The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-11-13

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ever iuElsi I'D sAEaglsssss observer aamlas
Eiflsoag isesisasioa i EeeessaFg So he So
srnFisy - reas,s e sseseiy. aEy infrzr-
! ainn III lagal Frsslinrlaes.is shasta hare -
tlefnise pesayaly. sri - eBsnaar1 win ai.e
Esasl srpTassaEs ekae-aess. nni eass
fkCasd hsWays N taken m laeir eEaes-
mens, alsi lsrty ID nBs - Gar eeEaa IN rna-
tart NH PaTaEF opsaloa - - render
them nsgaiaFy. - vel - tilai tic penal
iies shoald y " lllai ksad mi dggTee IS
ws.sld SECURE ile gseasssi ssa0aai Of &C.
faTnsiisE i. he ralpFii, wisi.aat N in
iTaeilsH u aay paramount ia.FFcst d sael-
siy. n coassmplAling. then. iie great
qaes.i0z 0f ;Rsiler, Ne should not H. IN
neeasssrily reid ~ lenieEl; fur the one .
hege:s sympathy for The felon, and &c
other ensenders mOl.s-hGlh eaaaisy de- /,
siIurtive 10 spciely and the peace Of all |
gc0d r1iEens. The sszaeions statesman !
viii &c IS rgTp.ul 20 aVui1 tic T0cks VI
SryiiyrOa the one hand. n he is 10 EliHa
the gi.n of charylsilis on the oiheT; aud.
INDEED, this MY be considered tie ae,ne
Of slalesmsaship. What ihcn shall he
done in tie attempt 10 inirC5aee the Pc
n:ienii4Ty system aE.oag us an inter.
rugatory rcPlele with more interest 10 The
good III soriely Ihan easual observer
woali seem 10 imagine: Perhaps there
are few. or in fact nOEe, who would have
the tclneriiy 10 Affirm THAT crime should
be lass punished than il nOw is in the
ggeal aajoFily Of instances. But that tie
&rodneli0n Of the Penileniiary system is
: desirable. is \ question iraught with con-
sequences that may. 50 Car from prevent
: ing crime, eventually peril the fair adjndi-
= cation Of Your laws, by the introduction
Of principles which may WORK their way
into society, and corrupt AMI yiliaie the
. whole fountain Of Jurisprudence.
: ]. II is a question which will admit Of
lgrlve debate. whether the present " pains
and penalties" do not as eiiucsGally secure
a the greater amount of good to tile coayici
Is and sorieiy rs the introduction Of DTacO-
n Man enaclmen.s could possibly do. The
Il truth is, that il penalties are not proper
= toned according 10 the turpilude OF the
b, offence, socie,y commits legal and mora
= wrong which, disturbing the great equili
'e brium Of personal and social nights. set:
8. the whole system 10 oscilia;ing, and anar
al ehy must necessarily ensue., We vii
I'd stop here, and drop an inquiry tina; ma,
is have tendency 10 lead the mind 10
proper conclusion OH this point. II wa
the remark of one of the siaunchest friend
n OF political aud civil liberty in another he
70. misphere, " that if we wish TO undersian
MS the nature Of the laws and character Of tn
J. ruhrs, we must look at the peoples"
as sediment as profoundly just as II wa
are patio!ic. Now examine your court docl
~ cts land compare them with the record
,er Of my state where the Peniienliary sy'
ear teui has been introduced, and who wi
re- suffr by tie comparison! VIII Ne
Yok, where the tide of iniquity rolls I'LL
al GOOD, and The moral and legal barrie,
I'd are BIRD ken through without remorse, niue
less ch,ri ion! How does the old " Ike,
stone stand in this respect; their erin
al. nal pf sons filed to repletion, and its NO
ia popuAr chief magistrate censured by b
ma. political associates for his wholesale r
p,. PREV S, cyincing an amount Of crime u
and paralh Fled in criminal convictions I!
.fe whata plight is Maryland and the o
a, Dominion The latter, considering d
hen rigidpolce regulations Of her Penilen
10, airy, Induces her convicts TO brave dea
Ger raihes than endure /" the ills they have
i've And il it to be supposed, that a sysit
ysn whose operations and tendencies cam
i,h suppress crime and throw restraiI
mai arouid the vicious more firm and p
ice venting, should lead us to abandon W
, Of tried system for one hypothetical and p
eariOus! We had better adopt the phi
sophie maxim, that it is better to b,
the ills we have, than fly to those
know not Of" Unusual and vindici
punishments generally fail in their obje
'oo' for there is much greater reason TO Il
rm- that crime will go UNPUBLISHED, than if
he punishment was milder. Juries will 6
30" dom convict where they find the law
cot erous and vindictive. But abandon
'In- this whole ground, which the Judicic
H. will weigh well before committing the
one selves, there are so many inherent deIe
in the system, that seem to be as clos
- connected with it as respiration is to C,
Sl'h tinued vitality. Ii is III violation Of
the great compact which binds society
- gether.
ana /. Its tendencies are obviously uni
the to the mechanical and industrial poF.i'
Ter of society. BY teaching ;h@ villain,
al fellow. who has outraged the law 2
morals of society, some trade or other, '
Of seek, by legislative enactments. Ia pt
nc" the whole tide of corruption aud venaI
cut among tradesman and operatives of
abs community, no matter what may have ht
their calling before. or RIGHTEOUSNESS sill
conviction and punishment. Gathe
thus into one great focus, who is not p
lon pared 10 expect viI!any taught as sci"n
'ew and crime perpetrated as holy
isas amusement. And YET yon cal upon
To commit ourselves by wholesale fr
the ch'se 10 its support. as L work of pol'il