Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-06-18

+; deeperi yet more kindly satire, upon the axe
or The galiosvs. no. bitter, yet hoy rood.
. faspfedls. Can the hsngrnan argde--lie ought
to have the best Of it ~
"Thou dost call death 2 punishment y re-.
peaied the exectitioner. ~ live by il, aud
shniila: therefore, with the wisdom Of this
world"
The wisdom Of this world il arrant ~foliy,''
interrupted the Capuchin,
" am Of thy ghosfly opinion Observed
Jacques Tancbrm, .'as to A good deal OF it.
Yet death b. ng made a punishment makes
{ my profession and, my protest., nj speak
this to thee in private, and 80 a friend-my
pTofeSsioi 10 little less than an arrant folly !;
a rilstake--a miserable. blnnder.".
The SAINTS protect me: What meana It
thou by such wild discourse !" inquired Fa-
thef George.
!" Hear me olt-listen to the haneman ~
cried jacques Tsnebfe. There is another
world-eh good Father George
The Capuchin moved suddenly from the
side Of the querist, and surveyed him with a
look Of horfof..
Nay, nay. answe. me- said Jacques :;
sbnt for the. form Of argument, Twas for
That | put the question"
cts scarcely lawful even 20 to 1ut it,
said the Monk s"IIowever, let it be granted
there Is another world"
:" And III men must die I" asked JACQUES
Tencbra.. "eh-is it not so ~
I'VE come, into the world doomed 10 the
penalty" replied the .Capuchin. death is
the conmo LIT If allt''
OF the good, and the uise, and the IN
wise. Eth, Father I" cried jacques.
"'IIs very certain" answered the monk.
81 stfrb then ha tho cauoat ,,,l IT,
bfa ; III No virtue, no goodness, no wisdorn,
no strength, can escape death--if death be
made, as you say, the penalty Of the good,
why should it be. thought the punishment Of
the wicked! Why should that be thought
the only doom for the biacIest guilt, which.
i may be at the same |udIr. he brightest viz.
the is confemned 10 ~sufer' Answer TIE
that !" cfled the hangya1n.
"T!s a point .sbore thy apr rehension,
Jacques. Te1ebrn," replied Father George,
apparentiv desIronE of changing the discourse.
- Let 1t rcs;, Jacques. for ADLER vita than
thine
you would rot XII a c~Ulprit's soul, Fa-
Their George !" asked jacques. needless Of
he wishes d; The c puchfn.
What horror dost ilou talk - exclaimed
the Monk.
But for argutnent,' said the unmored
jacques. Nay. | am sure thou wouldst not.
] haze heard thee talk such consolation to a
culprlt that, at the time | haze thought il g
blessed thing TO die. Well, he d ed-and
the laws, az the cant guns, we're avenged.
The repentsnt thief-tha penitent bloodshed-
der, Waa dismissed from the further rule Of
utan perhaps tie very day he vas punished,
a hundred pious, worthy souls were called
from the world /: he was discharged from the
earth. and--but thou knowcsI what thou hast
twenty times promised SUCH INSIDERS, when
| should haze done my once on them"
".THol aft ignorant, jacques Tenebra-
basely ignorant thou art SO famiiiarlzed with
death, il has lost its terrors 10 the /" said the
Capuch,n, who again stove 10 shift the dis
course.
"Of that anon. Father George AZ for death
on the ~scaffold, It's nothing-but / have seen
the death nf a good man, in his Christian bed"
said .acqnss, "and that was awful"
Thou dost own as mhush!!" observed Ia
Their George, thou dost confess it,"
awful. yet. cheering; and fwas whilst I
beheled it THAT the thought came to me of my
own yortn1essnese-"
".As a sinner" interrupted the Capuchin,
And ~hangman,'' cried Jacques. II thought
it took from tho holiness, the beauty-If ]
may say it-of the good mans fate-the COM
mon fate, as you rightly call it, Father-to
give death to the villain--to make it the last
punishment, by casting. him al ore fling from
the same. world with fhe, pious, worthy cred
ture, who died yesterday. Nov. the lay
would not. could not if i. would, kill the soul.
and-but thou knowest what passes between
thy BROTHERHOOD and the condemned, thou
dost promise 70 the penisent cuIprit-and.
therefore, to Kill a man for his crimes would
be a fitting reasonable custom. ii this world
were All. if there were nougfs hevond, Then.
gee YOU Father George, thou ungldst hasten
the. evil-doer into nothinrness npw dost.
thou speed him into felicity. Jht-AmLI
not rights it not so, holy Father
And Is such Thy shought-thy tlus
thought F. inquired the CapucLip.
- thank my stars it is, else I had not
hnld my trade so long. Punishment! Bal,
| call myself the rogves' chau,beriai in. taking
them from a wlckeI world, and putting them
quietly to rest. when he who signs .is war
rant for their exit-and, thinking closely
what we all s'e. 'tis bold writing, i faith
must some day die tao-when the ermiue
tipret mus, at some time, lie down with the
hempen stris,g, it IL. uaetk:nxe, q huporoas
way OF pr Punishment, this same hanging.
tell thee, jacques Tsnebre, CRED the
prest, "thy coarse faculties, made familiar
With such scenes. cannot ,anprehend their
Nv ulness-thei- sl5:ie ase. The example
,,nat--'
"Elo hold -sa there, fa,hsr-exampIa
It's a brave example 10 throttle a man in The
public streets : why / knew the faces of snY
audiences as well "a Dominisur did can
shey you a hundred who never fail. at The
gaIIews,. foN .to.coHas and gather good exam
pie, Do YOU. think. most holy Father that
the mob Of Paris come 10 a hanging az to i
sermon--to amend theis lives a. the gibbet
No : many eonne as they would take an sx-
ira dram it gives their blood a Slliplstiss
them for an hour or two n,anv. to see =
fellow man act a seers which they them
selyes raust enc day undergo uiany, az to
the puppets and ballad~singers at the Font
Neuf but, for example. why Father, as ! am
an honest executlener, | have in llY day done
my office upon twenty. all of whom were the
constant visitors of years s.sad.ng IT my
morning isvses-"
lis it possible !" asked the Monk.
Believe the hsngman." answered Jacques
Tenehre.
And then wnuldst cen:sh no ev.l-Goa.
With death !" inquired Father Gsorgs.
As ! ar. an honest munster. o! TIE i,r.
and live BY rope. not ]: for this Sufficient .ez-
snn nature having mada death the punish
ment Of all men. II 10 toe good e port.cn fer
regues ; the mere especially snfseaei By the
discoarses of thy brc.hsrhcod"
Sand thou waufjst hsnr No man - srsi,t