New-York tribune., 1842-01-10

countries are deemed of the highest degree OF tur-
p;tude By ywha, means the commission eI these
crimes may most eicctuay be prevented, becomes
then ! matter OF serious Importance and OF the
gravcst isqulry.
The command of God 10 Noah and his sons.
Whose shsddsth mans blood, By man sinli has
Jlooa 5s she'd (Gen. tx. 60 is considered By
NEST of The theological writers VINO have com
mented upon this text, as command winch is still
obligatory. having never been a5roga,ed nor re-
pealcd Upon this text, and the similar lav. pre-
nnlgated by Moses 10 the jews, rests i.e usual
argument OF thcologans. who have attributed 70
these commands authority unlimited, and can
elusive OF any doubt. 1t has been urged in oppo-=
.iton, that the address to Noah and his Is not
decisratory, brt denunciatory and prophetic, and
that the Mosaical stutute, with all the parapter-
| MALTA of Hebrecal institutions !.as passed away
and given place to a milder dispensation. But
your Committee AK, Where is the proof that this
law has been repealed They have where
met with env evidence that this portion Of ;h-
Mosaic law yras ever declared void. bnl, admit
ting tilat The law OF Christ ls paramount and that
it .upersede4 the law Of Moses, st! the issue thus
Joined is only apparent. as IT does texhbit inat
any difference obtains bet"een the codes oi thc
two !awgivers. For, il most oil tfr Je'ssh statutes
| have ex pred BY their own Limitation. it may get
0' 'Ne ''-1s Al ;o,,, M
P'iia' y l5 ''o. =" ooi,5 -
| la'e Deell lee'iae 'Tu =" ''o,' =.
upon "!ic'l liaHs al 'e IA, ~ VIC T :, %
hl5 Eeehac'he'i' Is eoA'"'"',l - u'7
neighbors. coordinate with ,elf.love.,Your Com
mittee will attempt toexannc what may he term.
ed the theological part Of the argument
The love Of life Is the deepest rooted instinct ri
our pa,llrc-'Io preserve our lives except dis
ordered states OF mind, We iorego evefy Piehstlrr
and incur every hazard. Instinct Is aPPto'f'
by the hrst OF The Two snaef as, ana becomes.
duty OF the highest order---thc d1'y OF seii-2t+se
vatlon. By the application o. thatzoHc "i'ic' :
due TO our feighoor, we feaciiy C"llc"t tlinl ''s
e IS 10 be estimated " Us III 20 our o''S
TO nm, us valuaec 10 ns as our own, ana 70 pre-
Scrre MS eriSience,- an obligation as imperative
as 10 guard our=olcn; and thus 'se pass TO The
position That the hlghestdu'y OF every conit1u-
nifty Is etectuaiy 70 protect tue ,e=of racn ana
Every OF It's membats. al fhSe san@= o. eosiy
man bfothe'' 'rtt'=h ff4"taS lte "ls ~ "''~l.=
The protection OF evary individual hc "Iich i'
thus Incumbent on tie sovereign ro"er, would be
utterly impraclcahe, did 1t not imply The privilege
Of using all tha Legitimate means which heightened
reason shall point ent a conduclyc To tS truty !'-
| gious aim OF civil society. And how far capital
punishment is Conducive this end, your Com
mttee will endeavor to ssow III the concluding
part OF this report.. An essential difference exists
and should be observed 0stween the clinical ob!!-
gatioas OF each Individual and tno'e "i the Doc
corporate. Doubtless the direction I" s'1e 'ae
cloak TO hn who has stolen the coat, and 10 turn
The check TO INN VINO has smilten ITS t!lo" may
have wise application TO every individual; but
the Introduction OF SUCH q principe IN tiie civil
ceoe "oa!" "orA lhe s'roases' a-s''u'lies' a.-
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'es' TO cnecN 'nose o''E'S "'''csi se'i,ate o''S
commission. "S,=''e"' WHICH oiis'"nte
t",' tie aesc o' ie'i'atie a' a' as ti!'i sl'',it
a.iu tIl'H''ei are 0ur'o.' ,eu' i'''ue - '''o
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are pio"' 70 oe1us u ~. u .'.'A'
'ne'' iea,s io' 'ie purpose 1l nousi' '''t'l oo'i
sciences py snG '.soi o' aee'i'eu Pe'hi's e''u
wich oy sNiNu'iy a''',as TO co"'etuc' 'hose hopes
''escape, asd nose aecei'iui prospects ei sta'iA
canon WIN =|hIch vllany lures NJ victims, may
stay l"e Haau ei coi''inPiulea sio'eicc, ana i'!h
the heait oil 'lc uncertain osehder
Civil society. says Chancellor Kent, has an un-
doubted right to use the means requisite ;oc its
preservauon, and the punishment OF murder with
death, accords with the Judgement and the prac-
tce OF mankind, because the intensity and the vo-
enc> of the magniiy that=wil! conlmit that crime,