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Show THE SANCTITY OF OATHS. While wo arc hut ui.j-r.l in lumii of the iiruturf of what is i tiuf:-. modern prouri'-i, w: iwi.i itm litri that ai;.roui'aiiyiiiK i'. ait'l ail'-yinL' il; honelii. it cf infiT-, l h'-rc ur- nun vi'.H uii.l uriiii-M. Of ihi-v I , ill-crime ill-crime of (injury n one ol' iho il.j i coin in it, and llut it h mo, it uliniiut aMe to & lark oi' lh;.l a- viva. whi.-l formerly &unl- llii- liiLiu of :in ui'.'l and Hit giving ')' (n-hui.jiiy -.l.-ini ttct.t. 'I'll'1 llippun.'y Willi wlnrli o.illi r tiow luki'Ci, au-l nih il i-.! if . -I 11 due in nn-tti mii i-t litw- uf.l ju iii;ial dtMoiH tiu! j.iMluit :i r jI'i tor individual rijjliii i lufuiui a In't-n-.. tu coin mil crime. Thin lite l.aiiLi up: law-, ri'lcu.-iiiif a di-Linr l'n-ni Li-, li:iLili lii'.-i U)on hit lulin tin ualli of iiil venoy, have fiicuiirasi-J lal.: a wearing tin: i-ouriH, out of a too jraloin r. gard fur K'Nuiial rililn, ivfu n d allow I lie ualli to m iui-iilciilully ijUri I lone J, ami in it cuii in ' H-'in-!- u tM tiuriH in insolvrin-y mv I rc ituiit ly uiad. a.n a HK'alii of ilulLiii inuui-y, aiu j-rcteji-i. J LuuL nii( -i .-wallow dm call of in-olvoiiiy with u.i lilili f j m .1 1 lion an a llin ly nun wmiL an iced julp in warm wcalli.-r. Tin jocular, and preti-ntiou-t il-uu-aimr n witntf.t.Hi-H uii lite HtmiJ, ulu-u irrniil led by t tie courts, ha.n learned the lia ditionul r.t-.p-'i't fin- (lie rinncl hy of ;u oalh which tin; puhlic wen; w nt ti rnterlain. And it i.s Kcnemlly yon respect ulile witueLM who ireiiuue at t ho hacriliee of strict. itlh h he liii-e t lous or male sx rhetorical di l;iy 01 the Maiid; and the examples of iIicm in thi.i rerfitivt, by devopntin: evident under oath to the level of vcraeiou; obligation in lellini; bar room Mnrien, or in oratorical flights on the hnt inj(, begot iu the minds of men win will HWfiir lor pay, a di-ivyard and eon leuipt for the .sworn obli-uion to lei (ho whole truth ami nollum; l,nt tin truth. This custom of malting ihe witncx-i' (and a platlbrui for oi;Woriea! di-pln; is illustrated in the evidetieo yiven Ijj the reverend lr. iSti-Lliins in tlu llnwe' will I'me in San l''i'.uii-i.--co l few we.ls ai;olle did n-d permit thn iho oLliiiniiii uf an oalh hoiild poi Ins opporl unity to make a sliow in .set phrase, of his oratorical iihiliiy And now wc huve Mr. (iltr, in i lit ftiinw eity, reported in I lie I.Uill-lin a vearin- in the 'I'vask-hair eane ilia he made no deduction in his charge-lor charge-lor attendance upon puiienls in tin event that they died, b.van-c, as lu aid, he never lost any of his paiicnls 01' eour.so this latter "latcnu'iit wa: not true, and was intended aud lakei as a joke, hut joking under o;uh is 1 serious businc-s, und when indulceil in by respectable men funii-hes ti pre eedeni to rogues for take swoariu.i. To these eau-cs of di-re-p.-.'f fm .-worn ohliyaliun-:, the lno-e ;un.l llip pant mode of adniiniMevin--; o:itli-, aiii taking e.i- futrft niVidaviH, thai loo yen orally obtains nowa ihivs, miy be added. We have h-uU'veial illu-ira tion.s of this loo.-e and un-ai isliictorj mode ol taking testiiuon,in everaj o tlie mining suits that have been recent ly brought before the courts of ihi-Territory. ihi-Territory. Affidavits, directly eon tlietim upon the same nuc.-tion of fact have been introduced in evidence, hj the opposing parties 10 :i mit(ii pile. each side endeavoring lo ovciiep ttu stack of the ether by .-hcev force 0 uuiubeis. The ivmiIi of thi has beci to confound couris'aiul juries, mid maki decisions and verdicts as uncertain a: the issue of a .aiue of chuek u-Ufrk, It' the law-making and law executing powers do not do .souiethini; to remed the evils wo have referred 10, the form alitie.s of adinini-terin!; eaths had a: well he dUpensed with. |
