New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-30

lopism by the very plea which he puts In tne 49, ~
bis opnonepts as the only of bringing H' n u
the sweep of Syllogism No. Just zee INV " ln's
means he puts mis- head into his own r., -
rrnsure .en,e OF nias;ce" ben fo.ti0r must such
effects be greaer upon people rbare crr1e il less ire
cuiiary pTecalcnt,' tban upon W. "
cu-ut ,.,, NOW for other crirnes than 1uu.-
der Is .uf h sw Dunsment q death other crimes than
has paura tendency to produce sense OF mus
e me Almighty did expressly ordin such punishmen,s
Therefore, &c will moi repeat the bissphemous cohc
r L. may get out of this dilemma at his leisure
Meanwhile return to the fret sylogsm for thepurpose
of calling attention &c pathological trick on which Its
whole force depends When tie opponents OF Capital
Punishment speak of It's natural tendencies ene ELECTS
they couree have their eye upon the present age ana
mean only 20 express their gmen in respect fhnSs
as ey are Their language ust such as is natural %
men who earnestly laboripg in great ana oenencep
reform and such but spiritual oeo or an nte
lectusl lynx bent on mischief eTer be IN any dan
per Of MISUNDERSTANDING They speak of modern penal
codes and their tendencies not of the Laws OF Moses
and the attempt to their language from ia PLAIN
and obvious import order found upon such perver
sion railing accusation Of infdelty and oaspnemy Is
WORTHY of the men who in this would fam persuade
us that the Galows is Christian institution suppose
the law of Moses against wcbcra or Sabbath breaking
were still in existence among Us, ana poruon Oh our e'
loy citizens in opposition 10 the prevailing ophion'
should declare their judgment hattne natural 'ehuency
OF hanging persons tor such onences IS 10 iessen t
reverence for human le what honorable person ~ouu
NOT excaim against the injustice OF making their iap-
puage the ground OF such charge as that now unoer
consideration And yet it would be as rational IN THIS
case in the other.
Again How can T L. prove that murder under the
Jewish Law was punished with Death TOR precisely
the same and only the same reason that leo 10 tue
ton OF that penalty for other ofences-to VI" tue pecu
l;ar nravsIence" of the crime rendering this strong
preventing remedy" necessary, " on principle asioe
from retribuon while in the present age there 10 no
such necessity May II not be just as true oil the Deatn
Penalty applied murder as he concedes II may DC
In its application TO minor offences thaits tendency no~
is 70 produce OF injustice even though II were
conceded that had no such effect upon tne Jews
in attempting to reconcile his forced admissions IN
respect naturaltendency the present tune Oh
ita Punishment for other crimes than rndr with the IN
fiction of such punishment under the JEWISH Law J..
L. has furnished his opponents with complete answer
Ia his Syllogism He must take his choice therefore,
between staying where Bigot pat him, and coniessne
that his Syllogism ia failure. de can take "nch
horn OF the dilemma he chooseson one or tue otnel ne
must be ,ransfxed To endeavor 10 escape by ialnS
back upon Genesis TX 6, would BE- tantamount TO
confession of Judgment for the Syoeism By It's very
terms confines him to the Jewish Law; ana nave al
ready shown that the Punishment oil Death for murder
under thai law so far all the principles now
under discussion stood precisely the same grounu
with the punishment for minor offences
TRUST that after this the public will understand and
appreciate such eorsas those OF h. to diverattenon
from arguments that be answered b. raising the
q
deem reverence for the teachings aud example Of The
SON Of God and en- earnest desire that the legislation OF
the world may be conformed TO those teachings ana
that example. This method OF meetips an argucn" as
before hn,ed is precisely that employed by the carp
ing Pharisees and Scribes in all their intercourse with
Christ Unable any legitimate way to parry the iorce
of his simple appeals the plain common sense oil the
neonle ,hey taxed their ingenuity detect some dis
crepnncy between his doctrines and the laws and re-
ourernents of Moses, thereby intending to put him
down by appeals popular prejudice and superstition
III. dire yln
fitted TO excite the disgust OF all honorable minds but
i, surely ueed NOT disturb the equanmity OF The Christ
sn opponents Of the Galows TO fnd themselves the OBJ
he be as his Lord and if they have called the Master OF
the house Bee!zebub, how much more sha! they call
them of bis householdf The attempt to stne all IN
curry into The moral tsndscts Of modern hanging by
inc upudent assevcrstion that such inquiry IS precu.
dcd by the Mosaic Statutes and will involve rhe inquirer
in the gull, OF fidelity and basphemy will hardly
prove cesfu until its authors discover some means
l,r,r hichf hnrc