Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1841-01-26

;naic,ed At the discretion Of the court, L
proyided il be between the limits men.
toned in the Law. The shortest period
Of Imprisonment is one year, and that pc
Rod is certainly not too great punish
ment. The Court can extend the peri
cd of Imprisonment from that length Of
time TO FIVE years, according to the cir
cumstances Of the case.
Mr.. llazelune. The gentleman from
GalIia, (Mr. Nash, tells Us that the pun.
ishmcnt will only be inflicted 10 crafty
spleen. Are we, who are seeking to
preserve the purity Of elections, TO be
told that we are only seeking to crafty
our spleen, 10 revenge ourselves on our
political enemies3 The pipe-IayiAg that
has been practsed throughout the coun'
try, il seems TO me, is sufficient war
raniy for the efforts we are making to
preserve the purity Of tho ballOI.box,
thereby to ensure the safety OF our lib
critics.
Mr.. Henderson said he should vote for
the motion to strike out, on the ground
that the punishment prescribed in the
sect on was too severe.
Mr.. Root also argued againstthe pun
ishment mentioned in the section, on ac-
count Of lis severity.
Mr. Faran. believe we should rath-
or err ON the side Of lenity than Of sever
ity; but the old law was so lenient, that ]
have known cases in which persons were
not prosecuted, because it was thought
not worth the while. For the offence Of
voting twice there was no excuse, since
every one must know he was acting ille-
gay in doing so. There are tweniy.one
opportunities for person TO vote in Ham
lion County; and | am anxious to prevent
them from being embraced, by making
the punishment sufficiently severe for
that purpose.
Mr. Crowell had known persons who
had gone from !ons end Of Trumbull
County TO the o her voting again and again
and bOasling of having done so.
l. Mr.. Thomas. II is q fact we'll known
. 10 Legisla'or that it is not the severity
Of The punishment that prevents the
crime, hut The certainty Of it, We must
= not, therefore, seek to inflict a punish
men' rom wn'cn 'no ps'S'e t;:usI w." .e,", =,
G see inflicted. 10 making the punishment
l. dsproporlonate 10 the offence, you vii
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