 | Letter to Samuel Stillman Osgood, n.d. |  |
1
Mr. Osgood,
This is the young
friend of whom I spoke to you.
His inclination to cultivate your
art is very strong, and he has in-
-telligence, quickness of perception,
and it appears to me an uncommon-
-ly correct eye for outline.
Still painters are so very numerous,
that I hardly know whether to
advise him to cherish his inclina-
-tion, or not. I wish you would
2
him, as you would have liked
to have had an artist of reputation
with you, in the days of your
small beginnings.
At all events, please let him
come in and look at your pictures,
whenever it is convenient for you
both; and give him any hints that may
be useful.
Best love to Frances.
Yrs truly,
L. M. Child.
P.S.
I am surprised and grieved at Colt's
verdict. It is the effect of an infuriated
and blood-thirsty populace. Nothing
in the trial sustains the charge of
premeditated guilt. It was most
unquestionably the frenzy and reck-
-lessness of blind rage at the mo-
-ment. The editors of the Penny
papers are, to say the least, as guilty
as he. God forgive them! Whether
they know it or not, they are mur-
-derers, and they make murderers.
I am surprised and grieved at Colt's
verdict. It is the effect of an infuriated
3
in the trial sustains the charge of
premeditated guilt. It was most
unquestionably the frenzy and reck-
-lessness of blind rage at the mo-
-ment. The editors of the Penny
papers are, to say the least, as guilty
as he. God forgive them! Whether
they know it or not, they are mur-
-derers, and they make murderers.
| Letter to Samuel Stillman Osgood, n.d. | |