Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1846-02-21
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-aot1i acAR1rALaHUN1sd11aDNs. 'nsisss-'ss
d The GnseansaAnt eanaols legislssss Gpr
the States. Each State IN The manage
ment Of its own affairs is u separate res
public. Were i. no. thus. we ehonld like
TO see a NOV cmeni made in Congress 10
abolish The death penalty in all the S.atess.
always, first preparing the way. Associ-
ations have been formed in several Of ,the
eastern States having for their objec. the
Abolition Of Capital Punishment. News.
papers have been established with The d.
vowed and sole purpose Of advocating tho
dscon,ni,ance ofs,his barbarous custom.
As q preliminary step. execonons are now
private in The foIloming States - Maine,
massachusetts. Vermont. N. Hampshire.
Connecticut, Rhode Island. New York.
New Jersey, Pennsy lyania and Maryla land.
Into ihe statutes Of two Of these States.
Vernon, and Maine, "A most humane fea-
lure has recently been introduced. In the
| former State, the law is now, that there
shalt be fifteen months between the sem
tence and execution. and then the crimii-
nal is to be hung without an ertcf from
the Executive. In Maine, a. criminal il
not executed till one year 'afieS sentences,
and no. esena.hsn wi,i1on. m order from
the Governor. This is most wiseaas we'll
as humane provision. for If amad be not
guilty. his Innocence in that lime can gen.
crafty be established; Precipiianry in ls-
gally hurrying human being from .hs
world for commission OF erime,. while it
f1l6lls The letter Of the law of,imes does,
violence 70 justice the avowed objec. Of
law.
Were murder lie only capital crime in
| the United States, ther5 would be some
| psllia,ion for the evil, but we find III s.
Carolina. for instance. the commission Of
| forgery is punishable with death; while IN
Massachusetts the firing Of a dwelling IN
the nigh! time brings the same penalty
upon The head of the incendIary. The
Governor of this latter State sliowev-
er, in his recent annual message is Of,O-t
pinion that SO far as Legislation can pre- vent,
il, the commission Of a greater offence
should never be presented to the mind Of
criminal, as means Of avoiding de,ec-
ton in the commission Of lesser one
By the existing statutes Of that State four
crimes are punishable with death; treason,
murder. rape and burning house, as be-
fore observed. he Governor recon.
mends that the number Of capital offences
be reduced. But a few years can elapse be-.
fore Capital Punishment will be regarded,
as il now the burning Of witches by our
Puritan fathers, as a thing past and gone.
though deeply 10 be regretted Dav. Gaz.s
I SHOCKING Thousands of men, wo.,
men and children asse mbled a: Lafayette.
Alabama, on The 9Th. TO see Boogs, muir.
derer, hanged.-[Spirh Of Times.
I Shocking indeed for those thousands of
men, women and children 10 assemble To-
see aspoor man cloked 10 death! Shock-
ing indeed that 'men,, women and chill
dren' can be so depraved and hard. hearted,
as 10 witness SO awful and barbarous q,
practice as publicly breaking a mans,
neck Shocking indeed .ha. any ciyiliz.,
ed and professedly Christian people can
tolerate SO savage law in their statute,
book as to require the hanging OF poor
Boogs, or any SO unfortunate Shocking
indeed, TO us, is the thought Of the terri
BILE account we .haIl have 10 render for
our cold blooded murder of those misera.
BILE beings whose hands are red with tho
blood Of their brother man.. z4fs,5 ts9 tan
But We. our hanging laws are con,inu.,
ed. Scarce a newspaper can be picked,
up, without we notice a horrible case Of,
murder, or shocking case Of hanging,
Shall such things always be !! Shall We
always expiate, one mans murder BY our
numbering another Is this The law that
Christ gave us! Do we forgive even a.
we would be forgiyen?'s s.o9 ~ :.
II ise with pleasure we note a steady.
gaining feeling in favor Of repeal and
abolition Of the death punishment Jietl
nelitions continue 10 DO poured aupono osv
Legislatures until The foul blot 10 erased
from our statute sooks.-( Amer. Union.
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