Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-12-03

~ 80 Adams to Committee OF th3 Penn3yl-
.s,;o s,cic,y for the Ab .lition OF Capital Pun
ishmcnt: -, ,24
EcIrow.ci.izons:-I regret my innbi'ity from
-, a,,,o Of nv health, 70 attond the General
Meotiny Of the Friends of ii, Abolition Of Capt.
III Punishment to be held in your city on tho
,Ith inst, 10 which am invited BY your Circular
Of tho 2S.h u..
Gladly would cooperate with Pny Soeio:y I
whose objec, should b. to promote thc abolition
Of every form, by which the life Of man can bo
voluntarily taken by his fellow -crca, pro inan. II
,hcro be any case which in tho Intercourse Of hii-
man society, can possibly justify thhs act, 1t IS
that sanctioned by the community for The puhl5h-
mcnt Of enormous crimes.
In tho progress Of tho human 5acc towards
that improved condition Of their existence 10
which our religion teaches Us. that They are dc5-
tined the total abolition OF all vIolc1t extinction
Of the life Of man by tho viii and act OF ms
BROTHER is among the blessed promises OF / "'nri-
~. War, Slavery, Murder and Homicide IN any
form. arc evils, fondiy hope " ~ disappear
hereafter from the annals OF the nun an raco up
on GARTH Every step IN tins progress max can
h, rnado during the remnan, OF my of"n NE, "iII
br hailed by me with Inoxprcssiblo delight; ana
although tho revocation of that SENTENCE OF the
Almighty that "whoso sheddeth mahs blood, by
man shall his blood DO shcd,' would ia my pray
ors to Heaven, 10 tho last accompiis hmont Of the
pcrfcctability of man upon earth. would glad
~ contribute to It. oven IN advance az sono o!A'r
forms Of homicide moro odIous IN th1 mscIves, bat
perhnps moro deeply rooted in tho 1nhrmit'c' OF
mans nature. | do, therefore, II ost heartily
wish and pray for tho success of yd ar elforts to
promo,e tho abol.t Of Capital Punis Imon!,and II
YOU car shape tho laws of tho land t3 dIsc'alil-
er of the right of Government itself tP taxi; from
any human being the life granted HIM by his
creator, would welcome 1t as tho arolng2r ct
n brighter day when no individual 81 lail lose his
Hfo by tho nc! Of another. am. very respect
fully, gentlemen, your friend and i4!so wcl!lzrn.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
CorNcIpExcEs.-Ve were struck The othor do V
in looking at a Work called tho 81 ives Of the
Presidenis,'' with fow curious completeness Of
numbers which relate to tho limo Of iivo Prcsi-
dents, beginning and ending with an Adams.
Here is a table, for instance, of th9 periods III
which they were born and went out of Office:
Born. Retired
1888. John Adams 1901
l7i3. 49,. Thomas Jefferson. lo0o
l75l. -. James Madison. l7l1
1859. -. amos Monroe. 1925
1863 J. g. Adams. .lS23
Now, it will be seen by this that Jefferson was
born Just eight years after his pred eccssor Ad-
ans; Madison eight years after his predecessor
Jefferson; Monroe eight years ahFr Madison,
and John Quincy Adams eight years after Mon
Another curious fact to be obs rvcd is, that
Adams just sixtv-six years old when he re-
tired Jefferson was siyty-six; Madison was sixty
six; Monroe was six,y-sx: and John Quincy Ad-
ans, had no been elected TO n second term. would
have been sixty-sx. Adams, LETTERS on and Mon
roe, all died on the 4.h cfJulv.-U. ). Journal.