Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-01-03

LIONS Tor the navai cSlaDiishmens e..
year 1907. W
/ The committee Of the whole had i
ed the punishment OF death TO that IS 50
and imprisonment.
Mr.. Sloao moved thar. the house di,,.
to this amendment OF the comml,teeo s'
whole, and spoke 10 favor of inRietio8
punishment Of death. 0y
Mr.. Ely was in favor ofthis punsho.,
He considered the crime of man sy,,'
as more heiuous than that of piracy N
gerry OF public money, bills, or even mn
der, in most cases. There is nothin. ),
have more effect in preventing the i@m'
ta.ion: for who will risk his life at sea t :,
all the dangers of a long voyage 70 Air.
If he feared the loss OF MS head on h,,
turn. Some gentlemen think The punish
naent cannot be inflicted that none VIII
inform that no grand jury will prese,
he h,tle feared for his part bur that The ca
minal will be detected aud punishment i
hicted. He considered THIS principle a, 4.
best feature ia the sill.
Mr.. Tallnadge. la tracing the Den, +
code Of almost all nations. We find H., I
they have been derived more or less from
that people who were once under rheocra
cy- What are the words OF that Iaw!-s
!" He that s,eale.h man and se!leth him
shall surely be put to DEATH" This is Il
law as to- all places and all times.
Mr.. hsoaely. VIVA: ponishmeu. en
be 100 severe for a crime like this? II.
gentlemen from the south tell us rhev a..
solicitcus to pui an esa ia this traffic wby |
then shoulc they obieasso this pcaishmeu, !
They tell lis that our northern citizens are
engaged in this .race--is cannot te tia,
tenderness toward sroh prevents their will
lipgpess TO panlsh thus ,Pilae people Of
Tie state / have tie hoaor TO ,cIsesen, ID
part, would be thap.fQl ths. tie puash
naent was death for any af their abandon
ed citizens, who ssoa!d be engaged TIM
bnsiness--i believe this punishment more
ehcctnai than any provisions of nebA-|
AID certainly moos &c the honor Of this e
glslaslre thus 20 show their athcyrencs Of
the crime. and sae;r wish so-preyent it
Mr.. Elmer thought HE panishment
death immoral and iu7oIsic. Death
only 10 b. inflicted fo7 aaaIder or dssuu.
tion Of she BODY polite. Il viii ndb.I
carried into esecatioa. ImprisspmeQtI
and ne; death, 10 r,ose appropriate 10 h.I
crime; ead wili 5s naere eGec.asl in deter
ring elen trora It's co@naissisn.
Mr.. Sntlic. I consider shs provision
as ,hs u,arroG Of the bill: he only pro
vision that will De efiec,eal. sm aston
ished aE sIe doctrine Of the eea,lemm
srons New jersey Re considefs suct
paaiaaEens as in,no.al. Ipsver bsior
heayd suspicion Soc, lsw given BY CD
aimsei!, could be i..alors.. The stealing
OF ihese people. fa2 encouragement glvsi
10 the wars that occasian slaves. the deal
Of vast numbers by disease, confinement
bard treatment is NOT .iais murder dltsa
or indireets
It captain Of one Of our vessels roo
aWsy with il, or isketo the amour. OF 5o
dollars, we punish with den9h---Les Us
picture a philosophical historian son;r Gen.
iur!es henee, examining the penal code OIL
she q. 5, at this tiGe--what will be hi
opinion of such disparity ia OF. punish
inen's. knov This punishment can be 10
Aicted ID the middle and uorthern states
!. certainly then can be carried into eHef
IA tbs southern. Preserve this part OF
toe seciion, snd we shall hear little or 20
more ef the introduction of slaves. Do
II for your owa safety, and for the hon0[
of this body.
Mr.. Lloyd. No man abhors this trail
tic more than myself; hu. the subject h''
nos been argued fairly " Those who impoT'
them arc not man sseslers--she impcrts"
do nos kldnap them. Examine the law
and the manners of the Africans. lsH