause serious
thought in the many hardened cor-
rupters of youth in the land. By
such men they were first tempted to
forsake the teachings of pious par-
ents, perhaps in "little sins," so
called, until, finally they were able to
walk in the most horrible paths of
wickedness. O ye drinkers, swear-
ers, Sabbath breakers,gamblers, rea I
these awful rebukes, and tremble.
Ye are the men that make the land
groan under the weight of crime,
and destroy the young men, soul and
body. Go to tho jails, penitentiaries
and gallows, and sec there the fruit
of your doings.
Blackmore also wrote affectionate
letters to his mother and one of his
brothers on the day previous to his
execution. We wish wo had room
for them in full. The following ex-
tracts are from the letter to his moth-
er:
"Drar Ma.—It gives me much pain
to inform you of my present condi-
tion, and I know it will cause you
much grief. Ma, do not take this
news to heart like you did my broth-
er who is gone before. I feel willing
to die; it is a hard thing to think of
but I remember yon did your duty
in raising me up; your conscience is
clear. If I had only kept your in-
structions, this never would have
been, but I did not listen to you but
went astray, have listened to bad ad-
vice, and went into bad company;
and look what it has brought ine to.
You know it was uot in my heart to
be a murderer, but I have been made
almost to believe that there was no
hereafter. -I have been led astray
by mean men.
* * * *
I was doing well until this came
up, I was farming in Collin county,
Texas. A genlleman from Missouri,
by the name of Thompson, came to
where I was living, and I took him
in as a partner. He was a man of
fine appearance. He proposed to me
several depredations, and at last I
consented to go with him. He first
proposed to take off a drove of hor-
ses, and I did noc consent to it; he
stole a horse, took it off and sold it,''
and on his way buck he killed a man.
I was afraid of him myself when he
told of his daring deeds he had com-
mitted I tried to persuade him to
leave, but he would not heed. But
at last I consented to go with him,
and we killed a man. He is now
sentenced to be hung; he says he
cannot make peace with his maker,
but I am in hopes he will before too
late. He was my last enemy that I
forgave, llo killed his friends as
well as his enemies. He persuaded
rue not to work for my living,—that
there was an easier way to get it.
0! that I had never seen him. I
could have seen you once more, but
as it is I will never meet with you
in this world, but I hope that we wili
meet across the River in a world
nnknown to us. Oh! it is hard for
me to part with one that I love so
dear as you. No more will you hear
my welcome footsteps at your door;
no one to soothe my dying pains.
I must part to morrow with stran-
gers alone."
extracts from the letter to his brother.
"Dear Brother.—I received your
welcome letter not long since, and
was glad to hear from you. You
wrote to me to do nothing to get me
into trouble; but your letter—.your
kind instructions—were too late; I
had already got into trouble. It is
hard for me to write the awful con-
dition that I am now in, though I am
glad that it is as well with me as it
is. I am in prison in Sherman,
Grayson county, Texas, and am sen-
tenced to death for murder. I made
an open confession in court of my
guilt. I was tried by an honest and
clever jury, and was found guilty of
murder iu the first degree. The
State Attorney plead mercy for me,
but the jury could not spare my life
and do themselves justice. I have
been treated well since I have been
in prison. Ning, this is painful
news for me to write to you, but do
not grieve for me. I have only one
more day to live in this world, but I
can meet death willingly; I only re-
gret that I have to die in the way
that I have to, though it is an easy
death to die, but the stain that it
will leave on you and the rest of my
relations, as I am the first one of the
name that was ever charged with
anything of the kind. But this may
be for the best,—it will be a warning
to you and Tommy. I know you are
a good man and need no warning,
but Tommy is a wild boy and he
needs instructions. Oh! may this be
a warning to him. He wrote that he
was coming to Texas in the fall, but
do not let him leave you and come
here for this country is full of des-
peradoes. He is young and liable to
be led off into ruin by them as I have
been. I tried to shun bad company,
but gave way to Satan, and have
brought myself to death; but I pray
to God that they may be brought to
justice, and the country be in peace
once more. I have worked very
hard since I have been in Texas,
and made some money and proper-
ty, but gave it all to my lawyers to
defend me, but they did me no good.
* * * *
Ning you wrote me that you had
joined the church. Oh! I want to
meet you in Heaven. Never do any-
thing wrong; forgive your enemies,
and live up to tho rules of tbe church,
and you won't fear to die. Tell
brother G. and Sis to be good, and
never cease praying.
LAST WOBDS ok JOHN THOMPSON,
"I am to die to-day, and my ^
tence is just. I desire to live, f0r
life is sweet; and I can't say f a,D
afraid to die, but I am not icilling t0
die. As 1 pass off before you, ho*,
ever, and join the uncounted com,
puny beyond the flood, I desire t«
administer a warning to the younjj
men of my country, that they rnav
turn to good account.
I have lived long enough to at-
test from my own experience that a
man's circumstances are inexorably
and that they make him what he'is.
No man is independent of the com-
pany he keeps; he may vainly think
so, but before he is aware of it, that
company, be it good or bad, lias
moulded him into its own image.
Young men, these words issuing from
the trembling lips of a dying man are
worthy of earnest attention 1 While
yet a boy, I mingled in bad com-
pany, and I can sec now, too late to
improve the lesson it brings however,
that my mind and morals took on a
bias, that like the hand of unyielding:
destiny has ted me to this sad ami
solemn hour of my profitless history.
I played at cards and soon was led
into gambling. I took the social
glass with iny friends, but soon I de-
tected the presence of a fondness for
the exhilarating stimulant. It grew
into a habit with me, and notunfre-
quently I was beastly or wildly in-
toxicated. I was a habitual and
persistent Sabbath-breaker; and of-
ten, Avithout the knowledge or con-
sent of my parents, would steal off
from home to play at cards or fish on.
Sundays. I have lived a wild and
wicked life. While the war was go-
iug on, I was with a very wicked
company, and I did many things
along with my comrades, that I ought
not to have done.—After the war was
concluded by a peace, I went back to
my home in Missouri, but I was pur-
sued and driven away from home;
from political differences and private
prejudices, I could not live there in
peace. I then came to Texas—think-
ing I would make this State my home;
but not long afterwards, I went back
to Missouri, but I could not stay.
Last fall I returned to Texas and felt
almost desperate. I had been to
your State but a short time when I
aided in the commission of the crime
for which I am presently to suffer and
die. I am deeply sorry I did it, but
I can't undo it now. As to Mrs.
Mallow, with whom I was boarding,
she is a good woman, and entirely
innocent of any connection whatev-
er with our crime. I thought for
awhile that I was safe in the wicked-
ness I had done—that no one would
accuse me of doing the deed; but
somehow the eye of God seemed to
be upon me, and my sin has found mo
out. I do believe that a man's sins,
sooner or later, blood hound-like, will
scent him up and hunt him down. I
have been running in sin a long time,
but it has overtaken me at last.
And now young men, as I turn
away from you to die, let me beseech
you to avoid drinking, swearing,
Sabbath-breaking and gambling, the
sins which first started me down the
hill of crime, amid tho shadows of
whose base I must surrender the life
I am unworthy to keep. I hope none
of you will feel bitter towards me
when I am gone. To give up the
life I have forfeited is tbe highest
price I could pay for my sins; and
as tho promised flowers of a coming
spring shall presently bloom over
my sleeping form, as the perfume-
laden breezes are to sing my only
lullaby, as I can't now brush the tears
from the cheeks of the widow and or-
phans whom I have helped to de-
prive—the one of a husband and the
other of a father—and as I would live
better if my life could be spared, I
pray you do not send your personal
hatreds into the grave after me. My
friends, a kind but long farewell!"
JOHN THOMPSON.
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Patillo, F. J. The Home Advocate. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1869, newspaper, April 30, 1869; Jefferson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235540/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.