The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-10-16

NORTH CAROLINA FENFTENTIARY.


Gill give 10 the people 81 eur Slale ZONE
reasons shy | think &c should give our
soles 81 The ensuing August elections. %
Tire sfiFns'iEs side Of this quts isn. II
10 . msKim as we'll established aud -
anisers.IIy sdmilIsd 10 be true - peshsps
any other not su.eerllble ofmsthemsiirsl
denpns,rslion. tat lhe effectiveness Of
psn.,hRehts prescribed fVr the prsssniion
Of crime depends mueh mole on the csI-
t.iniy Of hhieiioR ihsn On their severity.
Man CT bta,t nay qairkiy be broken from
any evil prsrIIre b. Immediately snd
ri.hly inf cling moderate punishment for
e1ery transgTtssion. But. h u is only
oeeasioHIiy punished and o, other times
slowed 10 60 BnrunisLed. The Utmost
,essuIy xiA Prove inshsrlUsl. now
many thousands Of shat se call rational
b.inRs. do we zee klll themselves With
sprIiuncs lIquors every yesI. l. not this
naihly owing 10 tie fact that some men
lead . lIie Of hsbnusl IniOx,es'irn for
seores oI yeas, aud yeI tIjoy good
health. living 10 a good old sgs! We
should have very few drunkads smoug
10 if IL were known that hsbilusl iBlsa,-
psranre would produce dea'h with abse-
lutte cerlainiy in : ea', five years, or even
in ten ytars. Whip q dog every time he
enters your psIlor or kiIehsa and you will
soon be enable TO coax him opUt bis nose
inside The door. BUi IL he is sometimes
allowed 10 lie by the FIRE and sometimes
se,erely dashed, he will take ten thousand
stripes. and be . house dog in spite Of
then. II 10 notorious thai throughout
,h. country and perhsps the civilized
world. there issgrSwing opposition TO the
intlirton Of the punishment Of death, and
IL IS equally nolorious that this feeling
causes a gres, many criminals who are
known 10 deserve some punishmsn. for
their crimes. TO escape punishment, alto
ssther. or 81 iesst TO suffer tina, whirh 10
sltoeelh inadequate. At the lssl Supe-
rIor Court in the county in which the
- ritter resides. . free black was sIrsigned
snd tried for carrying a female slave TO
the North. 90 that che Is lost 10 aer own.
er. So far % have eonver,ed with the
ciiizens Of our county. not one doubts or
doubled ms guilt. Yethe was acquitted.
Some Of the jury are said 10 have been Tor
bsngine; buliesl,ns perhaps tina, this pun
ishmeni IVES little too severe they yielded
10 the plead,pgs Of Mercy. Had we had 9
Penitentisry ihls offender would no doubl
have now been On inmate OF IL. His &C.
quil,sl, so far ss sm informed. 10 uniser-
sally looked upon ss likely 10 lead to
very mischietous consequence. ..,....--.-.-
kyhere weie al The same time several
w,her Zee negroes confined 10 jail under
the charge Of breaking open store and
robbIng il Of a large sum Of nancy. Oh
these some confessed their guilt, and
took The lash, rather Than remain in jail
until the next term. The others are s,ill
confined; and a, the worst can but take the
lash Too. Now put il to every grown
msn in North Carolina to say whether he
does not know Tree negroes who would
be willing TO take thirty nine lashes Ger.
tain, upon being allowed 10 break into any
house where there was considerable sum
OF money, and possess themselves Of it,
without farther punishment Add The
chance Of free escape 10 the inadequate.
ness Of the punishment, and how vain is
the law! Tor one would cheefully pay
my share Of the tax necessary for building
a peniteEtiary, IL none bu. free negroes
we're to be confined in il. Il should con.
s,der il money well laid olhyl How often
does u happen in our State, that men
guilty Of unjusti6able homicide and even
murder, escape with punishment mere
iy nominal. (somelimes they escape even
thai. IN consequence OF the unwlIllngness
oil Juries 10 bring them 10 the gallows.
risk but little in saying tina. there is
scarcely q man in our State. but that
would cherrfulIy bear HE portion Of the
burden OF building a peniten,iary, II he
could thereby get rid Of some one psrticu.
lar mischiesous charsctet in bis vicinity,
: As our Law a, present stands, there is bul
little encouragement held out TO induce
honest people 10 catch end have the
rogues convicted. | have an unpr,ncipled
m,schievous. th,evish neighbor whntrsdes
with my negroes, let's down my fences
and turns his stock into my corn-feld
/ steals my lambs aud pigs, &c. What shat
, | gain by having him convicted in ou'
: courts! Conscience will not allow me to
: have his life taken ou account Of little
pelI; and lf have him whipped. what d,
OF the community gain BY ii! The con
, vict who has suffered this ignominiorl
. punishment, 10 only thereby rendered
= more reckless and mischievous. II W,
! had peniientlary where he could be KEEP
, a, work and on. OF the way Of doin!
mischief, for five or Ten years, then Their
D would be . strong motive Tor me 10 hav,
/. him caught 10 his sillsny and consic,ed
|, There is one argument against the es
: Enlistment Of pen,ten,isry which
8 have been mortified at seeing sdmit,e,
: into the Standard. although in the shsp,
Of an extract from another newspaper.
a'lude TO the objection tina. the mechani