The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-06-15

lhess Femafks may Be 0ut If the usual
cnuue or Isdleisi addfrssss. Bat 4 an
persuaded. srn.lemea. lhsy are no, insp
profaiais - The sgs in which we live. shs
occasion ppoa which ss have assembled
and The dulsss sPOa mich ws are sbosl
@ eater.
II this day Of nosslly ssd srei,emeni
~hen al ne posen and slrmsnn o
mind. IN The literary, pal.liesl. and rsIisi
oss departments al lie. seen 20 Be in soa
mniisn. 4 - yell Coz us 20 pause. and re.
cor. fsr moment. % 6rsi prinesplss. shs
ne may zee whsrs ~s sland ~ shis srea
eonflci. and rriarn. II ne haze ~sndered
10 The good I'D ssys Of truth and cammos
. ssnse. Brsidss. ne do nol meet here on.
~ IN ihs cold and official dignity % mag.
islrsies. hui in The character. and, 4 an
sure. with ell The kind sad frisndIy feel.
inss af nsis hbors and fellow ci,irens, and
there 10 no rssson Why. when 90 net. ss
should MOI commune lrge,heI on topics %
vitality interesting 10 rs 81. 10 members
Of one great social and political family.
There u. genllsmsn. a. | haze recen,.
ly remarked. in aaoIher place. neces-
city Tor rs al, a. men and rs consuluenl
msmbers oi The body polite, renswrd-
iv 10 ayow, and by our eandue. in
oil our RELATIONS 10 LIE, 10 maaileel our
attachment 20 law ard order. In oppose
iian To thai spirit OF insnbsidinalion and
mlssuie which 10 evidently spreading IL
self over The land. AZ mndern codes OF
IA ionslism and rsiier.ied appeal. 10 The
lees informed, and 10 the passions of hui
man nature. aud loossning the bands of
socieiy. and breaking down the broad and
essential landmarks betseen vice and yir-
Tue. Crime seems 10 be losing iis guilty
aspect, and assuming the m,lder features
oil mere indscreilon. It's perpeuaior.
Whistler stained with human blaod. OF
polluted with peeula,ion and fraud. alrea-
dy shares more largely in the o. mps .hies
OF the pubic Than DO the injured victims
OF his msliee or ungossrnable rsssinns;
while any think like punishment Of often
defs against Law and justice, has slmosi
come 90 be considered a. an act of say.
age cruelty, aud relic Of The bIbsIous
ages. Instead Of being punished, in
the legal sense Of the term. for the injury
he has done 10 the community, tue oiien-
der 10 10 be piued and psrdoned! or, ~
most, o. be comfortably pro,iied for ~
The public expense. during temporary
confinement. @ s@-a 4@~ @saa. .-sss
That | an not sx'rassgant in these re-
marks, We have had several recent and
melancholy proofs in neighborine S,stos.
IL 10 but Few days since Jury who
fund themselves compelled by The ssi-
dence in the cause sf.sr the m 81 patient
and deliberate examination Of the case,
81 declare npan their oaths th-t The accus
edhad given the IA alstsb that laid his v,c-
tim a shedding corpse at his feet. IN the
"phrenzy oi passion, and without any
cause to justify the murderous deed. "
Immediately alter r.nher,ng the vsrd'c'.
and almost rs soon rs u vas record
ed. united in petiuon 10 the parioning
power. that the coHvict might be excused
for whs,he haddone, exoosrated from all
punishment. aud be restored, with his
bloody hands unwsshed, to Ill the rights
and privileges Of an American citizen!
These sympatklss, il il true. NAV be
traced To an excellent quality Of the hu-
man heart. aud they deserve our esteem.
when not carried 10 such an excess as
encourages crime, and shows an utter
disregard OF what we carried to such an
excess as encourages crime. aud shows an
utter disregard Of what we ose to the ma
jssty of,he laws and the well being ofso-
rie,y. Blu, sympa,hise - much IS ~r
will. there 10 such a thing as punitiue
Acknowledgements. even IN the govern
ment Of HIs whose very name i, Lore.
and one of whose glorious attributes 10
naercy--and that philanthropy which
symps'hises more with The conrict than il
does with AZ injured, insul,ed. and saf-
fsring community, is Of morbid and
sickIy character, and scarce deserve, the
name Of humanity.
|. for one, have no confidence in thos e
visionary theorists-thoss phIlos"ph lie
and intellectual benelac.ors OF mankind,
VIII" are framing I"r Us new principles OF
association and government, under the
blessed influences Of which offences are
TO cease. and men to become peaceful aud
harmless as doves. They are bu. wea-
kening the bonds Of society, and prcmo'-
ing ali Impotence OF restraint. and spi-
rit OF resllessness and discontent among
the less informed aud more vicious por'
tons Of society. Their doctrines are Moth
ing less than rank infiiel,ty. the more
dangerous because disguised with high
pre.ensions ofmoral obligations and hu-
man happiness. He wrote the decal"sue
on tables 81 stone. knew whs, vas in The
heart Of man much better Than do the la
journalists OF Germany. or The disciples Of
Fourier. Thoss commandments we're
no. given 10 sInless beings, but to such as
were capable OF clmmittlng the crimes
f9bidden--we belong to ,ha, class OF be-
ings, and hence humaa laws are neces'