The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-09-25

conrsHninR he iaposnry II hsrsh -
erBei psnishnsais. I will gIvs sqsaiasiol
frnm ne rempradiaus aad sdnifsbls -
ran % The prnlifntisEy syshm. 81 ~
sammHies of me city nl New fark. \
wLsch IN grFally indeki,d lar Its sssis
ssnre o. this qussiion. They ssy |" II,
-sl.r,n sirsls-n sflsus. disiisesi.hsd 20
their srtsriiy. has 10 isndensy 70 Esndel
PERSONS maGe knnesi or more b.
n he psblle. uho bad incuITed 80 ven
granre. l.TsiksT lends ~ rssais hasdi
haod. The sks.nre Of shame. snd The le..
i &C sslf rsgsrd. = li'ary sou6nems ~ msy
be ell, d eIpsI plnishmsnl. although j
i NM ennl'ed u Ih4l appsllalicn. hos e..
- severe lie apsrsuon nay te. Boz adniI
IL rrueliy-sa shat does il lssdi t.
Infection. 10 Ispenlsrce. % The amend
henl oi The e,imIasi. It's features asJ
his limbs umain ~ G d has msde then.
n he inrsakes The ways and de,iees Of The
sirked. no external drInamiiy remains. .
perpetual mark d Public ianeminy. xlen
crime i expiaisd and quite done asay."
Some my say that cnnvie's are mt
Tnhi.hsd Nv solitary sanfins ment IN TIE
PeRifeniiary. IL ludiriou,ly rreuls'rd
Peniirn'iares The convict 10 eithes plsesd
in snlnary cell. out OF from all a.snei.
atoms. or be !. bS night plaefd IN > seh.
Ial, cell. and by day pu,.al hard l.ber,
under The eye II a sieilanl walch-ihere
10 earn hIs bread. ThsthaId l.hof by day
and solitary confinement BY night would,
in q. l.hdener, reform The convict, here
can be but lutte doubt. For during The
night, bis confinement. would be a. sal a.
~ - The cell nf The dead, which would
cause him 4. reflrstnPon The errors ofhis
life. ard effect mo,al tlominian over The
MUD wholly un.iisinahle BY sesere &C.
porfal punishment. There separa ed
from hrs old ccnfedera'ts in rrim>, h.rs
the,r ui ICES. applauding his suda ious
hard,huod in crime. could not be heard
ihere he would have 10 rnmmune NJ b the
I'll n, monitor Of his htar'--his eon-ci.
ence. II ih, re ever can be houses of re-
pen,snee these are certainly The onss. lie
there reflect. on theTreslless days spent
in illenrss deeply ehequeied " IN ERNIE
'--lhrre during. ih-tu esrisnme hnnis Of a
iedinus Hisht the mind onld have Ia prey
upon i,seIf-'o,feeJ onIts own resources.
He there cssis glance into The pssi-ihe
time when he was hnnored and respected
By h.. scqusinIance-whtn he could rot
e,en look upon cine wi,hou, f,elug- OF
horr,r-wh.n he fret entered the paths
viee-when he aas embcldeGeJ BY the
encouraging voice Of his associates TO the
commission Il his FIST crime lperhaps Of
the mildesl ftature,) which served but 10
blunt his morsl feelings. and lead him
into crime Of a more odious Jie-uEtil
crime af.er cline from. miIdef' 10 q
severer aspect, spnrred him on the com.
mission OF the, lalfsnI aud aggra' a,ed
crime tina, sealed hi, doom. 0,cs hon.
rss-ss suu usrrs----~----~.-ss- ~ u
Of Enthusiastically sealed within the
wills &c dungeon" nnwept, unhono.-
ed and nusung"-lhere 10 exrt,im :. hope
enters not h.rem If ,hese Q, Elections are
no, calculs,ed TO drive the dart oi're m rse
TO the cUlprl's heart and bring him to
feelings al repentance. with a resolution
10 need his future hfe--ite wretch's de-
prasiy must sureIy'be. in tie. word. Of
Burke, " predetermined and incorrrgibIe. !"
During the''canvie,'s ierm"cf canfne.
ment in che Peniiennary, he generally
acquires habits Of industry and good
trade. and;st The close 81 bis confinement.
lie st4rIs anew in the world, sreformed
mar, and a skiltul arIi.t, with the means
Of oh aiming f'r himself an honest living.
and b coming useful member Of socle-
~.
Itis,s settled maxim with Blackstone.
Bfcco'i.. and other eminent writer's IN
criminal Jurisprudence. that "crimes are
more eil, ctuaIly suppressed by The cr,t,in-
~ Than BY ,he.e,er ~ Of punishment"
Our barharousilaws are in cot flrt wnh
this maxim. Their cruelty il so revolt
ing ~ human feelings, that " ben a crime
IS c"mm'iteG, their tendency is 10 make
persons shrink. from becoming informers,
1.-THE o,lious deiestsiion with U h.ch an in.
i"rmrrsIs viewed By the community, il
sufficient proofofthis, when they know
that their evldehce mlshi doom the father
or mother Of large lamiy 10 The GAL
laws. inr il ,ley.should escape that. 10 a
cruel and ,gnomin'ous public pnnishnlpni.
Grand Jurors wou'd. fnd i;..more consnn
ant 10 their feelings of humanity, 10 dis
MSS complaints han to find true bill, ift
there is the mrrast ray Of d ,nb,. A jmy
Of Twelve men w'uld haresma agoniz-
ing te' lings 10 snroun'er. in cnniemninp
per'on IL suiiier death for bresklug INTO
ware house "r. erog shop 10 the day |
time, aud sseslingsgoods 20 The amoun, Of
tao dollars; or in finding a boy Of sixteen
guilty ofronnterieiling q sixpencr, when
such verdict would consign him 10 etsr-
nal infamy. by brand on the right cheek,
ar thirty nine lashes on the naked back:
or IL con,ictng person Of passing five
dollAl coun'eIfrit bank note. when such
= ronvictinn might dom him to three
years imprisonmen,'an aud ,hirty-nne lash.
rs on the b,re back. The Consequence
would hp tho no.t tr,Hipo ,ln.,h, ar IL