The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-15

ready the ferceness and Obduracy which were ! displayed by the cOnvicts while in the old pri- ] son, have been subdued by solitary cOnine- ment, aud the most stubborn and abandoned I have become the most submissive and Obed- ent.
 The operations of the system for the em- plOyment of the prisoners. have not been suf- ficiently developed,tO justify defnitive con clusiOn regarding it's pecuniary advantages But it is confidently believed that the prison will not, after it shall have been completely finished. occasion any further expense to the state, If this anticipation should prove to be correct, the saving to the State will,in short time equal the whole cost of the establish ment, the average annual expense Ofthe New Gate prison from its establishment to the first of April, 1925, having exceeded five thousand six hundred and eighty dollars.
 The definition of crimes by the Statute is not more ess, ntial to the security of the citi- zen. than tc the limitation of the punishmen nt to he inflicted for each offence is, to the equal and satisfactory execution of the law. The act concerning crimes and punishments.w ise- ly fixes the utmost length of time to which confinement in tie State Prison may he ex- tended, for the veral offences punishable by imprisonment there; but only in three or four instances d e; it limit the other extreme. -Fhe punishment therefore, for like crime. may at different times fuctuate. from the shortest assgna e period, to cO' flcm mt in the prison for any number of years or even for life. But in government of laws, what ever susceptible oflegisative regulation ought to be the subject of it. To your considera- tion is submitted the expediency of fixing with more precision the period of confinement for the respective crimes punishable by law in the state prison. Uniformity in the execu- ton of the laws would thus be prOduced.-- The guilt of the accused having been settled, the punishment previously prescribed by law would he visited upon him. Neither the rights of community on one hand, nor the destiny of the transgressor for life on the O. ther. would longer depend on judicial dlscre- ton.
 In pursuance of a resolution, passed at the last session of the General Assembly, three auditors were appointed in October last, to examine and adjust the accounts of the New Gate prison. A majority of the board assem-. bled in March last, and made considerable progress in the examination of the accounts But as the overseers had not entirely finished the collection of the debts due the prison, nor adjusted all the accounts with its debtors. were unable to complete the business assigned to them at that time, ,and adjourned to the second Tuesday oft current month. It is expected that the board will be able to close the bus- ness, and make the report before the termin- atiOn of the present Session of the Legisla- ture.
 The expediency of permitting the sale of Lottery tickets issued under the authority of other states is doubted. Lotteries give rise to. and cherish spirit of adventure and ga ming. demOralizing and destructive of general habits of industry. The unwary are induced to invest their earnings in tickets, with the delusive hope of great gain, notwithstanding the strong probability ofa loss. Dsappoint. ment leads to more desperate adventures, ending not subsequently in poverty & wretch edness. The renewal of the prohibition of such sales contained in the revised code is deemed advisable.
 The assembling of citizens annually select ed by free and enlightened community, to make and execute the laws, presents an inte- resting spectacle, exhibited no where but in our own country.
 Bringing into our consultations a spirit cf cOnciIIat"n. excited by the transrendant Ob- IIgatiOns we are under in faithfulness tO our selves and t" postrrity, ny united councils. to promote the public welfare and happiness, le, us in harmony and singleness of purpose pro- crrd to discharge our high and responsible trust. rep"sing in the Brniicent Being who bore our forefathers from the arm of the op- press"r, and sustained them here. amid un- precrdrnted periIs, in the achievement of ci- ,il and religious freedom. to conduct our de- Alterations to the most suspicious results.
 GIDEON TOMLINSON. sGeneralE Assembly, Mag Session,
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