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


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the mssiss a me Psailsnlssy question.
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shall bss1hle 4. .hsA ak lsmlnoas rsy
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means q ssausirg aslsr rens % he Dc
russion 81 ils nfn,s. Il Is msllff {
she sre&tssa impo.lance % lhs iu'nfe els
Walton and prosperity Of oar Stale. N.
lhis qnsst'oa shnuld Be lhOraughly -
imfar Issly d,.casssd. pGssfsns - 90
aexi August sl,eiiars. when 9s shall b
called on d gIvs our solss &c o. 'gs'ns
The que.t,ar. IN osdsr that ws nav saie %
4. Eslanningls On il. And me only ssy 9
arrive al . safe snf correct roneiusloa. 0
lpy hsving recourse 10 lhe press. In lac
The press Is she giesiest and mo,i eiiieien
engine 10 expose error and delert salsf
hood. and paini oul The road 70 ruth ans
true policy in tvey department cf hu
man knouledge. The public discussion
az this question viii haze The same ten
dency 20 purify public senlimenl On il
ihsi he agiiaIioa al The waves DO The ws.
tiers Of The ocean, or The laiaa.s -el An
ssmn tire mt -nossaGs sapersof swimmer,
I-shall take the -adirmalise OF this -eaes.
iscn.- L.l us 6rsl ex.m'ne he advsn'a.
gts that ~iil result fom ihe,esIahlahmeni
Of lhe peniIen iary system. over our pres
ent mode OF psnlshmrnt. What - The
object Of al penal lass! l. IL no, ior
The suppression Of crime snd the refar-
nation of riTendsrsl Does oar present
mode Of puaIshmen. effect the! The
universal answer will be no. With 81
ihe black catalogue nf demonstrating and
diabolic.l pnnishTen,s ,hsi dis.racs the
psees nj our criminal cud-. crimes slul
con inue undated. We whip Cor l,rce.
ny, and yei nssrly esery court culprIts
are snaisned for the same ofencr. We
brand on the hand or chrek for manslseeh-
Ter. big.my, cornterfelling. and sDme 9TH
er ielonies. and sliil felnnles are commits
ted, For perjury ae cut OF The ears. or
inIliel some other Ilisgfacsfsl punishment,
and snll perjuries are committed. Does
'h's spPear ike supprsssing crime!
II til. true that .hisinrysis phy lnsn-
phy ieaeLiag by example" ~hy ism tina;
This bloody nraconian system Of punish
menl is sull adhered to! In dang 81 We
stu, cur eyes and close our ears TO I'll the
,olemn lessons If rxperienrs. that the
history OF successive ages have handed
down 10 rs. Does not history teach u
that ssnguinary laws tend rather To pro-
moe than RESTRAIN enmri Were not
crimes more numerous in the Romsn EN-.
pire during The reign Of her most cruel
!. s NIB aRFRAs Ii ass E ls slG ;sss
under The mllder laws Of her most humane
Emperor.! 10 England under the de.po-
tie reign Of that tyrant, Henry The eighth.
were crimes less uumerous than during
the reign ri king Alfredi Daring the
reign Of Henry there were some two
hundred different offences msde punisha-
Bile by death; and believe IL 10 Lord Ba-
ron that saws there vera seyenty-,wo
thousand public executions for robbery
during his islgu; while under the reign Of
Alfred there we're only three offences rap
"elly punished. And yet the kingdom
was so clear ef fel'ns thai Hume says
the king. by way Of brsvado, hurg pair
Of golden bracelets by the hiehsay and
M one was found 10 mclcs, them.
'fne different effect. e humane and
bloody laws, land certainly The penlten-
lisry system belongs - the fr.l class
are s;rlkinsly illustrated hv he contrast
of the penal laws Of Tuscany with lhose
Of the Papsl nnpinions. History says
when The late Gland Duke Of Tuscany
ascented the throne. his GoDinioDs were
overrun by rubbers and ssssssin.. Rob-
heres end murders were common, and the
wheel, the rack, and ihs gsIloTs we're
seen in all quarters. On reading The Gel.
ebra,ed NO K Of ,ht Marquis of Beccoria,
he entirely sbolished capital pnnishn ent..
An army OF executioners with then instru-
men's Of death wtre dismissed. and mil
der Laws rendered Tuscany Que of the
bfsi ordered STATES in Europe, and no
where we're life aud properly more safe.
Punisbments were proppItiared 10 The
Oft. nee. and executed with stnttntss and
certainty. In the Pspal Dom,nions, sep
ars,sd from Tuscany by small d, ke.
the sevfri'y Of punishment was kept up.
ard cnt.es continued. Robbery and hon.
icIde sulI continued to be committed. He
uho robted. and he who murdered were
punished alike. The consequence was
that be who was robbed was ssso muir
dered." .~... .....4 ~. ......... 4...- .
Aud are these sangpinary puni.hmenis
any more efrecta-l IN refornins ruIpr,is
than in suppressit g crime! II you tie The
colp'it to The whipping post and inh,c,
Ihnty nine lsshrs on his bare back, in the
open streets Of onr TO wns, exposed 10 The
publtc gage Of ihous nds "f speolstors,
Who he knows will 20 all his dIsgrsce to
after generainns: ibis only serves 10 rem
der him iRsepsIbIe To shame, and desdens
hts feelings 10 every leg,l add moral ap-
peal. lf you brand him, whs, induce
meht is there Cor reform! Hls very lea