The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-01-30
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sssfs. respfstfsily sutmii The following
Rernn:
The suhjsst afibr Peailfriiars o. sirm
% nni rrw ore IN Nnrfh csfsiins. ID
has b,ea frqn. " ard esrnes,iy ssiis-
Isa end dssrns,ed amosgss ne Feaplr. and
IN ihe l.sfisl.hrp. TIE cuness Of pub.
lie epiuinn has sfeued 10 run IN rs lavosi
bni your eommiife are MOI sdsisrd thst
Il has e,er bern psrseaird in 90 dsf res
snd iangihlr FIRM. ss 10 elirii char
manifestation OF the rutl'e all, silhs iCr
az sfsinsi . sdnp,iar. Nrr lave they
me means a kno~Ina wkss thai oil now
is IN r,I.iioB 10 this slfjeel. II 10 nnch
10 Be 70 gfetl,d that ahs msst imrost.It
qurslion has never hesn piesrn'ed. so dis
connerlfd from MI sutj.cis invDlsirg T.
esl and political fxriIemena. snd arenr-
panied with snrh exI.lsnatinns touching
.ls prrb.bie sasi---iis annual expsnse srd
p.ndurtini --ils eff.c.s uprn The pfcgiets
&C crime nd The reinfmhben OF cnmiTals.
Is mIgI Enable The rublic to arrive a. =
rlssr nndsrstsndinR If Ifs msns. and q
Al 6ni'e rorrn,ion a. 10 he .xpedisn'y
of ns adoption in ilis S'aw. II will be
die purpose &c ysur committee 90 iurnish
surh ieisss md statistics, Rlesned IRON
the sran,y siork Of Rsleiisls si,hin ,helr
reach. - may contribute in some degree
10 lie gentral information. Without g.
ing into an elaborate sraumeLi. sfew OF
isr,srons on the general question Of sx-
petieney. may mol be deeuss inspprcPn.
ale.
The experience Of other Sisies. both
foreign and domestic, which have given
the PEI iien,isry system q thorough uial,
furnish Sufficient data fur arriving al 0
safe con, lpsion ne 10 is bebefcisl opef;-
tion. lie history in our own country has
been most favorable 10 the American Pr
niieniisy system. |. Is eonclus,vtly
shown 10 have. checked, IL IL hiss mel ma
ie'ially Diminished. The commission Of
crtme--e, en- amidst the population unps.
ial.iled Cor is rapid inrreose and he.tro-
seneous charscser. BY abrogaiing lie
barbArous punishneEis Imposed BY feu-
DIAL ,imes--whirh have MOI Teen touched
/ By the a. liorsuus mtiuence Of more
ci,,liz.d age--~e SHOULD but eoniorm
| lent conFluefsuons anaU 1otK tiicIe ,o
the pre-, enton ihsn The punishment tf
crime - more 10 the reform atom than
the puni.hmsnt of criminsls - v hich
seek 10 temper justice with hnmsliiy,
and TO compel even The hardened cnlpiis
~ regard The dispenser oi justice more
as nerciful Judge. Than ruthless snd
svsge avenger. The punisanieuls OF
whipping. cropping and branding, sane
TONED by nur Law Q. are considered as NOS
only i'm poliic. 10 slew oflheir effects up-
ON the prevent on Of crime and The refor.
maton of offenders, but az uEcenxenialto
the spirit OF the age. and revolving 10 hui
nanny. What protabilify-~hai hope
10 there, that the man Who has become
the ,ic,im Of such tor,urine punishment.
pub irly inflicted in the presence ofciowds
usually attracted by such revoliing exh!-
biiohs, ever wiH or can, rise above iha.
condition Of deep end iIrst,ievsLle deRIa-
datlon into wh:ch he has sunk by so IN
famous a punishment lie knows that
,lle brand OF Cain is upon him---he beas
upan his person The intelibls and damh-
ing prooi Of his infapy. He 10 forced out
Of hs circle OF the RI claiming infue noes
OF p,,snnsI pride. aud lie hope uf future
responsibility. An impossible barrier
separstes him iron all respectable sssoci-
alton. and feeling thai Ill is lost. he ei,b-
er sLks into the loaihsome ia,becil ~ Of
druh kenness or into new career oil crime.
| Wha,e,er psll,st'on or excuse he might
ina in the sudden impulses Of has,y
ZEN, er--in the Dngo.etnable exsspera-
ton Tor giea, personal injury or insult
or in the ffghiiul snlisrings Of perjury
ter impulses Of his naiure, and ,l,s prids
Of once honesi name, might stimulate
him to regain a respectable position in So
cie,y, he Is yet crushed beneath The con-
sequences, that there are no obIiviuus
va els in public sentiment iha, can wash
out The scars &c his lscerstcd Assh-no
panacea 10 public sympathy tastcan heal
tia wounds Of his mutila,ed person.---
rhe.e unhappy consequences do no. 50
frequently or SO necessarily resul. FROM
The milde,--hener graduated, and less
,nfamuns punishhents Of peni.en.,ary
lcadc. Solitary confinement induces /;
cammunion with conscience active EN-,
lplasment gives healthy action and bens
|. IDEAL direction 10 tie mind. The consic
IS cut Of from temptations aud oppor,nni
ties Of evil dissertations, he acquires be
! bill Of sober Industry during Icing hene
j confinement; he finds IN profitable trad
! an sddi,ional security against the tempt,
: ltlans shich might Otherwise sssAil BIZ
upon his d,.chsrge. 10 seek the means
|, living by b.s w,,s, by theft, tobhery
e murder; and mol nufreqaenly. nv,
ON Of The very p,aiic>l rs,h, that 6. b
u aes.y is The hes, policy" rs f,ssned .
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